Egypt Esplanade, Cowes house prices are built from 177 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1997 and the most recent on 31 Oct 2025. The median price paid across the whole record is £140,000. Across the 10 years from 2015 to 2025 the median moved +25.0% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -9.4%.
Median price paid
£140,000
Change in cash, 2015–2025
+25.0%
Change in real terms
-9.4%
Median per m²
£2,937
HM Land Registry177 sales47 with floor areaLatest sale 31 Oct 2025
Section 01
How Egypt Esplanade, Cowes prices moved
The chart tracks the median Egypt Esplanade, Cowes house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1997 to 2025. The dashed line restates each year in 2026 money, so the two lines separate exactly as much as inflation has eroded the cash figure.
| Decade | Years with sales | Median paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3 | £77,500 | £172,087 |
| 2000s | 7 | £140,000 | £255,039 |
| 2010s | 5 | £145,000 | £204,450 |
| 2020s | 6 | £152,000 | £155,304 |
The highest yearly median on record for Egypt Esplanade, Cowes is £188,500 in 2007; the lowest is £56,750 in 1997. Across the full 29-year record the cash median has moved from £56,750 to £187,500.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £120,327, so the real change over the whole record is +59.2% — about +1.67% a year after inflation. Cash growth and real growth are not the same story, and the gap is the part most price reports leave out.
Over the last decade alone the difference is stark: +25.0% in cash against -9.4% once inflation is removed. A buyer who sold at the end of that decade would have needed the real figure, not the headline one, to know whether they had actually gained.
Section 02
The most recent sales
Every row is a completed sale as lodged with HM Land Registry. The right-hand column restates the price in 2026 money, which is the only fair way to compare a sale from the 1990s with one from last year.
| Address | Sold | Type | Price paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat 20 Briary Court | 31 Oct 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £200,000 | £204,348 |
| Flat 33 Briary Court | 22 Aug 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £185,000 | £189,022 |
| Flat 23 Briary Court | 7 Aug 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £135,000 | £137,935 |
| Flat 39 Briary Court | 21 Mar 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £190,000 | £194,130 |
| Flat 18 Briary Court | 7 Mar 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £150,000 | £153,261 |
| Flat 7 Briary Court | 6 Feb 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £220,000 | £224,783 |
| Flat 56 Briary Court | 6 Nov 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £85,000 | £89,440 |
| Flat 42 Briary Court | 17 Sep 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £112,750 | £118,640 |
| Flat 28 Briary Court | 16 Sep 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £205,000 | £215,709 |
| Flat 40 Briary Court | 17 May 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £150,500 | £158,362 |
| Flat 4 Briary Court | 21 Feb 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £177,000 | £186,246 |
| Flat 11 Briary Court | 21 Feb 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £172,500 | £181,511 |
| Flat 53 Briary Court | 14 Dec 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £155,000 | £167,471 |
| Flat 24 Briary Court | 9 Nov 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £102,500 | £110,747 |
| Flat 19 Briary Court | 25 Sep 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £165,000 | £178,276 |
| Flat 60 Briary Court | 10 Mar 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £115,000 | £124,253 |
| Flat 30 Briary Court | 1 Mar 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £147,000 | £158,828 |
| Flat 15 Briary Court | 18 Nov 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £162,000 | £187,691 |
| Flat 34 Briary Court | 18 Jul 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £160,000 | £185,374 |
| Flat 12 Briary Court | 23 Jun 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £205,000 | £237,510 |
| Flat 41 Briary Court | 12 May 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £147,000 | £170,312 |
| Flat 6 Briary Court | 6 Apr 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £190,000 | £220,131 |
| Flat 31 Briary Court | 9 Feb 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £165,000 | £191,167 |
| Flat 2 Briary Court | 4 Feb 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £175,000 | £202,753 |
| Flat 36 Briary Court | 7 Jan 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £153,000 | £177,264 |
Section 03
Homes that sold twice
These addresses appear in the register more than once, so the same bricks are being priced twice. That makes them the strongest evidence of what actually happened to Egypt Esplanade, Cowes values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FLAT 20 BRIARY COURT Egypt Esplanade | £175,000 (2014) | £200,000 (2025) | +1.2% | -1.9% |
| FLAT 33 BRIARY COURT Egypt Esplanade | £165,000 (2009) | £185,000 (2025) | +0.7% | -2.2% |
| FLAT 23 BRIARY COURT Egypt Esplanade | £122,009 (2008) | £135,000 (2025) | +0.6% | -2.3% |
| FLAT 39 BRIARY COURT Egypt Esplanade | £78,500 (1997) | £190,000 (2025) | +3.2% | +0.6% |
| FLAT 18 BRIARY COURT Egypt Esplanade | £74,950 (1999) | £150,000 (2025) | +2.7% | +0.0% |
| FLAT 7 BRIARY COURT Egypt Esplanade | £70,000 (1996) | £220,000 (2025) | +4.0% | +1.4% |
| FLAT 42 BRIARY COURT Egypt Esplanade | £60,000 (2001) | £112,750 (2024) | +2.8% | +0.0% |
| FLAT 28 BRIARY COURT Egypt Esplanade | £66,950 (1995) | £205,000 (2024) | +3.9% | +1.3% |
| FLAT 40 BRIARY COURT Egypt Esplanade | £62,125 (2001) | £150,500 (2024) | +3.9% | +1.1% |
| FLAT 4 BRIARY COURT Egypt Esplanade | £150,000 (2019) | £177,000 (2024) | +3.4% | -1.0% |
| FLAT 11 BRIARY COURT Egypt Esplanade | £118,000 (2020) | £172,500 (2024) | +10.0% | +4.4% |
| FLAT 53 BRIARY COURT Egypt Esplanade | £49,000 (1996) | £155,000 (2023) | +4.4% | +1.7% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Egypt Esplanade, Cowes is dominated by the type at the top of this table, so its overall median leans that way.
| Property type | Sales | Share | Median paid | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat or maisonette | 176 | 99.4% | £140,000 | £30,000 – £690,000 |
| Detached | 1 | 0.6% | £100,000 | £100,000 – £100,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Egypt Esplanade, Cowes
176 of the sales on record are leasehold and 1 freehold — 99.4% of the market. Tenure is not a detail: a leasehold flat and a freehold house are different assets, and mixing them into one median hides the difference.
The median leasehold sale is £140,000 and the median freehold sale £100,000 — a gap of -28.6%. Most of that gap is property type rather than tenure itself: leasehold here is largely flats, freehold largely houses.
| Category | Sales | Share | Median paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leasehold | 176 | 99.4% | £140,000 |
| Freehold | 1 | 0.6% | £100,000 |
| New build | 6 | 3.4% | £220,375 |
| Existing home | 171 | 96.6% | £135,000 |
New builds sold for more than the median existing home — +63.2%. A new-build premium is normal: the buyer gets a warranty and nothing to fix, and the price is set by a developer rather than negotiated between two households.
A further 3 transfers for this area are on the register but are left out of every figure above. HM Land Registry marks them as additional price paid entries: repossessions, buy-to-let portfolio moves, transfers between companies or family, and sales at a discount such as right to buy. They are real records but they are not open-market prices, and including them would drag the median somewhere no buyer ever paid.
Section 09
How Egypt Esplanade, Cowes compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Egypt Esplanade, Cowes sits below that national figure — -11.1%.
Within Cowes the street ranks 152 of 198 by median price, and its median is below the town figure of £160,000 (-12.5%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £2,937 per square metre, across 47 of the 177 sales on record. Price per square metre is the only figure that compares a two-bed flat with a four-bed house honestly.
The full range on record runs from £30,000 to £690,000. Extremes usually mean something unusual — a plot sold without a house on it, a transfer between family members, or a very large property — so the median is the number to trust.
Section 10
Nearby on the record
Streets nearby
- Newport Road£150,000 median
- Mill Hill Road£154,000 median
- Park Road£162,500 median
- Arctic Road£127,000 median
- Pelham Road£126,975 median
- Bellevue Road£145,500 median
- The Parade£148,475 median
- Fellows Road£130,000 median
- Baring Road£340,000 median
- Victoria Road£149,500 median
- Seaview Road£165,950 median
- Queens Road£195,000 median
- St Marys Road£135,000 median
- York Street£145,000 median
- Nelson Drive£140,000 median
- Stephenson Road£172,750 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- FLAT 24, BRIARY COURT Egypt Esplanade8 sales
- FLAT 40, BRIARY COURT Egypt Esplanade6 sales
- FLAT 26, BRIARY COURT Egypt Esplanade6 sales
- FLAT 44, BRIARY COURT Egypt Esplanade6 sales
- FLAT 39, BRIARY COURT Egypt Esplanade5 sales
- FLAT 7, BRIARY COURT Egypt Esplanade5 sales
- FLAT 15, BRIARY COURT Egypt Esplanade5 sales
- FLAT 12, BRIARY COURT Egypt Esplanade5 sales
- FLAT 18, BRIARY COURT Egypt Esplanade4 sales
- FLAT 28, BRIARY COURT Egypt Esplanade4 sales
- FLAT 41, BRIARY COURT Egypt Esplanade4 sales
- FLAT 6, BRIARY COURT Egypt Esplanade4 sales
- FLAT 31, BRIARY COURT Egypt Esplanade4 sales
- FLAT 36, BRIARY COURT Egypt Esplanade4 sales
- FLAT 59, BRIARY COURT Egypt Esplanade4 sales
- FLAT 25, BRIARY COURT Egypt Esplanade4 sales
- FLAT 37, BRIARY COURT Egypt Esplanade4 sales
- FLAT 48, BRIARY COURT Egypt Esplanade4 sales
- FLAT 23, BRIARY COURT Egypt Esplanade3 sales
- FLAT 42, BRIARY COURT Egypt Esplanade3 sales
- FLAT 53, BRIARY COURT Egypt Esplanade3 sales
- FLAT 34, BRIARY COURT Egypt Esplanade3 sales
- FLAT 52, BRIARY COURT Egypt Esplanade3 sales
- FLAT 57, BRIARY COURT Egypt Esplanade3 sales
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Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Egypt Esplanade, Cowes?
The median price paid in Egypt Esplanade, Cowes across every sale on the register is £140,000. The median is used rather than the mean because a handful of very large sales would otherwise drag the average away from what a typical buyer paid.
How many homes have sold in Egypt Esplanade, Cowes?
177 sales are on record for Egypt Esplanade, Cowes, the most recent completing on 31 Oct 2025. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Egypt Esplanade, Cowes house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +25.0% between 2015 and 2025. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -9.4%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Egypt Esplanade, Cowes house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £188,500, set in 2007. That is the cash figure; measured in 2026 money the peak may fall in a different year, because inflation reshapes the series.
What is the price per square metre in Egypt Esplanade, Cowes?
£2,937 per square metre, from the 47 sales where an EPC floor area could be matched to the address. Price per square metre strips out size, so a flat and a house can be compared on the same basis.
How current is this data?
The latest sale shown here completed on 31 Oct 2025. HM Land Registry publishes Price Paid Data monthly and a sale can take a month or two to appear after completion, so the most recent weeks are always incomplete.
Cite this page: Sold Price History, “Egypt Esplanade, Cowes house prices”, 2026. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data © Crown copyright and database right, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Inflation adjustment: ONS CPIH.