Stephenson Road, Cowes house prices are built from 154 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1995 and the most recent on 10 Apr 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £172,750. Across the 10 years from 2011 to 2021 the median moved +41.1% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +16.3%.
Median price paid
£172,750
Change in cash, 2011–2021
+41.1%
Change in real terms
+16.3%
Median per m²
£1,919
HM Land Registry154 sales42 with floor areaLatest sale 10 Apr 2026
Section 01
How Stephenson Road, Cowes prices moved
The chart tracks the median Stephenson Road, Cowes house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1995 to 2021. 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 | £56,000 | £124,346 |
| 2000s | 6 | £108,000 | £196,744 |
| 2010s | 4 | £205,000 | £289,050 |
| 2020s | 2 | £250,000 | £255,435 |
The highest yearly median on record for Stephenson Road, Cowes is £257,500 in 2021; the lowest is £41,000 in 1995. Across the full 27-year record the cash median has moved from £41,000 to £257,500.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £91,039, so the real change over the whole record is +257.4% — about +5.02% 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: +41.1% in cash against +16.3% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 | 10 Apr 2026 | Semi-detached | £262,500 | £262,500 |
| 1 | 20 Feb 2026 | Terraced | £386,000 | £386,000 |
| 23 | 30 Jun 2025 | Semi-detached | £302,500 | £309,076 |
| 26 | 10 Mar 2025 | Semi-detached | £375,000 | £383,152 |
| 61 | 20 Feb 2024 | Semi-detached | £320,000 | £336,716 |
| 39 | 18 Aug 2023 | Semi-detached | £335,000 | £361,954 |
| 18 | 3 Jul 2023 | Semi-detached | £351,500 | £379,782 |
| 1 | 28 Apr 2023 | Terraced | £340,000 | £367,356 |
| 72 | 3 Nov 2022 | Semi-detached | £320,000 | £370,748 |
| 68 | 1 Aug 2022 | Semi-detached | £355,000 | £411,298 |
| 48 | 29 Jul 2022 | Semi-detached | £342,000 | £396,237 |
| 19 | 12 May 2022 | Terraced | £285,000 | £330,197 |
| 56b | 18 Jun 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £151,000 | £190,780 |
| 37 | 22 Mar 2021 | Semi-detached | £270,000 | £341,129 |
| 54 | 16 Mar 2021 | Semi-detached | £265,000 | £334,812 |
| Flat 1 70 | 1 Mar 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £115,000 | £145,296 |
| 60 | 15 Feb 2021 | Semi-detached | £250,000 | £315,860 |
| 17 | 19 Jan 2021 | Semi-detached | £265,000 | £334,812 |
| 48 | 30 Oct 2020 | Semi-detached | £250,000 | £323,691 |
| 74 | 17 Aug 2020 | Semi-detached | £215,500 | £279,022 |
| 39 | 31 Jul 2020 | Semi-detached | £272,500 | £352,824 |
| 52 | 29 Jul 2020 | Semi-detached | £250,000 | £323,691 |
| Flat 2 70 | 21 Feb 2020 | Flat or maisonette | £108,000 | £139,835 |
| 75 | 4 Oct 2019 | Semi-detached | £215,000 | £281,215 |
| 5 | 8 Aug 2019 | Terraced | £210,000 | £274,675 |
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 Stephenson Road, Cowes values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 Stephenson Road | £72,000 (2000) | £262,500 (2026) | +5.1% | +2.3% |
| 1 Stephenson Road | £64,000 (1999) | £386,000 (2026) | +6.9% | +4.1% |
| 23 Stephenson Road | £168,000 (2018) | £302,500 (2025) | +8.8% | +4.7% |
| 26 Stephenson Road | £172,500 (2019) | £375,000 (2025) | +13.8% | +9.2% |
| 39 Stephenson Road | £78,000 (2001) | £335,000 (2023) | +6.8% | +4.0% |
| 18 Stephenson Road | £185,000 (2011) | £351,500 (2023) | +5.5% | +2.5% |
| 72 Stephenson Road | £107,000 (2002) | £320,000 (2022) | +5.6% | +3.0% |
| 68 Stephenson Road | £45,000 (1995) | £355,000 (2022) | +8.0% | +5.4% |
| 48 Stephenson Road | £56,000 (1998) | £342,000 (2022) | +7.8% | +5.2% |
| 19 Stephenson Road | £68,000 (1999) | £285,000 (2022) | +6.4% | +3.8% |
| 56B Stephenson Road | £75,000 (2002) | £151,000 (2021) | +3.8% | +1.5% |
| 37 Stephenson Road | £41,000 (1998) | £270,000 (2021) | +8.5% | +6.2% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Stephenson Road, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semi-detached | 106 | 68.8% | £180,000 | £25,750 – £375,000 |
| Terraced | 30 | 19.5% | £151,000 | £37,000 – £386,000 |
| Detached | 9 | 5.8% | £193,500 | £35,000 – £330,000 |
| Flat or maisonette | 9 | 5.8% | £75,000 | £39,995 – £151,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Stephenson Road, Cowes
9 of the sales on record are leasehold and 145 freehold — 5.8% 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 £75,000 and the median freehold sale £176,000 — a gap of +134.7%. 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 | 9 | 5.8% | £75,000 |
| Freehold | 145 | 94.2% | £176,000 |
| New build | 1 | 0.6% | £68,000 |
| Existing home | 153 | 99.4% | £173,000 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -60.7%. 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 Stephenson Road, Cowes compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Stephenson Road, Cowes sits above that national figure — +9.7%.
Within Cowes the street ranks 106 of 198 by median price, and its median is above the town figure of £160,000 (+8.0%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £1,919 per square metre, across 42 of the 154 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 £25,750 to £386,000. 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
- Egypt Esplanade£140,000 median
- St Marys Road£135,000 median
- York Street£145,000 median
- Nelson Drive£140,000 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 1 Stephenson Road6 sales
- 39 Stephenson Road6 sales
- 68 Stephenson Road6 sales
- 48 Stephenson Road5 sales
- 53 Stephenson Road5 sales
- 18 Stephenson Road4 sales
- 17 Stephenson Road4 sales
- FLAT 2, 70 Stephenson Road4 sales
- 14 Stephenson Road4 sales
- 33 Stephenson Road4 sales
- 47 Stephenson Road4 sales
- 22 Stephenson Road3 sales
- 72 Stephenson Road3 sales
- 19 Stephenson Road3 sales
- 54 Stephenson Road3 sales
- 60 Stephenson Road3 sales
- 5 Stephenson Road3 sales
- 27 Stephenson Road3 sales
- 81 Stephenson Road3 sales
- 10 Stephenson Road3 sales
- 40 Stephenson Road3 sales
- 31 Stephenson Road3 sales
- 34 Stephenson Road3 sales
- 3 Stephenson Road3 sales
Back to Cowes house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Stephenson Road, Cowes?
The median price paid in Stephenson Road, Cowes across every sale on the register is £172,750. 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 Stephenson Road, Cowes?
154 sales are on record for Stephenson Road, Cowes, the most recent completing on 10 Apr 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Stephenson Road, Cowes house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +41.1% between 2011 and 2021. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +16.3%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Stephenson Road, Cowes house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £257,500, set in 2021. 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 Stephenson Road, Cowes?
£1,919 per square metre, from the 42 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 10 Apr 2026. 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, “Stephenson Road, 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.