Sun Hill, Cowes house prices are built from 77 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1996 and the most recent on 27 Aug 2025. The median price paid across the whole record is £220,000. Across the 22 years from 2000 to 2022 the median moved +226.5% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +89.2%.
Median price paid
£220,000
Change in cash, 2000–2022
+226.5%
Change in real terms
+89.2%
Median per m²
£2,744
HM Land Registry77 sales25 with floor areaLatest sale 27 Aug 2025
Section 01
How Sun Hill, Cowes prices moved
The chart tracks the median Sun Hill, Cowes house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1996 to 2022. 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 | 1 | £57,500 | £127,677 |
| 2000s | 1 | £122,500 | £223,159 |
| 2020s | 1 | £400,000 | £408,696 |
The highest yearly median on record for Sun Hill, Cowes is £400,000 in 2022; the lowest is £57,500 in 1996. Across the full 27-year record the cash median has moved from £57,500 to £400,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £124,731, so the real change over the whole record is +271.5% — about +5.18% 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: +226.5% in cash against +89.2% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | 27 Aug 2025 | Terraced | £1,020,000 | £1,042,174 |
| 6 Crown Court | 26 Mar 2025 | Terraced | £300,000 | £306,522 |
| 9 Crown Court | 21 Feb 2025 | Terraced | £275,000 | £280,978 |
| Penny Cottage 21 | 23 Aug 2024 | Terraced | £525,000 | £552,425 |
| 49 | 26 Jul 2024 | Terraced | £700,000 | £736,567 |
| 17 | 25 Jul 2022 | Terraced | £435,000 | £503,985 |
| 9 Crown Court | 7 Jun 2022 | Terraced | £320,000 | £370,748 |
| 41 | 29 Apr 2022 | Terraced | £940,000 | £1,089,071 |
| 32 | 1 Apr 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £400,000 | £463,435 |
| 7 Crown Court | 30 Mar 2022 | Terraced | £330,000 | £382,334 |
| 8 | 21 Sep 2021 | Terraced | £401,000 | £506,640 |
| 26 | 18 Jun 2021 | Terraced | £338,000 | £427,043 |
| 32a | 18 May 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £390,000 | £492,742 |
| 2 | 27 Jan 2021 | Terraced | £355,000 | £448,522 |
| 49 | 27 Oct 2020 | Terraced | £340,000 | £440,220 |
| Penny Cottage 21 | 13 Oct 2020 | Terraced | £465,000 | £602,066 |
| 24 | 20 Mar 2019 | Terraced | £325,000 | £425,093 |
| Polly'S Cottage, 21 | 30 May 2018 | Terraced | £440,000 | £586,389 |
| 9 Crown Court | 23 Mar 2018 | Terraced | £240,000 | £319,849 |
| 22 | 15 Dec 2017 | Terraced | £270,000 | £367,471 |
| 5 Crown Court | 8 Sep 2017 | Terraced | £240,000 | £326,641 |
| 47 | 11 Aug 2017 | Terraced | £340,000 | £462,741 |
| 6 | 13 Feb 2017 | Terraced | £250,000 | £340,251 |
| 29 | 10 Nov 2016 | Terraced | £387,000 | £540,267 |
| 6 Crown Court | 1 Jul 2016 | Terraced | £220,000 | £307,129 |
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 Sun Hill, Cowes values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41 Sun Hill | £149,950 (1997) | £1,020,000 (2025) | +7.1% | +4.3% |
| 6 CROWN COURT Sun Hill | £220,000 (2016) | £300,000 (2025) | +3.5% | 0.0% |
| 9 CROWN COURT Sun Hill | £67,000 (2000) | £275,000 (2025) | +5.8% | +3.0% |
| PENNY COTTAGE 21 Sun Hill | £465,000 (2020) | £525,000 (2024) | +3.1% | -2.1% |
| 49 Sun Hill | £245,000 (2007) | £700,000 (2024) | +6.4% | +3.3% |
| 17 Sun Hill | £50,000 (1996) | £435,000 (2022) | +8.7% | +6.1% |
| 32 Sun Hill | £220,000 (2000) | £400,000 (2022) | +2.8% | +0.2% |
| 7 CROWN COURT Sun Hill | £200,000 (2013) | £330,000 (2022) | +5.7% | +3.1% |
| 8 Sun Hill | £95,000 (1998) | £401,000 (2021) | +6.5% | +4.2% |
| 26 Sun Hill | £65,000 (1996) | £338,000 (2021) | +6.8% | +4.5% |
| 2 Sun Hill | £249,500 (2010) | £355,000 (2021) | +3.3% | +1.1% |
| 24 Sun Hill | £138,000 (2001) | £325,000 (2019) | +4.9% | +2.5% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Sun Hill, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terraced | 67 | 87.0% | £220,000 | £21,500 – £1,020,000 |
| Flat or maisonette | 7 | 9.1% | £282,500 | £72,000 – £400,000 |
| Detached | 2 | 2.6% | £73,000 | £73,000 – £990,000 |
| Semi-detached | 1 | 1.3% | £84,000 | £84,000 – £84,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Sun Hill, Cowes
6 of the sales on record are leasehold and 71 freehold — 7.8% 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 £288,750 and the median freehold sale £220,000 — a gap of -23.8%. 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 | 6 | 7.8% | £288,750 |
| Freehold | 71 | 92.2% | £220,000 |
A further 5 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 Sun Hill, Cowes compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Sun Hill, Cowes sits above that national figure — +39.7%.
Within Cowes the street ranks 52 of 198 by median price, and its median is above the town figure of £160,000 (+37.5%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £2,744 per square metre, across 25 of the 77 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 £21,500 to £1,020,000. 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
- 9, CROWN COURT Sun Hill5 sales
- 17 Sun Hill5 sales
- 5, CROWN COURT Sun Hill4 sales
- 41 Sun Hill3 sales
- 49 Sun Hill3 sales
- 32 Sun Hill3 sales
- 7, CROWN COURT Sun Hill3 sales
- 22 Sun Hill3 sales
- 29 Sun Hill3 sales
- 1, CROWN COURT Sun Hill3 sales
- 27 Sun Hill3 sales
- 6, CROWN COURT Sun Hill2 sales
- PENNY COTTAGE, 21 Sun Hill2 sales
- 8 Sun Hill2 sales
- 26 Sun Hill2 sales
- 2 Sun Hill2 sales
- 24 Sun Hill2 sales
- 47 Sun Hill2 sales
- 6 Sun Hill2 sales
- 28 Sun Hill2 sales
- 23 Sun Hill2 sales
- 4, CROWN COURT Sun Hill2 sales
- 11 Sun Hill2 sales
- SOLENT VIEW, 1B Sun Hill2 sales
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Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Sun Hill, Cowes?
The median price paid in Sun Hill, Cowes across every sale on the register is £220,000. 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 Sun Hill, Cowes?
77 sales are on record for Sun Hill, Cowes, the most recent completing on 27 Aug 2025. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Sun Hill, Cowes house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +226.5% between 2000 and 2022. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +89.2%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Sun Hill, Cowes house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £400,000, set in 2022. 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 Sun Hill, Cowes?
£2,744 per square metre, from the 25 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 27 Aug 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, “Sun Hill, 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.