Terminus Road, Cowes house prices are built from 71 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1997 and the most recent on 16 Feb 2024. The median price paid across the whole record is £106,950. Across the 10 years from 1997 to 2007 the median moved +206.0% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +150.9%.
Median price paid
£106,950
Change in cash, 1997–2007
+206.0%
Change in real terms
+150.9%
Median per m²
£1,798
HM Land Registry71 sales7 with floor areaLatest sale 16 Feb 2024
Section 01
How Terminus Road, Cowes prices moved
The chart tracks the median Terminus Road, Cowes house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1997 to 2007. 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 | £45,750 | £101,587 |
| 2000s | 2 | £140,000 | £255,039 |
The highest yearly median on record for Terminus Road, Cowes is £145,000 in 2005; the lowest is £45,750 in 1997. Across the full 11-year record the cash median has moved from £45,750 to £140,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £97,004, so the real change over the whole record is +150.9% — about +9.64% 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: +206.0% in cash against +150.9% 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 2 2 | 16 Feb 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £135,000 | £142,052 |
| Flat 12 Fountain Court, 8 | 19 Jan 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £274,500 | £288,840 |
| 24 | 20 May 2022 | Terraced | £290,000 | £335,990 |
| 36 | 30 Sep 2021 | Terraced | £245,000 | £309,543 |
| Flat 3 Carvel Court | 5 Aug 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £115,000 | £145,296 |
| Flat 8 Carvel Court | 27 Jan 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £102,500 | £129,503 |
| Flat 1 Fountain Court, 8 | 17 Mar 2020 | Flat or maisonette | £175,000 | £226,584 |
| 36 | 9 Mar 2020 | Terraced | £185,000 | £239,532 |
| Flat 3 Northwood Place | 12 Jul 2019 | Flat or maisonette | £92,000 | £120,334 |
| 18 | 1 Dec 2017 | Semi-detached | £185,000 | £251,786 |
| Flat 1 Fountain Court, 8 | 27 Nov 2017 | Flat or maisonette | £165,000 | £224,566 |
| 36 | 3 Mar 2017 | Terraced | £167,000 | £227,288 |
| Flat 2 Fountain Court, 8 | 20 Jun 2016 | Flat or maisonette | £181,000 | £252,683 |
| Flat 7 Carvel Court | 4 Dec 2015 | Flat or maisonette | £105,000 | £148,050 |
| Flat 1 Northwood Place | 24 Feb 2015 | Flat or maisonette | £105,000 | £148,050 |
| Flat 3 Fountain Court, 8 | 28 Nov 2014 | Flat or maisonette | £172,000 | £246,714 |
| 24 | 15 Aug 2014 | Terraced | £235,000 | £337,080 |
| Flat 4 Fountain Court, 8 | 18 Feb 2013 | Flat or maisonette | £157,000 | £228,925 |
| 18 | 19 Dec 2012 | Semi-detached | £162,000 | £241,970 |
| 20 | 16 Apr 2012 | Detached | £340,000 | £507,839 |
| 36 | 24 Jan 2012 | Terraced | £135,000 | £201,642 |
| Flat 10 Fountain Court, 8 | 15 Jun 2011 | Flat or maisonette | £157,000 | £240,620 |
| Flat 8 Fountain Court, 8 | 8 Apr 2011 | Flat or maisonette | £160,000 | £245,217 |
| Flat 12 Fountain Court, 8 | 6 Nov 2009 | Flat or maisonette | £185,000 | £304,021 |
| 18 | 12 Aug 2009 | Semi-detached | £161,000 | £264,580 |
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 Terminus 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FLAT 2 2 Terminus Road | £90,000 (2005) | £135,000 (2024) | +2.2% | -0.8% |
| FLAT 12 FOUNTAIN COURT, 8 Terminus Road | £84,152 (2000) | £274,500 (2024) | +5.0% | +2.3% |
| 24 Terminus Road | £68,000 (1998) | £290,000 (2022) | +6.2% | +3.7% |
| 36 Terminus Road | £135,000 (2012) | £245,000 (2021) | +6.8% | +4.9% |
| FLAT 3 CARVEL COURT Terminus Road | £105,000 (2004) | £115,000 (2021) | +0.5% | -1.7% |
| FLAT 8 CARVEL COURT Terminus Road | £26,950 (1997) | £102,500 (2021) | +5.7% | +3.5% |
| FLAT 1 FOUNTAIN COURT, 8 Terminus Road | £165,000 (2017) | £175,000 (2020) | +2.0% | +0.3% |
| FLAT 3 NORTHWOOD PLACE Terminus Road | £46,500 (2002) | £92,000 (2019) | +4.1% | +1.7% |
| 18 Terminus Road | £140,000 (2007) | £185,000 (2017) | +2.8% | +0.3% |
| FLAT 2 FOUNTAIN COURT, 8 Terminus Road | £53,500 (1995) | £181,000 (2016) | +6.0% | +3.7% |
| FLAT 4 FOUNTAIN COURT, 8 Terminus Road | £39,950 (1995) | £157,000 (2013) | +7.9% | +5.4% |
| 20 Terminus Road | £95,000 (1997) | £340,000 (2012) | +8.9% | +6.4% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Terminus 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat or maisonette | 42 | 59.2% | £105,000 | £26,950 – £274,500 |
| Terraced | 14 | 19.7% | £135,000 | £42,500 – £290,000 |
| Semi-detached | 12 | 16.9% | £161,000 | £43,100 – £232,000 |
| Detached | 3 | 4.2% | £250,000 | £95,000 – £340,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Terminus Road, Cowes
42 of the sales on record are leasehold and 29 freehold — 59.2% 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 £105,000 and the median freehold sale £162,000 — a gap of +54.3%. 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 | 42 | 59.2% | £105,000 |
| Freehold | 29 | 40.8% | £162,000 |
| New build | 1 | 1.4% | £90,000 |
| Existing home | 70 | 98.6% | £110,975 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -18.9%. 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 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 Terminus Road, Cowes compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Terminus Road, Cowes sits below that national figure — -32.1%.
Within Cowes the street ranks 186 of 198 by median price, and its median is below the town figure of £160,000 (-33.2%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £1,798 per square metre, across 7 of the 71 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 £26,950 to £340,000. 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
- FLAT 12, FOUNTAIN COURT, 8 Terminus Road4 sales
- 24 Terminus Road4 sales
- 36 Terminus Road4 sales
- FLAT 8, CARVEL COURT Terminus Road4 sales
- 18 Terminus Road4 sales
- 38 Terminus Road4 sales
- FLAT 3, CARVEL COURT Terminus Road3 sales
- FLAT 2, FOUNTAIN COURT, 8 Terminus Road3 sales
- 20 Terminus Road3 sales
- FLAT 13, FOUNTAIN COURT, 8 Terminus Road3 sales
- 12 Terminus Road3 sales
- FLAT 2, 2 Terminus Road2 sales
- FLAT 1, FOUNTAIN COURT, 8 Terminus Road2 sales
- FLAT 3, NORTHWOOD PLACE Terminus Road2 sales
- FLAT 4, FOUNTAIN COURT, 8 Terminus Road2 sales
- FLAT 8, FOUNTAIN COURT, 8 Terminus Road2 sales
- FLAT 4, NORTHWOOD PLACE Terminus Road2 sales
- FLAT 4, CARVEL COURT Terminus Road2 sales
- 32 Terminus Road2 sales
- FLAT 5, CARVEL COURT Terminus Road2 sales
Back to Cowes house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Terminus Road, Cowes?
The median price paid in Terminus Road, Cowes across every sale on the register is £106,950. 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 Terminus Road, Cowes?
71 sales are on record for Terminus Road, Cowes, the most recent completing on 16 Feb 2024. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Terminus Road, Cowes house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +206.0% between 1997 and 2007. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +150.9%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Terminus Road, Cowes house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £145,000, set in 2005. 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 Terminus Road, Cowes?
£1,798 per square metre, from the 7 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 16 Feb 2024. 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, “Terminus 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.