Albert Way, East Cowes house prices are built from 154 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 2008 and the most recent on 30 Apr 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £146,000. Across the 10 years from 2013 to 2023 the median moved +34.0% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -0.7%.
Median price paid
£146,000
Change in cash, 2013–2023
+34.0%
Change in real terms
-0.7%
Median per m²
£3,054
HM Land Registry154 sales58 with floor areaLatest sale 30 Apr 2026
Section 01
How Albert Way, East Cowes prices moved
The chart tracks the median Albert Way, East Cowes house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 2008 to 2023. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1 | £79,975 | £145,691 |
| 2010s | 7 | £150,998 | £212,906 |
| 2020s | 3 | £130,000 | £132,826 |
The highest yearly median on record for Albert Way, East Cowes is £181,995 in 2015; the lowest is £79,975 in 2008. Across the full 16-year record the cash median has moved from £79,975 to £130,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £134,244, so the real change over the whole record is +4.6% — about +0.30% 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: +34.0% in cash against -0.7% 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 10 the Moorings, 21 | 30 Apr 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £110,000 | £110,000 |
| Flat 5 Anchorage Court, 19 | 30 May 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £117,500 | £120,054 |
| Flat 9 Anchorage Court, 19 | 1 Apr 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £117,500 | £120,054 |
| Flat 4 Anchorage Court, 19 | 31 Mar 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £122,500 | £125,163 |
| 98 | 24 Feb 2025 | Detached | £355,000 | £362,717 |
| Flat 12 River Court, 62 | 31 Oct 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £119,950 | £126,216 |
| 78 | 21 Jun 2024 | Semi-detached | £85,000 | £89,440 |
| Flat 6 Anchorage Court, 19 | 25 Aug 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £125,000 | £135,057 |
| Flat 12 the Moorings, 21 | 21 Jul 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £130,000 | £140,460 |
| Flat 8 Anchorage Court, 19 | 26 May 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £130,000 | £140,460 |
| Flat 8 River Court, 62 | 31 Mar 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £120,000 | £129,655 |
| 74 | 17 Mar 2023 | Terraced | £172,500 | £186,379 |
| 72 | 20 Dec 2022 | Semi-detached | £260,500 | £301,812 |
| 69 | 15 Dec 2022 | Terraced | £180,000 | £208,546 |
| 55 | 6 Oct 2022 | Terraced | £260,000 | £301,233 |
| 12 | 22 Sep 2021 | Terraced | £140,000 | £176,882 |
| 84 | 8 Sep 2021 | Terraced | £233,000 | £294,382 |
| Flat 12 the Moorings, 21 | 20 Aug 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £121,000 | £152,876 |
| 33 | 21 Apr 2021 | Semi-detached | £215,500 | £272,272 |
| 64 | 8 Jan 2021 | Terraced | £175,000 | £221,102 |
| Flat 6 the Moorings, 21 | 4 Dec 2020 | Flat or maisonette | £105,000 | £135,950 |
| 57 | 23 Nov 2020 | Terraced | £215,000 | £278,375 |
| Flat 8 River Court, 62 | 4 Nov 2020 | Flat or maisonette | £102,500 | £132,713 |
| Flat 10 River Court, 62 | 18 Aug 2020 | Flat or maisonette | £95,000 | £123,003 |
| Flat 12 the Moorings, 21 | 22 May 2020 | Flat or maisonette | £115,000 | £148,898 |
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 Albert Way, East 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 10 the MOORINGS, 21 Albert Way | £98,000 (2013) | £110,000 (2026) | +0.9% | -2.0% |
| FLAT 5 ANCHORAGE COURT, 19 Albert Way | £96,000 (2012) | £117,500 (2025) | +1.6% | -1.4% |
| FLAT 9 ANCHORAGE COURT, 19 Albert Way | £93,000 (2012) | £117,500 (2025) | +1.8% | -1.1% |
| FLAT 4 ANCHORAGE COURT, 19 Albert Way | £115,000 (2012) | £122,500 (2025) | +0.5% | -2.4% |
| 98 Albert Way | £280,000 (2016) | £355,000 (2025) | +2.7% | -0.8% |
| FLAT 12 RIVER COURT, 62 Albert Way | £103,000 (2016) | £119,950 (2024) | +1.9% | -1.6% |
| FLAT 6 ANCHORAGE COURT, 19 Albert Way | £96,000 (2012) | £125,000 (2023) | +2.4% | -0.5% |
| FLAT 12 the MOORINGS, 21 Albert Way | £98,000 (2013) | £130,000 (2023) | +2.9% | -0.2% |
| FLAT 8 ANCHORAGE COURT, 19 Albert Way | £97,000 (2012) | £130,000 (2023) | +2.7% | -0.3% |
| FLAT 8 RIVER COURT, 62 Albert Way | £108,000 (2016) | £120,000 (2023) | +1.5% | -2.1% |
| 74 Albert Way | £143,000 (2013) | £172,500 (2023) | +1.9% | -1.1% |
| 72 Albert Way | £210,000 (2017) | £260,500 (2022) | +4.4% | +1.1% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Albert Way, East 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 | 72 | 46.8% | £103,000 | £44,985 – £180,000 |
| Terraced | 54 | 35.1% | £165,000 | £48,000 – £260,000 |
| Semi-detached | 21 | 13.6% | £199,995 | £85,000 – £260,500 |
| Detached | 7 | 4.5% | £255,000 | £195,000 – £355,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Albert Way, East Cowes
71 of the sales on record are leasehold and 83 freehold — 46.1% 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 £102,500 and the median freehold sale £180,995 — a gap of +76.6%. 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 | 71 | 46.1% | £102,500 |
| Freehold | 83 | 53.9% | £180,995 |
| New build | 93 | 60.4% | £152,000 |
| Existing home | 61 | 39.6% | £125,000 |
New builds sold for more than the median existing home — +21.6%. 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 16 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 Albert Way, East Cowes compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Albert Way, East Cowes sits below that national figure — -7.3%.
Within East Cowes the street ranks 58 of 106 by median price, and its median is below the town figure of £149,250 (-2.2%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £3,054 per square metre, across 58 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 £44,985 to £355,000. 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
- York Avenue£128,000 median
- Adelaide Grove£126,500 median
- Medina View£167,000 median
- Osborne Heights£201,950 median
- Clarence Road£92,750 median
- St Davids Road£115,000 median
- Sylvan Avenue£169,475 median
- Old Road£212,500 median
- Kings Road£108,625 median
- Osborne Road£124,000 median
- Captains Parade£184,248 median
- Orchard Road£101,000 median
- Grange Road£124,950 median
- Kingslea Park£130,000 median
- Hefford Road£185,000 median
- Yarborough Road£118,000 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- FLAT 5, ANCHORAGE COURT, 19 Albert Way4 sales
- FLAT 12, the MOORINGS, 21 Albert Way4 sales
- FLAT 10, the MOORINGS, 21 Albert Way3 sales
- FLAT 4, ANCHORAGE COURT, 19 Albert Way3 sales
- 98 Albert Way3 sales
- FLAT 6, ANCHORAGE COURT, 19 Albert Way3 sales
- FLAT 8, RIVER COURT, 62 Albert Way3 sales
- 33 Albert Way3 sales
- 43 Albert Way3 sales
- FLAT 9, the MOORINGS, 21 Albert Way3 sales
- 3 Albert Way3 sales
- 28 Albert Way3 sales
- 9 Albert Way3 sales
- FLAT 9, ANCHORAGE COURT, 19 Albert Way2 sales
- FLAT 12, RIVER COURT, 62 Albert Way2 sales
- FLAT 8, ANCHORAGE COURT, 19 Albert Way2 sales
- 74 Albert Way2 sales
- 72 Albert Way2 sales
- 69 Albert Way2 sales
- 55 Albert Way2 sales
- 12 Albert Way2 sales
- 84 Albert Way2 sales
- 64 Albert Way2 sales
- FLAT 6, the MOORINGS, 21 Albert Way2 sales
Back to East Cowes house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Albert Way, East Cowes?
The median price paid in Albert Way, East Cowes across every sale on the register is £146,000. 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 Albert Way, East Cowes?
154 sales are on record for Albert Way, East Cowes, the most recent completing on 30 Apr 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Albert Way, East Cowes house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +34.0% between 2013 and 2023. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -0.7%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Albert Way, East Cowes house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £181,995, set in 2015. 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 Albert Way, East Cowes?
£3,054 per square metre, from the 58 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 30 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, “Albert Way, East 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.