Castle Street, East Cowes house prices are built from 80 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 2018 and the most recent on 2 Mar 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £172,500. Across the 5 years from 2018 to 2023 the median moved +4.7% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -15.2%.
Median price paid
£172,500
Change in cash, 2018–2023
+4.7%
Change in real terms
-15.2%
Median per m²
£1,419
HM Land Registry80 sales14 with floor areaLatest sale 2 Mar 2026
Section 01
How Castle Street, East Cowes prices moved
The chart tracks the median Castle Street, East Cowes house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 2018 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 2 | £215,000 | £303,150 |
| 2020s | 2 | £247,500 | £252,880 |
The highest yearly median on record for Castle Street, East Cowes is £255,000 in 2022; the lowest is £215,000 in 2019. Across the full 6-year record the cash median has moved from £236,500 to £247,500.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £315,184, so the real change over the whole record is -15.2% — about -3.23% 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: +4.7% in cash against -15.2% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat 2 Buckland Court, 3 | 2 Mar 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £50,000 | £50,000 |
| 3 Seymour Court | 23 Sep 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £205,000 | £209,457 |
| Apartment 2 Princess Court, 41 | 16 Jun 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £164,000 | £167,565 |
| Apartment 7 Princess Court, 41 | 22 Nov 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £131,250 | £138,106 |
| Apartment 32 Princess Court, 41 | 12 Dec 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £150,000 | £162,069 |
| Apartment 35 Princess Court, 41 | 20 Oct 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £225,000 | £243,103 |
| Apartment 27 Princess Court, 41 | 15 Sep 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £247,500 | £267,414 |
| Apartment 6 Princess Court, 41 | 21 Apr 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £255,000 | £275,517 |
| Apartment 39 Princess Court, 41 | 16 Mar 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £276,500 | £298,747 |
| Apartment 10 Princess Court, 41 | 16 Dec 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £243,000 | £281,537 |
| Apartment 19 Princess Court, 41 | 6 Oct 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £255,000 | £295,440 |
| Apartment 37 Princess Court, 41 | 9 Sep 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £330,000 | £382,334 |
| Apartment 29 Princess Court, 41 | 9 Sep 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £232,500 | £269,371 |
| Apartment 11 Princess Court, 41 | 1 Aug 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £255,000 | £295,440 |
| Apartment 9 Princess Court, 41 | 25 Jul 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £245,000 | £283,854 |
| Apartment 24 Princess Court, 41 | 6 Jun 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £255,000 | £295,440 |
| Apartment 22 Princess Court, 41 | 20 May 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £255,000 | £295,440 |
| 4 Seymour Court | 11 Jan 2022 | Terraced | £190,000 | £220,131 |
| Flat 1 Buckland Court, 3 | 27 Aug 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £125,000 | £157,930 |
| Apartment 12 Princess Court, 41 | 30 Jul 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £253,000 | £319,651 |
| Apartment 38 Princess Court, 41 | 26 Mar 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £220,000 | £277,957 |
| Apartment 15 Princess Court, 41 | 5 Mar 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £161,000 | £203,414 |
| Apartment 34 Princess Court, 41 | 13 Oct 2020 | Flat or maisonette | £267,500 | £346,350 |
| Apartment 18 Princess Court, 41 | 30 Sep 2020 | Flat or maisonette | £275,000 | £356,061 |
| Apartment 23 Princess Court, 41 | 2 Mar 2020 | Flat or maisonette | £255,000 | £330,165 |
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 Castle Street, 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 2 BUCKLAND COURT, 3 Castle Street | £34,950 (2000) | £50,000 (2026) | +1.4% | -1.3% |
| 3 SEYMOUR COURT Castle Street | £60,000 (1998) | £205,000 (2025) | +4.7% | +1.9% |
| APARTMENT 27 PRINCESS COURT, 41 Castle Street | £215,000 (2019) | £247,500 (2023) | +3.6% | -1.3% |
| APARTMENT 37 PRINCESS COURT, 41 Castle Street | £350,000 (2018) | £330,000 (2022) | -1.5% | -4.8% |
| APARTMENT 29 PRINCESS COURT, 41 Castle Street | £248,000 (2018) | £232,500 (2022) | -1.6% | -5.0% |
| FLAT 1 BUCKLAND COURT, 3 Castle Street | £95,000 (2005) | £125,000 (2021) | +1.7% | -0.6% |
| APARTMENT 34 PRINCESS COURT, 41 Castle Street | £257,500 (2018) | £267,500 (2020) | +1.9% | +0.5% |
| 19 Castle Street | £25,000 (1997) | £118,000 (2019) | +7.3% | +5.0% |
| 29 Castle Street | £119,000 (2016) | £152,000 (2019) | +8.5% | +6.2% |
| FLAT 5 BUCKLAND COURT, 3 Castle Street | £39,950 (2000) | £77,000 (2013) | +5.2% | +2.7% |
| FLAT 4 BUCKLAND COURT, 3 Castle Street | £58,000 (2001) | £78,000 (2013) | +2.5% | 0.0% |
| 1 SEYMOUR COURT Castle Street | £77,000 (1999) | £207,000 (2010) | +9.4% | +7.0% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Castle Street, 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 | 54 | 67.5% | £220,000 | £34,950 – £360,000 |
| Terraced | 15 | 18.8% | £133,000 | £25,000 – £207,000 |
| Semi-detached | 9 | 11.3% | £77,000 | £26,000 – £200,000 |
| Detached | 2 | 2.5% | £24,500 | £24,500 – £48,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Castle Street, East Cowes
53 of the sales on record are leasehold and 27 freehold — 66.3% 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 £225,000 and the median freehold sale £115,000 — a gap of -48.9%. 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 | 53 | 66.3% | £225,000 |
| Freehold | 27 | 33.8% | £115,000 |
| New build | 31 | 38.8% | £255,000 |
| Existing home | 49 | 61.3% | £107,000 |
New builds sold for more than the median existing home — +138.3%. 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 11 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 Castle Street, East Cowes compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Castle Street, East Cowes sits above that national figure — +9.5%.
Within East Cowes the street ranks 39 of 106 by median price, and its median is above the town figure of £149,250 (+15.6%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £1,419 per square metre, across 14 of the 80 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 £24,500 to £360,000. 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
- Albert Way£146,000 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
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- FLAT 1, BUCKLAND COURT, 3 Castle Street4 sales
- FLAT 5, BUCKLAND COURT, 3 Castle Street4 sales
- FLAT 2, BUCKLAND COURT, 3 Castle Street3 sales
- 19 Castle Street3 sales
- 8, SEYMOUR COURT Castle Street3 sales
- 33 Castle Street3 sales
- 35 Castle Street3 sales
- 3, SEYMOUR COURT Castle Street2 sales
- APARTMENT 27, PRINCESS COURT, 41 Castle Street2 sales
- APARTMENT 29, PRINCESS COURT, 41 Castle Street2 sales
- APARTMENT 37, PRINCESS COURT, 41 Castle Street2 sales
- APARTMENT 34, PRINCESS COURT, 41 Castle Street2 sales
- 29 Castle Street2 sales
- FLAT 4, BUCKLAND COURT, 3 Castle Street2 sales
- 1, SEYMOUR COURT Castle Street2 sales
- 6, SEYMOUR COURT Castle Street2 sales
- 31 Castle Street2 sales
Back to East Cowes house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Castle Street, East Cowes?
The median price paid in Castle Street, East Cowes across every sale on the register is £172,500. 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 Castle Street, East Cowes?
80 sales are on record for Castle Street, East Cowes, the most recent completing on 2 Mar 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Castle Street, East Cowes house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +4.7% between 2018 and 2023. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -15.2%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Castle Street, East Cowes house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £255,000, 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 Castle Street, East Cowes?
£1,419 per square metre, from the 14 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 2 Mar 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, “Castle Street, 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.