Sylvan Avenue, East Cowes house prices are built from 152 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 £169,475. Across the 16 years from 2007 to 2023 the median moved +59.6% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -0.8%.
Median price paid
£169,475
Change in cash, 2007–2023
+59.6%
Change in real terms
-0.8%
Median per m²
£2,110
HM Land Registry152 sales37 with floor areaLatest sale 10 Apr 2026
Section 01
How Sylvan Avenue, East Cowes prices moved
The chart tracks the median Sylvan Avenue, East Cowes house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1995 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4 | £55,000 | £122,126 |
| 2000s | 7 | £169,000 | £307,868 |
| 2010s | 3 | £195,000 | £274,950 |
| 2020s | 2 | £240,750 | £245,984 |
The highest yearly median on record for Sylvan Avenue, East Cowes is £310,000 in 2023; the lowest is £53,000 in 1996. Across the full 29-year record the cash median has moved from £55,000 to £310,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £122,126, so the real change over the whole record is +174.3% — about +3.67% 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: +59.6% in cash against -0.8% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42 | 10 Apr 2026 | Detached | £265,000 | £265,000 |
| 12 | 16 Feb 2026 | Detached | £260,000 | £260,000 |
| 49 | 6 Feb 2026 | Semi-detached | £265,000 | £265,000 |
| 54 | 6 Jun 2025 | Detached | £240,000 | £245,217 |
| 37 | 20 Dec 2023 | Semi-detached | £251,000 | £271,195 |
| 58 | 24 Nov 2023 | Detached | £295,000 | £318,736 |
| 34 | 10 Nov 2023 | Semi-detached | £315,000 | £340,345 |
| 93 | 30 Oct 2023 | Detached | £325,000 | £351,149 |
| 25 | 30 Jun 2023 | Detached | £310,000 | £334,943 |
| 3 | 18 Jul 2022 | Detached | £295,000 | £341,783 |
| 62 | 24 Feb 2022 | Semi-detached | £310,000 | £359,162 |
| 11 | 20 Dec 2021 | Detached | £250,000 | £315,860 |
| 18 | 21 May 2021 | Semi-detached | £205,000 | £259,005 |
| 56 | 14 May 2021 | Detached | £215,000 | £271,640 |
| 40 | 10 May 2021 | Detached | £262,000 | £331,022 |
| 7 | 29 Mar 2021 | Detached | £275,000 | £347,446 |
| 25 | 15 Jan 2021 | Detached | £231,500 | £292,487 |
| 52 | 28 Aug 2020 | Detached | £200,000 | £258,953 |
| 57 | 3 Jul 2020 | Detached | £222,000 | £287,438 |
| 101 | 9 Sep 2019 | Detached | £280,000 | £366,234 |
| 19 | 5 Apr 2019 | Detached | £267,000 | £349,230 |
| 99 | 12 Oct 2018 | Detached | £233,000 | £310,520 |
| 96 | 11 Jul 2018 | Detached | £225,000 | £299,858 |
| 87 | 17 Nov 2017 | Detached | £230,000 | £313,031 |
| 17 | 4 Aug 2017 | Detached | £207,000 | £281,728 |
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 Sylvan Avenue, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42 Sylvan Avenue | £170,000 (2005) | £265,000 (2026) | +2.1% | -0.7% |
| 12 Sylvan Avenue | £84,000 (2000) | £260,000 (2026) | +4.4% | +1.7% |
| 49 Sylvan Avenue | £145,000 (2004) | £265,000 (2026) | +2.8% | -0.1% |
| 54 Sylvan Avenue | £154,000 (2003) | £240,000 (2025) | +2.0% | -0.8% |
| 58 Sylvan Avenue | £207,500 (2007) | £295,000 (2023) | +2.2% | -0.8% |
| 93 Sylvan Avenue | £80,500 (1998) | £325,000 (2023) | +5.7% | +3.0% |
| 25 Sylvan Avenue | £130,000 (2005) | £310,000 (2023) | +4.9% | +1.9% |
| 3 Sylvan Avenue | £48,750 (1995) | £295,000 (2022) | +6.9% | +4.4% |
| 62 Sylvan Avenue | £171,500 (2003) | £310,000 (2022) | +3.2% | +0.5% |
| 11 Sylvan Avenue | £158,000 (2004) | £250,000 (2021) | +2.7% | +0.4% |
| 40 Sylvan Avenue | £53,000 (1996) | £262,000 (2021) | +6.6% | +4.3% |
| 57 Sylvan Avenue | £55,000 (1995) | £222,000 (2020) | +5.7% | +3.5% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Sylvan Avenue, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 121 | 79.6% | £170,000 | £48,750 – £325,000 |
| Semi-detached | 27 | 17.8% | £166,000 | £56,000 – £315,000 |
| Terraced | 4 | 2.6% | £58,500 | £52,650 – £182,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Sylvan Avenue, East Cowes
2 of the sales on record are leasehold and 150 freehold — 1.3% 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 £114,975 and the median freehold sale £169,975 — a gap of +47.8%. 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 | 2 | 1.3% | £114,975 |
| Freehold | 150 | 98.7% | £169,975 |
A further 1 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 Sylvan Avenue, East Cowes compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Sylvan Avenue, East Cowes sits above that national figure — +7.6%.
Within East Cowes the street ranks 41 of 106 by median price, and its median is above the town figure of £149,250 (+13.6%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £2,110 per square metre, across 37 of the 152 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 £48,750 to £325,000. 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
- 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
- 96 Sylvan Avenue6 sales
- 25 Sylvan Avenue5 sales
- 1 Sylvan Avenue5 sales
- 42 Sylvan Avenue4 sales
- 12 Sylvan Avenue4 sales
- 49 Sylvan Avenue4 sales
- 57 Sylvan Avenue4 sales
- 98 Sylvan Avenue4 sales
- 54 Sylvan Avenue3 sales
- 58 Sylvan Avenue3 sales
- 93 Sylvan Avenue3 sales
- 3 Sylvan Avenue3 sales
- 99 Sylvan Avenue3 sales
- 87 Sylvan Avenue3 sales
- 17 Sylvan Avenue3 sales
- 47 Sylvan Avenue3 sales
- 43 Sylvan Avenue3 sales
- 59 Sylvan Avenue3 sales
- 8 Sylvan Avenue3 sales
- 66 Sylvan Avenue3 sales
- 81 Sylvan Avenue3 sales
- 82 Sylvan Avenue3 sales
- 62 Sylvan Avenue2 sales
- 11 Sylvan Avenue2 sales
Back to East Cowes house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Sylvan Avenue, East Cowes?
The median price paid in Sylvan Avenue, East Cowes across every sale on the register is £169,475. 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 Sylvan Avenue, East Cowes?
152 sales are on record for Sylvan Avenue, East 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 Sylvan Avenue, East Cowes house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +59.6% between 2007 and 2023. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -0.8%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Sylvan Avenue, East Cowes house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £310,000, set in 2023. 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 Sylvan Avenue, East Cowes?
£2,110 per square metre, from the 37 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, “Sylvan Avenue, 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.