Fort Street, Sandown house prices are built from 68 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1998 and the most recent on 30 Oct 2024. The median price paid across the whole record is £125,000. Across the 13 years from 2005 to 2018 the median moved -1.7% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -28.1%.
Median price paid
£125,000
Change in cash, 2005–2018
-1.7%
Change in real terms
-28.1%
Median per m²
£1,693
HM Land Registry68 sales21 with floor areaLatest sale 30 Oct 2024
Section 01
How Fort Street, Sandown prices moved
The chart tracks the median Fort Street, Sandown house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1998 to 2018. 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 | 2 | £44,500 | £98,811 |
| 2000s | 2 | £75,000 | £136,628 |
| 2010s | 1 | £130,000 | £183,300 |
The highest yearly median on record for Fort Street, Sandown is £132,225 in 2005; the lowest is £44,500 in 1998. Across the full 21-year record the cash median has moved from £44,500 to £130,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £92,272, so the real change over the whole record is +87.8% — about +3.20% 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: -1.7% in cash against -28.1% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | 30 Oct 2024 | Semi-detached | £247,000 | £259,903 |
| 35 | 8 Apr 2022 | Terraced | £175,000 | £202,753 |
| 25 | 29 Oct 2021 | Terraced | £235,000 | £296,909 |
| 23 | 21 Sep 2020 | Semi-detached | £215,000 | £278,375 |
| 3 | 10 Jul 2020 | Terraced | £150,000 | £194,215 |
| 1 | 1 May 2020 | Terraced | £97,000 | £125,592 |
| 35 | 30 Oct 2019 | Terraced | £170,000 | £222,356 |
| 42 | 16 Aug 2019 | Semi-detached | £182,500 | £238,706 |
| 7 | 28 Jun 2019 | Terraced | £144,000 | £188,349 |
| 7 | 13 Nov 2018 | Terraced | £80,000 | £106,616 |
| 45 | 14 Aug 2018 | Terraced | £174,000 | £231,890 |
| 39 | 10 Aug 2018 | Terraced | £125,000 | £166,588 |
| 25 | 15 May 2018 | Terraced | £130,000 | £173,251 |
| 6 | 22 Feb 2018 | Terraced | £137,950 | £183,846 |
| 2b | 10 Nov 2017 | Terraced | £137,500 | £187,138 |
| 42 | 3 Nov 2017 | Semi-detached | £144,000 | £195,985 |
| 43 | 1 Nov 2016 | Terraced | £135,000 | £188,465 |
| 45 | 20 Oct 2015 | Terraced | £132,500 | £186,825 |
| 41 | 30 Sep 2015 | Terraced | £135,000 | £190,350 |
| 3 | 18 Dec 2014 | Terraced | £116,000 | £166,389 |
| 23 | 4 Apr 2014 | Semi-detached | £165,000 | £236,673 |
| 41 | 4 Dec 2013 | Terraced | £135,000 | £196,846 |
| 23 | 28 Sep 2012 | Semi-detached | £160,000 | £238,983 |
| 16 | 12 Dec 2011 | Terraced | £125,000 | £191,576 |
| 6 | 14 Oct 2011 | Terraced | £101,000 | £154,793 |
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 Fort Street, Sandown values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 Fort Street | £117,500 (2004) | £247,000 (2024) | +3.8% | +0.9% |
| 35 Fort Street | £36,000 (1998) | £175,000 (2022) | +6.8% | +4.3% |
| 25 Fort Street | £46,750 (1998) | £235,000 (2021) | +7.3% | +5.0% |
| 3 Fort Street | £76,000 (2001) | £150,000 (2020) | +3.6% | +1.4% |
| 42 Fort Street | £84,950 (2001) | £182,500 (2019) | +4.3% | +2.0% |
| 7 Fort Street | £80,000 (2018) | £144,000 (2019) | +80.0% | +76.7% |
| 45 Fort Street | £59,950 (1999) | £174,000 (2018) | +5.8% | +3.4% |
| 6 Fort Street | £75,000 (2002) | £137,950 (2018) | +3.9% | +1.5% |
| 2B Fort Street | £119,950 (2004) | £137,500 (2017) | +1.1% | -1.3% |
| 43 Fort Street | £74,000 (2002) | £135,000 (2016) | +4.4% | +2.0% |
| 41 Fort Street | £32,000 (1999) | £135,000 (2015) | +9.4% | +6.9% |
| 16 Fort Street | £120,000 (2005) | £125,000 (2011) | +0.7% | -2.2% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Fort Street, Sandown 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 | 43 | 63.2% | £125,000 | £36,000 – £235,000 |
| Semi-detached | 20 | 29.4% | £145,000 | £51,000 – £247,000 |
| Flat or maisonette | 3 | 4.4% | £55,000 | £32,000 – £125,000 |
| Detached | 2 | 2.9% | £47,950 | £47,950 – £53,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Fort Street, Sandown
29 of the sales on record are leasehold and 39 freehold — 42.6% 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 £115,250 and the median freehold sale £135,000 — a gap of +17.1%. 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 | 29 | 42.6% | £115,250 |
| Freehold | 39 | 57.4% | £135,000 |
| New build | 1 | 1.5% | £119,950 |
| Existing home | 67 | 98.5% | £125,000 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -4.0%. 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 3 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 07
Living in Fort Street, Sandown
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across Isle of Wight, 41.6% of 79,796 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 7.2% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 369 | 0.5% |
| B | 7,579 | 9.5% |
| C | 25,233 | 31.6% |
| D | 27,750 | 34.8% |
| E | 13,090 | 16.4% |
| F | 4,268 | 5.3% |
| G | 1,507 | 1.9% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in Isle of Wight at £948 a month as of Jun 2026 — £661 for a one-bedroom home and £1,085 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £125,000 here, that rent is a gross yield of 9.10% a year. It is a measured figure rather than an assumption: a real local rent over a real local price, before any cost of ownership.
Police forces publish every recorded street-level crime. Within a mile of the centre of PO36, 108 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 42 violent, 1 burglary, 1 vehicle-related and 17 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is 1.5 times quieter.
Against the 140,459 residents the 2021 census counted in Isle of Wight, that is 0.77 recorded crimes per thousand people in the month. The count covers a mile around the district centre while the population covers the whole council, so read the rate as an order of magnitude rather than a precise figure.
A count is not a rate. A district with shops and a station records more crime than a residential one of the same size, because more people pass through it. Read this next to the median, not on its own.
Section 08
The neighbourhood around Fort Street, Sandown
The 2021 census counted 140,459 residents in Isle of Wight across 64,775 households. 68.4% of those households own their home and 31.6% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
4 state and independent schools have a PO36 postcode: 3 primary, 1 all-through. Catchment areas do not follow postcodes, so treat this as what is nearby rather than what a child would be offered.
| School | Phase | Type | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Bay Church of England School | All-through | Voluntary controlled school | 1,232 |
| Broadlea Primary School | Primary | Community school | 242 |
| Newchurch Primary School | Primary | Community school | 209 |
| Brading Church of England Controlled Primary School | Primary | Voluntary controlled school | 96 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Sandown Rail Station | Rail | 0.2 km |
| Lake (Isle of Wight) Rail Station | Rail | 1.4 km |
| Brading Rail Station | Rail | 2.8 km |
| Shanklin Rail Station | Rail | 3.0 km |
Section 09
How Fort Street, Sandown compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Fort Street, Sandown sits below that national figure — -20.6%.
Within Sandown the street ranks 161 of 230 by median price, and its median is below the town figure of £141,000 (-11.3%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £1,693 per square metre, across 21 of the 68 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 £32,000 to £247,000. 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.
Fort Street, Sandown sits in Isle of Wight, in the South East.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in Isle of Wight at 9.3 times median local earnings of £28,543 a year, measured to Sep 2025. Across England and Wales the same ratio is 7.6. That number, not the price alone, is what decides whether a place is within reach of the people who work in it.
Section 10
Nearby on the record
Streets nearby
- Sandown Road£95,000 median
- Perowne Way£136,000 median
- Broadway£125,000 median
- New Road£152,000 median
- Station Avenue£134,500 median
- Newport Road£145,000 median
- High Street£121,250 median
- Fitzroy Street£124,500 median
- Avenue Road£114,000 median
- Culver Way£229,000 median
- Jeals Lane£114,500 median
- Forest Way£91,500 median
- Alverstone Road£250,000 median
- Carter Street£160,000 median
- St Johns Road£130,000 median
- Fairfield Gardens£166,250 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 23 Fort Street6 sales
- 41 Fort Street6 sales
- 35 Fort Street4 sales
- 25 Fort Street4 sales
- 3 Fort Street4 sales
- 42 Fort Street4 sales
- 45 Fort Street4 sales
- 6 Fort Street4 sales
- 37 Fort Street3 sales
- 7 Fort Street2 sales
- 2B Fort Street2 sales
- 43 Fort Street2 sales
- 16 Fort Street2 sales
- 27 Fort Street2 sales
- 29 Fort Street2 sales
- 9 Fort Street2 sales
- 46 Fort Street2 sales
- 44 Fort Street2 sales
- 20 Fort Street2 sales
Back to Sandown house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Fort Street, Sandown?
The median price paid in Fort Street, Sandown across every sale on the register is £125,000. 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 Fort Street, Sandown?
68 sales are on record for Fort Street, Sandown, the most recent completing on 30 Oct 2024. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Fort Street, Sandown house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose -1.7% between 2005 and 2018. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -28.1%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Fort Street, Sandown house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £132,225, 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 Fort Street, Sandown?
£1,693 per square metre, from the 21 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 Oct 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, “Fort Street, Sandown 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.