Popes Lane, Southampton house prices are built from 182 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 2007 and the most recent on 19 Jun 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £183,450. Across the 10 years from 2015 to 2025 the median moved -13.8% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -37.5%.
Median price paid
£183,450
Change in cash, 2015–2025
-13.8%
Change in real terms
-37.5%
Median per m²
£3,409
HM Land Registry182 sales67 with floor areaLatest sale 19 Jun 2026
Section 01
How Popes Lane, Southampton prices moved
The chart tracks the median Popes Lane, Southampton house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 2007 to 2025. 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 | 3 | £186,450 | £339,657 |
| 2010s | 2 | £140,000 | £197,400 |
| 2020s | 5 | £162,500 | £166,033 |
The highest yearly median on record for Popes Lane, Southampton is £220,000 in 2021; the lowest is £125,000 in 2025. Across the full 19-year record the cash median has moved from £186,450 to £125,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £324,161, so the real change over the whole record is -60.6% — about -5.04% 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: -13.8% in cash against -37.5% 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 23 Popes Court | 19 Jun 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £135,000 | £135,000 |
| Flat 48 Popes Court | 2 May 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £195,000 | £195,000 |
| Flat 43 Popes Court | 16 Feb 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £135,000 | £135,000 |
| Flat 46 Popes Court | 17 Nov 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £145,000 | £148,152 |
| Flat 21 Popes Court | 14 Aug 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £140,000 | £143,043 |
| Flat 1 Popes Court | 8 Aug 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £147,500 | £150,707 |
| Flat 32 Popes Court | 30 May 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £105,000 | £107,283 |
| Flat 10 Popes Court | 22 May 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £185,000 | £189,022 |
| Flat 39 Popes Court | 31 Mar 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £110,000 | £112,391 |
| Flat 12 Popes Court | 14 Mar 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £85,000 | £86,848 |
| Flat 9 Popes Court | 24 Feb 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £105,000 | £107,283 |
| Oakhurst | 7 Feb 2025 | Detached | £1,160,000 | £1,185,217 |
| Flat 50 Popes Court | 23 Jan 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £87,500 | £89,402 |
| Flat 31 Popes Court | 18 Dec 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £172,500 | £181,511 |
| Flat 7 Popes Court | 30 Aug 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £115,000 | £121,007 |
| Flat 27 Popes Court | 29 Aug 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £185,000 | £194,664 |
| Flat 2 Popes Court | 15 Aug 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £140,000 | £147,313 |
| Lodge Cottage | 3 May 2024 | Detached | £630,000 | £662,910 |
| Flat 1 Popes Court | 11 Dec 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £135,000 | £145,862 |
| Flat 11 Popes Court | 18 Aug 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £137,000 | £148,023 |
| Flat 35 Popes Court | 19 Jul 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £190,000 | £205,287 |
| Flat 8 Popes Court | 30 Jun 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £160,000 | £172,874 |
| Flat 26 Popes Court | 21 Jun 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £155,000 | £167,471 |
| Flat 38 Popes Court | 24 Feb 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £150,000 | £162,069 |
| Flat 17 Popes Court | 16 Dec 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £148,000 | £171,471 |
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 Popes Lane, Southampton values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FLAT 23 POPES COURT Popes Lane | £188,406 (2007) | £135,000 (2026) | -1.7% | -4.6% |
| FLAT 48 POPES COURT Popes Lane | £221,331 (2007) | £195,000 (2026) | -0.7% | -3.5% |
| FLAT 43 POPES COURT Popes Lane | £186,450 (2007) | £135,000 (2026) | -1.7% | -4.5% |
| FLAT 21 POPES COURT Popes Lane | £187,406 (2007) | £140,000 (2025) | -1.6% | -4.5% |
| FLAT 1 POPES COURT Popes Lane | £173,499 (2007) | £147,500 (2025) | -0.9% | -3.8% |
| FLAT 32 POPES COURT Popes Lane | £171,450 (2007) | £105,000 (2025) | -2.7% | -5.5% |
| FLAT 10 POPES COURT Popes Lane | £213,611 (2007) | £185,000 (2025) | -0.8% | -3.7% |
| FLAT 39 POPES COURT Popes Lane | £182,450 (2007) | £110,000 (2025) | -2.8% | -5.6% |
| FLAT 12 POPES COURT Popes Lane | £156,076 (2007) | £85,000 (2025) | -3.3% | -6.1% |
| FLAT 9 POPES COURT Popes Lane | £186,445 (2007) | £105,000 (2025) | -3.1% | -6.0% |
| OAKHURST Popes Lane | £580,000 (2021) | £1,160,000 (2025) | +18.9% | +12.8% |
| FLAT 50 POPES COURT Popes Lane | £186,367 (2007) | £87,500 (2025) | -4.1% | -6.9% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Popes Lane, Southampton 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 | 168 | 92.3% | £179,950 | £85,000 – £252,944 |
| Detached | 8 | 4.4% | £545,000 | £240,000 – £1,160,000 |
| Semi-detached | 3 | 1.6% | £195,000 | £170,000 – £277,500 |
| Terraced | 3 | 1.6% | £205,000 | £121,000 – £323,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Popes Lane, Southampton
168 of the sales on record are leasehold and 14 freehold — 92.3% 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 £179,975 and the median freehold sale £304,000 — a gap of +68.9%. 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 | 168 | 92.3% | £179,975 |
| Freehold | 14 | 7.7% | £304,000 |
| New build | 38 | 20.9% | £186,928 |
| Existing home | 144 | 79.1% | £177,000 |
New builds sold for more than the median existing home — +5.6%. 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.
Section 07
Living in Popes Lane, Southampton
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across New Forest, 41.4% of 81,792 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 4.9% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 319 | 0.4% |
| B | 5,972 | 7.3% |
| C | 27,549 | 33.7% |
| D | 32,422 | 39.6% |
| E | 11,558 | 14.1% |
| F | 3,080 | 3.8% |
| G | 892 | 1.1% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in New Forest at £1,238 a month as of Jun 2026 — £860 for a one-bedroom home and £1,384 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £183,450 here, that rent is a gross yield of 8.10% 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 SO40, 126 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 52 violent, 5 burglary, 6 vehicle-related and 12 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is 1.3 times quieter.
Against the 175,785 residents the 2021 census counted in New Forest, that is 0.72 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 Popes Lane, Southampton
The 2021 census counted 175,785 residents in New Forest across 77,567 households. 74.8% of those households own their home and 25.1% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
16 state and independent schools have a SO40 postcode: 14 primary, 2 secondary. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hounsdown School | Secondary | Academy converter | 1,283 |
| Testwood School | Secondary | Academy converter | 820 |
| Abbotswood Junior School | Primary | Foundation school | 629 |
| Foxhills Junior School | Primary | Community school | 281 |
| Bartley Church of England Junior School | Primary | Voluntary controlled school | 279 |
| Marchwood Junior School | Primary | Community school | 258 |
| Hazel Wood Infant School | Primary | Community school | 202 |
| Calmore Junior School | Primary | Foundation school | 195 |
| Foxhills Infant School | Primary | Community school | 178 |
| Calmore Infant School | Primary | Community school | 174 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Totton Rail Station | Rail | 1.6 km |
| Redbridge (Hants) Rail Station | Rail | 2.5 km |
| Ashurst New Forest Rail Station | Rail | 3.0 km |
| Millbrook (Hants) Rail Station | Rail | 4.9 km |
Section 09
How Popes Lane, Southampton compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Popes Lane, Southampton sits above that national figure — +16.5%.
Within Southampton the street ranks 2112 of 4115 by median price, and its median is above the town figure of £165,601 (+10.8%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £3,409 per square metre, across 67 of the 182 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 £85,000 to £1,160,000. 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.
Popes Lane, Southampton sits in New Forest, in the South East.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in New Forest at 10.3 times median local earnings of £36,792 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
- Northlands Road£161,875 median
- Brunel Road£93,000 median
- Salisbury Road£186,000 median
- Water Lane£125,000 median
- Rufus Gardens£118,000 median
- Woodlands Road£375,000 median
- Tides Way£118,000 median
- Ringwood Road£193,000 median
- Calmore Road£230,000 median
- Commercial Road£86,000 median
- Quayside Walk£210,000 median
- School Road£224,000 median
- Alder Hill Drive£114,000 median
- Testwood Lane£226,000 median
- Rumbridge Street£113,500 median
- Stanley Road£147,750 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- FLAT 23, POPES COURT Popes Lane6 sales
- FLAT 48, POPES COURT Popes Lane6 sales
- FLAT 1, POPES COURT Popes Lane6 sales
- FLAT 29, POPES COURT Popes Lane6 sales
- FLAT 10, POPES COURT Popes Lane5 sales
- FLAT 12, POPES COURT Popes Lane5 sales
- FLAT 8, POPES COURT Popes Lane5 sales
- FLAT 26, POPES COURT Popes Lane5 sales
- FLAT 36, POPES COURT Popes Lane5 sales
- FLAT 21, POPES COURT Popes Lane4 sales
- FLAT 39, POPES COURT Popes Lane4 sales
- FLAT 9, POPES COURT Popes Lane4 sales
- FLAT 50, POPES COURT Popes Lane4 sales
- FLAT 31, POPES COURT Popes Lane4 sales
- FLAT 7, POPES COURT Popes Lane4 sales
- FLAT 27, POPES COURT Popes Lane4 sales
- FLAT 2, POPES COURT Popes Lane4 sales
- LODGE COTTAGE Popes Lane4 sales
- FLAT 34, POPES COURT Popes Lane4 sales
- FLAT 6, POPES COURT Popes Lane4 sales
- FLAT 18, POPES COURT Popes Lane4 sales
- FLAT 3, POPES COURT Popes Lane4 sales
- FLAT 47, POPES COURT Popes Lane4 sales
- FLAT 14, POPES COURT Popes Lane4 sales
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Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Popes Lane, Southampton?
The median price paid in Popes Lane, Southampton across every sale on the register is £183,450. 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 Popes Lane, Southampton?
182 sales are on record for Popes Lane, Southampton, the most recent completing on 19 Jun 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Popes Lane, Southampton house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose -13.8% between 2015 and 2025. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -37.5%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Popes Lane, Southampton house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £220,000, set in 2021. 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 Popes Lane, Southampton?
£3,409 per square metre, from the 67 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 19 Jun 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, “Popes Lane, Southampton 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.