House prices in BH4 (Bournemouth)

Price per square metre data and charts to help you understand the housing market in BH4 - stats were last calculated on 04 March 2026.

Defining 'BH4'

This analysis is limited to properties whose postcode starts with "BH4", this is also called the postcode district. There are no official postcode district names so I've just labelled it BH4, Bournemouth. It is shown in red on the map below.

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Price per square metre

Knowing the average house price in BH4 is not much use. However, knowing average price per square metre can be quite useful. Price per sqm allows some comparison between properties of different size. We define price per square metre as the sold price divided by the internal area of a property:

£ per sqm = price ÷ internal area

For example in January 2026, Flat 6 Quarry Chase, 30, Poole Road, Bournemouth, BH4 9DD sold for £155,000. Given the internal area of 47 square metres recorded on the EPC, the price per sqm is £155,000 ÷ 47 sqm = £3,297.

England & Wales have been officially metric since 1965. However house price per square foot is prefered by some estate agents and those of sufficiently advanced age ;-). You can change your prefered units from square meters to square feet for all the graphs and charts on BH4 and elsewhere. Just visit the My Account page and look for the m2 to ft2 toggle switch. Alternatively just multiply everything by 10, move a decimal place to go from sqm to sqft and you'll be close enough as 1 sqm = 10.76391 sqft.

Distribution of £ per sqm for houses vs flats in BH4

The chart above is called a histogram, it helps you see the distribution of house price per sqm in BH4 To make this chart we put all the sales data into a series of £ per sqm 'buckets' (e.g. £3,800 to £4,000, £4,000 to £4,200, £4,200 to £4,400 etc...) we then count the number of sales with within in each bucket and plot the results. The histogram is based on 383 sales that took place in BH4, in the last 24 months.

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You can see the spread of prices above. This is because although internal area is a key factor in determining valuation, it is not the only factor. Many factors other than size affect desirability; these factors could be condition, aspect, garden size, negotiating power of the vendor etc.

The spread of prices will give you a feel of the typical range to expect in BH4, Bournemouth. Notably, only 25% of properties that sold recently were valued at more than £4,330 sqm. For anything to be valued more than this means it has to be more desireable than the clear majority of BH4 homes.

Box plot of £ per sqm for BH4

Tip: click on the chart to see the values.

The chart above is called a boxplot (or a box-and-whisker plot). Box plots, like histograms, are used to graphically represent the distribution of data, showing the central tendency, spread of the distribution. In the context of £ per square metre property price distributions, box plots represent the variation in property prices within a geographic area e.g. Bournemouth. The chart above shows a boxplot for 'BH4' as well as the 'BH' postcode area.

  • Median: The horizontal line inside the box represents the median (£ per square meter). This is the midpoint of the data, meaning 50% of the prices are below this value, and 50% are above. The middle price per square metre in 'BH4' is £3,680.
  • Interquartile Range (IQR): The box spans from the 25th percentile (Q1) to the 75th percentile (Q3). This is the range where the middle 50% of the data lies, giving a good indication of the typical price spread. Of the 383 transactions in BH4, Bournemouth half were sold for between £3,090 and £4,330 per square metre.
  • Whiskers: In our case, the whiskers extend from the 9th percentile (at the lower end) to the 91st percentile (at the upper end), This provides a slightly broader view of the distribution by including the middle 82% of records. The whiskers capture most of the variation but exclude extreme outliers caused by data errors in recording sold house prices or internal area.
  • 'n=' is the number of property transactions the box plot is based on; 383 for BH4, Bournemouth.

    • Property price map for Bournemouth

    Have a look at the interactive price map I created for myself. Use it to explore house prices in 'Bournemouth' all the way down to individual property plots.

    House price heatmap showing property values across Bournemouth 🔍 Explore map ›

    Will BH4 house prices drop in 2025?

    House prices in BH4 grew 1.4% in the last year, -1.8% after inflation. Whether or not this trend will continue depends on many factors, such as wage growth, net migration, interest rates and the level of house building. No one can predict these things with certainty however we can plot the historic trends in house prices in BH4 (Bournemouth) compared with the wider postcode area 'BH'.You can extrapolate from this based on your own views.

    House price index for BH4

    Tip: click on the legend items to show/hide different lines

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    The chart above shows changes in 'BH4' property prices over the last 20 years. The index is calculated from the average price paid per sqm for property in BH4 and is set to 100 in 2004. The chart compares trends for BH4, Bournemouth against those of the broader postcode area 'BH'. What is more interesting is to look at the difference between flats and houses, even those in the same area follow a very different trend, to get a robust enough sample size to see this we need to zoom out and look at house price trends for the entire Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole local authority.

    The dashed lines show nominal house price changes, the solid lines show the same data adjusted for inflation. Economists call this the 'real' price change. You have to take inflation into account when comparing prices over time. It's calculated using the formula:

    Real Rate of Return = (1 + Nominal Rate) ÷ (1 + Inflation Rate) – 1
    In this formula, the nominal rate is the rate of change before any adjustments, and the inflation rate is taken from the Consumer Price Index. The real rate of return is a more accurate measure of change in value, because £1 today does not have the same buying power as £1 in the past. For example, if a savings account pays an interest rate of 3% per year and the inflation rate is 5% per year, the real rate of return is -2%. This means that the investment's value is shrinking by 2% each year.

    Historic returns for BH4
    BH area BH4 district
    Nominal Real Nominal Real
    20 yr per annum 2.6% -0.2% 1.8% -1.0%
    20 yr total 66.8% -4.3% 42.7% -18.1%
    10 yr per annum 2.4% -1.0% 1.6% -1.7%
    10 yr total 26.5% -9.4% 17.6% -15.7%
    5 yr per annum 1.2% -3.6% 0.3% -4.5%
    5 yr total 6.0% -16.9% 1.3% -20.6%
    1 yr per annum 0.3% -2.8% 1.4% -1.8%
    1 yr total 0.3% -2.8% 1.4% -1.8%

    This table complements the house price index chart above, presenting the data in a more detailed format. It breaks down the information into 20-year, 10-year, 5-year, and 1-year periods, further categorized by property type. For each period, we display both a per annum rate of change and a total rate of change.

    The total rate of change represents the overall change over the entire period. The formula for total return is:

    Total return = (Index at end of period ÷ Index at start of period) - 1

    The per annum rate of change is the annualized rate of change over the period. This is equivalent to the annual bank savings rate you would need to achieve the same total return over the given period. This annualized return is also known as the Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR). The formula for CAGR is:

    CAGR = (1 + Total return) ^ (1 ÷ Number of years) - 1

    Some specific examples:

    • Over the past 20 years, BH4 district have seen a -1.0% annual change when adjusted for inflation. This translates to a total change of -18.1% in real terms.
    • Over the past 5 years, BH4 district have seen a -4.5% annual change when adjusted for inflation. This translates to a total change of -20.6% in real terms.

    Most recent BH4 sales

    For the most recent sales activity, rather than a summarized average, it is better to see the underlying data. This is shown in the chart below, where blue dots represent individual sales, click on them to see details. If there is an obvious trend you should be able to spot it here amid the noise from outliers.

    Tip: hover over dots to see details

    Street level data

    Street Avg size Avg £sqm Recent sales
    Surrey Road, , BH4 9H 69 sqm £3,431 83
    Portarlington Road, , BH4 8B 75 sqm £3,724 55
    Branksome Wood Road, , BH4 9J 77 sqm £3,638 55
    Marlborough Road, , BH4 8D 80 sqm £3,542 49
    West Cliff Road, , BH4 8B 95 sqm £3,887 39
    Poole Road, , BH4 9D 75 sqm £3,010 37
    Alumhurst Road, , BH4 8E 70 sqm £4,116 27
    Alum Chine Road, , BH4 8D 73 sqm £3,499 26

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    Nearby geographies

    The table below shows how 'BH4' compares to the other postcode districts nearby 'BH4'.

    District Lower quartile Median Upper quartile Sales in last 2yr
    BH9 Bournemouth £3,340 sqm £3,810 sqm £4,390 sqm 771
    BH8 Bournemouth £3,240 sqm £3,770 sqm £4,460 sqm 717
    BH7 Bournemouth £3,240 sqm £4,030 sqm £4,850 sqm 316
    BH6 Bournemouth £3,830 sqm £4,510 sqm £5,340 sqm 714
    BH5 Bournemouth £2,950 sqm £3,590 sqm £4,360 sqm 374
    BH4 Bournemouth £3,090 sqm £3,680 sqm £4,330 sqm 383
    BH31 Verwood £3,780 sqm £4,300 sqm £4,720 sqm 414
    BH3 Bournemouth £3,080 sqm £3,660 sqm £4,400 sqm 152
    BH25 New Milton £3,670 sqm £4,400 sqm £5,100 sqm 838
    BH24 Ringwood £3,700 sqm £4,340 sqm £5,030 sqm 627

    Raw data

    Our analysis of BH4 is derived from what is essentially a big table of sold prices from Land Registry with added property size information. Below are three rows from this table to give you an idea.

    Address Paid sqm £/sqm
    Flat 6 Quarry Chase, 30, Poole Rd, £155,000
    Jan-2026
    		 47 3,297
    Flat 8 Garden View, 38, Branksome Wood Rd, £300,000
    Jan-2026
    		 79 3,797
    46c, Surrey Rd, £435,000
    Jan-2026
    		 108 4,027

    See the entire list of all sales in BH4 here.

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