Feb 07, 2023 by HM

House prices in Bournemouth (BH10 5)

This article reveals price per square metre data and various charts to help you understand current housing market in Bournemouth (BH10 5).

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Price per square metre

Knowing the average house price in Bournemouth 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

E.g. 3, Pearl Road, Bournemouth, sold for £327,000 on Aug-2023. Given the internal area of 115 square metres, the price per sqm is £2,843.

England & Wales have been officially metric for many decades. However house price per square foot is sometimes prefered by those of sufficiently advanced age. They may want to convert metres on this page to square feet.

The chart below is called a histogram, it helps you see the distribution of this house price per sqm data. To make this chart we put the sales data into a series of £ per sqm 'buckets' (e.g. £3,800-£4,000, £4,000-£4,200, £4,200-£4,400 etc...) we then count the number of sales with within in each bucket and plot the results. The chart is based on 152 sales in Bournemouth (BH10 5) that took place in the last two years.

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.

That said, the spread of prices will give you a feel of the typical range to expect in Bournemouth (BH10 5). Of the 152 transactions, half were sold for between £3,520 and £4,560 per square metre. Notably, only 25% of properties that sold recently were valued at more than £4,560m². For anything to be valued more than this means it has to be more desireable than the clear majority of homes.

For the average, we calculate the 'median' or middle price. The median price per square metre in 'BH10 5' is £3,980. The table below shows how 'BH10 5' compares to neighbouring postcode sectors.

Postcode sector	Lower quartile	Middle quartile	Upper quartile
BH10 5 Bournemouth	£3,520m2	£3,980m2	£4,560m2
BH10 6 Bournemouth	£3,660m2	£4,370m2	£4,870m2
BH10 4 Bournemouth	£3,310m2	£3,780m2	£4,320m2
BH10 7 Bournemouth	£3,560m2	£4,110m2	£4,660m2

Will Bournemouth house prices drop in 2024?

I cannot tell the future and don't believe anyone who says they can. I can however plot price trends - I have done this in the scatter plot below for BH10 5 (Bournemouth). From this one could infer a range of reasonable possible future price falls or rises. In the chart below, the red dashed line is the house price trend for BH10 5 and the blue dots are the individual property sales that inform this trend.

Disclaimer: The data provided throughout this website about Bournemouth and any other area, is not financial advice. Any information provided does not and cannot ever take in to account the particular financial situation, objectives or property needs of either you or anyone reading this information. Furthermore, I cannot guarantee the accuracy of any data shown. This information is based on sold prices and internal area data provided by Land Registry and other third parties - I do not verify the accuracy of the Bournemouth data or any other data I am given.

Price map for Bournemouth

I've just finished coding the map I link to below. I find it useful and I am sure it will help you in exploring Bournemouth. You can zoom in all the way to individual properties and then all the way back out to see the whole country. The colours show the current estimated property values. I will explain more about the methodology and create a key next week.

House price heatmap for Bournemouth

Street level data

Street	Avg size	Avg £/m2	Recent sales
Kingswell Road, Bournemouth, BH10 5D	93m2	£3,277	21
East Howe Lane, Bournemouth, BH10 5J	92m2	£3,262	20
Kinson Road, Bournemouth, BH10 5E	86m2	£3,604	17
Draycott Road, Bournemouth, BH10 5A	68m2	£3,739	15
Barnes Crescent, Bournemouth, BH10 5A	69m2	£3,835	15
Green Lane, Bournemouth, BH10 5L	81m2	£4,072	13
Howeth Road, Bournemouth, BH10 5N	97m2	£3,615	12
Coombe Avenue, Bournemouth, BH10 5A	103m2	£3,770	10

Search for your street here.

Raw data

Our analysis of Bournemouth 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	m2	£/m2
3, Pearl Rd, Bournemouth	£327,000 Aug-2023	115	2,843
53, Glenmeadows Drive, Bournemouth	£325,000 Aug-2023	93	3,494
186, Howeth Rd, Bournemouth	£360,000 Aug-2023	66	5,454

See the entire list of all sales in Bournemouth (BH10 5) here.