Feb 07, 2023 by HM

House prices in Bournemouth (BH10 6)

This article reveals price per square metre data and various charts to help you understand current housing market in Bournemouth (BH10 6).

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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. 205, Redhill Drive, Bournemouth, sold for £235,000 on Sep-2023. Given the internal area of 69 square metres, the price per sqm is £3,405.

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. £4,250-£4,500, £4,500-£4,750, £4,750-£5,000 etc...) we then count the number of sales with within in each bucket and plot the results. The chart is based on 110 sales in Bournemouth (BH10 6) 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 6). Of the 110 transactions, half were sold for between £3,640 and £4,870 per square metre. Notably, only 25% of properties that sold recently were valued at more than £4,870m². 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 6' is £4,370. The table below shows how 'BH10 6' compares to neighbouring postcode sectors.

Postcode sector	Lower quartile	Middle quartile	Upper quartile
BH10 7 Bournemouth	£3,610m2	£4,160m2	£4,670m2
BH10 5 Bournemouth	£3,540m2	£4,030m2	£4,580m2
BH10 6 Bournemouth	£3,640m2	£4,370m2	£4,870m2
BH10 4 Bournemouth	£3,270m2	£3,780m2	£4,290m2

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 6 (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 6 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
Redhill Drive, Bournemouth, BH10 6A	83m2	£3,262	45
Headswell Crescent, Bournemouth, BH10 6L	92m2	£3,437	16
Pine Vale Crescent, Bournemouth, BH10 6B	99m2	£4,015	16
Western Avenue, Bournemouth, BH10 6H	84m2	£3,949	16
Leybourne Avenue, Bournemouth, BH10 6E	98m2	£3,968	15
Saxonhurst Road, Bournemouth, BH10 6J	95m2	£4,307	15
Brierley Road, Bournemouth, BH10 6E	87m2	£4,044	13
Northbourne Avenue, Bournemouth, BH10 6D	103m2	£4,224	12

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
205, Redhill Drive, Bournemouth	£235,000 Sep-2023	69	3,405
13, Alderley Rd, Bournemouth	£437,000 Sep-2023	119	3,672
29, Palfrey Rd, Bournemouth	£386,000 Aug-2023	91	4,241

See the entire list of all sales in Bournemouth (BH10 6) here.