Feb 07, 2023 by HM

House prices in Branksome (BH12 1)

This article reveals price per square metre data and various charts to help you understand current housing market in Branksome (BH12 1).

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Price per square metre

Knowing the average house price in Branksome 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. 58, Guest Avenue, Branksome, Poole, sold for £353,500 on Aug-2023. Given the internal area of 73 square metres, the price per sqm is £4,842.

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 165 sales in Branksome (BH12 1) 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 Branksome (BH12 1). Of the 165 transactions, half were sold for between £3,220 and £4,630 per square metre. Notably, only 25% of properties that sold recently were valued at more than £4,630m². 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 'BH12 1' is £3,850. The table below shows how 'BH12 1' compares to neighbouring postcode sectors.

Postcode sector	Lower quartile	Middle quartile	Upper quartile
BH12 1 Branksome	£3,220m2	£3,850m2	£4,630m2
BH12 2 Parkstone	£3,320m2	£3,800m2	£4,430m2
BH12 3 Parkstone	£3,300m2	£3,780m2	£4,270m2
BH12 4 Alderney	£3,410m2	£3,810m2	£4,390m2
BH12 5 Wallisdown	£3,550m2	£4,080m2	£4,620m2

Will Branksome 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 BH12 1 (Branksome). 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 BH12 1 and the blue dots are the individual property sales that inform this trend.

Disclaimer: The data provided throughout this website about Branksome 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 Branksome data or any other data I am given.

Price map for Branksome

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 Branksome. 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 Branksome

Street level data

Street	Avg size	Avg £/m2	Recent sales
Princess Road, Branksome, BH12 1B	67m2	£3,056	49
Surrey Road, Branksome, BH12 1H	79m2	£3,670	36
Poole Road, Branksome, BH12 1A	59m2	£2,803	31
Winston Avenue, Branksome, BH12 1P	76m2	£3,368	20
Sheringham Road, Branksome, BH12 1N	92m2	£3,889	19
Farnham Road, Branksome, BH12 1P	88m2	£3,560	17
Yarmouth Road, Branksome, BH12 1A	44m2	£4,190	14
Wren Crescent, Branksome, BH12 1L	100m2	£4,993	14

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Raw data

Our analysis of Branksome 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
58, Guest Avenue, Branksome, Poole	£353,500 Aug-2023	73	4,842
54, Alder Heights, Branksome, Poole	£220,000 Aug-2023	62	3,548
52b, Cornelia Crescent, Branksome, Poole	£605,000 Jul-2023	154	3,928

See the entire list of all sales in Branksome (BH12 1) here.