Feb 07, 2023 by HM

House prices in Bere Regis (BH20 7)

This article reveals price per square metre data and various charts to help you understand current housing market in Bere Regis (BH20 7).


Price per square metre

Knowing the average house price in Bere Regis 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. Merrydown, Shitterton, Bere Regis, Wareham, sold for £685,000 on Sep-2023. Given the internal area of 131 square metres, the price per sqm is £5,229.

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 77 sales in Bere Regis (BH20 7) that took place in the last two years.

Distribution of £ per sqm for Bere Regis (BH20 7)
Distribution of £ per sqm house prices in Bere Regis

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 Bere Regis (BH20 7). Of the 77 transactions, half were sold for between £3,320 and £4,550 per square metre. Notably, only 25% of properties that sold recently were valued at more than £4,550m2. 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 'BH20 7' is £4,010. The table below shows how 'BH20 7' compares to neighbouring postcode sectors.

Postcode sector Lower quartile Middle quartile Upper quartile
BH20 6 Wool £3,300m2 £3,900m2 £4,570m2
BH20 5 Corfe Castle £4,550m2 £5,440m2 £6,160m2
BH20 7 Bere Regis £3,320m2 £4,010m2 £4,550m2
BH20 4 Wareham £3,620m2 £4,150m2 £4,710m2

Will Bere Regis 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 BH20 7 (Bere Regis). 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 BH20 7 and the blue dots are the individual property sales that inform this trend.

Price per square metre in Bere Regis (BH20 7) over time
House price trends for Bere Regis

Hover on any blue dot to see details of specific sales

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

Price map for Bere Regis

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 Bere Regis. 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.

Property price heatmap for Bere Regis
House price heatmap for Bere Regis

Street level data

Street Avg size Avg £/m2 Recent sales
West Street, Bere Regis, BH20 7H 97m2 £4,147 16
Miles Avenue, Bere Regis, BH20 7A 107m2 £3,952 15
Filleul Road, Bere Regis, BH20 7A 112m2 £4,058 9
Elder Road, Bere Regis, BH20 7N 72m2 £3,978 9
Old Barn Road, Bere Regis, BH20 7H 77m2 £3,571 7
Gore Hill, Bere Regis, BH20 7A 100m2 £3,659 7
Manor Farm Road, Bere Regis, BH20 7H 78m2 £2,866 5
Keysworth Drive, Bere Regis, BH20 7B 140m2 £3,452 5

Search for your street here.

Raw data

Our analysis of Bere Regis 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
Merrydown, Shitterton, Bere Regis, Wareham £685,000
Sep-2023
131 5,229
16, Miles Avenue, Bere Regis, Wareham £397,000
Sep-2023
84 4,726
12, North St, Bere Regis, Wareham £340,000
Aug-2023
81 4,197

See the entire list of all sales in Bere Regis (BH20 7) here.

About

HouseMetric is a hobby, created out of a desire to see data and analysis not present on any free to use website. It is still a work in progress and I'll add more stuff in the near future.