House prices in BH21 1 (Wimborne)

This article reveals price per square metre data and various charts to help you understand current housing market in 'BH21 1' (Wimborne) - statistics were last calculated on 30 June 2024.

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Defining 'BH21 1'

This analysis is limited to properties whose postcode starts with "BH21 1", this is also called the postcode sector. It is shown in red on the map above. There are no official names for postcode sectors so I've just labelled it Wimborne.

You can click on the map labels to change to a neighbouring sector, or you can enter a different postcode sector (e.g. CM23 4) below.

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FYI, a postcode sector is the full postcode without the last two letters.

Price per square metre

Knowing the average house price in Wimborne 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. 9, West Row, Wimborne, sold for £225,000 on May-2024. Given the internal area of 44 square metres, the price per sqm is £5,113.

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 ;-) They may want to convert square meters 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. £4,700-£5,000, £5,000-£5,300, £5,300-£5,600 etc...) we then count the number of sales with within in each bucket and plot the results. The chart is based on 259 sales in Wimborne (BH21 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.

The spread of prices will give you a feel of the typical range to expect in Wimborne (BH21 1). Of the 259 transactions, half were sold for between £3,710 and £5,150 per square metre. The median, or 'middle', price per square metre in 'BH21 1' is £4,440. Notably, only 25% of properties that sold recently were valued at more than £5,150 sqm. For anything to be valued more than this means it has to be more desireable than the clear majority of homes.

Price map for Wimborne

Do have a look at the interactive price map I created. I find it useful and I am sure it will help you in exploring Wimborne. 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.

House price heatmap for Wimborne

Comparison with neighbouring postcode sectors

The table below shows how 'BH21 1' compares to neighbouring postcode sectors.

Postcode sector	Lower quartile	Middle quartile	Upper quartile
BH21 4 Sturminster Marshall	£3,680 sqm	£4,300 sqm	£5,090 sqm
BH21 1 Wimborne	£3,710 sqm	£4,440 sqm	£5,150 sqm
BH21 7 Holt	£4,500 sqm	£5,490 sqm	£6,000 sqm
BH21 6 Three Legged Cross	£3,710 sqm	£4,200 sqm	£4,790 sqm
BH21 8 Woodlands	£4,440 sqm	£4,710 sqm	£5,420 sqm
BH21 2 Wimborne	£3,950 sqm	£4,660 sqm	£5,280 sqm
BH21 3 Corfe Mullen	£3,760 sqm	£4,270 sqm	£4,840 sqm
BH21 5 Cranborne	£3,860 sqm	£4,330 sqm	£4,930 sqm

Will Wimborne 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 chart below for BH21 1 (Wimborne) compared with both the wider area BH21 and inflation (CPIH from the Office of National Statistics). The dashed trend lines in the chart show the average over time.

Download time series data as CSV (paying users only).

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.

Data from Land Registry comes in gradually over time. I update it every month but it takes about 5 months for the majority of sales for Wimborne to be recorded. Disclaimer: I do not verify and cannot guarantee the accuracy of any data shown. Outliers exist in the data, typically these are where the EPC registry records the internal area incorrectly, sometimes although very rarely the Land Registry price paid data can be wrong. The data provided throughout this website about Wimborne 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.

Street level data

Street	Avg size	Avg £sqm	Recent sales
Lynwood Drive, Wimborne, BH21 1U	111 sqm	£4,063	25
Cockerell Close, Wimborne, BH21 1X	63 sqm	£4,232	22
Merley Ways, Wimborne, BH21 1Q	106 sqm	£5,504	22
Sopwith Crescent, Wimborne, BH21 1X	89 sqm	£4,579	21
Poole Road, Wimborne, BH21 1Q	70 sqm	£2,572	20
Sopwith Crescent, Wimborne, BH21 1S	98 sqm	£4,459	20
Rempstone Road, Wimborne, BH21 1S	118 sqm	£4,178	17
Redcotts Lane, Wimborne, BH21 1J	66 sqm	£3,328	13

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New build activity

Street	Avg size	Avg £sqm	New build sales
East Borough, Wimborne, BH21 1P	95 sqm	£5,176	19

East Borough, Wimborne, BH21 1P has seen 19 new build sales in the last 4 years (average price £381,352). These new build homes typically have an internal area of 95 sqm, with an average price of £5,176 sqm. This £sqm average is £736 above the average for BH21 1. New builds typically command a £ per sqm premium so this is normal.

Raw data

Our analysis of Wimborne 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
9, West Row, Wimborne	£225,000 May-2024	44	5,113
21, Huntingdon Drive, Wimborne	£435,000 May-2024	77	5,649
102, Lynwood Drive, Wimborne	£420,000 May-2024	105	4,000

See the entire list of all sales in Wimborne (BH21 1) here.