Feb 07, 2023 by HM

House prices in Southam (CV47 0)

This article reveals price per square metre data and various charts to help you understand current housing market in Southam (CV47 0).

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Price per square metre

Knowing the average house price in Southam 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. 11, Grange Close, Southam, sold for £381,000 on Aug-2023. Given the internal area of 121 square metres, the price per sqm is £3,148.

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. £3,350-£3,500, £3,500-£3,650, £3,650-£3,800 etc...) we then count the number of sales with within in each bucket and plot the results. The chart is based on 69 sales in Southam (CV47 0) 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 Southam (CV47 0). Of the 69 transactions, half were sold for between £2,920 and £3,820 per square metre. Notably, only 25% of properties that sold recently were valued at more than £3,820m². 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 'CV47 0' is £3,150. The table below shows how 'CV47 0' compares to neighbouring postcode sectors.

Postcode sector	Lower quartile	Middle quartile	Upper quartile
CV47 1 Southam	£3,160m2	£3,610m2	£3,980m2
CV47 7 Priors Marston	£3,290m2	£4,290m2	£4,690m2
CV47 2 Bishops Itchington	£2,780m2	£3,390m2	£3,840m2
CV47 8 Stockton	£3,310m2	£3,580m2	£4,080m2
CV47 0 Southam	£2,920m2	£3,150m2	£3,820m2
CV47 9 Long Itchington	£3,290m2	£3,590m2	£3,990m2

Will Southam 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 CV47 0 (Southam). 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 CV47 0 and the blue dots are the individual property sales that inform this trend.

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

Price map for Southam

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 Southam. 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 Southam

Street level data

Street	Avg size	Avg £/m2	Recent sales
Little Park, Southam, CV47 0J	72m2	£2,700	16
Warwick Road, Southam, CV47 0H	134m2	£3,562	9
Manders Croft, Southam, CV47 0H	90m2	£3,322	8
Mill Crescent, Southam, CV47 0L	76m2	£2,971	7
Welsh Road West, Southam, CV47 0J	104m2	£2,937	7
Flint Close, Southam, CV47 0N	96m2	£3,371	7
Solus Gardens, Southam, CV47 0N	114m2	£3,321	5
Mayfield Road, Southam, CV47 0J	73m2	£2,400	5

Search for your street here.

New build activity

Street	Avg size	Avg £/m2	New build sales
Saxon Close, Southam, CV47 0N	100m2	£3,119	11

Saxon Close, Southam, CV47 0N has seen 11 new build sales in the last 4 years (average price £350,795). These new build homes typically have an internal area of 100 m2, with an average price of £3,119 m2. This £sqm average is £-31 below the average for CV47 0. New builds typically command a £ per sqm premium. In the case of Saxon Close the premium seems not to exist. Without more info we can only speculate why this may be. Perhaps it may be greater density and smaller gardens, but this is just a guess.

Raw data

Our analysis of Southam 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
11, Grange Close, Southam	£381,000 Aug-2023	121	3,148
46, Linley Rd, Southam	£275,000 Aug-2023	72	3,819
14, Warwick Rd, Southam	£750,000 Aug-2023	257	2,918

See the entire list of all sales in Southam (CV47 0) here.