marketcodeSold price per m²
£4,463/m² 12 months to Apr 2026
356 sales
+1.6% over the year to Dec 2025 by the house price index, which follows the same homes over time.
Postcode district
SO53 property market
Sold £4,463/m² · Median sold £445,170 (356 sales) · Index +1.6% y/y · Turnover 2.9% · 12 months, sales to Apr 2026, listings to Aug 2026
What is SO53?
- Buildings
- 11,333
- Mixed-use buildings
- 58%
- HMO-shaped units
- 0.0%
What does SO53 cost?
SO53: sold price per m² £4,463/m² (12 months to Apr 2026, 356 sales). +1.6% over the year to Dec 2025 by the house price index, which follows the same homes over time.
Sold price
£445,170 12 months to Apr 2026
356 sales
+1.6% over the year to Dec 2025 by the house price index, which follows the same homes over time.
Sample is the matched completed sales behind the latest month. A month in which this cohort recorded no sale of its own carries the parent area's price rather than a measurement, and is not published with no sample.
Asking price
£406,739 12 months to Aug 2026
972 listings
-6.2% on the previous 12 months.
Sample is the dated listings that came to market in the latest month (added and reduced cohorts).
Settled months to Dec 2025; the dashed tail is the pipeline's projection of the index 12 months ahead, inside its 80% band. A projection of the index, not a forecast of any home's price.
ObservedForecast with intervalIndex points, not property prices
What does SO53 earn?
SO53: asking rent £1,479 a month (12 months to Jul 2026, 199 lets).
Asking rent
£1,479 a month 12 months to Jul 2026
199 lets
Gross yield, asking basis
3.9% 12 months to Aug 2026
291 lets
+5% on the previous 12 months.
Sample is the dated lettings behind the latest month's rent cell.
How does SO53 vary by home size?
Asking price in SO53 runs from £248,934 for 2 bedrooms to £892,785 for 5+ bedrooms.
| Homes | Asking price | Window | Change | Listings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 bedroom | Not published | — | — | — |
| 2 bedrooms | £248,934 | 12 months to Aug 2026 | -9.5% on the previous 12 months | 296 |
| 3 bedrooms | £399,160 | 12 months to Aug 2026 | -2.1% on the previous 12 months | 336 |
| 4 bedrooms | £611,877 | 12 months to Aug 2026 | -1.5% on the previous 12 months | 269 |
| 5+ bedrooms | £892,785 | 12 months to Jul 2026 | — | 79 |
Asking price by bedroom band: the monthly medians of sale listings that came to market, weighted by their dated listings, over the last 12 observed months, from portal listings. A band with fewer than 30 dated listings in the year is not published.
How liquid is SO53?
SO53: turnover 2.9% (12 months to Jan 2026, 395 sales). -4.4% on the previous 12 months.
Turnover
2.9% 12 months to Jan 2026
395 sales
-4.4% on the previous 12 months.
Sample is the matched completed sales behind the latest month. A month in which this cohort recorded no sale of its own has a rate of zero by arithmetic rather than a measured rate, and is not published with no sample.
Completed sales
463 12 months to Jan 2026
463 sales
+0.9% on the previous 12 months.
Sample is the registry count itself; months within six months of the last ingest are still filling.
Listings for sale
490 12 months to Jul 2026
490 listings
Who is active in SO53?
17 agents listed homes for sale in SO53; the three largest took 61% of the listings.
- Agents active
- 17
- Top three agents’ share
- 61%
- New homes among listings
- 0.0%
days_to_completion is on the registry-matched subset (sold_matched_n), not a sell-through rate.
Who owns SO53?
Corporate landlords hold 83% of the 291 units in SO53 whose freeholder is classified; 98% of all units are not yet classified.
- Corporate landlords83% of classified · 241 units
- Individuals (not traceable in bulk)12% of classified · 34 units
- Housing associations4.1% of classified · 12 units
- RMC1.4% of classified · 4 units
Freeholder class per addressable unit, from HM Land Registry CCOD/OCOD matched to the title and Companies House. Individuals are counted, never itemised.
Where does SO53 rank?
SO53 ranks 3rd of 6 postcode districts in Test Valley for sold price per m², at £4,463/m².
Sold price per m² · postcode districts in Test Valley
SO53 ranks 3rd of 6 postcode districts in Test Valley for sold price per m², at £4,463/m².
| # | Area | Sold price per m² | Sample | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SO51 | £4,651/m² | 356 | measured |
| 2 | SO20 | £4,648/m² | 95 | measured |
| 3 | SO53 | £4,463/m² | 356 | measured |
| 4 | SO52 | £4,123/m² | 103 | measured |
| 5 | SP11 | £3,794/m² | 354 | measured |
Full table: sold price per m² across postcode districts in Test Valley →
Gross yield, asking basis · postcode districts in Test Valley
SO53 ranks 4th of 6 postcode districts in Test Valley for gross yield, asking basis, at 3.9%.
| # | Area | Gross yield, asking basis | Sample | Tier |
|---|
Where next from SO53?
- Test ValleyThe wider market this area sits in.
- SO20Neighbouring postcode district · £12,841/m²
- SO51Neighbouring postcode district · £4,485/m²
- SO52Neighbouring postcode district · £4,559/m²
- SP10Neighbouring postcode district · £3,738/m²
- SP11Neighbouring postcode district · £4,455/m²
- SO16Next door, in another authority · £3,955/m²
- SO21Next door, in another authority · £4,633/m²
- SO50Next door, in another authority · £3,901/m²
- Homes for sale in SO53Live sale listings, the same place and cohort.
- Homes to rent in SO53Live lettings, the same place.
- Completed sales in SO53Registered completions, newest first.
- Planning applications in SO53Applications and decisions on record.
- Buildings in SO53Every building with its units, parcel and freeholder.
- Land in SO53Parcels, titles and adjacent ownership.
- Properties in SO53Every addressable home with its floor area, tenure and last sale.
- Estate agents in SO53Who actually lists here, ranked by volume over 12 months.
Questions about SO53
- What is the median house price in SO53?
- Homes in SO53 sold for a median £445,170 over the 12 months to Apr 2026, 356 sales. Per square metre that is £4,463/m². Registered completions, not asking prices.
- How have house prices in SO53 changed?
- +1.6% over the year to Dec 2025 by the house price index, which follows the same homes over time.
- What is the average rent in SO53?
- Homes to let in SO53 asked a median £1,479 a month over the 12 months to Jul 2026, 199 lets. Asking rent, not the rent agreed.
- What is the gross rental yield in SO53?
- 3.9% on the asking basis: the asking rent times twelve over the asking sale price in the same listing cell, before costs, voids and finance, over the 12 months to Aug 2026, 291 lets. +5% on the previous 12 months.
- How quickly do homes sell in SO53?
- 2.9% of the homes in SO53 changed hands over the 12 months to Jan 2026, 395 sales.
Where these figures come from
| Figure | Dataset | Window | Last month | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sold price per m² | HM Land Registry Price Paid and portal listings, monthly rollup | 12 months to Apr 2026 | Apr 2026 | 356 sales |
| Sold price | HM Land Registry Price Paid and portal listings, monthly rollup | 12 months to Apr 2026 | Apr 2026 | 356 sales |
| Asking price | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 | 972 listings |
| Asking price per m² | the area_facts listing rollup | 12 months to Jul 2026 | Jul 2026 | 490 listings |
| Asking to sold | Portal listings, monthly rollup | 12 months to Jul 2024 | Jul 2024 | 85 matched sales |
| Asking rent | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Jul 2026 | Jul 2026 | 199 lets |
| Gross yield, asking basis | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 | 291 lets |
| Turnover | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Jan 2026 | Jan 2026 | 395 sales |
| Completed sales | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Jan 2026 | Jan 2026 | 463 sales |
| Listings for sale | the area_facts listing rollup | 12 months to Jul 2026 | Jul 2026 | 490 listings |
| New listings | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 | 610 listings |
| Price reductions | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 | 362 listings |
| Live listings | MarketCode market evidence | on 20 Sep 2026 | 20 Sep 2026 | — |
| Days to completion |
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