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SO51 vs SO16: house prices compared

A side-by-side look at sold prices in SO51 and SO16, from official Land Registry records — overall and by property type, with the more affordable area highlighted.

On median sold price, SO16 is the more affordable of the two, at £272,500 versus £401,000.

SO51
Test Valley, Romsey
SO16
Test Valley, Southampton
Median sold price£401,000£272,500
Average sold price£478,381£320,149
Year-on-year-2.2%+0.6%
Sales (3 yrs)1,2571,758
Detached (median)£658,750£510,000
Terraced (median)£325,000£260,000
Semi-detached (median)£400,000£293,500
Flat / maisonette (median)£240,000£165,000

Green marks the more affordable (lower-priced) area for each measure. Figures cover the whole district over the last three years and are a market guide, not a valuation of any home.

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Sources

Sold-price figures derived from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data (© Crown copyright), under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full reports also draw on HM Land Registry, Ordnance Survey, Environment Agency, VOA, Ofsted, Police.uk, DEFRA, ONS and more.