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Typical sold price, SO16
£260,000
250 real sales, 19 March 2026 to 26 August 2026. A rough cash guide is shown below, not a quote.
- Sales in sample
- 250
- Cash guide, 70%
- £182,000
- Cash guide, 85%
- £221,000
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data
Our take · opinion, not advice
Our take on selling in Bassett / Lordswood: steady sales, so price from the evidence
Bassett / Lordswood sees about 48 sales a month, which is enough to price from, though not enough history for us to call a clear twelve-month direction.
When you weigh an offer, a spread from £142,700 to £439,000 makes £260,000 a poor guide to any one home, so the closest sold homes of your type say much more than the middle; buyers can compare homes at this pace but are not spoilt for choice.
Compare optionsNeither route is obviously right at this pace: a cash sale buys a date, the open market usually buys a better price; cash buyers typically offer 70–85% of market value, which on a typical £260,000 home is roughly £182,000 to £221,000 (a rough guide, not a quote), so hold any offer up against the sold prices.
Get the lease paperwork if it is leasehold; a clear list of what the sale includes (fixtures and fittings); and any boiler, gas and electrical certificates in one folder early, and ask your conveyancer what the buyer’s side will want to see.
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Key figures
Bassett / Lordswood at a glance
Sourced figures for the district, each one dated.
Most sell between
£142,700 to £439,000
Middle 80% of 250 sales
Gross yield
5.8%
gross, before costs, illustrative
Average rent
£1,257 a month
Southampton, August 2026
Planning applications
260
Within 500 m of the centre
Local data
What Bassett / Lordswood homes sell for
Real Land Registry sold prices for SO16, each chart with its table underneath.
Price by type
What each type sells for in SO16
Detached homes had the highest typical price in SO16 at £477,500, from 38 sales; flats came to £164,000.
- Detached15%
- Semi-detached23%
- Terraced34%
- Flats27%
See the figures
| Type | Typical (median) | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £477,500 | 38 |
| Semi-detached | £305,000 | 58 |
| Terraced | £262,500 | 84 |
| Flats | £164,000 | 68 |
HM Land Registry, 19 March 2026 to 26 August 2026. Types with fewer than 10 sales are left out.
Rent by size
What Southampton homes rent for
Average private rent in Southampton was £1,257 a month in August 2026, a gross yield of 5.8% on the SO16 median price (gross, before costs, illustrative).
See the figures
1 bed £881, 2 bed £1,114, 3 bed £1,357, 4+ bed £1,890 a month. ONS source
ONS Price Index of Private Rents, August 2026. The rent covers the whole local area, not just SO16.
Planning activity
Planning near Bassett / Lordswood
260 planning applications within 500 m of the SO16 centre. Of the 20 most recent, 2 are still undecided.
- Decided90%
- Undecided10%
Planning detail
Planning activity near Bassett / Lordswood
260 planning applications within 500 m of the SO16 district centre
That count covers every date PlanIt holds. The 20 most recent were received between 6 Aug 2024 and 17 Sept 2026, and 2 of them are still undecided.
Source: PlanIt (planit.org.uk), which gathers local council planning registers. Checked 19 October 2026. This is activity in the area, not at any one address, and coverage and council update speed vary.
View applicationsPlanIt, from local council planning registers. Area activity, not one address.
Contains HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Established family suburb.
Whatever the reason you need to move on in Bassett / Lordswood (Southampton), a cash sale can be quicker and simpler than the open market, though cash buyers usually offer below market value. Want to know what homes in Bassett / Lordswood actually sell for first? See real Land Registry sold prices for SO16.
Rent: ONS Price Index of Private Rents, August 2026 (published 16 September 2026): the average monthly rent for all private rented homes in Southampton, up 3.4% on a year earlier. It covers the whole area, not just SO16, and SO16 also reaches Test Valley. Official statistics in development. By size: 1 bed £881, 2 bed £1,114, 3 bed £1,357, 4+ bed £1,890.
Gross yield is 12 months of that average rent divided by the SO16 median sale price. It is gross, before costs such as void periods, agent and management fees, repairs, insurance, tax and mortgage interest, and illustrative only: the rent covers a whole local area and every property type, while the price is for SO16, so the two are not a like-for-like pair.
Price spread and sales volume are from HM Land Registry sold prices. Liquidity (sales volume) is a rough guide to how many homes change hands, not a forecast.
Explore sold prices
What actually sold in SO16
Filter by property type and radius around the SO16 centre. Distances use each sale's postcode centroid, so they are approximate.
250 sales match · page 1 of 13
| Address | Price | Date | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28, BROADMEAD ROAD, SOUTHAMPTONSO16 0XD | £360,000 | 2026-08-26 | Detached | Freehold |
| 24, FITZROY CLOSE, SOUTHAMPTONSO16 7LW | £318,000 | 2026-08-20 | Terraced | Freehold |
| 29, OAKLEY ROAD, SOUTHAMPTONSO16 4LH | £283,000 | 2026-08-18 | Terraced | Freehold |
| 23, STONEHAM LANE, SOUTHAMPTONSO16 2NU | £430,000 | 2026-08-18 | Semi-detached | Freehold |
| 45, ASHMEAD ROAD, SOUTHAMPTONSO16 5DJ | £335,000 | 2026-08-14 | Semi-detached | Freehold |
| 110, COLBY STREET, SOUTHAMPTONSO16 9RU | £74,000 | 2026-08-14 | Flat / maisonette | Leasehold |
| HIGHCLERE, ROMSEY ROAD, SOUTHAMPTONSO16 0XA | £620,000 | 2026-08-12 | Detached | Freehold |
| 43, PARKSIDE AVENUE, SOUTHAMPTONSO16 9AF | £335,000 | 2026-08-10 | Semi-detached | Freehold |
| 7, PETWORTH GARDENS, SOUTHAMPTONSO16 8EE | £347,000 | 2026-08-10 | Semi-detached | Freehold |
| 6, TURNSTONE GARDENS, SOUTHAMPTONSO16 8EW | £245,000 | 2026-08-07 | Terraced | Freehold |
| NORTHCLIFFE HOUSE, GROVE PLACE, SOUTHAMPTONSO16 0AP | £320,000 | 2026-08-07 | Flat / maisonette | Leasehold |
| 306, HONEYSUCKLE ROAD, SOUTHAMPTONSO16 3BP | £252,000 | 2026-08-05 | Terraced | Freehold |
| 37, ATHERFIELD ROAD, SOUTHAMPTONSO16 9NE | £250,000 | 2026-08-04 | Terraced | Freehold |
| 20, WARBLER CLOSE, SOUTHAMPTONSO16 8HT | £290,000 | 2026-08-03 | Terraced | Freehold |
| 3, COWLEY CLOSE, SOUTHAMPTONSO16 9WD | £160,000 | 2026-08-03 | Terraced | Leasehold |
| 56, HONEYSUCKLE ROAD, SOUTHAMPTONSO16 3HQ | £275,000 | 2026-07-31 | Semi-detached | Freehold |
| CARLISLE COURT, 42, ST EDMUNDS ROAD, SOUTHAMPTONSO16 4FS | £210,000 | 2026-07-31 | Flat / maisonette | Leasehold |
| 55, SATURN CLOSE, SOUTHAMPTONSO16 8BE | £295,000 | 2026-07-31 | Terraced | Freehold |
| 3, CRABWOOD CLOSE, SOUTHAMPTONSO16 9EY | £365,000 | 2026-07-31 | Semi-detached | Freehold |
| PAGET HOUSE, GROVE PLACE, SOUTHAMPTONSO16 0AQ | £220,000 | 2026-07-31 | Flat / maisonette | Leasehold |
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