Bournemouth Property Market: House Prices, Sold Data & Development Finance, Q3 2026 Edition

Bournemouth: Major South Coast resort with two universities, digital sector growth, and town centre regeneration.

The Bournemouth property market recorded 3,102 residential sales in the 12 months to 31 May 2026, with a median sale price of £300,000. This places Bournemouth £40k below the Dorset county median of £340,000, and £15k above the approximate UK median of £285,000.

Prices in Bournemouth have been broadly stable, a year-on-year change of 0%. Within Dorset, Bournemouth ranks 7th by price out of 8 principal towns, and 1st by transaction volume.

On a quarterly view, Bournemouth median prices moved from £301,500 in Q4 2024 to £310,000 in Q1 2026, a change of +2.8% over 5 quarters. Bournemouth has now recorded 3 consecutive quarters of price growth.

BCP Council (Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole), the local planning authority covering Bournemouth, approved 316 residential planning applications and refused 112 in the last 12 months, with 126 still awaiting a decision. That is an approval rate of 74%.

Those applications propose around 571 homes, an estimated £146.6m of development value at local sale prices. Treat the unit total as an upper bound, since an outline permission and its reserved-matters application both count.

BCP Council (Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole) covers more than one town in Dorset, so these figures are authority-wide rather than specific to Bournemouth alone.

Property prices in Bournemouth vary significantly by type. The table below compares Bournemouth prices with Dorset county averages and UK national figures.

Detached homes in Bournemouth command £446,000, while flat properties are most accessible at £200,000. The £246k spread between the most and least expensive types indicates a diverse market with opportunities across the development spectrum.

HM Land Registry has so far registered 19 new-build sales in Bournemouth for the past 12 months, 0.6% of registered transactions. New-build sales are typically registered 6 to 18 months after completion, so this understates current delivery and is not a completions figure.

Too few new-build sales have registered yet to quote a reliable new-build premium for Bournemouth.

Across the wider Dorset market, 128 new-build sales have registered so far. See our Dorset property market report for the full county picture.

The table below shows the most recently registered residential sales in Bournemouth, evidence of achieved prices for buyers, sellers and developers:

These transactions are sourced from HM Land Registry Price Paid data and represent completed, registered sales. The range from £77,000 to £900,000 illustrates the breadth of the Bournemouth market.

For developers considering Bournemouth, the local market data translates directly into finance structuring. With a median value of £300,000 and detached homes at £446,000, lenders can assess scheme viability with confidence.

A typical development finance facility for a scheme in Bournemouth with a GDV of £446,000 would attract senior debt of approximately £289,900 at 65% LTGDV. Mezzanine finance can stretch total borrowing to 85-90% of costs, while bridging loans enable rapid site acquisitions completing in as little as 5 working days.

While prices have remained flat year-on-year, experienced developers can still generate strong returns in Bournemouth by targeting well-located sites with clear demand drivers.

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To put Bournemouth's market in context, the table below compares it with similarly-priced towns across Dorset:

For the full Dorset town-by-town breakdown, see our comprehensive Dorset property market report.