BH23 vs TQ8: house prices per square metre compared
BH23 (Highcliffe) has a median of £4,460 per m² against £7,420 in TQ8 (East Portlemouth). TQ8 is the more expensive of the two: BH23 is 39.9% cheaper per m². The figures come from 739 matched sales in BH23’s last 12 months and 62 in TQ8’s last 24 months of HM Land Registry data.
£725,000, the median sale price in TQ8, buys about 98 m² there and about 163 m² in BH23, a difference of 65 m² at each district’s own median. Over the 10 years to Q1 2026 in BH23 and Q4 2025 in TQ8, TQ8 moved +4.3% a year against BH23 at +2.4% a year, before inflation.
BH23 over its last 12 months, TQ8 over its last 24.
| Measure | BH23High confidence Highcliffe, Christchurch £4,460median per m² | TQ8Low confidence East Portlemouth, Salcombe £7,420median per m² | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median price per m² | £4,460 | £7,420 | +66.4% |
| Median sale price | £420,000 | £725,000 | +72.6% |
| Middle 60% of salesp20 to p80 | £3,570–£5,300 | £4,910–£11,200 | |
| Sales (each area's own window) | 840 | 89 | n/a |
| With a matched floor areaThe denominator behind each median per unit area | 739 | 62 | n/a |
| Mean floor area (matched sales) | 98 m² | 115 m² | +16.9% |
| Annual change over 9.4–9.8 years | +2.4% a year | +4.3% a year | +1.9 pts |
| By property typeMedian price per m² for each property type, over each area's own sales window. | |||
| Detached | £4,840n = 317 | no sales | n/a |
| Semi-detached | £4,560n = 124 | no sales | n/a |
| Terraced | £4,220n = 141 | no sales | n/a |
| Flat | £3,380n = 157 | no sales | n/a |
| Difference: BH23 minus TQ8. | |||
| All BH23 sold prices | All TQ8 sold prices |
Each trend line is that district’s own quarterly median price per square metre, scaled to its own range: compare directions, not heights. Gaps are quarters with too few matched sales to publish a median.
Frequently asked questions
Why compare BH23 and TQ8 on price per square metre rather than price?
A raw sale price mostly reflects how big homes are; price per square metre corrects for size, so BH23 and TQ8 can be compared on what a buyer actually gets for the money. Both figures here are medians of sold price divided by EPC floor area, from HM Land Registry sales, computed the same way for both areas.
Why do BH23 and TQ8 show different numbers of sales?
The two districts are different sizes and trade at different rates, and each figure is computed over the matched sales its own area produced in its stated window. The matched-sale count is printed beside each median because it is that median's own denominator.
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