Neighbourhood in Southampton

Highfield & University

From July 2023 to June 2026, homes in Highfield & University typically sold for £280,000. Half of the 235 sales were between £192k and £450k, against a typical £256,000 across Southampton.

Postcode SO17

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Typical price Typical priceThe middle sale. Half sold for more and half for less. £280k half sold for £192k to £450k

Homes sold Homes soldHomes sold from July 2023 to June 2026. 235 July 2023 to June 2026

Over 5 years Over 5 yearsThe change in the typical price against the same three years five years before. +16.7% typical price, against 5 years before

New builds 0% of sales · 58% leasehold

By type of home

What homes sold for

The band is the middle half of sales, a quarter sold for less and a quarter for more, with the typical price marked. The dashed line is the typical price for the same type across Southampton.

Detached £795,000 typical
Half between £615k and £960k · 49 sales · Southampton £375k
Semi-detached £405,000 typical
Half between £359k and £438k · 40 sales · Southampton £302k
Terraced
Not enough sales (24 in 3 years)
Flat £195,000 typical
Half between £145k and £244k · 122 sales · Southampton £163k

Since 1995

Each year in Highfield & University

This neighbourhood Southampton Homes sold

The typical price is the middle sale of each full year, shown where at least 5 homes sold. It moves with which homes happened to sell, so a single year can jump.

The homes that sell here

Flat52% · Southampton 34%
Detached21% · Southampton 14%
Semi-detached17% · Southampton 26%
Terraced10% · Southampton 26%

New builds and leaseholds

New builds, share of sales0% · Southampton 2%

Leaseholds, share of sales58% · Southampton 39%

New builds can take up to a year to appear in Land Registry's figures, so the latest year may show fewer than were sold.

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Neighbourhoods around Highfield & University

About these figures

Every standard home sale registered with HM Land Registry since 1995: homes sold at full market value to a person, so repossessions and sales to companies are left out. Recent months fill in as late sales are registered. Not financial advice.

Sources and licences

Neighbourhood names: contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 (House of Commons Library). Neighbourhood boundaries and the postcode lookup: source, Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026.