Buying in Bournemouth
Bournemouth offers a premium coastal lifestyle and consistently rated one of the UK's best beaches, driving prices to £335,000.
Average price
£335,000
+1.7% YoY
Typical FTB price
£265,000
First-time buyer
SDLT on average
£4,250
Effective 1.27%
Avg rent / mo
£1,400
2-bed
Worked example: a typical Bournemouth purchase
Numbers below assume an 85% LTV mortgage at 4.5% over 25 years on an average-priced home in Bournemouth. Stamp duty is calculated against SDLT (English) bands.
Standard buyer · £335,000
First-time buyer · £265,000
Bournemouth neighbourhoods
Sandbanks area
£520,000
Britain's most expensive beach
Southbourne
£350,000
Family beachside
Winton
£270,000
Affordable inland
Charminster
£290,000
Student and young prof
Run your own Bournemouth numbers
Plug your own price, deposit and rate into our calculators — built on the same SDLT bands used here.
Other cities
London
£523,000
Manchester
£242,000
Birmingham
£232,000
Bristol
£363,000
Leeds
£231,000
Edinburgh
£310,000
Sheffield
£194,000
Liverpool
£190,000
Newcastle
£172,000
Glasgow
£185,000
Cardiff
£248,000
Nottingham
£202,000
Leicester
£216,000
Bradford
£158,000
Southampton
£267,000
Portsmouth
£255,000
Oxford
£471,000
Cambridge
£497,000
Brighton
£393,000
Reading
£365,000
Milton Keynes
£298,000
Derby
£196,000
Stoke-on-Trent
£149,000
Plymouth
£228,000
Sunderland
£143,000
Exeter
£320,000
York
£333,000
Aberdeen
£183,000
Belfast
£195,000
Bath
£431,000
Guildford
£498,000
Cheltenham
£355,000
Peterborough
£236,000
Norwich
£261,000
Swansea
£196,000
Wolverhampton
£187,000
Dundee
£163,000
Luton
£295,000
Northampton
£241,000