PO4 — Southsea
Southsea's PO4 postcode sits in Portsmouth. The board behind it is assembled from 29,338 sales over 32 years of actual sales in 8 areas.
Across the recorded period the typical PO4 sale went from £48,500 in 1995 to £262,500 in 2026 — 5.4× growth. If you could time-travel once, aim for just before 2002 — prices moved +27.9% that year. The one to avoid was 2008: the median moved -8.1%, the roughest year in the local record.
Median sold price in PO4
| Year | Median sold price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | £48,500 | 918 |
| 2000 | £78,498 | 1,316 |
| 2005 | £149,995 | 1,040 |
| 2010 | £159,546 | 612 |
| 2015 | £175,000 | 907 |
| 2020 | £224,000 | 688 |
| 2025 | £265,000 | 666 |
| 2026 | £262,500 | 141 |
The areas on the board
8 areas make up the board, weighted by sales activity:
- Southsea (PO4 9) (36% of local sales) — busiest streets: Westfield Road, Eastfield Road, Highland Road
- Southsea (PO4 0) (33% of local sales) — busiest streets: Fawcett Road, Francis Avenue, Clarendon Road
- Southsea (PO4 8) (29% of local sales) — busiest streets: Locksway Road, Frensham Road, Essex Road
- Eastney (1% of local sales) — busiest streets: Lumsden Road, Landguard Road, Henderson Road
- Milton (1% of local sales) — busiest streets: Dunbar Road, Catisfield Road, Melrose Close
- Moss Hall Grove (0% of local sales)
- Brighton Road (0% of local sales)
- The Parkway (0% of local sales) — busiest streets: Land On The West Side Of
Reading about 2002 is easy; surviving 2008 is the game. Play the PO4 board.
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Prices are medians of real Land Registry sales. Street lists show street names only — never individual addresses. New to the game? Start with how to play.