Boscombe property market

Boscombe is in central Bournemouth, in Dorset. Figures for Boscombe cover listings within about 1 km of its centre (the dashed ring on the map), not an official boundary.

The median asking price across the 274 homes for sale in Boscombe is £220,000 (as of 4 October 2026). We quote the median (the middle listing) rather than a mean, because a handful of very expensive homes would pull a mean upwards. Half of listings ask between £151,250 and £325,000. That is 27% below Bournemouth. Homes that actually sold in Boscombe went for a median £221,750 (Land Registry, 12 months to January 2026).

Rising. Based on HM Land Registry completed sales, the median sold price in Boscombe is up 33% over the last 10 years and up 3% over the last 12 months (12 months to January 2026). These medians compare the homes that happened to sell in each window, so they mix price movement with changes in what sold.

Yes: asking prices in Boscombe are typically lower than across Bournemouth. The median asking price in Boscombe is £220,000 against £300k across Bournemouth: 27% below Bournemouth. Some of that gap reflects what is for sale in each place rather than like-for-like value. The saving holds from the lower end to the top of the market.

274 homes are on the market in Boscombe right now, up 4% since 31 Aug, 49 of them listed in the last 30 days. Perch counts every listing it tracks across estate agents and portals, refreshed daily.

37 listings in Boscombe had their asking price reduced in the last 30 days, about 14% of the homes currently for sale.

Of the Boscombe listings that came off the market in the last 30 days and that we first saw after we began tracking the area, the typical one had been advertised for 101 days. Coming off the market usually means sold subject to contract, but it can also mean withdrawn, so treat this as time advertised rather than time to sell.

The median asking price for a flat in Boscombe is £200,000. Houses are quoted by type rather than as one figure, because the mix moves the number more than the market does: the largest group on the market is semi-detached houses, at a median £365,000 across 10 listings. The Prices by property type chart on this page covers every type we track.

The median asking price for a two-bedroom flat in Boscombe is £220,000, across 136 current listings.

In Boscombe, homes that sold went for a median £302 per sq ft (HM Land Registry and EPC data), and current listings with a known floor area ask a median £314 per sq ft.