Property searches in Portsmouth

England · figures updated 2026-10-29

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House prices

The average home in Portsmouth cost £245,954 in August 2026. Prices have barely moved in the last year.

Type	Average	Last 12 months
All homes	£245,954	+0.1%
Detached	£506,503	-0.4%
Semi-detached	£341,764	+0.8%
Terraced	£269,799	+1.1%
Flat or maisonette	£163,156	-2.5%
First-time buyers	£226,877	+0.3%

UK House Price Index, HM Land Registry.

Council tax 2026-27

A band D home in Portsmouth pays £2,292 a year including parish charges (council average). A single adult gets 25% off.

Band	A year	A month (10 payments)
A	£1,528	£153
B	£1,782	£178
C	£2,037	£204
D	£2,292	£229
E	£2,801	£280
F	£3,310	£331
G	£3,820	£382
H	£4,583	£458

Renting

The average private rent is £1,374 a month (+2.9% in a year). Against the average price, that is a gross yield of about 6.7% a year before costs.

Bedrooms	A month
1	£903
2	£1,139
3	£1,366
4 or more	£1,968

ONS Price Index of Private Rents, September 2026.

Neighbourhoods

Portsmouth is split into 125 small neighbourhoods. 24% of them are among the most deprived 20% in England and 7% among the least deprived 20% (English Indices of Deprivation 2025). On average across them, 54% of homes are owned, 28% privately rented and 18% socially rented; 15% of people are 65 or over and 30% of households have no car (Census 2021). Search an address to see its own neighbourhood.

Mobile signal

100.0% of homes get 4G indoors from at least one network and 100% from all four; 100.0% get 5G outdoors (Ofcom, January 2026).

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