Does a C-or-better EPC sell for more in GU32 1 (East Hampshire)?
Too few comparable sales here for a reliable like-for-like figure. In postcode sector GU32 1 (East Hampshire), comparing like with like — same floor area, property type, build period and year of sale — there are too few comparable sales in each group for a reliable figure; for district GU32 as a whole the like-for-like difference is −4.4% (95% range −6.8% to −1.8%). The raw gap is different: C+ homes sold for 1% more per square metre than D–G homes (median £4,900 vs £4,851, 304 sales 2015–2026), mostly because they are different homes. Across England and Wales the like-for-like figure is +1.2%. Data: HM Land Registry Price Paid to 30 September 2026 matched to the EPC register.
From the raw gap to like-for-like
The homes are not alike: C+ homes here have a median floor area of 136 m² against 142 m² for D–G; the most common build period is 2012 onwards for C+ and before 1900 for D–G; 94% of C+ and 87% of D–G sales are detached or semi-detached houses.
This sector has fewer than 150 matched sales, fewer than 30 in one group, or an estimate too imprecise or implausibly large to trust, so the like-for-like comparison is not shown; the district figure is above.
Sold prices by EPC band in GU32 1
| EPC band (last certificate before sale) | Sales | Median £ per m² |
|---|---|---|
| B | 18 | £5,030 |
| C | 31 | £4,634 |
| D | 87 | £5,068 |
| E | 92 | £4,955 |
| F | 66 | £4,667 |
| G | 10 | £4,275 |
A median is shown when a band has at least 10 sales.
C or better vs D–G, by property type
| Type | C+ sales | C+ £/m² | D–G sales | D–G £/m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 33 | £4,927 | 153 | £4,828 |
| Semi-detached | 13 | £4,365 | 70 | £4,888 |
| Terraced | 2 | — | 29 | £5,053 |
| Flat / maisonette | 1 | — | 3 | — |
Compared with the wider area
| Area | Sales | Like-for-like | 95% range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sector GU32 1 | 304 | too few | — |
| District GU32 | 1,752 | −4.4% | −6.8% to −1.8% |
| England and Wales | 1,000,000 (sample) | +1.2% | +0.9% to +1.5% |
304 of 364 house and flat sales in the sector since 2015 (84%) were matched to a certificate.
How this is calculated
- Every standard sale (HM Land Registry Price Paid, category A) since January 2015 is matched to the latest energy certificate of the same address (postcode + house number or name + flat) lodged from 10 years before to 3 months after the sale; sales with no certificate or an ambiguous match are left out. Across England and Wales 92% of sales match.
- Price per m² uses the certificate's total floor area (15–1,000 m²).
- Like-for-like premium: regression of the log of price on “C or better”, log floor area, property type, the certificate's build period and the year of sale. The 95% range shows how precise the estimate is; when it includes zero, the data cannot tell the premium apart from none.
Caveats
- The band is the one on the certificate before the sale; certificates are a median 0.8 years old at the sale, but a quarter are over 4 years old and some homes were improved since.
- Condition, garden, parking, views and the exact position within the sector are not known; a premium could hide in them, or they could hide one.
- Individual sales and addresses are not shown.