A new report has revealed the cheapest and most expensive places in Southampton and wider Hampshire to buy a home.

The report ranks SO postcodes based on their average house price, revealing the cheapest and most expensive place to live.

With constant inflation rises, the opportunity for first-time buyers to get a mortgage offer that is affordable and reasonable is extremely difficult.

Responding to this ongoing change, steel roofing manufacturer, Cardinal Steels, and Online Marketing Surgery have created a house price report.

This report ranks SO postcodes based on their average house price.

Key findings from the report:

Southampton City Centre and the SO14 postcode is the cheapest area in Southampton to buy a property with an average price of £224,192.

The area in Southampton with the highest house prices is Bishops Waltham and the SO32 postcode, with an average price of £536,579.

When it came to places in the Southampton SO postcode area, Beaulieu and the SO42 postcode had the highest prices with £915,314.

Average house prices:

Southampton City Centre (SO14) - £224,192

Sholing (SO19) - £249,468

Highfield (SO17) - £252,507

Bitterne (SO18) - £264,634

Shirley (SO15) - £264,680

Bassett (SO16) - £296,791

Botley (SO30) - £332,722

Totton (SO40) - £350,679

Hythe (SO45) - £367,037

Warsash (SO31) - £399,353

North Baddesley (SO52) - £420,258

Bishops Waltham (SO32) - £536,579

The report also highlighted the house prices in areas with a Southampton postcode.

SO postcode areas average house prices:

Southampton City Centre (SO14) - £224,192

Sholing (SO19) - £249,468

Highfield (SO17) - £252,507

Bitterne (SO18) - £264,634

Shirley (SO15) - £264,680

Bassett (SO16) - £296,791

Eastleigh Town Centre (SO50) - £319,770

Botley (SO30) - £332,722

Totton (SO40) - £350,679

Hythe (SO45) - £367,037

Warsash (SO31) - £399,353

North Baddesley (SO52) - £420,258

Chandler (SO53) - £460,273

Romsey (SO51) - £462,940

Bishops Waltham (SO32) - £536,579

Lyndhurst (SO43) - £572,243

Winchester City Centre (S023) - £585,146

Milford-on-Sea (SO41) - £643,053

Badger Farm (SO22) - £652,510

New Alresford (SO24) - £681,899

Compton (SO21) - £702,248

Stockbridge (SO20) - £825,437

Beaulieu (SO42) - £915,314