That is the middle of 3,657 standard sales recorded by HM Land Registry from September 2023 to August 2026, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. The typical home sells for 6.7 times as much as in 1995. Below: what each type of home sells for, the spread of prices, every year since 1995, new builds, the busiest streets and the neighbours. Rents and council tax are on Cost of living.
3,657 homes sold in three years: 444 detached houses, 758 semi-detached houses, 1,336 terraced houses and 1,119 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.6 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£820K
median sale · 444 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£615K–£1.2M
Last 12 months
£828K116 sold
New build
£727K
Semi-detached houses£500K
median sale · 758 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£375K–£673K
Last 12 months
£503K213 sold
New build
£575K
Terraced houses£450K
median sale · 1,336 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£360K–£650K
Last 12 months
£435K376 sold
New build
£834K
Flats and maisonettes£315K
median sale · 1,119 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£240K–£430K
Last 12 months
£310K323 sold
New build
£468K
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 37% of sales
Detached houses12%
Semi-detached houses21%
Terraced houses37%
Flats and maisonettes31%
Standard sales, Sep 2023 to Aug 2026. A median needs 5 sales of a type; “middle half” is the 25th to 75th percentile of 10 or more.
Price range
Half of Bath’s homes sold for between £323K and £650K
One sale in ten was under £250K and one in ten over £1M. 10% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £445,000, sits in the £400–500K band
3,657 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 6.7 times as much as in 1995, a faster rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £64,250 in 1995 to £427,500 in the last 12 months (£367,500 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
1,028 sales in the last 12 months, against 2,213 in 2006, the busiest year, and 1,048 in 2008. Sales fell by 41% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 12%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 56% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Bath costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Bath, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Terraced houses rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£120K
£220K
£373K
£400K
£553K
£696K
£828K
Semi-detached houses
£75K
£130K
£225K
£259K
£295K
£408K
£503K
Terraced houses
£60K
£118K
£203K
£250K
£313K
£386K
£435K
Flats and maisonettes
£53K
£105K
£173K
£210K
£245K
£295K
£310K
Calendar years; a year’s median needs 5 sales of the type, so gaps are years with fewer.
Prices are as paid, not adjusted for inflation. Standard (category A) sales only; Land Registry adds a sale when it is registered, so the newest months fill in later.
New builds
New builds have slowed: 1% of sales in the last 12 months, after 16% in 2018
3,073 new homes have been sold in Bath since 1995; the share peaked at 16% in 2018.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
A new home sold for a median £650,000
against £431,000 for a home sold on, 51% more, over three years. New homes are often a different mix from the homes sold on, so part of the gap is size and type.
37% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 9.6% sold leasehold in Bath. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
Streets
Newbridge Road is Bath’s busiest street, with 37 sales in three years
255 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 92 of them ten or more. A busy street is often a new estate selling its first homes, or a long road of terraces and flats.
#
Street
Postcode area
Sales
Median
Homes
1
Newbridge Road
BA1
37
£380,000
Mixed
2
Upper Bristol Road
BA1
34
£730,000
Mostly flats · new builds
3
Englishcombe Lane
BA2
33
£440,000
Mixed
4
The Hollow
BA2
32
£395,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
5
Gloucester Road
BA1
30
£330,000
Mostly flats
6
High Street (BA1)
BA1
26
£222,500
Mixed
7
Wellsway
BA2
25
£495,000
Mixed
8
Great Pulteney Street
BA2
25
£440,000
Mostly flats
9
Mulberry Way
BA2
25
£319,000
Mostly flats · new builds
10
Midford Road
BA2
24
£595,000
Mixed
11
Coronation Avenue
BA2
23
£375,000
Mostly terraced houses
12
Grosvenor Place
BA1
22
£331,000
Mostly flats
13
Lower Oldfield Park
BA2
21
£295,000
Mostly flats
14
Whitaker Road
BA2
20
£572,500
Mostly terraced houses
15
Victoria Bridge Road (BA2)
BA2
20
£387,500
Mostly flats
Dearest streets
St James's Square: £2,220,000
Bath median£445K
St James's Square£2.2M
Sion Hill£2.1M
Dunsford Place£1.9M
Cleveland Walk£1.8M
Springfield Place£1.8M
Cheapest streets
Brassmill Lane: £145,000
Bath median£445K
Brassmill Lane£145K
Walcot Buildings£180K
Bedford Street£199K
Great Stanhope Street£205K
Redland Park£219K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 15.3 times the cheapest’s. Street medians mix types: a street of detached houses beats one of flats.
Standard sales with a street name, grouped by street and postcode district (Sep 2023 to Aug 2026); a name used in two districts shows the district. Medians only: we don’t list individual sales.
Across Somerset
Bath is the 5th most expensive of 49 towns in Somerset
Bath is one of Somerset’s dearest towns to buy in; the typical UK town’s median is £277,000.
Median: standard sales over three years (10+ needed). Since 2016: the median over three years against 2016’s. Miles: centre to centre.
Questions about property prices in Bath
What is the average house price in Bath?
The median home in Bath sold for £445,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 3,657 standard sales (£427,500 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £820,000, semi-detached houses £500,000, terraced houses £450,000 and flats and maisonettes £315,000.
Are house prices going up in Bath?
The median was £448,750 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£450,000), and £427,500 in the last 12 months. A town’s median moves with the mix of homes sold each year as well as with prices.
How many homes sell in Bath each year?
1,028 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 1,405 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Bath?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: St James's Square (BA1, £2,220,000), Sion Hill (BA1, £2,100,000) and Dunsford Place (BA2, £1,892,500).
How much does a new build cost in Bath?
New homes sold for a median £650,000 over three years, against £431,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 5.3% of sales.
Is Bath expensive for Somerset?
Bath is the 5th most expensive of 49 towns of 2,500 or more in Somerset by median sale price.
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid, every standard sale since January 1995 (yearly files of 28 September 2026), inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary by postcode (ONS Postcode Directory) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.