That is the middle of 635 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 5.2 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.
635 homes sold in three years: 197 detached houses, 170 semi-detached houses, 201 terraced houses and 67 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 3.2 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£340K
median sale · 197 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£300K–£405K
Last 12 months
£360K47 sold
New build
£343K
Semi-detached houses£243K
median sale · 170 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£213K–£275K
Last 12 months
£245K49 sold
New build
£280K
Terraced houses£185K
median sale · 201 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£157K–£222K
Last 12 months
£178K55 sold
Flats and maisonettes£105K
median sale · 67 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£89K–£135K
Last 12 months
£105K12 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 32% of sales
Detached houses31%
Semi-detached houses27%
Terraced houses32%
Flats and maisonettes11%
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 Chard’s homes sold for between £175K and £303K
One sale in ten was under £122K and one in ten over £380K. 55% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £237,500, sits in the £200–250K band
635 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.2 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £46,000 in 1995 to £238,000 in the last 12 months (£195,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
163 sales in the last 12 months, against 385 in 2003, the busiest year, and 172 in 2009. Sales fell by 51% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 13%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 37% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Chard costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Chard, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Semi-detached houses rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£75K
£117K
£201K
£220K
£235K
£285K
£360K
Semi-detached houses
£45K
£71K
£139K
£154K
£172K
£200K
£245K
Terraced houses
£39K
£55K
£125K
£125K
£138K
£170K
£178K
Flats and maisonettes
£30K
£43K
£93K
£83K
£85K
£117K
£105K
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 30% in 2022
898 new homes have been sold in Chard since 1995; the share peaked at 30% in 2022.
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 £330,000
against £235,000 for a home sold on, 40% 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.
10% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 1.1% sold leasehold in Chard. 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
The Maltings is Chard’s busiest street, with 23 sales in three years
42 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 10 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
The Maltings
TA20
23
£105,000
Mostly flats
2
Bramble Mews
TA20
18
£325,000
Mostly detached houses · new builds
3
Furnham Road
TA20
16
£220,000
Mixed
4
Glynswood
TA20
15
£224,500
Mixed
5
Henson Park
TA20
15
£175,000
Mixed
6
Victoria Avenue
TA20
14
£75,000
Mixed
7
Honeycomb Vale
TA20
13
£289,995
Mixed · new builds
8
Helmstedt Way
TA20
13
£225,000
Mixed
9
Glanvill Avenue
TA20
10
£199,500
Mostly terraced houses
10
Holyrood Street
TA20
10
£112,500
Mostly terraced houses
11
St Marys Close
TA20
9
£297,500
Mostly detached houses
12
Fairway Rise
TA20
9
£225,000
Mixed
13
Furzehill
TA20
9
£220,000
Mixed
14
Combe Street
TA20
9
£214,000
Mostly terraced houses
15
Langdon Close
TA20
9
£193,000
Mostly terraced houses
Dearest streets
Hornbeam Drive: £373,500
Chard median£238K
Hornbeam Drive£374K
Furnham Crescent£332K
Bramble Mews£325K
Lower Touches£320K
Cedar Close£309K
Cheapest streets
Victoria Avenue: £75,000
Chard median£238K
Victoria Avenue£75K
The Maltings£105K
Holyrood Street£113K
Wyatt Way£149K
Coronation Street£149K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 5 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
Chard is the 47th most expensive of 49 towns in Somerset
Chard is one of Somerset’s cheapest 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 Chard
What is the average house price in Chard?
The median home in Chard sold for £237,500 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 635 standard sales (£238,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £340,000, semi-detached houses £242,500, terraced houses £185,000 and flats and maisonettes £105,000.
Are house prices going up in Chard?
The median was £234,500 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£235,000), and £238,000 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 Chard each year?
163 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 256 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Chard?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Hornbeam Drive (TA20, £373,500), Furnham Crescent (TA20, £331,500) and Bramble Mews (TA20, £325,000).
How much does a new build cost in Chard?
New homes sold for a median £330,000 over three years, against £235,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 5.5% of sales.
Is Chard expensive for Somerset?
Chard is the 47th 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.