That is the middle of 1,294 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 6.5 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.
1,294 homes sold in three years: 274 detached houses, 345 semi-detached houses, 493 terraced houses and 182 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.4 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£433K
median sale · 274 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£365K–£545K
Last 12 months
£430K76 sold
New build
£520K
Semi-detached houses£325K
median sale · 345 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£280K–£415K
Last 12 months
£295K108 sold
New build
£478K
Terraced houses£295K
median sale · 493 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£240K–£380K
Last 12 months
£294K164 sold
New build
£335K
Flats and maisonettes£178K
median sale · 182 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£150K–£221K
Last 12 months
£168K49 sold
New build
£275K
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 38% of sales
Detached houses21%
Semi-detached houses27%
Terraced houses38%
Flats and maisonettes14%
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 Frome’s homes sold for between £245K and £418K
One sale in ten was under £185K and one in ten over £535K. 27% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £320,000, sits in the £300–400K band
1,294 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 6.5 times as much as in 1995, a faster rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £46,800 in 1995 to £305,000 in the last 12 months (£260,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
397 sales in the last 12 months, against 880 in 2002, the busiest year, and 362 in 2008. Sales fell by 49% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 3%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 30% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Frome costs about what England does
Median sale price each calendar year: Frome, 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
£78K
£121K
£210K
£231K
£275K
£360K
£430K
Semi-detached houses
£51K
£79K
£155K
£168K
£209K
£265K
£295K
Terraced houses
£43K
£65K
£138K
£155K
£180K
£260K
£294K
Flats and maisonettes
£30K
£40K
£101K
£115K
£124K
£151K
£168K
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 25% in 2018
2,100 new homes have been sold in Frome since 1995; the share peaked at 25% 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 £350,000
against £317,500 for a home sold on, 10% 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.
15% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 1.1% sold leasehold in Frome. 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
Blackberry Road is Frome’s busiest street, with 22 sales in three years
91 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 27 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
Blackberry Road
BA11
22
£324,975
Mixed
2
Writers Close
BA11
22
£294,500
Mostly flats · new builds
3
Catherine Street
BA11
22
£236,750
Mixed
4
Keyford
BA11
22
£198,125
Mixed
5
Caxton Road
BA11
21
£490,000
Mostly semi-detached houses · new builds
6
The Butts
BA11
19
£360,000
Mostly terraced houses
7
Great Western Street
BA11
17
£315,000
Mostly terraced houses
8
Nunney Road
BA11
16
£455,000
Mixed
9
Broadway
BA11
16
£348,750
Mixed
10
Park Road
BA11
16
£190,000
Mostly flats
11
Ashtree Road
BA11
15
£240,000
Mostly terraced houses
12
Lichen Road
BA11
14
£351,000
Mostly detached houses
13
Wyville Road
BA11
14
£347,500
Mixed
14
Emperor Street
BA11
13
£530,000
Mostly detached houses · new builds
15
Berkley Road
BA11
13
£515,000
Mixed
Dearest streets
Weymouth Road: £810,000
Frome median£320K
Weymouth Road£810K
Somerset Road£673K
Collett Way£575K
Emperor Street£530K
Grange Road£525K
Cheapest streets
Providence Court: £170,000
Frome median£320K
Providence Court£170K
Harris Close£171K
Park Road£190K
Naishs Street£190K
Keyford£198K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 4.8 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
Frome is the 17th most expensive of 49 towns in Somerset
Frome is in the middle of Somerset’s 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 Frome
What is the average house price in Frome?
The median home in Frome sold for £320,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 1,294 standard sales (£305,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £432,750, semi-detached houses £325,000, terraced houses £295,000 and flats and maisonettes £177,750.
Are house prices going up in Frome?
The median was £329,000 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£320,000), and £305,000 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 Frome each year?
397 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 503 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Frome?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Weymouth Road (BA11, £810,000), Somerset Road (BA11, £672,500) and Collett Way (BA11, £575,000).
How much does a new build cost in Frome?
New homes sold for a median £350,000 over three years, against £317,500 for homes sold on. New builds were 7.8% of sales.
Is Frome expensive for Somerset?
Frome is the 17th 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.