That is the middle of 289 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 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.
289 homes sold in three years: 55 detached houses, 89 semi-detached houses, 117 terraced houses and 28 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.4 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£385K
median sale · 55 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£325K–£470K
Last 12 months
£380K12 sold
Semi-detached houses£260K
median sale · 89 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£235K–£300K
Last 12 months
£265K26 sold
Terraced houses£230K
median sale · 117 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£200K–£265K
Last 12 months
£235K36 sold
Flats and maisonettes£158K
median sale · 28 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£120K–£186K
Last 12 months
£169K8 sold
The mix
A terraced town: 40% of homes sold are terraced
Detached houses19%
Semi-detached houses31%
Terraced houses40%
Flats and maisonettes10%
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 Ilminster’s homes sold for between £215K and £310K
One sale in ten was under £165K and one in ten over £435K. 49% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £250,000, sits in the £250–300K band
289 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 times as much as in 1995, a slower rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £49,475 in 1995 to £246,500 in the last 12 months (£209,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
82 sales in the last 12 months, against 247 in 2002, the busiest year, and 81 in 2011. Sales fell by 30% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 6%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 63% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Ilminster costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Ilminster, 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
£80K
£97K
£247K
£240K
£263K
£318K
£380K
Semi-detached houses
£55K
£77K
£159K
£164K
£180K
£225K
£265K
Terraced houses
£38K
£64K
£149K
£153K
£176K
£201K
£235K
Flats and maisonettes
£67K
£40K
£110K
£148K
£119K
£185K
£169K
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
Hardly any new homes: 0% of sales in the last 12 months
600 new homes have been sold in Ilminster since 1995; the share peaked at 40% in 2002.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
11% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 2.7% sold leasehold in Ilminster. 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
Lower Meadow is Ilminster’s busiest street, with 18 sales in three years
21 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 6 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
Lower Meadow
TA19
18
£265,000
Mixed
2
Blackdown View
TA19
17
£237,000
Mixed
3
Ladymeade
TA19
16
£283,750
Mixed
4
Station Road
TA19
12
£340,000
Mixed
5
Silver Street
TA19
12
£188,000
Mixed
6
Winterhay Lane
TA19
11
£245,000
Mixed
7
Herne Rise
TA19
9
£260,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
8
Adams Meadow
TA19
9
£248,000
Mixed
9
Canal Way
TA19
8
£257,500
Mostly terraced houses
10
East Street
TA19
8
£240,750
Mostly terraced houses
11
Listers Hill
TA19
8
£236,000
Mostly terraced houses
12
High Street
TA19
8
£186,000
Mostly terraced houses
13
Highfield
TA19
7
£375,000
Mixed
14
Bushs Orchard
TA19
6
£222,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
15
Love Lane
TA19
6
£155,000
Mostly terraced houses
Dearest streets
Highfield: £375,000
Ilminster median£250K
Highfield£375K
Station Road£340K
Fairfield£330K
The Crescent£285K
Ladymeade£284K
Cheapest streets
Love Lane: £155,000
Ilminster median£250K
Love Lane£155K
High Street£186K
Silver Street£188K
Wharf Lane£215K
Bushs Orchard£222K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 2.4 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
Ilminster is the 43rd most expensive of 49 towns in Somerset
Ilminster 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 Ilminster
What is the average house price in Ilminster?
The median home in Ilminster sold for £250,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 289 standard sales (£246,500 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £385,000, semi-detached houses £260,000, terraced houses £230,000 and flats and maisonettes £157,500.
Are house prices going up in Ilminster?
The median was £246,500 in 2025, down 5% on 2024 (£260,000), and £246,500 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 Ilminster each year?
82 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 123 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Ilminster?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Highfield (TA19, £375,000), Station Road (TA19, £340,000) and Fairfield (TA19, £330,000).
Is Ilminster expensive for Somerset?
Ilminster is the 41st 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.