That is the middle of 202 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.
202 homes sold in three years: 45 detached houses, 60 semi-detached houses, 76 terraced houses and 21 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 3.4 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£425K
median sale · 45 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£325K–£560K
Last 12 months
£385K13 sold
Semi-detached houses£266K
median sale · 60 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£215K–£300K
Last 12 months
£263K19 sold
Terraced houses£215K
median sale · 76 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£190K–£275K
Last 12 months
£206K17 sold
Flats and maisonettes£125K
median sale · 21 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£90K–£140K
Last 12 months
£120K5 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 38% of sales
Detached houses22%
Semi-detached houses30%
Terraced houses38%
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 Martock’s homes sold for between £190K and £330K
One sale in ten was under £141K and one in ten over £455K. 50% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £250,000, sits in the £250–300K band
202 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 £48,725 in 1995 to £252,500 in the last 12 months (£195,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
54 sales in the last 12 months, against 159 in 2021, the busiest year, and 41 in 2008. Sales fell by 46% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 7%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 161% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Martock costs about what England does
Median sale price each calendar year: Martock, 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
£105K
£137K
£250K
£280K
£267K
£320K
£385K
Semi-detached houses
£53K
£77K
£150K
£165K
£183K
£232K
£263K
Terraced houses
£44K
£66K
£163K
£131K
£154K
£183K
£206K
Flats and maisonettes
£28K
£35K
£95K
£82K
£92K
£98K
£120K
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
384 new homes have been sold in Martock since 1995; the share peaked at 58% in 1995.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
13% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 3.3% sold leasehold in Martock. 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
North Street is Martock’s busiest street, with 13 sales in three years
16 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 2 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
North Street
TA12
13
£240,000
Mostly terraced houses
2
Stapleton Close
TA12
11
£220,000
Mixed
3
Mow Barton
TA12
9
£90,000
Mixed
4
Moorlands Park
TA12
8
£230,000
Mostly terraced houses
5
Paulls Close
TA12
8
£141,500
Mostly flats
6
Burrow Hill View
TA12
7
£280,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
7
Coat Road
TA12
7
£217,000
Mixed
8
Marwin Close
TA12
7
£188,000
Mostly terraced houses
9
Hills Orchard
TA12
6
£233,500
Mostly terraced houses
10
Water Street
TA12
6
£199,000
Mostly terraced houses
11
Steppes Meadow
TA12
6
£175,000
Mixed
12
Birch Road
TA12
5
£283,000
Mixed
13
Bower Hinton
TA12
5
£220,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
14
The Acres
TA12
5
£215,000
Mostly terraced houses
15
Bracey Road
TA12
5
£195,000
Mostly terraced houses
Dearest streets
Birch Road: £283,000
Martock median£250K
Birch Road£283K
Burrow Hill View£280K
North Street£240K
Hills Orchard£234K
Moorlands Park£230K
Cheapest streets
Mow Barton: £90,000
Martock median£250K
Mow Barton£90K
Vincent Way£141K
Paulls Close£142K
Steppes Meadow£175K
Marwin Close£188K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 3.1 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
Martock is the 42nd most expensive of 49 towns in Somerset
Martock 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 Martock
What is the average house price in Martock?
The median home in Martock sold for £250,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 202 standard sales (£252,500 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £425,000, semi-detached houses £265,500, terraced houses £215,000 and flats and maisonettes £125,000.
Are house prices going up in Martock?
The median was £275,000 in 2025, up 27% on 2024 (£216,750), and £252,500 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 Martock each year?
54 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 85 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Martock?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Birch Road (TA12, £283,000), Burrow Hill View (TA12, £280,000) and North Street (TA12, £240,000).
Is Martock expensive for Somerset?
Martock 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.