That is the middle of 2,568 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.
2,568 homes sold in three years: 583 detached houses, 678 semi-detached houses, 868 terraced houses and 439 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.6 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£393K
median sale · 583 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£332K–£490K
Last 12 months
£400K178 sold
New build
£440K
Semi-detached houses£280K
median sale · 678 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£240K–£320K
Last 12 months
£275K207 sold
New build
£329K
Terraced houses£230K
median sale · 868 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£201K–£266K
Last 12 months
£230K249 sold
New build
£275K
Flats and maisonettes£150K
median sale · 439 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£120K–£188K
Last 12 months
£152K127 sold
New build
£187K
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 34% of sales
Detached houses23%
Semi-detached houses26%
Terraced houses34%
Flats and maisonettes17%
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 Taunton’s homes sold for between £205K and £330K
One sale in ten was under £146K and one in ten over £430K. 46% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £258,000, sits in the £250–300K band
2,568 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 £50,000 in 1995 to £260,000 in the last 12 months (£205,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
761 sales in the last 12 months, against 1,724 in 1999, the busiest year, and 686 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 59% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Taunton costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Taunton, 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
£91K
£125K
£250K
£250K
£275K
£337K
£400K
Semi-detached houses
£57K
£80K
£168K
£176K
£188K
£225K
£275K
Terraced houses
£45K
£68K
£140K
£149K
£157K
£185K
£230K
Flats and maisonettes
£39K
£51K
£119K
£112K
£119K
£125K
£152K
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: 0.3% of sales in the last 12 months
3,994 new homes have been sold in Taunton since 1995; the share peaked at 25% in 2000.
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 £343,750
against £255,000 for a home sold on, 35% 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.
18% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 1.6% sold leasehold in Taunton. 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
South Street is Taunton’s busiest street, with 36 sales in three years
198 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 58 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
South Street
TA1
36
£249,000
Mixed
2
Grove Gate
TA2
27
£251,000
Mixed
3
Greenway Road
TA2
24
£311,500
Mixed
4
Cheddon Road
TA2
24
£233,000
Mixed
5
Firepool View
TA1
23
£187,500
Mostly flats
6
Eastgate Gardens
TA1
22
£130,000
Mostly flats
7
Tangier Way
TA1
21
£270,950
Mostly flats
8
Hicks Road
TA2
20
£338,750
Mixed · new builds
9
Massingham Park
TA2
19
£145,000
Mostly flats
10
Deane Drive
TA1
18
£296,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
11
Kingston Road
TA2
18
£195,000
Mixed
12
Batt Drive
TA2
17
£300,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
13
Kinglake Drive
TA1
17
£220,000
Mostly flats
14
Showell Park
TA2
17
£220,000
Mostly terraced houses
15
Greenway Avenue
TA2
16
£283,500
Mostly terraced houses
Dearest streets
Cotlake Drive: £767,500
Taunton median£258K
Cotlake Drive£768K
South Road£650K
Amerys Mead£599K
Queens Drive£574K
Manor Road£520K
Cheapest streets
Tower Street: £90,000
Taunton median£258K
Tower Street£90K
Northfield Gardens£114K
Dellers Wharf£115K
Billet Street£116K
Gatehouse Court£121K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 8.5 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
Taunton is the 38th most expensive of 49 towns in Somerset
Taunton 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 Taunton
What is the average house price in Taunton?
The median home in Taunton sold for £258,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 2,568 standard sales (£260,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £392,500, semi-detached houses £280,000, terraced houses £230,000 and flats and maisonettes £150,000.
Are house prices going up in Taunton?
The median was £262,000 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£255,000), and £260,000 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 Taunton each year?
761 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 1,036 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Taunton?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Cotlake Drive (TA1, £767,500), South Road (TA1, £650,000) and Amerys Mead (TA2, £598,500).
How much does a new build cost in Taunton?
New homes sold for a median £343,750 over three years, against £255,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 3.2% of sales.
Is Taunton expensive for Somerset?
Taunton is the 38th 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.
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