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Ansford market report BA7 7, Castle Cary

The BA7 7 (Ansford) house price history in full, 1995 to 2026, in cash and in today's money. Underneath every chart here sit 2,524 registered sales in BA7 7 (Castle Cary) since 1995, the HM Land Registry record of what buyers really paid, with ONS figures covering rents. Nothing is a valuation, an estimate or an asking price.

Sales data to 2026. Rents: ONS, May 2026. Regenerated with every monthly data refresh.

In short: the typical home in BA7 7 (Castle Cary) sold for £240,000 in 2026, the median of 28 registered sales, down 29% on five years earlier. The mean was £267,300, and by floor area homes here have averaged about £3,380 per square metre over the last five years. The figures cover 2,524 sales recorded by HM Land Registry since 1995 and refresh with each monthly release: completed sale prices, not valuations or asking prices.

BA7 7 is one sector of BA7 (Castle Cary): a handful of streets, and the most local view the sold record can give. The price of that locality is lumpier charts, because each year's median rests on fewer sales.

Where BA7 7 sits

Shaded by median price on the same scale as the average prices map. Click any shape to open it on the live map with every sale plotted at its address, or zoom in past street level to see the sold homes right here.

£240,0002026 median sold price
£3,380/m²5-year average per m²
-29%five-year change (cash)
28sales in the last 12 months
5.0%gross rental yield (est.)

The going rate for a home in BA7 7

The 2026 median for BA7 7 is £240,000, taken from 28 registered sales. The mean, which is what most sites call the "average house price", is £267,300, a little above it, the familiar pattern where pricier homes stretch the average.

BA7 7 prices by floor area

Per square metre, BA7 7 homes have averaged around £3,380 over the last five years of sales. The floor areas behind the figure come from Energy Performance Certificates, and the by-the-metre view is the fair comparison across home sizes.

Against a national (England and Wales) median of £285,000, BA7 7 runs 16% below it.

A typical BA7 7 home, priced year by year (1995 to 2026)

Two lines: the median in the money of its day, and the same years restated by ONS CPIH into today's money, which is the truer test of getting dearer. Hover for exact figures; click a legend entry to isolate a series.

Price at the timeIn today's money (CPIH)
£125k£250k£375k£500k1995200020052010201520202026 1995: £46,500 at the time · £101,084 in today's money · 66 sales1996: £50,000 at the time · £105,448 in today's money · 97 sales1997: £56,000 at the time · £114,845 in today's money · 117 sales1998: £67,000 at the time · £135,244 in today's money · 99 sales1999: £70,000 at the time · £139,506 in today's money · 129 sales2000: £80,000 at the time · £157,000 in today's money · 109 sales2001: £102,000 at the time · £196,090 in today's money · 109 sales2002: £110,000 at the time · £206,964 in today's money · 113 sales2003: £145,000 at the time · £267,125 in today's money · 103 sales2004: £155,000 at the time · £281,510 in today's money · 78 sales2005: £163,000 at the time · £290,074 in today's money · 68 sales2006: £168,000 at the time · £291,627 in today's money · 90 sales2007: £173,000 at the time · £293,456 in today's money · 109 sales2008: £200,000 at the time · £327,842 in today's money · 55 sales2009: £151,500 at the time · £243,538 in today's money · 52 sales2010: £207,500 at the time · £325,413 in today's money · 49 sales2011: £190,000 at the time · £286,827 in today's money · 41 sales2012: £177,500 at the time · £261,258 in today's money · 60 sales2013: £187,500 at the time · £269,794 in today's money · 72 sales2014: £175,000 at the time · £248,268 in today's money · 73 sales2015: £184,500 at the time · £260,699 in today's money · 90 sales2016: £200,000 at the time · £279,802 in today's money · 69 sales2017: £245,000 at the time · £334,155 in today's money · 53 sales2018: £215,000 at the time · £286,599 in today's money · 67 sales2019: £251,200 at the time · £329,263 in today's money · 78 sales2020: £279,000 at the time · £362,008 in today's money · 90 sales2021: £337,500 at the time · £427,319 in today's money · 104 sales2022: £319,200 at the time · £374,298 in today's money · 76 sales2023: £290,000 at the time · £318,639 in today's money · 57 sales2024: £325,000 at the time · £345,542 in today's money · 61 sales2025: £270,000 at the time · £276,457 in today's money · 62 sales2026: £240,000 at the time · £240,000 in today's money · 28 sales
See this chart as a table
YearMedian (cash)Median (today's £)Sales
2026£240,000£240,00028
2025£270,000£276,45762
2024£325,000£345,54261
2023£290,000£318,63957
2022£319,200£374,29876
2021£337,500£427,319104
2020£279,000£362,00890
2019£251,200£329,26378
2018£215,000£286,59967
2017£245,000£334,15553
2016£200,000£279,80269
2015£184,500£260,69990
2014£175,000£248,26873
2013£187,500£269,79472
2012£177,500£261,25860
2011£190,000£286,82741
2010£207,500£325,41349
2009£151,500£243,53852
2008£200,000£327,84255
2007£173,000£293,456109
2006£168,000£291,62790
2005£163,000£290,07468
2004£155,000£281,51078
2003£145,000£267,125103
2002£110,000£206,964113
2001£102,000£196,090109
2000£80,000£157,000109
1999£70,000£139,506129
1998£67,000£135,24499
1997£56,000£114,845117
1996£50,000£105,44897
1995£46,500£101,08466

In cash terms the typical BA7 7 home went from £46,500 in 1995 to £240,000 in 2026, roughly 5 times the price. Even after inflation that is a real rise of about 137%: homes here genuinely became dearer, not merely more expensive on paper. The real-terms peak came in 2021, and today's median remains roughly 44% under it: a 2021 buyer is still waiting to get that price back in today's money.

Year-on-year change in the BA7 7 median

Each bar is the change on the year before, in cash. The zero line is the boundary between rising and falling.

+50% -50% 0% 1996 · +7.5% on the year before1997 · +12.0% on the year before1998 · +19.6% on the year before1999 · +4.5% on the year before2000 · +14.3% on the year before2001 · +27.5% on the year before2002 · +7.8% on the year before2003 · +31.8% on the year before2004 · +6.9% on the year before2005 · +5.2% on the year before2006 · +3.1% on the year before2007 · +3.0% on the year before2008 · +15.6% on the year before2009 · −24.3% on the year before2010 · +37.0% on the year before2011 · −8.4% on the year before2012 · −6.6% on the year before2013 · +5.6% on the year before2014 · −6.7% on the year before2015 · +5.4% on the year before2016 · +8.4% on the year before2017 · +22.5% on the year before2018 · −12.2% on the year before2019 · +16.8% on the year before2020 · +11.1% on the year before2021 · +21.0% on the year before2022 · −5.4% on the year before2023 · −9.1% on the year before2024 · +12.1% on the year before2025 · −16.9% on the year before2026 · −11.1% on the year before200020052010201520202026

The strongest year on record here is 2010 (+37.0% on the year before); the weakest, 2009 (−24.3%). Single-year swings like these are why the annualised table below matters more than any one year's headline.

The long view: annualised growth

PeriodCash, per yearReal terms, per year
1 years (since 2025)−11.1%−13.2%
5 years (since 2021)−6.6%−10.9%
10 years (since 2016)+1.8%−1.5%
20 years (since 2006)+1.8%−1.0%

The table annualises median growth over each period, with the real column deflated by ONS CPIH. Smoothing hides the cycle (see the chart above for it), and none of this forecasts: it is the record.

Sales activity in BA7 7

The year-by-year sales count

Recorded sales per year. The dip after 2008 is the financial crisis; the last bar is still filling in as recent sales get registered.

50100150200 1995: 66 sales1996: 97 sales1997: 117 sales1998: 99 sales1999: 129 sales2000: 109 sales2001: 109 sales2002: 113 sales2003: 103 sales2004: 78 sales2005: 68 sales2006: 90 sales2007: 109 sales2008: 55 sales2009: 52 sales2010: 49 sales2011: 41 sales2012: 60 sales2013: 72 sales2014: 73 sales2015: 90 sales2016: 69 sales2017: 53 sales2018: 67 sales2019: 78 sales2020: 90 sales2021: 104 sales2022: 76 sales2023: 57 sales2024: 61 sales2025: 62 sales2026: 28 sales1995200020052010201520202026

BA7 7 recorded 28 sales in the last twelve months of data. Like most of England and Wales, turnover never fully recovered from 2008: the market here averaged 97 sales a year before the financial crisis and 57 a year over the last five. Price without volume misleads: a median built on few sales jumps around, and one street can tilt it. Keep in mind too that the latest year is still filling in, since sales reach the register weeks or months after completion.

Rents around BA7 7

The local authority for BA7 7 is Somerset, and its ONS average private rent currently stands at £990 a month (May 2026 figures). A one-bed averages £674 a month here and a four-or-more-bed £1,580, so size does most of the work in setting the rent.

Average monthly rent by size, Somerset

ONS Price Index of Private Rents, May 2026.

1 bed: £674 a month£6741 bed2 bed: £890 a month£8902 bed3 bed: £1,106 a month£1,1063 bed4+ bed: £1,580 a month£1,5804+ bed

Against the £240,000 median purchase price, a rent of £990 a month (£11,880 a year) works out at a 5.0% gross yield, a ceiling figure that ignores letting costs, voids, maintenance and tax. Because rents are local-authority statistics, districts sharing the authority share the figure.

The shape of the BA7 7 market

This is a thin market: 28 sales in the last twelve months of data. With that few transactions, one street selling well (or one block of cheap transfers) can move the median, so read the year lines as a range rather than a verdict. The record here is jumpy: year-on-year moves of ten per cent or more are common in the chart above, mostly a function of which homes happened to sell rather than the market lurching.

Asked and answered: BA7 7 (Ansford)

How much did a house sell for in BA7 7 (Ansford)?
Land Registry recorded 28 sales in BA7 7 (Ansford) in 2026, with a median sold price of £240,000. Every one is free to view at its exact address on the HomesIndex map.
Are property prices falling in BA7 7 (Ansford)?
In BA7 7 (Ansford) the median moved down 11% year on year; over five years it is down 29%. The full year-by-year table since 1995 is on this page.
Is BA7 7 (Ansford) a good place to buy a house?
BA7 7 (Ansford) sold prices are down 29% over five years. This report weighs growth, affordability and volume against neighbouring areas using only recorded sales.

Are BA7 7 prices heading up or down?

That question has no honest answer, only evidence. The evidence: the median is down 29% over five years in cash but down 44% after inflation. Weigh the volume chart alongside the price one before deciding anything, and bear in mind every figure is a completed sale that reached the register weeks after completion.

What is for sale in BA7 right now

Turning to what is actually available: 10 homes on the market right now, from 6 agents publishing to HomesIndex.

These cover the whole BA7 district, not just BA7 7: live asking prices are collected per district.

£537,500Typical asking price now (BA7 district)
5 below what sold nearby2 in line with nearby sales2 above nearby sales

56% of current listings sit under the prices comparable homes actually fetched. Every listing is measured against recent recorded sales of similar nearby homes.

The "under comparable sales" label measures each asking price against real nearby sales of similar homes: an opening position for a conversation rather than a valuation. The home itself still needs looking at.

See every BA7 home for sale on the map →

Live asking prices from estate agents who publish a feed to HomesIndex, refreshed every Monday and Thursday: a sample of the market, not every home for sale. Asking prices are not sale prices.

Bedroom by bedroom: BA prices by size

What homes of each size actually sold for across the BA area, from the Land Registry record. Size steps are fiercely local. A third bedroom adds a quarter to the price in some areas and close to four fifths in others, which is why no national rule of thumb survives contact with a real market.

Type1 bed2 bed3 bed4 bed5 bed
Detached£320,000£425,000 (+33%)£650,000 (+53%)£965,000 (+48%)
Semi-detached£235,000£270,000 (+15%)£328,000 (+21%)£440,000 (+34%)£755,000 (+72%)
Terraced£214,997£250,000 (+16%)£310,000 (+24%)£475,000 (+53%)£735,000 (+55%)
Flat£150,000£242,000 (+61%)£425,000 (+76%)£680,000 (+60%)

Built from the last four years of recorded sales by form and bedroom count. Bedroom counts are estimated from EPC records (the register carries none), so expect a small number of homes one size adrift. Blank cells mean too few homes for the figure to mean anything.

The risers and the fallers

The spread across the BA area is the point: the same five years treated these districts very differently.

Zoom out to the full BA7 district report for the type split, monthly volumes and how BA7 compares with its neighbours.

Selling in BA7 7? Start from the sold record

Ground the asking price in real sold prices first. The average prices map gives a rough value in a minute: start at BA7 7's shading and zoom to the sold homes on the street itself. Agents work from this same Land Registry record when they value; this page puts it in front of you before they arrive.

For local estate agents: each district report carries one featured-agent spot, free while founding places last. Claim BA7 7.

Keep digging

The AI answers from the same Land Registry data this report is built on, already scoped to BA7 7. Free after a one click sign in.

Two maps carry on from here: every BA7 7 sale at its exact address, and the average prices map from area shading down to single homes. The report tool answers a specific question in writing, and each sale's mortgage and rent calculator prices a real purchase.

Method, briefly: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data (Crown copyright, OGL v3.0) supplies every sale, geocoded to address level; CPIH from the ONS restates prices in today's money; ONS local-authority figures supply the rents. Medians of real sales, not valuations. No part of this page is financial advice.