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BS26 local market report Axbridge

Every figure on this page comes from the public record: 2,601 sales registered with HM Land Registry in BS26 (Axbridge) since 1995, each one a completed purchase at a real price, plus current rental figures from the ONS. Nothing here is a valuation, an estimate or an asking price.

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

BS26 is the postcode district covering Axbridge, Compton Bishop, Loxton in Axbridge. Districts are a practical way to slice a market: small enough to mean something locally, big enough to have a steady flow of sales to measure.

Where BS26 sits

Click the map to open BS26 on the live map, with every sale plotted at its address. The average pricing view shades the whole country the same way.

BS29BS25BS24BS28TA9BS27BS22BS23BS40TA8BA5BS39BS26
£345,000median sold price, 2026
-14%five-year change (cash)
81sales in the last 12 months
3.4%gross rental yield (est.)

What a home in BS26 sells for

The 2026 median in BS26 is £345,000, from 19 registered sales; the mean, £372,000, sits modestly above it, the usual shape of a market with an expensive tail.

For scale: the England and Wales median is £274,000, so BS26 trades 26% above the country as a whole.

The price of a typical BS26 home, 1995 to 2026

The median as recorded at the time, and each year restated in today's money (ONS CPIH), the sharper test of whether homes really got dearer. Hover for the year-by-year figures; click a legend entry to isolate a series.

Price at the timeIn today's money (CPIH)
£250k£500k£750k£1.00M1995200020052010201520202026 1995: £83,000 at the time · £176,215 in today's money · 78 sales1996: £92,000 at the time · £189,493 in today's money · 116 sales1997: £95,800 at the time · £191,878 in today's money · 110 sales1998: £107,800 at the time · £212,520 in today's money · 112 sales1999: £89,800 at the time · £174,787 in today's money · 116 sales2000: £115,800 at the time · £221,950 in today's money · 88 sales2001: £123,500 at the time · £231,878 in today's money · 97 sales2002: £167,400 at the time · £307,606 in today's money · 140 sales2003: £182,000 at the time · £327,458 in today's money · 118 sales2004: £212,500 at the time · £376,928 in today's money · 82 sales2005: £185,000 at the time · £321,537 in today's money · 81 sales2006: £272,000 at the time · £461,130 in today's money · 107 sales2007: £260,000 at the time · £430,732 in today's money · 95 sales2008: £233,100 at the time · £373,176 in today's money · 40 sales2009: £230,000 at the time · £361,092 in today's money · 41 sales2010: £270,000 at the time · £413,541 in today's money · 62 sales2011: £289,200 at the time · £426,385 in today's money · 36 sales2012: £250,000 at the time · £359,375 in today's money · 68 sales2013: £295,000 at the time · £414,562 in today's money · 59 sales2014: £277,000 at the time · £383,795 in today's money · 75 sales2015: £284,000 at the time · £391,920 in today's money · 76 sales2016: £257,500 at the time · £351,832 in today's money · 80 sales2017: £355,000 at the time · £472,876 in today's money · 86 sales2018: £340,000 at the time · £442,642 in today's money · 61 sales2019: £300,000 at the time · £384,045 in today's money · 57 sales2020: £358,000 at the time · £453,664 in today's money · 85 sales2021: £400,000 at the time · £494,624 in today's money · 145 sales2022: £385,000 at the time · £440,913 in today's money · 63 sales2023: £342,500 at the time · £367,535 in today's money · 66 sales2024: £411,800 at the time · £427,603 in today's money · 68 sales2025: £321,200 at the time · £321,200 in today's money · 74 sales2026: £345,000 at the time · £345,000 in today's money · 19 sales
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YearMedian (cash)Median (today's £)Sales
2026£345,000£345,00019
2025£321,200£321,20074
2024£411,800£427,60368
2023£342,500£367,53566
2022£385,000£440,91363
2021£400,000£494,624145
2020£358,000£453,66485
2019£300,000£384,04557
2018£340,000£442,64261
2017£355,000£472,87686
2016£257,500£351,83280
2015£284,000£391,92076
2014£277,000£383,79575
2013£295,000£414,56259
2012£250,000£359,37568
2011£289,200£426,38536
2010£270,000£413,54162
2009£230,000£361,09241
2008£233,100£373,17640
2007£260,000£430,73295
2006£272,000£461,130107
2005£185,000£321,53781
2004£212,500£376,92882
2003£182,000£327,458118
2002£167,400£307,606140
2001£123,500£231,87897
2000£115,800£221,95088
1999£89,800£174,787116
1998£107,800£212,520112
1997£95,800£191,878110
1996£92,000£189,493116
1995£83,000£176,21578

In cash terms the typical BS26 home went from £83,000 in 1995 to £345,000 in 2026, roughly 4 times the price. Even after inflation that is a real rise of about 96%: homes here genuinely became dearer, not just more expensive on paper. Measured in today's money the market peaked in 2021; the current median sits about 30% below that. Someone who bought at the 2021 peak has not yet seen that price back in real terms.

Year-on-year change in the BS26 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 · +10.8% on the year before1997 · +4.1% on the year before1998 · +12.5% on the year before1999 · −16.7% on the year before2000 · +29.0% on the year before2001 · +6.6% on the year before2002 · +35.5% on the year before2003 · +8.7% on the year before2004 · +16.8% on the year before2005 · −12.9% on the year before2006 · +47.0% on the year before2007 · −4.4% on the year before2008 · −10.3% on the year before2009 · −1.3% on the year before2010 · +17.4% on the year before2011 · +7.1% on the year before2012 · −13.6% on the year before2013 · +18.0% on the year before2014 · −6.1% on the year before2015 · +2.5% on the year before2016 · −9.3% on the year before2017 · +37.9% on the year before2018 · −4.2% on the year before2019 · −11.8% on the year before2020 · +19.3% on the year before2021 · +11.7% on the year before2022 · −3.8% on the year before2023 · −11.0% on the year before2024 · +20.2% on the year before2025 · −22.0% on the year before2026 · +7.4% on the year before200020052010201520202026

The strongest year on record here is 2006 (+47.0% on the year before); the weakest, 2025 (−22.0%). Single-year swings like these are why the annualised table below matters more than any one year's headline.

Annualised returns

PeriodCash, per yearReal terms, per year
1 years (since 2025)+7.4%+7.4%
5 years (since 2021)−2.9%−7.0%
10 years (since 2016)+3.0%−0.2%
20 years (since 2006)+1.2%−1.4%

Compound annual growth of the median sold price; the real column deflates by ONS CPIH. Annualised figures smooth the cycle (the chart above shows the cycle), and past growth is a record, not a forecast.

Transaction volumes

How many homes change hands

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

100200 1995: 78 sales1996: 116 sales1997: 110 sales1998: 112 sales1999: 116 sales2000: 88 sales2001: 97 sales2002: 140 sales2003: 118 sales2004: 82 sales2005: 81 sales2006: 107 sales2007: 95 sales2008: 40 sales2009: 41 sales2010: 62 sales2011: 36 sales2012: 68 sales2013: 59 sales2014: 75 sales2015: 76 sales2016: 80 sales2017: 86 sales2018: 61 sales2019: 57 sales2020: 85 sales2021: 145 sales2022: 63 sales2023: 66 sales2024: 68 sales2025: 74 sales2026: 19 sales1995200020052010201520202026

The last five years, month by month

Monthly registrations. The sawtooth is seasonal; the register runs weeks behind completions at the right-hand edge.

2550 August 2020 · 6 sales registeredSeptember 2020 · 12 sales registeredOctober 2020 · 10 sales registeredNovember 2020 · 9 sales registeredDecember 2020 · 10 sales registeredJanuary 2021 · 11 sales registeredFebruary 2021 · 5 sales registeredMarch 2021 · 18 sales registeredApril 2021 · 9 sales registeredMay 2021 · 8 sales registeredJune 2021 · 30 sales registeredJuly 2021 · 6 sales registeredAugust 2021 · 9 sales registeredSeptember 2021 · 20 sales registeredOctober 2021 · 5 sales registeredNovember 2021 · 13 sales registeredDecember 2021 · 11 sales registeredJanuary 2022 · 4 sales registeredMarch 2022 · 6 sales registeredApril 2022 · 7 sales registeredMay 2022 · 8 sales registeredJune 2022 · 3 sales registeredJuly 2022 · 6 sales registeredAugust 2022 · 5 sales registeredSeptember 2022 · 7 sales registeredOctober 2022 · 10 sales registeredNovember 2022 · 4 sales registeredJanuary 2023 · 4 sales registeredApril 2023 · 4 sales registeredMay 2023 · 6 sales registeredJune 2023 · 7 sales registeredJuly 2023 · 5 sales registeredAugust 2023 · 7 sales registeredSeptember 2023 · 7 sales registeredOctober 2023 · 11 sales registeredNovember 2023 · 5 sales registeredDecember 2023 · 6 sales registeredJanuary 2024 · 8 sales registeredFebruary 2024 · 4 sales registeredApril 2024 · 5 sales registeredJune 2024 · 9 sales registeredJuly 2024 · 9 sales registeredAugust 2024 · 3 sales registeredSeptember 2024 · 5 sales registeredOctober 2024 · 7 sales registeredNovember 2024 · 5 sales registeredDecember 2024 · 9 sales registeredFebruary 2025 · 5 sales registeredMarch 2025 · 19 sales registeredApril 2025 · 4 sales registeredMay 2025 · 6 sales registeredJune 2025 · 3 sales registeredJuly 2025 · 4 sales registeredAugust 2025 · 5 sales registeredSeptember 2025 · 5 sales registeredOctober 2025 · 4 sales registeredNovember 2025 · 11 sales registeredDecember 2025 · 7 sales registeredJanuary 2026 · 6 sales registeredFebruary 2026 · 7 sales registered

BS26 recorded 81 sales in the last twelve months of data. Like most of England and Wales, turnover never fully recovered from 2008: the market here averaged 101 sales a year before the financial crisis and 58 a year over the last five. Volume matters as much as price: when few homes change hands, the median gets jumpy and a single street can move the figure. The most recent year is always still filling in, because sales appear in the Land Registry weeks or months after completion.

What homes rent for around BS26

BS26 falls under Somerset, where the ONS puts the average private rent 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

Set against the £345,000 median sold price, £990 a month is £11,880 a year, a gross yield of 3.4%: gross, before letting costs, voids, maintenance and tax, so a ceiling rather than a promise. Rents are published at local-authority level, so nearby districts in the same authority share these figures.

Will BS26 prices rise from here?

Nobody can tell you that, and this page will not pretend to. What the record shows: the median is down 14% over five years in cash but down 30% after inflation. If you are weighing a purchase, read the volume chart alongside the price one, and remember that every figure here is a completed sale, lagged by the weeks it takes the Land Registry to register it.

Ladders and snakes: five-year risers and fallers

BS26 ranks 37 of 37 in the BS area on five-year growth. The gap between the top and bottom of this chart is the difference between buying well and buying badly in the same city.

Five-year change in the median, BS area districts

The biggest risers and fallers in cash terms; every row links to that district's report.

BS27BS27 · +33% over five years · median £420,000+33%BS4BS4 · +23% over five years · median £351,000+23%BS31BS31 · +21% over five years · median £425,000+21%BS32BS32 · +21% over five years · median £368,000+21%BS14BS14 · +20% over five years · median £300,000+20%BS8BS8 · −4% over five years · median £425,000−4%BS48BS48 · −5% over five years · median £358,000−5%BS41BS41 · −7% over five years · median £465,000−7%BS1BS1 · −8% over five years · median £290,000−8%BS26BS26 · −14% over five years · median £345,000−14%

Inside BS26, street group by street group

Postcode sectors are the next slice down, each a group of streets. Prices can differ sharply between two sectors a few minutes' walk apart.

SectorMedian (latest)Sales that year
BS26 2£345,00019

How BS26 compares nearby

Same city, different markets. The neighbouring districts of the BS area, dearest first:

DistrictMedian5-year
BS28£515,000-2%
BS9£510,000+2%
BS41£465,000-7%
BS40£447,500+3%
BS6£430,000+2%
BS7£425,000+15%
BS8£425,000-4%
BS31£425,000+21%
BS27£420,000+33%
BS3£410,000+20%
BS36£400,000+7%
BS25£398,800+0%
BS20£395,000+7%
BS32£368,000+21%
BS48£358,000-5%
BS49£358,000+7%
BS16£357,000+17%
BS35£357,000+10%
BS4£351,000+23%
BS26 (this report)£345,000-14%
BS21£343,000+7%
BS5£339,500+18%
BS30£330,000+8%
BS39£330,000+14%

Dig further

See every individual BS26 sale on the live map, mapped to the exact address, or the quick-reference BS26 price page. The report tool writes a custom answer to a specific question, and the mortgage and rent calculator on any sale runs the numbers on a real purchase.

How this page is made: the statistics are computed from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data (Crown copyright, OGL v3.0), geocoded to address level; inflation adjustment uses the ONS CPIH index; rents are the ONS Price Index of Private Rents at local-authority level. Medians of recorded sales, not valuations. Nothing on this page is financial advice.