Bath Property Market: House Prices, Sold Data & Development Finance, Q3 2026 Review

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The Bath property market recorded 1,809 residential sales in the 12 months to 30 June 2026, with a median sale price of £420,000. This places Bath £123k above the Somerset county median of £296,750, and £135k above the approximate UK median of £285,000.

Prices in Bath have been broadly stable, a year-on-year change of -1.2%. Within Somerset, Bath ranks 1st by price out of 8 principal towns, and 3rd by transaction volume.

On a quarterly view, Bath median prices moved from £425,000 in Q1 2025 to £383,250 in Q2 2026, a change of -9.8% over 5 quarters. Bath has now recorded 3 consecutive quarters of price falls.

Bath & North East Somerset, the local planning authority covering Bath, approved 31 residential planning applications and refused 9 in Q3 2026 (1 July to 30 September 2026), with 106 still awaiting a decision. That is an approval rate of 78%. Planning figures come from local planning authority records compiled by Landstack, retrieved on 3 October 2026. Councils and Landstack can take several days to publish decisions, so decisions made in the final days of Q3 2026 may not all be included yet.

Schemes approved in Q3 2026, together with those still awaiting a decision, propose around 1,367 homes, an estimated £566.4m of development value at local sale prices. Treat the unit total as an upper bound, since an outline permission and its reserved-matters application both count.

Property prices in Bath vary significantly by type. The table below compares Bath prices with Somerset county averages and UK national figures.

Detached homes in Bath command £735,000, while flat properties are most accessible at £297,500. The £438k spread between the most and least expensive types indicates a diverse market with opportunities across the development spectrum.

HM Land Registry has so far registered 16 new-build sales in Bath for the past 12 months, 0.9% of registered transactions. New-build sales are typically registered 6 to 18 months after completion, so this understates current delivery and is not a completions figure.

Too few new-build sales have registered yet to quote a reliable new-build premium for Bath.

Across the wider Somerset market, 217 new-build sales have registered so far. See our Somerset property market report for the full county picture.

The table below shows the most recently registered residential sales in Bath, evidence of achieved prices for buyers, sellers and developers:

These transactions are sourced from HM Land Registry Price Paid data and represent completed, registered sales. The range from £170,000 to £538,000 illustrates the breadth of the Bath market.

For developers considering Bath, the local market data translates directly into finance structuring. With a median value of £420,000 and detached homes at £735,000, lenders can assess scheme viability with confidence.

A typical development finance facility for a scheme in Bath with a GDV of £735,000 would attract senior debt of approximately £477,750 at 65% LTGDV. Mezzanine finance can stretch total borrowing to 85-90% of costs, while bridging loans enable rapid site acquisitions completing in as little as 5 working days.

While prices have softened 1.2% year-on-year, experienced developers can still generate strong returns in Bath by targeting well-located sites with clear demand drivers.

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To put Bath's market in context, the table below compares it with similarly-priced towns across Somerset:

For the full Somerset town-by-town breakdown, see our comprehensive Somerset property market report.