Weston-super-Mare Property Market: House Prices, Sold Data & Development Finance, Q3 2026 Edition

Weston-super-Mare: North Somerset coastal town with town centre regeneration and Bristol commuter demand.

The Weston-super-Mare property market recorded 4,032 residential sales in the 12 months to 31 May 2026, with a median sale price of £310,000. This places Weston-super-Mare £13k above the Somerset county median of £297,500, and £25k above the approximate UK median of £285,000.

Prices in Weston-super-Mare have been broadly stable, a year-on-year change of -1.6%. Within Somerset, Weston-super-Mare ranks 4th by price out of 8 principal towns, and 1st by transaction volume.

On a quarterly view, Weston-super-Mare median prices moved from £330,000 in Q3 2024 to £310,000 in Q4 2025, a change of -6.1% over 5 quarters. The most recent quarter is excluded because HM Land Registry registrations for it are still incomplete.

North Somerset Council, the local planning authority covering Weston-super-Mare, approved 141 residential planning applications and refused 32 in the last 12 months, with 68 still awaiting a decision. That is an approval rate of 82%.

Those applications propose around 2,597 homes, an estimated £794.6m 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 Weston-super-Mare vary significantly by type. The table below compares Weston-super-Mare prices with Somerset county averages and UK national figures.

Detached homes in Weston-super-Mare command £470,000, while flat properties are most accessible at £180,000. The £290k 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 136 new-build sales in Weston-super-Mare for the past 12 months, 3.4% 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.

On those registered sales, new builds in Weston-super-Mare sold at a premium of 29.4% to existing stock.

Across the wider Somerset market, 242 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 Weston-super-Mare, 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 £230,000 to £400,000 illustrates the breadth of the Weston-super-Mare market.

For developers considering Weston-super-Mare, the local market data translates directly into finance structuring. With a median value of £310,000 and detached homes at £470,000, lenders can assess scheme viability with confidence.

A typical development finance facility for a scheme in Weston-super-Mare with a GDV of £470,000 would attract senior debt of approximately £305,500 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 1.6% year-on-year, experienced developers can still generate strong returns in Weston-super-Mare by targeting well-located sites with clear demand drivers.

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To put Weston-super-Mare'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.