Yeovil Property Market: House Prices, Sold Data & Development Finance, Q3 2026 Edition

Yeovil: South Somerset market town with aerospace employment base and affordable development land.

The Yeovil property market recorded 1,058 residential sales in the 12 months to 31 May 2026, with a median sale price of £240,000. This places Yeovil £58k below the Somerset county median of £297,500, and £45k below the approximate UK median of £285,000.

Prices in Yeovil have recorded a moderate decline, a year-on-year change of -2%. Within Somerset, Yeovil ranks 8th by price out of 8 principal towns, and 5th by transaction volume.

On a quarterly view, Yeovil median prices moved from £255,000 in Q4 2024 to £235,000 in Q1 2026, a change of -7.8% over 5 quarters.

South Somerset District Council (legacy portal), the local planning authority covering Yeovil, approved 521 residential planning applications and refused 45 in the last 12 months, with 139 still awaiting a decision. That is an approval rate of 92%.

Those applications propose around 3,086 homes, an estimated £722.6m 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 Yeovil vary significantly by type. The table below compares Yeovil prices with Somerset county averages and UK national figures.

Detached homes in Yeovil command £400,000, while flat properties are most accessible at £112,500. The £288k 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 12 new-build sales in Yeovil for the past 12 months, 1.1% 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 Yeovil.

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 Yeovil, 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 £145,000 to £362,000 illustrates the breadth of the Yeovil market.

For developers considering Yeovil, the local market data translates directly into finance structuring. With a median value of £240,000 and detached homes at £400,000, lenders can assess scheme viability with confidence.

A typical development finance facility for a scheme in Yeovil with a GDV of £400,000 would attract senior debt of approximately £260,000 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 2% year-on-year, experienced developers can still generate strong returns in Yeovil by targeting well-located sites with clear demand drivers.

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To put Yeovil'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.