Love Lane, Ilminster house prices are built from 64 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1997 and the most recent on 23 Feb 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £203,000. Across the 19 years from 1997 to 2016 the median moved +301.9% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +164.6%.
Median price paid
£203,000
Change in cash, 1997–2016
+301.9%
Change in real terms
+164.6%
Median per m²
£2,289
HM Land Registry64 sales9 with floor areaLatest sale 23 Feb 2026
Section 01
How Love Lane, Ilminster prices moved
The chart tracks the median Love Lane, Ilminster house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1997 to 2016. The dashed line restates each year in 2026 money, so the two lines separate exactly as much as inflation has eroded the cash figure.
| Decade | Years with sales | Median paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1 | £53,500 | £118,795 |
| 2010s | 3 | £206,000 | £290,460 |
The highest yearly median on record for Love Lane, Ilminster is £215,000 in 2016; the lowest is £53,500 in 1997. Across the full 20-year record the cash median has moved from £53,500 to £215,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £113,436, so the real change over the whole record is +164.6% — about +5.25% a year after inflation. Cash growth and real growth are not the same story, and the gap is the part most price reports leave out.
Over the last decade alone the difference is stark: +301.9% in cash against +164.6% once inflation is removed. A buyer who sold at the end of that decade would have needed the real figure, not the headline one, to know whether they had actually gained.
Section 02
The most recent sales
Every row is a completed sale as lodged with HM Land Registry. The right-hand column restates the price in 2026 money, which is the only fair way to compare a sale from the 1990s with one from last year.
| Address | Sold | Type | Price paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | 23 Feb 2026 | Semi-detached | £232,000 | £232,000 |
| Beech Cottage | 17 Feb 2026 | Detached | £550,000 | £550,000 |
| 18 | 28 Jan 2026 | Semi-detached | £200,000 | £200,000 |
| Sundale | 24 Oct 2025 | Semi-detached | £220,000 | £224,783 |
| 4 | 23 Jul 2024 | Terraced | £110,000 | £115,746 |
| 3 | 14 Nov 2023 | Terraced | £125,000 | £135,057 |
| 1 | 13 Nov 2023 | Terraced | £101,000 | £109,126 |
| The Bays | 30 Mar 2023 | Detached | £595,000 | £642,874 |
| 10 | 30 Mar 2023 | Detached | £525,000 | £567,241 |
| 9 | 27 Oct 2022 | Semi-detached | £255,000 | £295,440 |
| 22 | 30 Sep 2021 | Terraced | £351,000 | £443,468 |
| 9 | 27 Aug 2021 | Semi-detached | £191,000 | £241,317 |
| Hazel Cottage | 24 Mar 2020 | Semi-detached | £290,000 | £375,482 |
| The Willows | 7 Feb 2020 | Terraced | £240,000 | £310,744 |
| The Willows | 10 Aug 2017 | Terraced | £240,000 | £326,641 |
| 20 | 13 Jul 2017 | Terraced | £222,500 | £302,823 |
| 23 | 23 Jun 2017 | Semi-detached | £190,000 | £258,591 |
| The Beeches | 28 Oct 2016 | Detached | £215,000 | £300,149 |
| Orchard Lea | 11 Aug 2016 | Detached | £412,000 | £575,168 |
| 22 | 22 Jul 2016 | Terraced | £212,000 | £295,960 |
| 2 | 8 Jul 2016 | Terraced | £190,000 | £265,248 |
| 25 | 30 Mar 2016 | Terraced | £215,000 | £300,149 |
| Silver Peace | 21 Aug 2015 | Detached | £243,000 | £342,630 |
| Apple Yard Cottage | 6 Nov 2014 | Detached | £421,000 | £603,876 |
| The Willows | 22 Sep 2014 | Terraced | £215,000 | £308,393 |
Section 03
Homes that sold twice
These addresses appear in the register more than once, so the same bricks are being priced twice. That makes them the strongest evidence of what actually happened to Love Lane, Ilminster values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 Love Lane | £51,000 (1997) | £232,000 (2026) | +5.4% | +2.7% |
| 10 Love Lane | £62,000 (1998) | £525,000 (2023) | +8.9% | +6.1% |
| 9 Love Lane | £191,000 (2021) | £255,000 (2022) | +33.5% | +22.4% |
| 22 Love Lane | £155,000 (2008) | £351,000 (2021) | +6.5% | +4.2% |
| THE WILLOWS Love Lane | £215,000 (2012) | £240,000 (2020) | +1.4% | -0.4% |
| 20 Love Lane | £105,000 (2013) | £222,500 (2017) | +20.7% | +18.6% |
| 23 Love Lane | £125,000 (2007) | £190,000 (2017) | +4.3% | +1.8% |
| THE BEECHES Love Lane | £250,000 (2006) | £215,000 (2016) | -1.5% | -3.9% |
| 2 Love Lane | £100,000 (2012) | £190,000 (2016) | +17.4% | +15.4% |
| 25 Love Lane | £152,250 (2005) | £215,000 (2016) | +3.2% | +0.7% |
| APPLE YARD COTTAGE Love Lane | £275,000 (2004) | £421,000 (2014) | +4.4% | +1.7% |
| COURTYARD COTTAGE Love Lane | £310,000 (2004) | £366,000 (2013) | +1.9% | -0.8% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Love Lane, Ilminster is dominated by the type at the top of this table, so its overall median leans that way.
| Property type | Sales | Share | Median paid | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terraced | 28 | 43.8% | £155,000 | £40,500 – £351,000 |
| Detached | 21 | 32.8% | £275,000 | £56,000 – £595,000 |
| Semi-detached | 15 | 23.4% | £191,000 | £51,000 – £475,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Love Lane, Ilminster
2 of the sales on record are leasehold and 62 freehold — 3.1% of the market. Tenure is not a detail: a leasehold flat and a freehold house are different assets, and mixing them into one median hides the difference.
The median leasehold sale is £215,000 and the median freehold sale £200,000 — a gap of -7.0%. Most of that gap is property type rather than tenure itself: leasehold here is largely flats, freehold largely houses.
| Category | Sales | Share | Median paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leasehold | 2 | 3.1% | £215,000 |
| Freehold | 62 | 96.9% | £200,000 |
| New build | 1 | 1.6% | £215,000 |
| Existing home | 63 | 98.4% | £200,000 |
New builds sold for more than the median existing home — +7.5%. A new-build premium is normal: the buyer gets a warranty and nothing to fix, and the price is set by a developer rather than negotiated between two households.
A further 5 transfers for this area are on the register but are left out of every figure above. HM Land Registry marks them as additional price paid entries: repossessions, buy-to-let portfolio moves, transfers between companies or family, and sales at a discount such as right to buy. They are real records but they are not open-market prices, and including them would drag the median somewhere no buyer ever paid.
Section 09
How Love Lane, Ilminster compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Love Lane, Ilminster sits above that national figure — +28.9%.
Within Ilminster the street ranks 96 of 189 by median price, and its median is above the town figure of £183,000 (+10.9%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £2,289 per square metre, across 9 of the 64 sales on record. Price per square metre is the only figure that compares a two-bed flat with a four-bed house honestly.
The full range on record runs from £40,500 to £595,000. Extremes usually mean something unusual — a plot sold without a house on it, a transfer between family members, or a very large property — so the median is the number to trust.
Section 10
Nearby on the record
Streets nearby
- Lower Meadow£204,000 median
- Silver Street£124,500 median
- Station Road£155,000 median
- Adams Meadow£158,995 median
- Blackdown View£148,000 median
- Canal Way£158,000 median
- East Street£133,250 median
- Summerlands Park Avenue£147,500 median
- Ladymeade£160,000 median
- Herne Rise£162,000 median
- Carnival Close£159,000 median
- Winterhay Lane£177,500 median
- Ditton Street£110,000 median
- Lambrook Road£191,500 median
- St Peters Close£163,500 median
- Standerwick Orchard£246,000 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 10 Love Lane4 sales
- 22 Love Lane4 sales
- THE WILLOWS Love Lane4 sales
- 25 Love Lane4 sales
- 20 Love Lane3 sales
- 23 Love Lane3 sales
- 2 Love Lane3 sales
- APPLE YARD COTTAGE Love Lane3 sales
- 19 Love Lane3 sales
- 21 Love Lane2 sales
- 9 Love Lane2 sales
- THE BEECHES Love Lane2 sales
- COURTYARD COTTAGE Love Lane2 sales
- 15 Love Lane2 sales
- 11 Love Lane2 sales
- BAYWOOD Love Lane2 sales
- 12 Love Lane2 sales
Back to Ilminster house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Love Lane, Ilminster?
The median price paid in Love Lane, Ilminster across every sale on the register is £203,000. The median is used rather than the mean because a handful of very large sales would otherwise drag the average away from what a typical buyer paid.
How many homes have sold in Love Lane, Ilminster?
64 sales are on record for Love Lane, Ilminster, the most recent completing on 23 Feb 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Love Lane, Ilminster house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +301.9% between 1997 and 2016. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +164.6%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Love Lane, Ilminster house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £215,000, set in 2016. That is the cash figure; measured in 2026 money the peak may fall in a different year, because inflation reshapes the series.
What is the price per square metre in Love Lane, Ilminster?
£2,289 per square metre, from the 9 sales where an EPC floor area could be matched to the address. Price per square metre strips out size, so a flat and a house can be compared on the same basis.
How current is this data?
The latest sale shown here completed on 23 Feb 2026. HM Land Registry publishes Price Paid Data monthly and a sale can take a month or two to appear after completion, so the most recent weeks are always incomplete.
Cite this page: Sold Price History, “Love Lane, Ilminster house prices”, 2026. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data © Crown copyright and database right, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Inflation adjustment: ONS CPIH.