Wells house prices are built from 11,705 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1995 and the most recent on 16 Jun 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £195,000. Across the 10 years from 2016 to 2026 the median moved +29.4% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -7.3%.
Median price paid
£195,000
Change in cash, 2016–2026
+29.4%
Change in real terms
-7.3%
Median per m²
£2,353
HM Land Registry11,705 sales1,927 with floor areaLatest sale 16 Jun 2026
Section 01
How Wells prices moved
The chart tracks the median Wells house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1995 to 2026. 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 | 5 | £64,000 | £142,110 |
| 2000s | 10 | £178,500 | £325,174 |
| 2010s | 10 | £220,000 | £310,200 |
| 2020s | 7 | £320,000 | £326,957 |
The highest yearly median on record for Wells is £335,000 in 2025; the lowest is £58,000 in 1995. Across the full 32-year record the cash median has moved from £58,000 to £330,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £128,787, so the real change over the whole record is +156.2% — about +3.08% 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: +29.4% in cash against -7.3% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Burcott Road | 16 Jun 2026 | Terraced | £375,000 | £375,000 |
| 17 Spring Rise | 12 Jun 2026 | Semi-detached | £372,500 | £372,500 |
| The Old Cider House | 12 Jun 2026 | Terraced | £254,000 | £254,000 |
| FLAT 2 PALACE COURT Silver Street | 12 Jun 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £107,500 | £107,500 |
| 21 North Road | 11 Jun 2026 | Terraced | £317,500 | £317,500 |
| 18 Welsford Avenue | 5 Jun 2026 | Terraced | £270,000 | £270,000 |
| 10 Nettle Combe House | 3 Jun 2026 | Terraced | £310,000 | £310,000 |
| 3 Ebbor Gorge Road | 2 Jun 2026 | Terraced | £341,000 | £341,000 |
| 43 Portway | 1 Jun 2026 | Detached | £560,000 | £560,000 |
| 2 Woodacre | 1 Jun 2026 | Semi-detached | £390,000 | £390,000 |
| EAST COURT FARM North Road | 29 May 2026 | Detached | £975,000 | £975,000 |
| 78 Woolcombe Road | 29 May 2026 | Terraced | £143,750 | £143,750 |
| 17 Market Street | 27 May 2026 | Terraced | £295,000 | £295,000 |
| 66 Kings Castle Road | 26 May 2026 | Semi-detached | £490,000 | £490,000 |
| 16 St Andrews Mews | 21 May 2026 | Terraced | £300,000 | £300,000 |
| 17 ALFRED COURT Gate Lane | 21 May 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £162,000 | £162,000 |
| 53 Mount Pleasant Avenue | 20 May 2026 | Terraced | £377,500 | £377,500 |
| 22 Wolsey Close | 19 May 2026 | Detached | £485,000 | £485,000 |
| 39 Wheeler Grove | 19 May 2026 | Semi-detached | £380,000 | £380,000 |
| 7 Market Street | 19 May 2026 | Terraced | £320,000 | £320,000 |
| 3 Paray Place | 19 May 2026 | Semi-detached | £270,000 | £270,000 |
| FLAT 5 HOMEFIELDS Hannahs Lane | 18 May 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £120,000 | £120,000 |
| STONELEIGH Fayreway | 15 May 2026 | Detached | £560,000 | £560,000 |
| 5 Portway | 15 May 2026 | Terraced | £327,000 | £327,000 |
| 22 Coronation Road | 15 May 2026 | Terraced | £270,000 | £270,000 |
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 Wells values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Burcott Road | £50,000 (1996) | £375,000 (2026) | +6.9% | +4.2% |
| FLAT 2 PALACE COURT Silver Street | £71,000 (2003) | £107,500 (2026) | +1.8% | -1.0% |
| 17 Spring Rise | £66,500 (1996) | £372,500 (2026) | +5.9% | +3.2% |
| 18 Welsford Avenue | £175,000 (2018) | £270,000 (2026) | +5.6% | +1.8% |
| 3 Ebbor Gorge Road | £318,000 (2021) | £341,000 (2026) | +1.4% | -3.2% |
| 2 Woodacre | £265,000 (2007) | £390,000 (2026) | +2.1% | -0.9% |
| 43 Portway | £398,000 (2014) | £560,000 (2026) | +2.9% | -0.2% |
| EAST COURT FARM North Road | £520,000 (2012) | £975,000 (2026) | +4.6% | +1.6% |
| 17 Market Street | £120,000 (2003) | £295,000 (2026) | +4.0% | +1.1% |
| 66 Kings Castle Road | £195,000 (2004) | £490,000 (2026) | +4.3% | +1.4% |
| 16 St Andrews Mews | £171,950 (2002) | £300,000 (2026) | +2.3% | -0.4% |
| 17 ALFRED COURT Gate Lane | £99,500 (2013) | £162,000 (2026) | +3.8% | +0.9% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Wells 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 3,506 | 30.0% | £310,000 | £15,000 – £2,330,000 |
| Terraced | 3,374 | 28.8% | £175,000 | £14,310 – £1,400,000 |
| Semi-detached | 3,039 | 26.0% | £190,000 | £14,310 – £785,000 |
| Flat or maisonette | 1,786 | 15.3% | £130,000 | £5,000 – £520,000 |
Section 05
How big homes are in Wells
Energy Performance Certificates record a floor area for every home that has been surveyed, sold or let — far more homes than have changed hands. 2,558 certificates cover Wells, and their median floor area is 80 m².
The median across the whole register is 76 m², so homes here are larger than average — +5.3%. Size explains a large part of why one area's median price sits above another's, which is why the price per square metre further up this page is the fairer comparison.
| Measure | Floor area | Sample |
|---|---|---|
| Median floor area | 80 m² | about 861 sq ft |
| Smaller quarter, up to | 62 m² | about 667 sq ft |
| Larger quarter, from | 113 m² | about 1,216 sq ft |
| Under 60 m² | 22.8% | 583 homes |
| 150 m² and over | 12.5% | 320 homes |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Wells
2,001 of the sales on record are leasehold and 9,704 freehold — 17.1% 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 £135,000 and the median freehold sale £215,000 — a gap of +59.3%. 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 | 2,001 | 17.1% | £135,000 |
| Freehold | 9,704 | 82.9% | £215,000 |
| New build | 1,424 | 12.2% | £225,000 |
| Existing home | 10,281 | 87.8% | £192,500 |
New builds sold for more than the median existing home — +16.9%. 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 564 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 Wells compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Wells sits above that national figure — +23.8%.
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £2,353 per square metre, across 1,927 of the 11,705 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 £5,000 to £2,330,000. 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 in Wells
- Bath Road214 sales
- Milton Lane201 sales
- Priory Road196 sales
- Lower Chapel Court189 sales
- St Thomas Street184 sales
- Sheldon Drive173 sales
- Portway149 sales
- Chamberlain Street140 sales
- Welsford Avenue135 sales
- Burcott Road129 sales
- Serel Drive117 sales
- West Court117 sales
- Silver Street113 sales
- North Road110 sales
- Woodbury Avenue110 sales
- Wookey Hole Road110 sales
- Lethbridge Road107 sales
- Carlton Court103 sales
- Wells Road98 sales
- Wand Road97 sales
- Carlton Mews95 sales
- Long Street95 sales
- New Square94 sales
- Bekynton Avenue92 sales
- Kings Castle Road91 sales
- Jocelyn Drive90 sales
- St John Street89 sales
- Southover88 sales
- West Street88 sales
- The Cloisters87 sales
- Balch Road85 sales
- St Cuthbert Avenue84 sales
- Ebbor Gorge Road83 sales
- Osmond Drive78 sales
- Manor Court77 sales
- Keward Avenue76 sales
- Campkin Road72 sales
- St Andrews Mews71 sales
- High Street69 sales
- Knight Road69 sales
- Union Street68 sales
- Mount Pleasant Avenue66 sales
- Ash Lane63 sales
- Durkheim Drive63 sales
- New Street62 sales
- St Cuthbert Street62 sales
- Hawkers Lane61 sales
- Charter Way59 sales
- Churchill Road East59 sales
- East Court59 sales
- South Meadow59 sales
- Hooper Avenue58 sales
- Melbourne House Mews58 sales
- Sandford Gardens57 sales
- Bishopslea Close55 sales
- South Street55 sales
- Drake Road54 sales
- Goodymoor Avenue54 sales
- Dodd Avenue52 sales
- Kings Road52 sales
Postcode districts covering Wells
- BA5£195,000 median
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Wells?
The median price paid in Wells across every sale on the register is £195,000. 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 Wells?
11,705 sales are on record for Wells, the most recent completing on 16 Jun 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Wells house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +29.4% between 2016 and 2026. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -7.3%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Wells house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £335,000, set in 2025. 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 Wells?
£2,353 per square metre, from the 1,927 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 16 Jun 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, “Wells 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.