Somerset
TA12 house prices in Somerset
Sold prices, council tax, schools, deprivation and planning for Somerset, from official UK data in one place.
Typical sold price
£264,500
Range £147,700–£525,500 · 250 real sales
- Real sales
- 250
- 12-month change
- -1.5%
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 18 Mar 2024 and 19 Aug 2026.
Summary
House prices in TA12: the typical (median) sold price is £264,500, close to the UK average (£272,611) (UK House Price Index, July 2026). Over the last twelve months the local median is down 1.5%, comparing 77 sales with 123, so a handful of homes can swing it. TA12 is a quiet market, with about 9 recorded sales a month. By property type, 37% were terraced homes (typically £215,000) and 28% were detached homes (typically £440,000).
Data from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, up to 28 August 2026.
Council tax on a Band D home there is £2,561 a year: Somerset's published charge for 2026-27.
Source: Council tax: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities, Somerset, 2026-27.
Our take · opinion, not advice
Our take on TA12: few sales, so go in with your eyes open
At around 9 sales a month, TA12 is quiet, and prices have drifted down, so sellers should plan for a longer sale and buyers can afford to be patient.
When selling here, detached homes typically sold for £440,000 against £128,500 for flats, which explains a spread of £147,700 to £525,500, so lean on the nearest like-for-like sale rather than the middle figure; with so little to compare, give yourself extra time; a quick cash sale buys certainty at a cost, usually about 70–85% of market value as a rough guide, not a quote, so weigh it carefully.
Sell houseFor buyers, on price, TA12 is close to the UK average, and prices have eased, so you can reasonably ask for the evidence behind an asking price.
Do your own homework first: planning history nearby (193 applications on record within 500 m), whether the home is at risk of flooding and council tax (Band D is £2,561 a year), then hand the title to your conveyancer.
The sold prices leave a lot open; the free TA12 OfferCheck closes some of the gap with flood, crime, planning and council tax.
Get OfferCheckOur opinion, drawn from the figures on this page: not advice and not a forecast. We earn from OfferCheck reports and from introducing sellers to cash buyers, so weigh it with that in mind (see our disclosure). We are not authorised or regulated by the FCA.
At a glance
TA12 in four numbers
The headline figures from the records below, each one real and dated.
Typical price
£264,500
HM Land Registry
Sales a month
8.6
Across 250 sales
12-month change
-1.5%
-1.5% from last year
Local median
Council tax, Band D
£2,561
A year
The data, honestly
House prices in TA12
These 250 sales are what every figure here rests on. The typical price is the middle sale.
By property type
Average house price in TA12 by property type
Detached homes have the highest typical price at £440,000, and flat / maisonette the lowest at £128,500.
See the figures
| Type | Sales | Typical | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 68 | £440,000 | £283,500–£686,000 |
| Semi-detached | 65 | £266,000 | £164,300–£368,000 |
| Terraced | 88 | £215,000 | £164,192–£300,000 |
| Flat / maisonette | 19 | £128,500 | £64,600–£148,100 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 18 Mar 2024 and 19 Aug 2026.
24-month trend
Typical price by quarter in TA12
The quarterly typical price rose 19.9%, from £243,500 in Q4 2024 (34 sales) to £292,000 in Q3 2026 (11 sales).
See the figures
| Quarter | Typical price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2024 | £243,500 | 34 |
| Q1 2025 | £300,500 | 34 |
| Q2 2025 | £263,000 | 24 |
| Q3 2025 | £282,000 | 31 |
| Q4 2025 | £243,750 | 22 |
| Q1 2026 | £275,000 | 22 |
| Q2 2026 | £205,500 | 13 |
| Q3 2026 | £292,000 | 11 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 18 Mar 2024 and 19 Aug 2026. Median of each quarter's recorded sales.
Range and mix
The spread of TA12 prices
How far prices run either side of the typical one, who owns what, and homes that have sold twice.
Price range
Where most TA12 homes sold
Eight in ten sales fell between £147,700 and £525,500, around a typical £264,500.
Lower and upper end are the 10th and 90th percentile of recorded sales.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 18 Mar 2024 and 19 Aug 2026.
Mix of homes
Who is selling in TA12
Terraced homes were 37% of recorded sales (88 of 240). 91% of sales were freehold and 9% leasehold.
Property type
- Detached28%
- Semi-detached27%
- Terraced37%
- Flat / maisonette8%
Tenure
- Freehold91%
- Leasehold9%
See the figures
228 freehold (91%) and 22 leasehold (9%) across the 250 most recent recorded sales in TA12. Leasehold is normal for flats; check the remaining lease term before you offer.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 18 Mar 2024 and 19 Aug 2026.
Sold twice: what the same home resold for
The strongest price signal there is: the same door, sold twice. Change shown in £, %, and per year. A big % over two decades is smaller than it looks.
MARTOCK BUSINESS PARK, GREAT WESTERN ROAD, MARTOCK
£500,000 (2024)£136,000 (2026)-72.8% over 1.5 yrs (-57%/yr)
64, BOWER HINTON, MARTOCK
£185,250 (2024)£198,000 (2026)+6.9% over 1.6 yrs (+4.2%/yr)
4, GIFFORDS ORCHARD, MARTOCK
£195,000 (2025)£198,000 (2026)+1.5% over 1 yrs (+1.5%/yr)
37, MOORLANDS PARK, MARTOCK
£162,000 (2024)£165,000 (2025)+1.9% over 1.6 yrs (+1.2%/yr)
NEWTOWN, COAT ROAD, MARTOCK
£160,500 (2025)£182,500 (2025)+13.7% over 0.6 yrs (+25.9%/yr)
70, STEPPES MEADOW, MARTOCK
£142,000 (2024)£190,000 (2025)+33.8% over 0.7 yrs (+53%/yr)
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Real transactions, never estimates. All sales.
On the map
Where TA12 sits in Somerset
The pins are the 5 most recent recorded sales: real prices on real streets, not a valuation.
Latest sales
The most recent sales in TA12
2, WITHY BANK DROVE, MARTOCK
Detached · Freehold · 19 Aug 2026
£355,000
26, STEPPES MEADOW, MARTOCK
Semi-detached · Freehold · 14 Aug 2026
£160,000
55A, MAIN STREET, MARTOCK
Detached · Freehold · 10 Aug 2026
£390,000
40, MARWIN CLOSE, MARTOCK
Terraced · Freehold · 7 Aug 2026
£148,000
CAROHN, CHURCH STREET, MARTOCK
Detached · Freehold · 6 Aug 2026
£475,000
Sources: HM Land Registry · postcodes.io / ONS · OpenStreetMap (© contributors). TA12 includes the Curry Rivel & Langport ward.
In plain English
What the Somerset (TA12) numbers mean
- The headline number blends very different homes: detached homes sold for a typical £440,000 against £128,500 for flats: about 3.4 times as much. Use the figure for your type of home, not the mix.
- Prices here are widely spread: most sales fell between £147,700 and £525,500, so the median says little about any one home.
- Nearly all of these sales (91%) were freehold, which points to mostly houses.
Only 250 sales sit behind these figures, so they are a rough guide rather than a firm reading.
- This is a quiet district: only about 9 recorded sales a month.
Based on 250 recorded sales between 18 March 2024 and 19 August 2026. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, to 28 August 2026; page data refreshed 7 October 2026. Compared with the UK House Price Index. Written by Your Property Check (Check Labs Ltd, Birmingham) from this data. How we read the data · spotted a mistake? Tell us. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right. UK House Price Index licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Area data
What else the records hold on TA12
Council tax and schools, each from the body that publishes it, with the sample it rests on stated beside it.
Council tax
What council tax costs in TA12
£2,561
Band D a year in Somerset, 2026-27: the benchmark band every English authority is compared on.
All bands
| Band | 1991 value | A year |
|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,707 |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £1,992 |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,276 |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,561 |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £3,130 |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,699 |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £4,268 |
| H | over £320,000 | £5,121 |
These are Somerset's charges for 2026-27, the authority TA12 falls in, not an estimate for any individual home. A property's band is set by the Valuation Office Agency and we never guess it; look up a band on GOV.UK and read your row. Bands reflect what a home was worth on 1 April 1991, not today.
Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities · 8 of 8 bands published for Somerset · data to 2026-27 financial year
Schools
Schools near TA12
3
open schools within 3 km, nearest Martock Church School.
All schools
Martock Church School
Primary · Academies · TA12 6EF
415 m
Not graded
Ash Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academies · TA12 6NS
1.8 km
Good · 2024
Castle Primary School
Primary · Academies · TA14 6RE
2.8 km
Good · 2023
School data from the Department for Education “Get Information about Schools” (GIAS) and Ofsted inspection outcomes. Open Government Licence v3.0. The Ofsted grade shown is the last single overall grade on record (single grades were withdrawn in September 2024). Shows nearest schools by distance, not legal catchment areas. Distances are from the TA12 district centroid, not from any address.
Source: Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · 3 open schools within 3 km, 2 with a grade on record
Area context
Planning and deprivation near TA12
What is being built nearby and how the area ranks, as context for the neighbourhood and never a judgement on a home.
Planning applications
Planning activity around TA12
193
applications within 500 m of the district centre, as last checked 19 October 2026.
Recent applications
SouthSomerset/26/01907/HOUConditions
394 m
Proposed Home Gym
Received 2026-08-14 · decided 2026-10-02
SouthSomerset/24/02760/HOUConditions
215 m
Erection of a two storey extension with associated alterations
Received 2024-11-21 · decided 2025-01-13
SouthSomerset/24/02034/AGNPermitted
436 m
Notification of intent to resurface existing concrete yard area with 150mm of reinforced concrete.
Received 2024-09-03 · decided 2024-09-09
SouthSomerset/24/01930/FULConditions
400 m
The erection of 39.62m x 17.67m agricultural building to cover the existing silage clamp
Received 2024-08-19 · decided 2024-11-19
SouthSomerset/24/01911/FULConditions
418 m
The erection of 27.43m X 10.66m agricultural building to cover the existing silage clamp
Received 2024-08-16 · decided 2024-11-19
SouthSomerset/24/00403/TPOConditions
483 m
Application to fell No. 1 tree a shown by the South Somerset District Council (MART 1) 2012 Tree Preservation Order.
Received 2024-02-16 · decided 2024-03-21
Applications are matched within 500 m of the TA12 district centroid, so this is activity in the area, not at any one address. Register wording and status are reproduced as the local planning authority published them. Showing 6 of 20 held; run a live planning search for TA12 for the current picture.
Source: Local planning authority records via PlanIt · 193 applications matched within 500 m of the district centre · data to 19 October 2026
Deprivation (IMD)
Area profile for TA12
Decile 5 of 10
Median across 12 sampled postcodes; 1 is the most deprived 10% of England, 10 the least.
Read the detail
Across the 12 sampled TA12 postcodes, deprivation runs decile 2 to decile 6, with a median of decile 5 of 10: where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived.
TA12 6FY, the sampled postcode sitting at that median: On the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, this postcode falls in decile 5 of 10, where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived. It's area context for the wider neighbourhood, not a judgement on any individual home.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (English Indices of Deprivation 2025, MHCLG). Deprivation is published for small areas (LSOAs), not for postcode districts, so TA12 spans several. We sampled 12 postcodes in TA12: the ones with the most recent recorded sales, up to a limit of 12. That is a convenience sample, not a random one, so it leans toward streets where homes are changing hands. 12 returned a row. It is context for the neighbourhood, never a judgement on any individual home. How we choose the sample.
Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. English Indices of Deprivation 2025 · 12 postcodes sampled of 12 checked · data to 2025 indices
Cost to run
Two sources, one table
What it costs to run a home in TA12, band by band
Somerset's council tax for 2026-27 set against the TA12 median sold price of £264,500 across 250 recorded sales: the annual running cost beside the purchase price, which neither source shows on its own.
| Band | 1991 valueVOA basis | A yearSomerset | A month÷ 12 | Of the median÷ £264,500 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,707 | £142 | 0.65% |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £1,992 | £166 | 0.75% |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,276 | £190 | 0.86% |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,561 | £213 | 0.97% |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £3,130 | £261 | 1.18% |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,699 | £308 | 1.40% |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £4,268 | £356 | 1.61% |
| H | over £320,000 | £5,121 | £427 | 1.94% |
The last column is the band's annual charge divided by the TA12 median sold price. A comparison of two published figures, not a rate anyone charges. It is not a mapping from price to band: a band records what a home was worth on 1 April 1991 and is set by the Valuation Office Agency, so it cannot be worked out from a 2020s sale price. Look up a specific band on GOV.UK. Instalment counts vary by authority, so the monthly column is simply the year over twelve.
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Median across 250 recorded sales. · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities, Somerset, 2026-27.
Address by address
Address by address
What individual homes in TA12 sold for
The 24 most recently sold doors of the 240 distinct addresses in the records we hold for TA12. Real recorded transactions: never estimates.
2, WITHY BANK DROVE, MARTOCK
TA12 6FY · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£355,000
2026-08-19
26, STEPPES MEADOW, MARTOCK
TA12 6EN · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£160,000
2026-08-14
55A, MAIN STREET, MARTOCK
TA12 6PB · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£390,000
2026-08-10
40, MARWIN CLOSE, MARTOCK
TA12 6HL · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£148,000
2026-08-07
CAROHN, CHURCH STREET, MARTOCK
TA12 6AU · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£475,000
2026-08-06
18, MOORLANDS PARK, MARTOCK
TA12 6DW · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£275,000
2026-07-24
SMITHY COTTAGE, MARTOCK
TA12 6AN · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£395,000
2026-07-24
38, PAULLS CLOSE, MARTOCK
TA12 6DE · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£142,000
2026-07-10
61, MAIN STREET, MARTOCK
TA12 6PE · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£200,000
2026-07-03
TIEBAR COTTAGE, 64, NORTH STREET, MARTOCK
TA12 6EJ · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£292,000
2026-07-03
4, BRIDGE RISE, MARTOCK
TA12 6HU · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£380,000
2026-07-02
14, THE ACRES, MARTOCK
TA12 6DD · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£205,500
2026-06-26
3, CARPENTERS TERRACE, MARTOCK
TA12 6HF · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£190,000
2026-06-23
16, OLD MARKET, MARTOCK
TA12 6DU · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£436,500
2026-06-22
MARTOCK BUSINESS PARK, GREAT WESTERN ROAD, MARTOCK
TA12 6HB · Other · Freehold · 2 recorded sales
£136,000
2026-06-05
HOPE COTTAGE, CHURCH STREET, MARTOCK
TA12 6AU · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£475,000
2026-05-29
2, MOW BARTON, MARTOCK
TA12 6DZ · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£54,000
2026-05-29
38, VINCENT WAY, MARTOCK
TA12 6DG · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£120,000
2026-05-29
63, STAPLETON CLOSE, MARTOCK
TA12 6HT · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£162,305
2026-05-22
17, CEDAR COURT, MARTOCK
TA12 6HQ · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£215,000
2026-05-12
48, NORTH STREET, MARTOCK
TA12 6EH · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£378,000
2026-05-06
4, PRINTERS COURT, MARTOCK
TA12 6EA · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£263,000
2026-04-17
8, LIMBURY, MARTOCK
TA12 6DX · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£170,000
2026-04-14
17, THE ACRES, MARTOCK
TA12 6DD · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£270,000
2026-04-08
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Addresses come from recorded sales since 1995, so homes that have never sold do not appear. 0 of these 24 doors resolve to a confident property record and link through; the rest are listed without a link. We match a door to a property record only where the match is certain, never by guessing.
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Postcode districts near TA12
The closest districts to TA12 by straight-line distance between district centres.
- House prices in TA14 (Stoke-Sub-Hamdon) 2.2 miles
- House prices in TA13 (South Petherton) 2.5 miles
- House prices in TA16 (Merriott) 4.6 miles
- House prices in TA10 (Langport) 4.6 miles
- House prices in TA17 (Hinton St George) 5.4 miles
- House prices in BA22 (Yeovil) 5.9 miles
- House prices in BA20 (Yeovil) 6.1 miles
- House prices in BA21 (Yeovil) 6.3 miles
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Data sources
Every TA12 figure is official and dated
Real recorded data from the UK's official registers, never an estimated valuation.
- HM Land RegistrySold prices
- MHCLGCouncil tax & deprivation
- Department for Education · OfstedSchools
- Local planning authoritiesPlanning applications
- Police.UKStreet-level crime
- Environment AgencyFlood risk
- postcodes.io · ONSGeography
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities · Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. English Indices of Deprivation 2025 · Local planning authority records via PlanIt · Police.UK · Environment Agency · postcodes.io / ONS. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. All figures are real, attributed and carry the sample they rest on: never estimates, never a valuation. All sales · Get Free Valuation · About Your Property Check.