| Download the PDF |  | Flower Property News No. 108 · 27 October 2026 |
| | In this issue 1 · The week in numbers 2 · Three months 3 · The bigger picture and Bathampton houses 4 · What's on | The week in one line Homes for sale reached another 2026 high of 164, while sales agreed eased to 4, three of them over £1,000,000. Sales: leaning to buyersLettings: slightly to landlords New to market 8 ▼ 1 on last week |
| Sales agreed 4 ▼ 3 on last week |
| Price cuts 6 and 2 sales fell through |
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Who has the upper hand? Leaning to buyers Last 4 weeks: 14 new homes for every 10 sold |  |
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| Our week | A lovely walk with friends around Iford Manor and Freshford on Sunday, then a fantastic Sunday roast at The Inn at Freshford. Highly recommend! | | 11 Widcombe Crescent came to market with us on 21 October, guide price £300,000: a Grade I listed one bedroom flat. | | Lettings: one of the week's 5 lets agreed was ours. |
 Iford Manor by the River Frome, on an autumn Sunday walk. |  St James' Passage, Bath 3 bedrooms · Rooftop terrace, Abbey views |
|  Sydney Place, Bath 3 bedrooms · 3,056 sq ft, three courtyards |
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 Green Park, Bath 2 bedrooms · Share of freehold, 7.3% yield |
|  Widcombe Crescent 1 bedroom · Guide price, Grade I listed |
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| | Week ending 25.10.26 The week in numbers |
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On the market = homes available to buy now, not those under offer On the market 164 ▲ 1 on last week a new high for 2026 |
| New instructions 8 ▼ 1 on last week 3-month avg 9.6 |
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Sales agreed 4 ▼ 3 on last week 3-month avg 6.2 |
| Price reductions 6 sellers who cut their price and 2 sales fell through |
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What it means Selling? Only 4 sales agreed, but 3 were over £1,000,000, so the top end is still moving. With 164 homes for sale, the ones selling are priced right from day one. Buying? More choice than at any point this year, 6 price cuts and 2 sales back on the market after falling through: room to negotiate, especially on homes listed a while. | Who has the upper hand? Leaning to buyers  |
Homes on the market near its 2026 high | Buyers | Months of supply 6.6 months at the current pace | Buyers | Supply vs demand 32 came on, 23 sold in 4 weeks | Buyers | Prices Down 8% on the 3-month avg | Buyers |
| Thinking of selling? With more homes for sale than at any point this year, the right price and a strong launch make all the difference. Find out what your home is worth, with a free valuation from Jack. | |
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On the market = homes available to rent now, not those let agreed On the market 33 ▲ 1 on last week 2026 low is 23 |
| New instructions 8 ▼ 6 on last week 3-month avg 8.5 |
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Lets agreed 5 ▼ 3 on last week 3-month avg 5.5 |
| Price reductions 5 landlords who cut the rent no lets fell through |
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What it means Letting? Still in landlords' favour: 8 came on and 5 let, and 33 homes to rent is under two months of supply. 5 landlords cut their rent, so price right first time. Renting? A little more choice than a month ago and some rents are being cut, but good homes still go within days: have references and a deposit ready. | Who has the upper hand? Slightly to landlords  |
Homes on the market mid-range for 2026 | Neither | Months of supply 1.7 months, very tight | Landlords | Supply vs demand 34 came on, 18 let in 4 weeks | Tenants | Rents agreed Down 19% on the 3-month avg | Tenants |
| Letting a property? Homes to rent are still scarce in Bath, so a well-presented home lets quickly. Ask Luke for a free rental valuation. | |
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| | |  | Investment pick of the week Flat 2, 35 Green Park, Bath · £370,000 Two bedrooms on the first floor, with a share of the freehold, about 949 years on the lease and no ground rent. Long lets only. | Long let, estimated | £2,250pcm | | Gross yield | about 7.3% | | Tenure | Share of freehold |
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| | Issues 94 to 108 · 8 Jul to now The last three months |
| One number per chart, week by week. The orange dot is last week and the dashed line is the three-month average. There was no price per sq ft or average rent figure last week, so those two lines stop a week early. | | Sales |
Homes for sale 141 then, 164 now  |
Sales agreed each week Averaging 6.2 a week  |
Price per square foot Weighted average £546  |
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Homes to let 35 then, 33 now  |
Lets agreed each week Averaging 5.5 a week  |
Average rent agreed Weighted average £1,928pcm  |
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| Who has the upper hand? Homes coming on against homes selling Each point adds up the previous four weeks. When more homes come on than sell, buyers get more choice and more room to negotiate. When fewer come on, sellers are in charge.  |
| | | In short Sales slowed: 4 agreed last week and 23 in four weeks, against 32 homes coming on, so the balance still leans to buyers and homes for sale reached a new 2026 high of 164. Lettings stays tight: 33 homes to let is under two months' supply, and rents agreed averaged £1,928pcm over three months. |
| | | Our quarter | 11 Widcombe Crescent launched on 21 October at a guide price of £300,000. | | St James' Passage relaunched on 14 October at £799,000. | | Green Park, Bath is now £370,000, reduced from £380,000. | | Trinity, Trowbridge: sold out, and all seven homes now complete. | | Julia House completed on 30 September. |
| | 2026 so far, and three years of sold prices The bigger picture |
| | | Widcombe and Bathwick, side by side Sales only · Rightmove, 26 Oct | Widcombe BA2 4 | Bathwick BA2 6 | | Homes listed | 37 | 156 | | Share already under offer | 54% | 40% | | Median asking price, available | £475,000 | £500,000 | | Median days on the market | 66 | 94 | | New listings, last 7 days | 2 | 4 | | Price cuts, last 14 days | 0 | 7 |
| Our take Widcombe is still the tighter market: 20 of its 37 listings are already under offer, and no seller there has cut their price in a fortnight. Bathwick has four times the choice, 7 price cuts in a fortnight and 40 homes listed for over four months: that is where buyers will find room to negotiate. |
Homes listed includes homes already under offer, and the areas follow Rightmove's Widcombe and Bathwick boundaries, which is why the totals differ from the weekly figures above. | | | What homes actually sold for Median sold price, rolling 12 months · HM Land Registry Each point is the middle sale price over the 12 months to that date, which smooths out the lumpiness of a few big sales. Land Registry records sales two to three months after completion, so the latest figures will firm up. | | | The last 12 months, by type July 2025 to June 2026, 233 sales | Median | Sales | vs year before | | Flats | £350,000 | 87 | +1% | | Terraced | £700,000 | 69 | −5% | | Semi-detached | £865,000 | 35 | +21% | | Detached | £910,000 | 34 | −24% |
| 15 Cleveland Walk, BA2 6 | £4,834,000 | | Osborne House, The Avenue, BA2 6 | £3,350,000 | | 15 Johnstone Street, BA2 4 | £3,165,000 |
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| Where the money went Share of sales by price, last 12 months | Under £300k | | 13% | | £300k to £500k | | 26% | | £500k to £750k | | 24% | | £750k to £1m | | 16% | | £1m and over | | 21% |
Over half of all sales were above £500,000, and one in five was over £1m. |
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| | | Bank Rate 3.75% Held on 17 September by 6 votes to 3. Next decision 5 November. |
| B&NES average price £406,000 -1.8% on a year, August 2026 (ONS) |
| B&NES average rent £1,893pcm +7.5% on a year, September 2026 (ONS) |
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| | The bigger picture, continued · as promised last week What Bathampton houses really sell for |
| Street by street: every house sale in the Bathampton part of postcode sector BA2 6, from Warminster Road and Minster Way out to the village, recorded by HM Land Registry from October 2024 to August 2026. 55 sales, with a median of £587,500. | | Street | Sales | Median | Lowest to highest | | The Chestertons | 3 | £785,000 | £550,000 to £825,000 | | Hantone Hill | 5 | £725,000 | £640,000 to £868,500 | | Minster Way | 6 | £691,250 | £550,000 to £1,000,071 | | Warminster Road | 10 | £562,500 | £330,000 to £755,000 | | Holcombe Close | 6 | £502,500 | £430,000 to £565,000 | | Devonshire Road | 5 | £480,000 | £440,000 to £865,000 | | Holcombe Vale | 3 | £459,950 | £425,000 to £515,000 | | Harbutts | 5 | £390,000 | £270,000 to £425,000 | | Other Bathampton streets* | 12 | £875,000 | One or two sales each | | |
| *Bathampton Lane, Canal Terrace, Down Lane, Downside Close, Holcombe Lane, Meadow Lane, Miller Walk, Rose Cottages, St Georges Hill, The Normans, Trossachs Drive, Tyning Road. Streets with one or two sales are grouped, because a median of one sale is just a price. | Our take About half the price of Bathwick. The median Bathampton house sold for £587,500, against £1,100,000 in Bathwick and £650,000 for Widcombe houses. Detached homes lead. The Chestertons and Hantone Hill, both detached, had the highest medians at £785,000 and £725,000, while Harbutts came in at £390,000. Warminster Road was the busiest street, with 10 sales. |
| By type: terraced £442,475 (8 sales), semi-detached £520,000 (23), detached £770,000 (24). Rising: the last 12 months had a median of £605,000 from 27 sales, against £537,500 from 28 sales before that. Elsewhere in BA2 6, Bathwick houses had a median of £1,100,000 (93 sales) and the Widcombe Hill side £930,500 (10). | HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, Crown copyright, Open Government Licence. Houses only, standard sales (category A), completed October 2024 onwards and registered by 20 October 2026. Land Registry records a sale two to three months after it completes, so recent months will fill in. | | Own a house in Bathampton? We can tell you where yours sits on this table. | |
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| | The next fortnight What's on in Widcombe & Bathwick |
| | | | Bath Property Collective ghost tour Outside Bath Abbey · £12.50 A sociable evening walk through Bath's oldest streets, run by the Bath Property Collective, which we help sponsor. Back at the Abbey for 21:00. Book tickets |
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| | The White Hart: a new beginning Widcombe Social Club · Free, please reserve The Widcombe Association's autumn update at 19:00, then the team behind the White Hart's renovation tell its story. Reserve a place |
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| Let's Glow! October Up Late Holburne Museum · Free, £1 donation An after-hours family evening at the Holburne on Sydney Gardens: creative activities, fire performance and face painting, for ages 5 and up. Until 20:00. Find out more |
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| | Everywhere the glint of gold Widcombe Social Club · Tickets Egyptologist Lucia Gahlin, who grew up in Widcombe, on the Tutankhamun treasures now on show at the new Grand Egyptian Museum. Find out more |
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From the blog What Bathwick houses really sell for, street by street | |
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| Where will you bloom? Twenty questions, about three minutes: find the part of Bath or the villages that suits how you want to live, with real prices, trains, schools and pubs. | |
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| | |  | Pop in, the kettle's on 2 Sussex Place, Widcombe Parade, BA2 4LA. Two minutes from Bath Spa station, no appointment needed. Two brothers. Growing something different. |
| | | | Next week Seven months of figures: how 2026 has really gone for sellers, buyers and landlords in Widcombe and Bathwick. |
| Sources: homes on the market Rightmove Plus; every other weekly figure TwentyEA; listings Rightmove (26 Oct); sold prices HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, Crown copyright, Open Government Licence; averages ONS; Bank Rate Bank of England. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors. | | Prefer it on paper? The full issue is online and as a six-page PDF. | |
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