House price growth: fastest and slowest places in South West (August 2026)

North Somerset had the strongest annual price change of South West’s 26 councils in August 2026, at 3.6%.

North Devon had the weakest, at −4.2%. The middle council, South Hams, had 0.8%.

1 council has no figure, and it is listed at the end with the reason.

Annual price change for every council in South West, highest first. Councils without a figure are listed last with the reason.
Rank	Council	Value
1	North Somerset	3.6%
2	Plymouth	3.2%
=3	Somerset	2.8%
=3	Swindon	2.8%
=5	Gloucester	2.2%
=5	Stroud	2.2%
7	East Devon	2.1%
8	Wiltshire	1.5%
9	Forest of Dean	1.1%
10	South Gloucestershire	1.0%
=11	Bristol	0.9%
=11	Cheltenham	0.9%
13	South Hams	0.8%
14	Torridge	0.3%
=15	Mid Devon	0.2%
=15	Tewkesbury	0.2%
17	Dorset	−0.4%
18	Teignbridge	−0.5%
19	Exeter	−0.7%
20	West Devon	−1.5%
21	Bath and North East Somerset	−1.8%
22	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	−1.9%
23	Cotswold	−2.3%
24	Cornwall	−2.9%
25	Torbay	−3.1%
26	North Devon	−4.2%
–	Isles of Scilly The UK House Price Index leaves out the Isles of Scilly because it has very few sales each month.	No figure