Same-week listings across West Country papers reveal £700,000 price gap between region's cheapest and priciest homes

At the lower end, the Weston Mercury listed a two-bedroom end-terrace home in Haywood Village, Weston-super-Mare, for £250,000 [11]. The Somerset County Gazette, by contrast, listed a six-bedroom Minehead home with coastal views, two acres, an annexe and a Grade II listed brick kiln for £950,000 [9].

Detached family homes account for most of the upper end: a four-bedroom detached house in Cam at £425,000 [1], a four-bedroom detached house in Dursley at £695,000 [2], a three-bedroom detached home in Randwick with a guide price of £700,000 [4], a three-bedroom detached house in Merridge near Bridgwater with 12 acres at £895,000 [6], a five-bedroom detached home in Portishead at £845,000 [7], and a five-bedroom detached house in Winscombe with two en-suites, a double garage and solar panels at £795,000 [8]. The Bridgwater Mercury also listed a four-bedroom Bridgwater home with a 40-foot lounge and conservatory at £600,000 [10].

North Somerset features repeatedly in the roundups, but with varied property types: a three-bedroom church conversion in Portishead with stained glass windows listed at £535,000 [3], the five-bedroom Portishead detached home at £845,000 [7], and the Weston-super-Mare terrace at £250,000 [11].