That is the middle of 309 standard sales recorded by HM Land Registry from September 2023 to August 2026, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. The typical home sells for 6.9 times as much as in 1995. Below: what each type of home sells for, the spread of prices, every year since 1995, new builds, the busiest streets and the neighbours. Rents and council tax are on Cost of living.
309 homes sold in three years: 133 detached houses, 69 semi-detached houses, 52 terraced houses and 55 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.3 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£430K
median sale · 133 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£370K–£520K
Last 12 months
£418K46 sold
Semi-detached houses£325K
median sale · 69 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£285K–£400K
Last 12 months
£313K22 sold
Terraced houses£284K
median sale · 52 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£230K–£355K
Last 12 months
£310K11 sold
Flats and maisonettes£185K
median sale · 55 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£146K–£235K
Last 12 months
£180K15 sold
New build
£245K
The mix
Mostly detached: 43% of homes sold stand on their own plot
Detached houses43%
Semi-detached houses22%
Terraced houses17%
Flats and maisonettes18%
Standard sales, Sep 2023 to Aug 2026. A median needs 5 sales of a type; “middle half” is the 25th to 75th percentile of 10 or more.
Price range
Half of Bude’s homes sold for between £265K and £445K
One sale in ten was under £175K and one in ten over £580K. 23% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £355,000, sits in the £300–400K band
309 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 6.9 times as much as in 1995, a faster rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £52,000 in 1995 to £356,250 in the last 12 months (£280,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
94 sales in the last 12 months, against 221 in 2001, the busiest year, and 97 in 2012. Sales fell by 42% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 3%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 26% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Bude costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Bude, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Terraced houses rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£68K
£100K
£229K
£245K
£297K
£383K
£418K
Semi-detached houses
£48K
£73K
£168K
£202K
£220K
£273K
£313K
Terraced houses
£39K
£76K
£165K
£173K
£205K
£262K
£310K
Flats and maisonettes
£33K
£74K
£125K
£128K
£124K
£210K
£180K
Calendar years; a year’s median needs 5 sales of the type, so gaps are years with fewer.
Prices are as paid, not adjusted for inflation. Standard (category A) sales only; Land Registry adds a sale when it is registered, so the newest months fill in later.
New builds
Hardly any new homes: 2.1% of sales in the last 12 months
445 new homes have been sold in Bude since 1995; the share peaked at 32% in 2000.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
A new home sold for a median £395,000
against £355,000 for a home sold on, 11% more, over three years. New homes are often a different mix from the homes sold on, so part of the gap is size and type.
19% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 2% sold leasehold in Bude. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
Streets
Kings Hill is Bude’s busiest street, with 15 sales in three years
20 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 2 of them ten or more. A busy street is often a new estate selling its first homes, or a long road of terraces and flats.
#
Street
Postcode area
Sales
Median
Homes
1
Kings Hill
EX23
15
£375,000
Mixed
2
Bramble Hill
EX23
10
£220,000
Mostly flats
3
Stratton Road
EX23
9
£340,000
Mixed
4
East Fairholme Road
EX23
9
£285,000
Mixed
5
Lansdown Road
EX23
8
£280,000
Mixed · new builds
6
Poughill Road
EX23
7
£562,000
Mostly detached houses
7
West Fairholme Road
EX23
6
£468,750
Mostly detached houses
8
Petherick Road
EX23
6
£408,750
Mostly detached houses
9
Fosters Way
EX23
6
£388,750
Mostly detached houses
10
Cherrill Gardens
EX23
6
£367,500
Mostly detached houses
11
Hawkers Court
EX23
6
£366,250
Mixed
12
Brook Drive
EX23
6
£360,000
Mostly detached houses
13
Bede Haven Close
EX23
6
£345,500
Mostly detached houses
14
Elizabeth Road
EX23
6
£312,500
Mixed
15
Treleven Road
EX23
6
£291,225
Mixed
Dearest streets
Poughill Road: £562,000
Bude median£355K
Poughill Road£562K
West Fairholme Road£469K
Petherick Road£409K
Minster Avenue£405K
Fosters Way£389K
Cheapest streets
Vicarage Road: £146,000
Bude median£355K
Vicarage Road£146K
The Strand£155K
Bramble Hill£220K
Victoria Road£258K
Lansdown Road£280K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 3.8 times the cheapest’s. Street medians mix types: a street of detached houses beats one of flats.
Standard sales with a street name, grouped by street and postcode district (Sep 2023 to Aug 2026); a name used in two districts shows the district. Medians only: we don’t list individual sales.
Across Cornwall
Bude is the 3rd most expensive of 35 towns in Cornwall
Bude is one of Cornwall’s dearest towns to buy in; the typical UK town’s median is £277,000.
Median: standard sales over three years (10+ needed). Since 2016: the median over three years against 2016’s. Miles: centre to centre.
Questions about property prices in Bude
What is the average house price in Bude?
The median home in Bude sold for £355,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 309 standard sales (£356,250 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £430,000, semi-detached houses £325,000, terraced houses £283,750 and flats and maisonettes £185,000.
Are house prices going up in Bude?
The median was £346,250 in 2025, down 6% on 2024 (£370,000), and £356,250 in the last 12 months. A town’s median moves with the mix of homes sold each year as well as with prices.
How many homes sell in Bude each year?
94 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 136 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Bude?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Poughill Road (EX23, £562,000), West Fairholme Road (EX23, £468,750) and Petherick Road (EX23, £408,750).
How much does a new build cost in Bude?
New homes sold for a median £395,000 over three years, against £355,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 5.2% of sales.
Is Bude expensive for Cornwall?
Bude is the 3rd most expensive of 35 towns of 2,500 or more in Cornwall by median sale price.
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid, every standard sale since January 1995 (yearly files of 28 September 2026), inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary by postcode (ONS Postcode Directory) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.