That is the middle of 210 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 6.5 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.
210 homes sold in three years: 108 detached houses, 18 semi-detached houses, 25 terraced houses and 59 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.2 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£550K
median sale · 108 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£400K–£895K
Last 12 months
£518K28 sold
New build
£795K
Semi-detached houses£355K
median sale · 18 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£207K–£425K
Last 12 months
£375K7 sold
Terraced houses£275K
median sale · 25 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£235K–£310K
Last 12 months
£265K13 sold
Flats and maisonettes£245K
median sale · 59 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£190K–£408K
Last 12 months
£271K14 sold
The mix
Mostly detached: half of homes sold stand on their own plot
Detached houses51%
Semi-detached houses9%
Terraced houses12%
Flats and maisonettes28%
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 Carbis Bay’s homes sold for between £258K and £620K
One sale in ten was under £190K and one in ten over £950K. 23% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £397,500, sits in the £300–400K band
210 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 6.5 times as much as in 1995, a faster rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £57,000 in 1995 to £370,000 in the last 12 months (£322,500 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
62 sales in the last 12 months, against 152 in 2021, the busiest year, and 58 in 2008. Sales fell by 27% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 15%.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Carbis Bay costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Carbis Bay, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Semi-detached houses rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£75K
£135K
£268K
£343K
£365K
£400K
£518K
Semi-detached houses
£51K
£80K
£189K
£220K
£230K
£303K
£375K
Terraced houses
£41K
£73K
£182K
£230K
£225K
£225K
£265K
Flats and maisonettes
£49K
£74K
£125K
£220K
£230K
£320K
£271K
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: 0% of sales in the last 12 months
398 new homes have been sold in Carbis Bay since 1995; the share peaked at 28% in 2003.
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 £765,000
against £385,000 for a home sold on, 99% 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.
30% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 2.6% sold leasehold in Carbis Bay. 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
St Ives Road is Carbis Bay’s busiest street, with 17 sales in three years
13 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 5 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
St Ives Road
TR26
17
£315,000
Mixed
2
Polwithen Drive
TR26
13
£325,000
Mostly detached houses
3
Headland Road
TR26
12
£280,000
Mostly flats
4
Porthrepta Road
TR26
11
£435,000
Mixed
5
Hecla Drive
TR26
10
£190,500
Mostly flats
6
Boskerris Road
TR26
8
£385,000
Mostly flats
7
Noweth Meynek
TR26
6
£840,000
Mostly detached houses · new builds
8
Menhyr Drive
TR26
6
£377,500
Mostly detached houses
9
Wheal Speed
TR26
6
£356,500
Mostly detached houses
10
Hendra Vean
TR26
5
£550,000
Mostly detached houses
11
Ros Lyn
TR26
5
£350,000
Mostly detached houses
12
Laity Lane
TR26
5
£197,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
13
Trewartha Close
TR26
5
£180,000
Mostly flats
Dearest streets
Noweth Meynek: £840,000
Carbis Bay median£398K
Noweth Meynek£840K
Hendra Vean£550K
Porthrepta Road£435K
Boskerris Road£385K
Menhyr Drive£378K
Cheapest streets
Trewartha Close: £180,000
Carbis Bay median£398K
Trewartha Close£180K
Hecla Drive£191K
Laity Lane£198K
Headland Road£280K
St Ives Road£315K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 4.7 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
Carbis Bay is the 2nd most expensive of 35 towns in Cornwall
Carbis Bay 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 Carbis Bay
What is the average house price in Carbis Bay?
The median home in Carbis Bay sold for £397,500 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 210 standard sales (£370,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £550,000, semi-detached houses £355,000, terraced houses £275,000 and flats and maisonettes £245,000.
Are house prices going up in Carbis Bay?
The median was £390,000 in 2025, down 6% on 2024 (£415,000), and £370,000 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 Carbis Bay each year?
62 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 104 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Carbis Bay?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Noweth Meynek (TR26, £840,000), Hendra Vean (TR26, £550,000) and Porthrepta Road (TR26, £435,000).
How much does a new build cost in Carbis Bay?
New homes sold for a median £765,000 over three years, against £385,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 4.3% of sales.
Is Carbis Bay expensive for Cornwall?
Carbis Bay is the 2nd 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.