That is the middle of 494 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 5.1 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.
494 homes sold in three years: 159 detached houses, 126 semi-detached houses, 170 terraced houses and 39 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.7 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£350K
median sale · 159 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£285K–£406K
Last 12 months
£360K45 sold
New build
£365K
Semi-detached houses£275K
median sale · 126 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£211K–£300K
Last 12 months
£260K34 sold
New build
£300K
Terraced houses£225K
median sale · 170 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£190K–£248K
Last 12 months
£215K47 sold
New build
£245K
Flats and maisonettes£130K
median sale · 39 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£122K–£150K
Last 12 months
£130K9 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 34% of sales
Detached houses32%
Semi-detached houses26%
Terraced houses34%
Flats and maisonettes8%
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 Helston’s homes sold for between £200K and £320K
One sale in ten was under £143K and one in ten over £392K. 47% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £255,000, sits in the £250–300K band
494 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.1 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £50,000 in 1995 to £255,000 in the last 12 months (£200,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
135 sales in the last 12 months, against 346 in 1998, the busiest year, and 131 in 2020. Sales fell by 39% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 11%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 54% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Helston costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Helston, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Detached houses rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£64K
£90K
£228K
£225K
£250K
£280K
£360K
Semi-detached houses
£51K
£65K
£175K
£168K
£185K
£225K
£260K
Terraced houses
£39K
£59K
£145K
£154K
£153K
£183K
£215K
Flats and maisonettes
—
£38K
£109K
£107K
£118K
£110K
£130K
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
5% of homes sold in the last 12 months were new builds
892 new homes have been sold in Helston since 1995; the share peaked at 29% in 2010.
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 £318,500
against £250,000 for a home sold on, 27% 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.
9% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 1.8% sold leasehold in Helston. 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
Hellis Wartha is Helston’s busiest street, with 24 sales in three years
38 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 10 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
Hellis Wartha
TR13
24
£250,000
Mixed
2
Copper Road
TR13
21
£359,995
Mixed · new builds
3
Stannum Close
TR13
14
£250,495
Mixed · new builds
4
Albion Road
TR13
14
£175,000
Mostly terraced houses
5
Gwarth An Drae
TR13
12
£301,500
Mixed
6
Hawkins Way
TR13
11
£230,000
Mostly terraced houses
7
Gweal Wartha
TR13
10
£275,000
Mixed
8
Nanscober Place
TR13
10
£227,500
Mostly terraced houses
9
Church Street
TR13
10
£177,500
Mixed
10
St Johns Road
TR13
10
£133,000
Mixed
11
Fallow Road
TR13
8
£369,500
Mixed · new builds
12
Manor Way
TR13
8
£268,750
Mixed
13
Trenethick Parc
TR13
8
£245,000
Mostly terraced houses
14
Pasmore Road
TR13
8
£238,500
Mostly terraced houses
15
Meneage Street
TR13
8
£196,500
Mixed
Dearest streets
Gwealhellis Warren: £531,250
Helston median£255K
Gwealhellis Warren£531K
Church Hill£450K
Osborne Parc£425K
Bosnoweth£399K
Fallow Road£370K
Cheapest streets
St Johns Road: £133,000
Helston median£255K
St Johns Road£133K
Trengrouse Way£135K
Penberthy Road£139K
Tregarrick View£141K
Parc An Dower£145K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 4 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
Helston is the 24th most expensive of 35 towns in Cornwall
Helston is in the middle of Cornwall’s 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 Helston
What is the average house price in Helston?
The median home in Helston sold for £255,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 494 standard sales (£255,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £350,000, semi-detached houses £275,000, terraced houses £225,000 and flats and maisonettes £130,000.
Are house prices going up in Helston?
The median was £263,500 in 2025, up 3% on 2024 (£255,000), and £255,000 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 Helston each year?
135 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 174 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Helston?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Gwealhellis Warren (TR13, £531,250), Church Hill (TR13, £450,000) and Osborne Parc (TR13, £425,000).
How much does a new build cost in Helston?
New homes sold for a median £318,500 over three years, against £250,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 10% of sales.
Is Helston expensive for Cornwall?
Helston is the 22nd 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.