That is the middle of 283 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 5.3 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.
283 homes sold in three years: 94 detached houses, 55 semi-detached houses, 78 terraced houses and 56 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 1.8 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£358K
median sale · 94 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£300K–£445K
Last 12 months
£380K40 sold
Semi-detached houses£260K
median sale · 55 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£230K–£319K
Last 12 months
£265K19 sold
Terraced houses£230K
median sale · 78 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£185K–£260K
Last 12 months
£222K18 sold
Flats and maisonettes£195K
median sale · 56 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£142K–£289K
Last 12 months
£153K20 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 33% of sales
Detached houses33%
Semi-detached houses19%
Terraced houses28%
Flats and maisonettes20%
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 Looe’s homes sold for between £202K and £360K
One sale in ten was under £150K and one in ten over £460K. 41% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £260,000, sits in the £250–300K band
283 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.3 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £52,750 in 1995 to £277,500 in the last 12 months (£205,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
97 sales in the last 12 months, against 202 in 2001, the busiest year, and 84 in 2024. Sales fell by 36% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 3%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 50% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Looe costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Looe, 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
£79K
£106K
£245K
£259K
£316K
£347K
£380K
Semi-detached houses
£53K
£78K
£185K
£176K
£164K
£225K
£265K
Terraced houses
£42K
£69K
£152K
£157K
£175K
£190K
£222K
Flats and maisonettes
£31K
£47K
£135K
£140K
£145K
£138K
£153K
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
New builds have slowed: 0% of sales in the last 12 months, after 17% in 2019
231 new homes have been sold in Looe since 1995; the share peaked at 17% in 2019.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
20% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 1.8% sold leasehold in Looe. 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
West Looe Hill is Looe’s busiest street, with 18 sales in three years
20 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 3 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
West Looe Hill
PL13
18
£229,500
Mixed
2
Bodrigan Road
PL13
14
£327,500
Mostly detached houses
3
Portbyhan Road
PL13
12
£345,000
Mostly detached houses
4
Marine Drive
PL13
9
£325,000
Mostly flats
5
Kimlers Way
PL13
9
£251,000
Mixed
6
Tregarrick
PL13
9
£192,250
Mixed
7
Barbican Court
PL13
9
£190,000
Mixed
8
Fairfields
PL13
8
£241,000
Mixed
9
Fore Street
PL13
8
£230,000
Mostly terraced houses
10
Goonrea
PL13
7
£247,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
11
Limmicks Road
PL13
6
£267,500
Mixed
12
Woodlands View
PL13
6
£139,500
Mostly terraced houses
13
Bay View Road
PL13
5
£480,000
Mostly detached houses
14
Barbican Hill
PL13
5
£340,000
Mostly detached houses
15
St Georges Road
PL13
5
£310,000
Mostly detached houses
Dearest streets
Bay View Road: £480,000
Looe median£260K
Bay View Road£480K
Portbyhan Road£345K
Barbican Hill£340K
Bodrigan Road£328K
Marine Drive£325K
Cheapest streets
Woodlands View: £139,500
Looe median£260K
Woodlands View£140K
Barbican Court£190K
Tregarrick£192K
West Looe Hill£230K
Fore Street£230K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 3.4 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
Looe is the 20th most expensive of 35 towns in Cornwall
Looe 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 Looe
What is the average house price in Looe?
The median home in Looe sold for £260,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 283 standard sales (£277,500 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £357,500, semi-detached houses £260,000, terraced houses £230,000 and flats and maisonettes £195,000.
Are house prices going up in Looe?
The median was £262,500 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£260,000), and £277,500 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 Looe each year?
97 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 Looe?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Bay View Road (PL13, £480,000), Portbyhan Road (PL13, £345,000) and Barbican Hill (PL13, £340,000).
Is Looe expensive for Cornwall?
Looe is the 19th 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.