That is the middle of 1,542 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 6.1 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.
1,542 homes sold in three years: 398 detached houses, 338 semi-detached houses, 426 terraced houses and 380 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for twice what a flat does.
Detached houses£430K
median sale · 398 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£368K–£525K
Last 12 months
£430K117 sold
New build
£390K
Semi-detached houses£325K
median sale · 338 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£280K–£390K
Last 12 months
£325K96 sold
New build
£340K
Terraced houses£295K
median sale · 426 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£240K–£355K
Last 12 months
£285K129 sold
New build
£330K
Flats and maisonettes£210K
median sale · 380 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£150K–£268K
Last 12 months
£210K101 sold
New build
£312K
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 28% of sales
Detached houses26%
Semi-detached houses22%
Terraced houses28%
Flats and maisonettes25%
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 Newquay’s homes sold for between £240K and £405K
One sale in ten was under £168K and one in ten over £500K. 28% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £320,000, sits in the £300–400K band
1,542 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 6.1 times as much as in 1995, a faster rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £51,000 in 1995 to £312,500 in the last 12 months (£235,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
443 sales in the last 12 months, against 711 in 2018, the busiest year, and 309 in 2008. Sales fell by 41% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 9%.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Newquay costs about what England does
Median sale price each calendar year: Newquay, 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
£115K
£245K
£250K
£276K
£357K
£430K
Semi-detached houses
£54K
£78K
£190K
£187K
£220K
£280K
£325K
Terraced houses
£41K
£64K
£169K
£159K
£200K
£245K
£285K
Flats and maisonettes
£32K
£55K
£158K
£179K
£142K
£195K
£210K
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
7% of homes sold in the last 12 months were new builds
3,147 new homes have been sold in Newquay since 1995; the share peaked at 33% in 2016.
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 £354,950
against £310,000 for a home sold on, 15% 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.
26% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 3.5% sold leasehold in Newquay. 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
Mount Wise is Newquay’s busiest street, with 35 sales in three years
119 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 40 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
Mount Wise
TR7
35
£249,000
Mostly flats
2
Pentire Avenue
TR7
33
£355,000
Mostly flats
3
Henver Road
TR7
33
£290,000
Mixed
4
Pentire Crescent
TR7
27
£290,000
Mostly flats
5
Penmere Drive
TR7
23
£445,000
Mostly detached houses
6
Polwhele Road
TR7
23
£260,000
Mostly terraced houses
7
Stret Kosti Veur Wartha
TR8
22
£460,000
Mixed · new builds
8
Bedowan Meadows
TR7
22
£330,000
Mixed
9
Tower Road
TR7
21
£350,000
Mixed
10
Church Street
TR7
20
£244,250
Mixed
11
Edgcumbe Avenue
TR7
19
£140,000
Mostly flats
12
Windsor Court
TR7
18
£103,500
Mostly flats
13
Headland Road
TR7
17
£523,500
Mostly flats
14
Stret Goryan
TR8
17
£310,000
Mixed
15
Meadowside
TR7
17
£252,500
Mixed
Dearest streets
Trevean Way: £782,500
Newquay median£320K
Trevean Way£783K
Arundel Way£595K
Praze Road£588K
Billings Drive£525K
Headland Road£524K
Cheapest streets
Windsor Court: £103,500
Newquay median£320K
Windsor Court£104K
Oxley Vale£114K
The Crescent£140K
Edgcumbe Avenue£140K
Penhaven Court£145K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 7.6 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
Newquay is the 7th most expensive of 35 towns in Cornwall
Newquay 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 Newquay
What is the average house price in Newquay?
The median home in Newquay sold for £320,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 1,542 standard sales (£312,500 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £430,000, semi-detached houses £325,000, terraced houses £295,000 and flats and maisonettes £210,000.
Are house prices going up in Newquay?
The median was £315,000 in 2025, down 3% on 2024 (£325,000), and £312,500 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 Newquay each year?
443 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 601 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Newquay?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Trevean Way (TR7, £782,500), Arundel Way (TR7, £595,000) and Praze Road (TR7, £587,500).
How much does a new build cost in Newquay?
New homes sold for a median £354,950 over three years, against £310,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 15% of sales.
Is Newquay expensive for Cornwall?
Newquay is the 7th 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.