That is the middle of 151 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.
151 homes sold in three years: 56 detached houses, 32 semi-detached houses, 57 terraced houses and 6 flats and maisonettes.
Detached houses£424K
median sale · 56 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£360K–£570K
Last 12 months
£418K17 sold
Semi-detached houses£331K
median sale · 32 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£263K–£455K
Last 12 months
£350K12 sold
Terraced houses£265K
median sale · 57 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£225K–£295K
Last 12 months
£243K20 sold
Fewer sales
Flats and maisonettes: 6 sold, median £263K
Too few sales for a card of their own.
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 38% of sales
Detached houses37%
Semi-detached houses21%
Terraced houses38%
Flats and maisonettes4%
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 Porthleven’s homes sold for between £250K and £445K
One sale in ten was under £205K and one in ten over £580K. 23% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £320,000, sits in the £300–400K band
151 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 £47,000 in 1995 to £305,000 in the last 12 months (£253,225 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
53 sales in the last 12 months, against 110 in 2001, the busiest year, and 39 in 2011.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Porthleven costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Porthleven, 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
£55K
£98K
£210K
£212K
£260K
£300K
£418K
Semi-detached houses
£50K
£75K
£169K
£201K
£250K
£267K
£350K
Terraced houses
£40K
£55K
£146K
£160K
£181K
£220K
£243K
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 23% in 2015
110 new homes have been sold in Porthleven since 1995; the share peaked at 23% in 2015.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
6% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 2.1% sold leasehold in Porthleven. 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 Peters Way is Porthleven’s busiest street, with 8 sales in three years
8 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026. A busy street is often a new estate selling its first homes, or a long road of terraces and flats.
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Street
Postcode area
Sales
Median
Homes
1
St Peters Way
TR13
8
£397,500
Mostly detached houses
2
Wheal Rose
TR13
8
£212,500
Mostly terraced houses
3
Unity Road
TR13
7
£351,500
Mixed
4
Gibson Way
TR13
7
£225,000
Mixed
5
Thomas Street
TR13
7
£180,000
Mostly terraced houses
6
Loe Bar Road
TR13
6
£343,750
Mixed
7
Penponds Road
TR13
6
£318,500
Mixed
8
Tregonning View
TR13
5
£270,000
Mostly terraced houses
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
Porthleven is the 8th most expensive of 35 towns in Cornwall
Porthleven 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 Porthleven
What is the average house price in Porthleven?
The median home in Porthleven sold for £320,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 151 standard sales (£305,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £424,000, semi-detached houses £330,500, terraced houses £265,000 and flats and maisonettes £262,500.
Are house prices going up in Porthleven?
The median was £340,000 in 2025, up 3% on 2024 (£330,000), and £305,000 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 Porthleven each year?
53 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 62 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Porthleven?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: St Peters Way (TR13, £397,500), Unity Road (TR13, £351,500) and Loe Bar Road (TR13, £343,750).
Is Porthleven expensive for Cornwall?
Porthleven 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.