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Housing in Quintrell Downs · HM Land Registry

The median home in Quintrell Downs sells for £281,250

That is the middle of 80 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.

Median sale
£281K
80 sales in 3 years
Middle half: £248K to £400K
Sold in 12 months
26
Sep 2025 to Aug 2026
Median £290,500
New builds
7.5%
of sales in 3 years
Median new home £278K
In 10 years
+4%
median, 2016 to the last 12 months
£280K → £291K
What sells · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026

39% of Quintrell Downs’s sales are semi-detached houses

80 homes sold in three years: 25 detached houses, 31 semi-detached houses, 23 terraced houses and 1 flats and maisonettes.

Detached houses£465K

median sale · 25 sold in 3 years

Middle half
£395K–£515K
Last 12 months
£480K9 sold
Semi-detached houses£280K

median sale · 31 sold in 3 years

Middle half
£250K–£305K
Last 12 months
£286K8 sold
Terraced houses£248K

median sale · 23 sold in 3 years

Middle half
£212K–£272K
Last 12 months
£235K9 sold
Fewer sales

Flats and maisonettes: 1 sold

Too few sales for a card of their own.

The mix

A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 39% of sales

Detached houses31%
Semi-detached houses39%
Terraced houses29%
Flats and maisonettes1%

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 Quintrell Downs’s homes sold for between £248K and £400K

One sale in ten was under £212K and one in ten over £495K. 29% sold for under £250K.

Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026

The median, £281,250, sits in the £250–300K band

091726Under £100K: 2 sold<£100K£100–150K: 0 sold£100–150K£150–200K: 3 sold£150–200K£200–250K: 18 sold£200–250K£250–300K: 26 sold£250–300K£300–400K: 11 sold£300–400K£400–500K: 13 sold£400–500K£500–750K: 7 sold£500–750K

80 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 £45,000 in 1995 to £290,500 in the last 12 months (£253,500 in 2019).

31 years of sales

About as many homes sell as usual

26 sales in the last 12 months, against 49 in 2015, the busiest year, and 11 in 2012. Sales fell by 28% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 14%.

Homes soldMedian sale price
012253750£100K£200K£300K£400K1996: 36 sold, typical £45K’961997: 22 sold, typical £50K1998: 28 sold, typical £54K’981999: 28 sold, typical £57K2000: 38 sold, typical £65K’002001: 27 sold, typical £100K2002: 33 sold, typical £105K’022003: 20 sold, typical £140K2004: 37 sold, typical £149K’042005: 22 sold, typical £173K2006: 24 sold, typical £190K’062007: 25 sold, typical £187K2008: 25 sold, typical £190K’082009: 18 sold, typical £162K2010: 16 sold, typical £172K’102011: 21 sold, typical £179K2012: 11 sold, typical £163K’122013: 16 sold, typical £185K2014: 35 sold, typical £188K’142015: 49 sold, typical £208K2016: 39 sold, typical £280K’162017: 36 sold, typical £222K2018: 35 sold, typical £230K’182019: 26 sold, typical £254K2020: 29 sold, typical £225K’202021: 20 sold, typical £260K2022: 22 sold, typical £301K’222023: 33 sold, typical £290K2024: 27 sold, typical £265K’242025: 35 sold, typical £290KLast 12 months: 26 sold, typical £291KNow
Against England

Quintrell Downs costs about what England does

Median sale price each calendar year: Quintrell Downs, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).

£100K£200K£300K£400K1995200020052010201520202025Quintrell Downs 1995: £45,000Quintrell Downs 1996: £45,000Quintrell Downs 1997: £50,250Quintrell Downs 1998: £54,000Quintrell Downs 1999: £56,500Quintrell Downs 2000: £65,000Quintrell Downs 2001: £100,000Quintrell Downs 2002: £105,000Quintrell Downs 2003: £139,750Quintrell Downs 2004: £149,000Quintrell Downs 2005: £172,975Quintrell Downs 2006: £190,000Quintrell Downs 2007: £187,000Quintrell Downs 2008: £190,000Quintrell Downs 2009: £161,500Quintrell Downs 2010: £171,750Quintrell Downs 2011: £178,500Quintrell Downs 2012: £162,500Quintrell Downs 2013: £184,500Quintrell Downs 2014: £187,950Quintrell Downs 2015: £208,000Quintrell Downs 2016: £280,000Quintrell Downs 2017: £222,000Quintrell Downs 2018: £230,000Quintrell Downs 2019: £253,500Quintrell Downs 2020: £225,000Quintrell Downs 2021: £260,000Quintrell Downs 2022: £301,000Quintrell Downs 2023: £290,000Quintrell Downs 2024: £265,000Quintrell Downs 2025: £289,950England 1995: £55,000England 1996: £57,500England 1997: £60,000England 1998: £66,000England 1999: £74,000England 2000: £82,000England 2001: £92,000England 2002: £114,000England 2003: £132,000England 2004: £152,000England 2005: £159,950England 2006: £168,000England 2007: £178,000England 2008: £174,000England 2009: £170,000England 2010: £185,000England 2011: £180,000England 2012: £183,250England 2013: £188,000England 2014: £198,000England 2015: £212,995England 2016: £224,950England 2017: £235,000England 2018: £240,000England 2019: £245,000England 2020: £263,000England 2021: £281,500England 2022: £295,000England 2023: £292,500England 2024: £299,000England 2025: £300,000Typical UK town 1995: £52,000Typical UK town 1996: £53,142Typical UK town 1997: £56,973Typical UK town 1998: £59,973Typical UK town 1999: £65,500Typical UK town 2000: £74,375Typical UK town 2001: £83,995Typical UK town 2002: £104,750Typical UK town 2003: £128,250Typical UK town 2004: £148,000Typical UK town 2005: £155,000Typical UK town 2006: £161,000Typical UK town 2007: £171,500Typical UK town 2008: £166,000Typical UK town 2009: £156,725Typical UK town 2010: £166,500Typical UK town 2011: £160,500Typical UK town 2012: £164,575Typical UK town 2013: £167,000Typical UK town 2014: £176,000Typical UK town 2015: £187,000Typical UK town 2016: £200,000Typical UK town 2017: £212,500Typical UK town 2018: £224,250Typical UK town 2019: £229,950Typical UK town 2020: £240,000Typical UK town 2021: £255,000Typical UK town 2022: £275,000Typical UK town 2023: £274,500Typical UK town 2024: £275,000Typical UK town 2025: £280,000England £300KQuintrell Downs £290KTypical UK town £280K
By type

Detached houses rose the most since 1995

£150K£300K£450K£600K1995200020052010201520202025Detached houses 1995: £45,000Detached houses 1996: £80,000Detached houses 1997: £77,250Detached houses 1998: £87,500Detached houses 1999: £94,250Detached houses 2000: £96,500Detached houses 2001: £142,000Detached houses 2002: £133,750Detached houses 2003: £196,250Detached houses 2004: £190,000Detached houses 2005: £249,999Detached houses 2006: £282,475Detached houses 2007: £257,500Detached houses 2008: £241,000Detached houses 2009: £228,500Detached houses 2010: £255,500Detached houses 2011: £242,500Detached houses 2013: £293,250Detached houses 2014: £198,000Detached houses 2015: £242,000Detached houses 2016: £323,750Detached houses 2017: £310,000Detached houses 2018: £337,500Detached houses 2019: £304,975Detached houses 2020: £310,000Detached houses 2021: £344,000Detached houses 2022: £480,000Detached houses 2024: £375,000Detached houses 2025: £480,000Semi-detached houses 1995: £44,250Semi-detached houses 1996: £43,000Semi-detached houses 1997: £44,000Semi-detached houses 1998: £51,500Semi-detached houses 1999: £53,500Semi-detached houses 2000: £63,500Semi-detached houses 2001: £73,450Semi-detached houses 2002: £101,250Semi-detached houses 2003: £110,000Semi-detached houses 2004: £138,000Semi-detached houses 2006: £190,000Semi-detached houses 2007: £186,000Semi-detached houses 2008: £185,000Semi-detached houses 2011: £164,250Semi-detached houses 2013: £173,000Semi-detached houses 2014: £190,450Semi-detached houses 2015: £198,995Semi-detached houses 2016: £180,500Semi-detached houses 2017: £195,000Semi-detached houses 2018: £208,500Semi-detached houses 2019: £200,750Semi-detached houses 2020: £220,000Semi-detached houses 2022: £274,000Semi-detached houses 2023: £267,500Semi-detached houses 2024: £268,250Semi-detached houses 2025: £282,500Terraced houses 1996: £42,250Terraced houses 1997: £37,000Terraced houses 1998: £52,000Terraced houses 1999: £45,000Terraced houses 2000: £60,000Terraced houses 2001: £71,750Terraced houses 2002: £89,000Terraced houses 2003: £131,000Terraced houses 2004: £149,000Terraced houses 2005: £169,950Terraced houses 2006: £142,000Terraced houses 2008: £142,500Terraced houses 2009: £161,500Terraced houses 2010: £135,000Terraced houses 2011: £147,000Terraced houses 2014: £133,500Terraced houses 2015: £180,000Terraced houses 2016: £166,000Terraced houses 2017: £170,250Terraced houses 2018: £190,000Terraced houses 2021: £200,000Terraced houses 2022: £220,000Terraced houses 2023: £277,475Terraced houses 2024: £245,000Terraced houses 2025: £235,000Detached houses £480KSemi-detached houses £283KTerraced houses £235K
199520002005201020152020Last 12 months
Detached houses£45K£97K£250K£256K£242K£310K£480K
Semi-detached houses£44K£64K——£199K£220K£286K
Terraced houses—£60K£170K£135K£180K—£235K

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 64% in 2023

112 new homes have been sold in Quintrell Downs since 1995; the share peaked at 64% in 2023.

New-build share of sales1996: 11%’961997: 4.5%1998: 0%1999: 0%’992000: 2.6%2001: 3.7%2002: 3%’022003: 0%2004: 2.7%2005: 41%’052006: 17%2007: 4%2008: 0%’082009: 0%2010: 13%2011: 4.8%’112012: 0%2013: 0%2014: 46%’142015: 45%2016: 44%2017: 17%’172018: 0%2019: 0%2020: 0%’202021: 0%2022: 0%2023: 64%’232024: 3.7%2025: 0%Last 12 months: 0%Now

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 £277,500

against £281,250 for a home sold on, about the same, over three years. New homes are often a different mix from the homes sold on, so part of the gap is size and type.

3% of sales were leasehold

Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 1.3% sold leasehold in Quintrell Downs. 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

Vyvyan Drive is Quintrell Downs’s busiest street, with 14 sales in three years

7 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 1 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.

#StreetPostcode areaSalesMedianHomes
1Vyvyan DriveTR814£235,000Mixed
2Quintrell GardensTR89£291,000Mixed
3Trethiggey CrescentTR88£450,000Mostly detached houses
4Figgy RoadTR88£280,000Mostly semi-detached houses
5Willow CloseTR88£242,250Mostly semi-detached houses
6Pollawyn RoadTR87£265,000Mostly terraced houses · new builds
7West RoadTR86£517,500Mostly detached 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.

Quintrell Downs’s neighbours

Cheaper nearby: St Columb Major.

All towns in Cornwall →
NewquaySt Newlyn EastIndian Queens, Fraddon and St Columb RoadSt Columb MajorSt Erme and TrispenSt DennisPerranporthNewquaySt Newlyn EastIndian Queens, Fraddon and St Columb RoadSt Columb MajorSt Erme and TrispenSt DennisPerranporthQuintrell Downs
Prices next door
TownMilesMedianSold, 12 moSince 2016
Quintrell Downs—£281K26+0%
Newquay2.1£320K443+42%
St Newlyn East2.8£310K10+47%
Indian Queens, Fraddon and St Columb Road4.1£263K46+59%
St Columb Major4.1£250K54+52%
St Erme and Trispen6.2£240K20+37%
St Dennis6.5£195K17+46%
Perranporth6.9£338K41+40%

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 Quintrell Downs

What is the average house price in Quintrell Downs?

The median home in Quintrell Downs sold for £281,250 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 80 standard sales (£290,500 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £465,000, semi-detached houses £280,000 and terraced houses £247,500.

Are house prices going up in Quintrell Downs?

The median was £289,950 in 2025, up 9% on 2024 (£265,000), and £290,500 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 Quintrell Downs each year?

26 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 32 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.

How much does a new build cost in Quintrell Downs?

New homes sold for a median £277,500 over three years, against £281,250 for homes sold on. New builds were 7.5% of sales.

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.

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