That is the middle of 623 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 4.7 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.
623 homes sold in three years: 167 detached houses, 175 semi-detached houses, 224 terraced houses and 57 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.7 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£352K
median sale · 167 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£290K–£430K
Last 12 months
£380K55 sold
Semi-detached houses£252K
median sale · 175 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£222K–£280K
Last 12 months
£255K57 sold
Terraced houses£220K
median sale · 224 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£190K–£258K
Last 12 months
£223K68 sold
Flats and maisonettes£130K
median sale · 57 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£115K–£150K
Last 12 months
£127K21 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 36% of sales
Detached houses27%
Semi-detached houses28%
Terraced houses36%
Flats and maisonettes9%
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 Saltash’s homes sold for between £196K and £310K
One sale in ten was under £155K and one in ten over £400K. 51% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £247,000, sits in the £200–250K band
623 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 4.7 times as much as in 1995, a slower rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £53,500 in 1995 to £250,000 in the last 12 months (£195,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
201 sales in the last 12 months, against 552 in 2003, the busiest year, and 187 in 2011. Sales fell by 26% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 15%.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Saltash costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Saltash, 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
£76K
£98K
£222K
£230K
£244K
£285K
£380K
Semi-detached houses
£55K
£67K
£156K
£165K
£180K
£205K
£255K
Terraced houses
£48K
£57K
£140K
£155K
£155K
£175K
£223K
Flats and maisonettes
£35K
£33K
£104K
£124K
£110K
£126K
£127K
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
Hardly any new homes: 0% of sales in the last 12 months
947 new homes have been sold in Saltash since 1995; the share peaked at 33% in 2002.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
10% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 0.9% sold leasehold in Saltash. 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 Stephens Road is Saltash’s busiest street, with 23 sales in three years
38 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 7 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
St Stephens Road
PL12
23
£275,000
Mixed
2
Grassmere Way
PL12
22
£250,000
Mixed
3
Callington Road
PL12
20
£265,000
Mixed
4
New Road
PL12
14
£224,000
Mixed
5
Longmeadow Road
PL12
10
£287,500
Mixed
6
North Road
PL12
10
£217,500
Mostly terraced houses
7
Myrtles Court
PL12
10
£157,250
Mixed
8
Alamein Road
PL12
9
£162,500
Mixed
9
Old Ferry Road
PL12
8
£242,500
Mixed
10
Lynher Drive
PL12
8
£222,500
Mixed
11
Summerfields
PL12
8
£195,500
Mostly terraced houses
12
Biscombe Gardens
PL12
8
£125,000
Mostly flats
13
Longview Road
PL12
7
£325,000
Mostly detached houses
14
Hawks Park
PL12
7
£290,000
Mixed
15
Wearde Road
PL12
7
£280,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
Dearest streets
Essa Road: £486,000
Saltash median£247K
Essa Road£486K
Albert Road£375K
Hillside Road£348K
Longview Road£325K
Snell Drive£310K
Cheapest streets
Biscombe Gardens: £125,000
Saltash median£247K
Biscombe Gardens£125K
Myrtles Court£157K
Alamein Road£163K
Sunningdale Road£164K
Liskeard Road£175K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 3.9 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
Saltash is the 26th most expensive of 35 towns in Cornwall
Saltash 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 Saltash
What is the average house price in Saltash?
The median home in Saltash sold for £247,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 623 standard sales (£250,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £352,000, semi-detached houses £252,000, terraced houses £220,000 and flats and maisonettes £130,000.
Are house prices going up in Saltash?
The median was £257,250 in 2025, up 9% on 2024 (£236,065), and £250,000 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 Saltash each year?
201 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 249 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Saltash?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Essa Road (PL12, £486,000), Albert Road (PL12, £375,000) and Hillside Road (PL12, £347,500).
Is Saltash expensive for Cornwall?
Saltash is the 26th 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.