That is the middle of 156 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 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.
156 homes sold in three years: 40 detached houses, 28 semi-detached houses, 63 terraced houses and 25 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.6 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£411K
median sale · 40 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£333K–£505K
Last 12 months
£425K17 sold
Semi-detached houses£307K
median sale · 28 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£260K–£375K
Last 12 months
£310K6 sold
Terraced houses£250K
median sale · 63 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£225K–£287K
Last 12 months
£234K16 sold
Flats and maisonettes£159K
median sale · 25 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£100K–£210K
Last 12 months
£170K7 sold
The mix
A terraced town: 40% of homes sold are terraced
Detached houses26%
Semi-detached houses18%
Terraced houses40%
Flats and maisonettes16%
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 Ashburton’s homes sold for between £225K and £380K
One sale in ten was under £148K and one in ten over £530K. 38% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £277,500, sits in the £250–300K band
156 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 times as much as in 1995, a faster rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £50,000 in 1995 to £301,000 in the last 12 months (£230,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
46 sales in the last 12 months, against 112 in 2002, the busiest year, and 32 in 2012. Sales fell by 39% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 10%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 29% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Ashburton costs about what England does
Median sale price each calendar year: Ashburton, 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
£59K
£112K
£230K
£239K
£305K
£434K
£425K
Semi-detached houses
£55K
£85K
£187K
£219K
£233K
£288K
£310K
Terraced houses
£45K
£64K
£160K
£175K
£196K
£235K
£234K
Flats and maisonettes
—
£37K
£109K
£82K
£142K
£134K
£170K
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
108 new homes have been sold in Ashburton since 1995; the share peaked at 27% in 2001.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
12% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 0% sold leasehold in Ashburton. 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
East Street is Ashburton’s busiest street, with 13 sales in three years
12 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.
#
Street
Postcode area
Sales
Median
Homes
1
East Street
TQ13
13
£291,000
Mostly terraced houses
2
Long Park
TQ13
9
£310,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
3
Beverley Gardens
TQ13
9
£240,000
Mostly terraced houses
4
West Street
TQ13
8
£260,000
Mixed
5
Balland Park
TQ13
7
£305,000
Mostly detached houses
6
North Street
TQ13
7
£253,000
Mixed
7
Westabrook
TQ13
7
£241,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
8
Headborough Road
TQ13
6
£336,250
Mixed
9
Eastern Road
TQ13
6
£267,500
Mostly flats
10
Ashburn Close
TQ13
6
£235,000
Mostly terraced houses
11
Tuckers Meadow
TQ13
5
£280,000
Mostly terraced houses
12
Ashburn Gardens
TQ13
5
£79,950
Mostly flats
Dearest streets
Headborough Road: £336,250
Ashburton median£278K
Headborough Road£336K
Long Park£310K
Balland Park£305K
East Street£291K
Tuckers Meadow£280K
Cheapest streets
Ashburn Gardens: £79,950
Ashburton median£278K
Ashburn Gardens£80K
Ashburn Close£235K
Beverley Gardens£240K
Westabrook£241K
North Street£253K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 4.2 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 Devon
Ashburton is the 29th most expensive of 47 towns in Devon
Ashburton is in the middle of Devon’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 Ashburton
What is the average house price in Ashburton?
The median home in Ashburton sold for £277,500 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 156 standard sales (£301,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £411,000, semi-detached houses £306,500, terraced houses £249,950 and flats and maisonettes £158,500.
Are house prices going up in Ashburton?
The median was £280,000 in 2025, up 4% on 2024 (£268,000), and £301,000 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 Ashburton each year?
46 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 59 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Ashburton?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Headborough Road (TQ13, £336,250), Long Park (TQ13, £310,000) and Balland Park (TQ13, £305,000).
Is Ashburton expensive for Devon?
Ashburton is the 29th most expensive of 47 towns of 2,500 or more in Devon 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.