That is the middle of 286 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 5.9 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.
286 homes sold in three years: 87 detached houses, 61 semi-detached houses, 96 terraced houses and 42 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.9 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£360K
median sale · 87 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£293K–£440K
Last 12 months
£348K25 sold
New build
£386K
Semi-detached houses£257K
median sale · 61 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£220K–£295K
Last 12 months
£260K19 sold
Terraced houses£220K
median sale · 96 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£175K–£265K
Last 12 months
£234K28 sold
Flats and maisonettes£126K
median sale · 42 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£90K–£165K
Last 12 months
£126K13 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 34% of sales
Detached houses30%
Semi-detached houses21%
Terraced houses34%
Flats and maisonettes15%
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 Axminster’s homes sold for between £180K and £310K
One sale in ten was under £132K and one in ten over £412K. 50% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £250,000, sits in the £250–300K band
286 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.9 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £43,000 in 1995 to £252,500 in the last 12 months (£210,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
85 sales in the last 12 months, against 194 in 2015, the busiest year, and 68 in 2008. Sales fell by 45% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, though the median held. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 72% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Axminster costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Axminster, 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
£76K
£127K
£216K
£310K
£253K
£348K
£348K
Semi-detached houses
£49K
£66K
£165K
£175K
£187K
£213K
£260K
Terraced houses
£39K
£64K
£136K
£160K
£180K
£190K
£234K
Flats and maisonettes
£28K
£60K
£133K
£125K
£125K
£146K
£126K
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 41% in 2015
664 new homes have been sold in Axminster since 1995; the share peaked at 41% 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
A new home sold for a median £355,000
against £240,000 for a home sold on, 48% 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.
15% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 3.3% sold leasehold in Axminster. 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
West Street is Axminster’s busiest street, with 17 sales in three years
16 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 5 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
West Street
EX13
17
£110,000
Mostly flats
2
Flax Meadow Lane
EX13
14
£281,775
Mixed
3
Dukes Way
EX13
12
£280,000
Mixed
4
Willhayes Park
EX13
11
£240,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
5
Curlew Close
EX13
10
£375,000
Mostly detached houses · new builds
6
Lyme Road
EX13
9
£301,500
Mixed
7
The Cricketers
EX13
9
£165,000
Mixed
8
North Street
EX13
9
£155,000
Mixed
9
Cherry Tree Road
EX13
8
£227,500
Mostly terraced houses
10
Chard Road
EX13
7
£280,000
Mixed
11
Musbury Road
EX13
6
£260,000
Mixed
12
Castle Hill
EX13
6
£164,000
Mostly terraced houses
13
Chapel Way
EX13
5
£285,000
Mostly terraced houses
14
Cloakham Drive
EX13
5
£277,000
Mixed
15
Churchill Rise
EX13
5
£250,000
Mixed
Dearest streets
Curlew Close: £375,000
Axminster median£250K
Curlew Close£375K
Lyme Road£302K
Chapel Way£285K
Flax Meadow Lane£282K
Chard Road£280K
Cheapest streets
West Street: £110,000
Axminster median£250K
West Street£110K
North Street£155K
Castle Hill£164K
The Cricketers£165K
Cherry Tree Road£228K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 3.4 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
Axminster is the 40th most expensive of 47 towns in Devon
Axminster is one of Devon’s cheapest 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 Axminster
What is the average house price in Axminster?
The median home in Axminster sold for £250,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 286 standard sales (£252,500 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £360,000, semi-detached houses £257,000, terraced houses £220,000 and flats and maisonettes £125,500.
Are house prices going up in Axminster?
The median was £235,000 in 2025, down 6% on 2024 (£250,000), and £252,500 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 Axminster each year?
85 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 129 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Axminster?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Curlew Close (EX13, £375,000), Lyme Road (EX13, £301,500) and Chapel Way (EX13, £285,000).
How much does a new build cost in Axminster?
New homes sold for a median £355,000 over three years, against £240,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 3.1% of sales.
Is Axminster expensive for Devon?
Axminster is the 39th 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.