That is the middle of 882 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.
882 homes sold in three years: 212 detached houses, 155 semi-detached houses, 425 terraced houses and 90 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.5 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£350K
median sale · 212 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£285K–£415K
Last 12 months
£319K58 sold
New build
£418K
Semi-detached houses£250K
median sale · 155 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£215K–£286K
Last 12 months
£240K42 sold
New build
£275K
Terraced houses£200K
median sale · 425 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£175K–£230K
Last 12 months
£200K109 sold
New build
£260K
Flats and maisonettes£140K
median sale · 90 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£120K–£160K
Last 12 months
£138K21 sold
New build
£102K
The mix
A terraced town: half of homes sold are terraced
Detached houses24%
Semi-detached houses18%
Terraced houses48%
Flats and maisonettes10%
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 Bideford’s homes sold for between £180K and £290K
One sale in ten was under £143K and one in ten over £388K. 60% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £227,250, sits in the £200–250K band
882 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, a faster rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £38,500 in 1995 to £228,975 in the last 12 months (£185,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
230 sales in the last 12 months, against 623 in 2006, the busiest year, and 276 in 2023. Sales fell by 44% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 7%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 26% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Bideford costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Bideford, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Flats and maisonettes rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£69K
£100K
£225K
£226K
£262K
£277K
£319K
Semi-detached houses
£48K
£69K
£158K
£175K
£185K
£213K
£240K
Terraced houses
£34K
£54K
£130K
£140K
£145K
£176K
£200K
Flats and maisonettes
£23K
£37K
£112K
£106K
£125K
£122K
£138K
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: 1% of sales in the last 12 months, after 27% in 2015
1,676 new homes have been sold in Bideford since 1995; the share peaked at 27% 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 £279,950
against £220,000 for a home sold on, 27% 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.
9% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 0.3% sold leasehold in Bideford. 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
Patt Drive is Bideford’s busiest street, with 22 sales in three years
56 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 17 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
Patt Drive
EX39
22
£321,450
Mixed · new builds
2
Lime Grove
EX39
22
£199,000
Mostly terraced houses
3
Clovelly Road
EX39
22
£193,475
Mostly terraced houses
4
Clifton Street
EX39
19
£190,000
Mostly terraced houses
5
Chingswell Street
EX39
17
£135,000
Mostly flats
6
Lacey Avenue
EX39
16
£259,950
Mostly terraced houses · new builds
7
New Road
EX39
15
£250,000
Mostly flats
8
Churchill Road
EX39
15
£200,000
Mostly terraced houses
9
Geneva Place
EX39
14
£177,000
Mixed
10
Meddon Street
EX39
12
£182,500
Mostly terraced houses
11
Blackmore Avenue
EX39
11
£350,000
Mostly detached houses
12
Moreton Park Road
EX39
11
£240,000
Mixed
13
Laurel Avenue
EX39
11
£220,000
Mixed
14
Birdwood Crescent
EX39
11
£145,000
Mostly flats
15
Kenwith View
EX39
10
£286,500
Mostly detached houses
Dearest streets
Orchard Hill: £500,000
Bideford median£227K
Orchard Hill£500K
Thornton Close£435K
Abbotsham Road£390K
Fordlands Crescent£385K
Blackmore Avenue£350K
Cheapest streets
Market Place: £102,000
Bideford median£227K
Market Place£102K
Chingswell Street£135K
Buckland Close£140K
Honestone Street£141K
Birdwood Crescent£145K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 4.9 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 Devon
Bideford is the 43rd most expensive of 47 towns in Devon
Bideford 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 Bideford
What is the average house price in Bideford?
The median home in Bideford sold for £227,250 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 882 standard sales (£228,975 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £349,975, semi-detached houses £250,000, terraced houses £200,000 and flats and maisonettes £139,500.
Are house prices going up in Bideford?
The median was £230,000 in 2025, up 5% on 2024 (£220,000), and £228,975 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 Bideford each year?
230 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 400 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Bideford?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Orchard Hill (EX39, £500,000), Thornton Close (EX39, £435,000) and Abbotsham Road (EX39, £390,125).
How much does a new build cost in Bideford?
New homes sold for a median £279,950 over three years, against £220,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 5.3% of sales.
Is Bideford expensive for Devon?
Bideford is the 43rd 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.