That is the middle of 355 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 4.9 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.
355 homes sold in three years: 186 detached houses, 74 semi-detached houses, 75 terraced houses and 20 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.8 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£488K
median sale · 186 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£385K–£590K
Last 12 months
£490K35 sold
New build
£570K
Semi-detached houses£331K
median sale · 74 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£293K–£360K
Last 12 months
£330K27 sold
Terraced houses£280K
median sale · 75 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£236K–£315K
Last 12 months
£270K23 sold
Flats and maisonettes£174K
median sale · 20 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£155K–£240K
Last 12 months
£159K6 sold
The mix
Mostly detached: half of homes sold stand on their own plot
Detached houses52%
Semi-detached houses21%
Terraced houses21%
Flats and maisonettes6%
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 Bovey Tracey’s homes sold for between £290K and £515K
One sale in ten was under £225K and one in ten over £650K. 14% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £360,000, sits in the £300–400K band
355 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 4.9 times as much as in 1995, a slower rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £70,000 in 1995 to £345,000 in the last 12 months (£290,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
91 sales in the last 12 months, against 194 in 1998, the busiest year, and 64 in 2008. Sales fell by 49% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 4%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 37% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Bovey Tracey costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Bovey Tracey, 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
£104K
£130K
£285K
£285K
£330K
£375K
£490K
Semi-detached houses
£63K
£85K
£189K
£213K
£225K
£270K
£330K
Terraced houses
£45K
£63K
£180K
£184K
£200K
£255K
£270K
Flats and maisonettes
£44K
£55K
£145K
—
£142K
£146K
£159K
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: 1.1% of sales in the last 12 months
764 new homes have been sold in Bovey Tracey since 1995; the share peaked at 43% in 1997.
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 £555,000
against £350,000 for a home sold on, 59% 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.
7% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 1.5% sold leasehold in Bovey Tracey. 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
Ferguson Avenue is Bovey Tracey’s busiest street, with 19 sales in three years
21 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
Ferguson Avenue
TQ13
19
£569,950
Mostly detached houses · new builds
2
Bentinck Close
TQ13
15
£695,000
Mostly detached houses · new builds
3
Carpenter Drive
TQ13
15
£445,000
Mostly detached houses
4
Templer Place
TQ13
13
£280,000
Mixed
5
Kiln Close
TQ13
10
£315,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
6
Brimley Road
TQ13
9
£545,000
Mostly detached houses
7
Wood Close
TQ13
9
£539,950
Mostly detached houses · new builds
8
Churchfields Drive
TQ13
9
£385,000
Mostly detached houses
9
De Tracey Park
TQ13
9
£365,000
Mostly detached houses
10
Ashburton Road
TQ13
9
£350,000
Mixed
11
Marriott Way
TQ13
8
£405,000
Mixed
12
Fore Street
TQ13
8
£177,500
Mixed
13
Pottery Road
TQ13
7
£410,000
Mixed
14
Mary Street
TQ13
7
£250,000
Mostly terraced houses
15
Avenue Road
TQ13
6
£463,500
Mostly detached houses
Dearest streets
Bentinck Close: £695,000
Bovey Tracey median£360K
Bentinck Close£695K
Ferguson Avenue£570K
Brimley Road£545K
Wood Close£540K
Avenue Road£464K
Cheapest streets
Dartmoor Court: £175,000
Bovey Tracey median£360K
Dartmoor Court£175K
Fore Street£178K
Mary Street£250K
Templer Place£280K
Soby Mews£287K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 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
Bovey Tracey is the 7th most expensive of 47 towns in Devon
Bovey Tracey is one of Devon’s dearest 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 Bovey Tracey
What is the average house price in Bovey Tracey?
The median home in Bovey Tracey sold for £360,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 355 standard sales (£345,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £488,000, semi-detached houses £331,250, terraced houses £280,000 and flats and maisonettes £173,750.
Are house prices going up in Bovey Tracey?
The median was £360,000 in 2025, down 10% on 2024 (£400,000), and £345,000 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 Bovey Tracey each year?
91 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 132 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Bovey Tracey?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Bentinck Close (TQ13, £695,000), Ferguson Avenue (TQ13, £569,950) and Brimley Road (TQ13, £545,000).
How much does a new build cost in Bovey Tracey?
New homes sold for a median £555,000 over three years, against £350,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 13% of sales.
Is Bovey Tracey expensive for Devon?
Bovey Tracey is the 7th 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.