That is the middle of 799 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 5.6 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.
799 homes sold in three years: 252 detached houses, 208 semi-detached houses, 232 terraced houses and 107 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.8 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£425K
median sale · 252 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£340K–£530K
Last 12 months
£420K77 sold
Semi-detached houses£280K
median sale · 208 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£250K–£330K
Last 12 months
£275K53 sold
Terraced houses£250K
median sale · 232 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£216K–£300K
Last 12 months
£240K70 sold
Flats and maisonettes£153K
median sale · 107 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£123K–£205K
Last 12 months
£151K34 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 32% of sales
Detached houses32%
Semi-detached houses26%
Terraced houses29%
Flats and maisonettes13%
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 Brixham’s homes sold for between £225K and £395K
One sale in ten was under £166K and one in ten over £525K. 33% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £290,000, sits in the £250–300K band
799 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.6 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £48,999 in 1995 to £275,500 in the last 12 months (£227,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
234 sales in the last 12 months, against 650 in 2002, the busiest year, and 221 in 2023. Sales fell by 35% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 14%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 46% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Brixham costs about what England does
Median sale price each calendar year: Brixham, 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
£70K
£122K
£230K
£240K
£274K
£343K
£420K
Semi-detached houses
£50K
£70K
£170K
£167K
£177K
£240K
£275K
Terraced houses
£43K
£63K
£155K
£160K
£165K
£211K
£240K
Flats and maisonettes
£32K
£50K
£100K
£115K
£109K
£168K
£151K
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
566 new homes have been sold in Brixham since 1995; the share peaked at 12% in 2017.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
15% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 2.5% sold leasehold in Brixham. 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
New Road is Brixham’s busiest street, with 22 sales in three years
54 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 13 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
New Road
TQ5
22
£131,000
Mostly flats
2
North Boundary Road
TQ5
17
£332,500
Mostly detached houses
3
Milton Street
TQ5
16
£279,750
Mostly terraced houses
4
Heath Road
TQ5
14
£292,500
Mixed
5
Bolton Street
TQ5
14
£121,500
Mostly flats
6
Berry Head Road
TQ5
12
£600,000
Mixed
7
Alma Road
TQ5
12
£272,500
Mixed
8
Mount Pleasant Road
TQ5
12
£218,250
Mixed
9
Rea Barn Road
TQ5
11
£263,250
Mixed
10
Chestnut Drive
TQ5
11
£245,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
11
Northfields Lane
TQ5
10
£391,250
Mostly detached houses
12
The Close
TQ5
10
£330,000
Mostly detached houses
13
Drew Street
TQ5
10
£260,500
Mixed
14
Heritage Way
TQ5
9
£555,000
Mostly detached houses
15
Cumber Drive
TQ5
9
£220,000
Mostly terraced houses
Dearest streets
Moorings Reach: £650,000
Brixham median£290K
Moorings Reach£650K
Berry Head Road£600K
Bala Brook Close£590K
Heritage Way£555K
Wall Park Close£530K
Cheapest streets
Bolton Street: £121,500
Brixham median£290K
Bolton Street£122K
New Road£131K
Castor Road£150K
Windmill Hill£159K
Harbour View Close£197K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 5.3 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
Brixham is the 23rd most expensive of 47 towns in Devon
Brixham 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 Brixham
What is the average house price in Brixham?
The median home in Brixham sold for £290,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 799 standard sales (£275,500 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £425,000, semi-detached houses £280,000, terraced houses £250,000 and flats and maisonettes £152,500.
Are house prices going up in Brixham?
The median was £295,000 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£290,000), and £275,500 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 Brixham each year?
234 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 389 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Brixham?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Moorings Reach (TQ5, £650,000), Berry Head Road (TQ5, £600,000) and Bala Brook Close (TQ5, £590,000).
Is Brixham expensive for Devon?
Brixham is the 22nd 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.