That is the middle of 627 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 5.5 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.
627 homes sold in three years: 186 detached houses, 138 semi-detached houses, 192 terraced houses and 111 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.7 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£392K
median sale · 186 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£345K–£450K
Last 12 months
£410K53 sold
New build
£397K
Semi-detached houses£295K
median sale · 138 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£255K–£325K
Last 12 months
£295K45 sold
New build
£300K
Terraced houses£231K
median sale · 192 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£185K–£267K
Last 12 months
£225K59 sold
New build
£234K
Flats and maisonettes£145K
median sale · 111 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£110K–£198K
Last 12 months
£150K32 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 31% of sales
Detached houses30%
Semi-detached houses22%
Terraced houses31%
Flats and maisonettes18%
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 Dawlish’s homes sold for between £205K and £360K
One sale in ten was under £135K and one in ten over £440K. 40% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £272,500, sits in the £250–300K band
627 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.5 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £48,500 in 1995 to £265,000 in the last 12 months (£220,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
189 sales in the last 12 months, against 354 in 1997, the busiest year, and 155 in 2008. Sales fell by 42% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 7%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 46% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Dawlish costs about what England does
Median sale price each calendar year: Dawlish, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Semi-detached houses rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£77K
£119K
£247K
£260K
£282K
£320K
£410K
Semi-detached houses
£53K
£86K
£170K
£187K
£213K
£228K
£295K
Terraced houses
£43K
£64K
£147K
£150K
£180K
£190K
£225K
Flats and maisonettes
£33K
£42K
£101K
£110K
£121K
£115K
£150K
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
8% of homes sold in the last 12 months were new builds
789 new homes have been sold in Dawlish since 1995; the share peaked at 32% in 2014.
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 £360,000
against £260,000 for a home sold on, 38% 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.
20% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 3.1% sold leasehold in Dawlish. 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
Plover Road is Dawlish’s busiest street, with 26 sales in three years
48 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 11 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
Plover Road
EX7
26
£272,497
Mixed · new builds
2
Larch Road
EX7
18
£380,000
Mixed · new builds
3
Exeter Road
EX7
18
£322,500
Mixed
4
High Street
EX7
16
£185,750
Mostly terraced houses
5
West Cliff Park Drive
EX7
14
£355,500
Mixed
6
Badlake Hill
EX7
12
£390,000
Mostly detached houses
7
Marine Parade
EX7
12
£292,500
Mostly flats
8
Old Town Street
EX7
12
£190,000
Mixed
9
Morningside
EX7
11
£245,000
Mostly terraced houses
10
Oakland Drive
EX7
10
£265,000
Mostly terraced houses
11
Carhaix Way
EX7
10
£245,000
Mixed
12
West Cliff Road
EX7
9
£380,000
Mostly detached houses
13
Kingsdown Crescent
EX7
9
£290,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
14
Carnac Drive
EX7
9
£260,000
Mixed
15
Daw Vale Close
EX7
8
£407,500
Mostly detached houses · new builds
Dearest streets
Pinewood Close: £570,000
Dawlish median£273K
Pinewood Close£570K
Barton Terrace£510K
Southdowns Road£510K
Old Teignmouth Road£476K
Daw Vale Close£408K
Cheapest streets
Alexandra Road: £85,000
Dawlish median£273K
Alexandra Road£85K
Iddesleigh Terrace£98K
Lawn Terrace£105K
West Cliff£115K
Stonelands Mews£117K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 6.7 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
Dawlish is the 33rd most expensive of 47 towns in Devon
Dawlish 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 Dawlish
What is the average house price in Dawlish?
The median home in Dawlish sold for £272,500 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 627 standard sales (£265,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £391,500, semi-detached houses £294,500, terraced houses £231,000 and flats and maisonettes £145,000.
Are house prices going up in Dawlish?
The median was £284,500 in 2025, up 12% on 2024 (£255,000), and £265,000 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 Dawlish each year?
189 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 255 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Dawlish?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Pinewood Close (EX7, £570,000), Barton Terrace (EX7, £510,000) and Southdowns Road (EX7, £510,000).
How much does a new build cost in Dawlish?
New homes sold for a median £360,000 over three years, against £260,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 13% of sales.
Is Dawlish expensive for Devon?
Dawlish is the 33rd 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.