That is the middle of 4,331 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 5.7 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.
4,331 homes sold in three years: 760 detached houses, 1,020 semi-detached houses, 1,714 terraced houses and 837 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.5 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£450K
median sale · 760 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£368K–£585K
Last 12 months
£449K215 sold
New build
£462K
Semi-detached houses£325K
median sale · 1,020 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£280K–£390K
Last 12 months
£325K286 sold
New build
£330K
Terraced houses£278K
median sale · 1,714 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£243K–£325K
Last 12 months
£275K458 sold
New build
£329K
Flats and maisonettes£180K
median sale · 837 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£145K–£230K
Last 12 months
£175K202 sold
New build
£240K
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 40% of sales
Detached houses18%
Semi-detached houses24%
Terraced houses40%
Flats and maisonettes19%
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 Exeter’s homes sold for between £234K and £380K
One sale in ten was under £170K and one in ten over £525K. 30% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £295,000, sits in the £250–300K band
4,331 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.7 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £52,000 in 1995 to £295,000 in the last 12 months (£242,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
1,161 sales in the last 12 months, against 3,016 in 2006, the busiest year, and 1,323 in 2008. Sales fell by 39% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 5%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 50% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Exeter costs about what England does
Median sale price each calendar year: Exeter, 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
£90K
£129K
£266K
£280K
£350K
£398K
£449K
Semi-detached houses
£60K
£83K
£180K
£208K
£239K
£284K
£325K
Terraced houses
£49K
£70K
£160K
£180K
£205K
£243K
£275K
Flats and maisonettes
£34K
£50K
£120K
£135K
£145K
£161K
£175K
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: 2% of sales in the last 12 months, after 16% in 2016
6,767 new homes have been sold in Exeter since 1995; the share peaked at 16% in 2016.
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 £350,500
against £290,000 for a home sold on, 21% 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.
21% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 2.5% sold leasehold in Exeter. 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
Topsham Road is Exeter’s busiest street, with 44 sales in three years
321 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 81 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
Topsham Road
EX2
44
£402,500
Mixed
2
Granite Rise
EX4
30
£235,000
Mixed · new builds
3
Cowick Street
EX4
30
£221,500
Mostly flats
4
Pinhoe Road
EX4
29
£347,500
Mixed
5
Myrtlebury Way
EX1
28
£278,250
Mixed
6
New North Road
EX4
27
£198,000
Mostly flats
7
Farm Hill
EX4
26
£201,250
Mostly terraced houses
8
St Davids Hill
EX4
26
£160,000
Mostly flats
9
Church Road
EX2
24
£195,500
Mixed
10
Anning Crescent
EX2
23
£470,000
Mostly detached houses · new builds
11
Magdalen Road
EX2
21
£420,000
Mixed
12
Cowick Hill
EX2
20
£355,000
Mostly detached houses
13
Winsor Avenue
EX2
20
£327,500
Mostly flats · new builds
14
Butts Road
EX2
20
£147,500
Mostly flats
15
Pennsylvania Road
EX4
19
£445,000
Mixed
Dearest streets
Regency Drive: £1,325,000
Exeter median£295K
Regency Drive£1.3M
Wonford Road£1.1M
Rosebarn Avenue£960K
Holland Park£874K
Hippisley Road£750K
Cheapest streets
Bartholomew Street West: £69,950
Exeter median£295K
Bartholomew Street West£70K
Alphington Street£72K
Mount Radford Crescent£121K
Grosvenor Place£124K
Church Street£125K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 18.9 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
Exeter is the 20th most expensive of 47 towns in Devon
Exeter 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 Exeter
What is the average house price in Exeter?
The median home in Exeter sold for £295,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 4,331 standard sales (£295,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £450,000, semi-detached houses £325,000, terraced houses £277,500 and flats and maisonettes £180,000.
Are house prices going up in Exeter?
The median was £299,972 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£292,500), and £295,000 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 Exeter each year?
1,161 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 1,854 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Exeter?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Regency Drive (EX2, £1,325,000), Wonford Road (EX2, £1,100,000) and Rosebarn Avenue (EX4, £960,000).
How much does a new build cost in Exeter?
New homes sold for a median £350,500 over three years, against £290,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 5.5% of sales.
Is Exeter expensive for Devon?
Exeter is the 20th 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.