That is the middle of 1,667 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 5.8 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.
1,667 homes sold in three years: 483 detached houses, 391 semi-detached houses, 344 terraced houses and 449 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.2 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£465K
median sale · 483 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£380K–£620K
Last 12 months
£458K132 sold
New build
£650K
Semi-detached houses£340K
median sale · 391 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£293K–£395K
Last 12 months
£323K100 sold
New build
£365K
Terraced houses£267K
median sale · 344 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£225K–£320K
Last 12 months
£263K111 sold
Flats and maisonettes£215K
median sale · 449 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£142K–£310K
Last 12 months
£170K125 sold
New build
£344K
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 29% of sales
Detached houses29%
Semi-detached houses23%
Terraced houses21%
Flats and maisonettes27%
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 Exmouth’s homes sold for between £246K and £438K
One sale in ten was under £160K and one in ten over £600K. 26% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £325,000, sits in the £300–400K band
1,667 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.8 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £54,000 in 1995 to £312,500 in the last 12 months (£259,950 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
468 sales in the last 12 months, against 1,243 in 2002, the busiest year, and 498 in 2023. Sales fell by 38% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 6%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 39% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Exmouth costs about what England does
Median sale price each calendar year: Exmouth, 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
£79K
£127K
£239K
£250K
£307K
£375K
£458K
Semi-detached houses
£57K
£84K
£178K
£185K
£220K
£278K
£323K
Terraced houses
£48K
£67K
£155K
£164K
£189K
£235K
£263K
Flats and maisonettes
£37K
£57K
£120K
£145K
£152K
£171K
£170K
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: 0.4% of sales in the last 12 months
1,908 new homes have been sold in Exmouth since 1995; the share peaked at 16% in 1998.
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 £404,450
against £318,000 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.
28% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 1.5% sold leasehold in Exmouth. 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
Douglas Avenue is Exmouth’s busiest street, with 73 sales in three years
106 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 34 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
Douglas Avenue
EX8
73
£399,950
Mostly flats
2
Salterton Road
EX8
47
£145,000
Mostly flats
3
Fieldfare Crescent
EX8
41
£375,000
Mostly semi-detached houses · new builds
4
Exeter Road
EX8
38
£242,500
Mixed
5
Park Drive
EX8
34
£377,500
Mixed
6
Cranford Avenue
EX8
30
£281,500
Mostly flats
7
Orcombe Gardens
EX8
22
£717,500
Mostly detached houses · new builds
8
Rolle Gardens
EX8
22
£580,000
Mixed · new builds
9
Shelly Road
EX8
21
£555,000
Mostly flats
10
Victoria Road
EX8
21
£360,000
Mostly flats
11
Foxholes Hill
EX8
20
£782,500
Mostly detached houses
12
Withycombe Village Road
EX8
20
£226,250
Mixed
13
Hulham Road
EX8
19
£435,000
Mixed
14
Littleham Road
EX8
16
£190,000
Mixed
15
Goldcrest Road
EX8
15
£365,000
Mixed · new builds
Dearest streets
Foxholes Hill: £782,500
Exmouth median£325K
Foxholes Hill£783K
Orcombe Gardens£718K
Avondale Road£615K
Phillipps Avenue£595K
Rolle Gardens£580K
Cheapest streets
Little Bicton Place: £97,500
Exmouth median£325K
Little Bicton Place£98K
Parade£115K
Rolle Road£120K
Bradham Court£140K
Salterton Road£145K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 8 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
Exmouth is the 12th most expensive of 47 towns in Devon
Exmouth 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 Exmouth
What is the average house price in Exmouth?
The median home in Exmouth sold for £325,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 1,667 standard sales (£312,500 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £465,000, semi-detached houses £340,000, terraced houses £267,250 and flats and maisonettes £215,000.
Are house prices going up in Exmouth?
The median was £325,000 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£325,000), and £312,500 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 Exmouth each year?
468 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 693 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Exmouth?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Foxholes Hill (EX8, £782,500), Orcombe Gardens (EX8, £717,500) and Avondale Road (EX8, £615,000).
How much does a new build cost in Exmouth?
New homes sold for a median £404,450 over three years, against £318,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 7.2% of sales.
Is Exmouth expensive for Devon?
Exmouth is the 12th 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.