That is the middle of 686 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 5.4 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.
686 homes sold in three years: 232 detached houses, 160 semi-detached houses, 193 terraced houses and 101 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.5 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£395K
median sale · 232 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£340K–£475K
Last 12 months
£365K56 sold
New build
£425K
Semi-detached houses£276K
median sale · 160 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£240K–£301K
Last 12 months
£275K39 sold
New build
£315K
Terraced houses£212K
median sale · 193 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£177K–£258K
Last 12 months
£218K64 sold
New build
£283K
Flats and maisonettes£161K
median sale · 101 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£113K–£264K
Last 12 months
£125K23 sold
New build
£325K
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 34% of sales
Detached houses34%
Semi-detached houses23%
Terraced houses28%
Flats and maisonettes15%
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 Honiton’s homes sold for between £205K and £371K
One sale in ten was under £157K and one in ten over £463K. 39% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £280,000, sits in the £250–300K band
686 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.4 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £48,300 in 1995 to £260,000 in the last 12 months (£235,950 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
182 sales in the last 12 months, against 494 in 2000, the busiest year, and 154 in 2008. Sales fell by 34% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 5%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 70% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Honiton costs about what England does
Median sale price each calendar year: Honiton, 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
£75K
£122K
£243K
£250K
£262K
£300K
£365K
Semi-detached houses
£51K
£75K
£165K
£175K
£194K
£245K
£275K
Terraced houses
£40K
£66K
£143K
£141K
£158K
£195K
£218K
Flats and maisonettes
£36K
£46K
£97K
£107K
£170K
£120K
£125K
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
1,125 new homes have been sold in Honiton since 1995; the share peaked at 39% in 2000.
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 £374,000
against £270,000 for a home sold on, 39% 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.
16% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 1.9% sold leasehold in Honiton. 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
Silver Street is Honiton’s busiest street, with 33 sales in three years
52 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 12 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
Silver Street
EX14
33
£298,950
Mostly flats · new builds
2
Meadow Acre Road
EX14
30
£309,997
Mixed
3
Dairy Close
EX14
19
£375,000
Mostly detached houses · new builds
4
King Street
EX14
18
£107,500
Mixed
5
High Street
EX14
15
£175,000
Mixed
6
Higher Ash Close
EX14
14
£609,995
Mostly detached houses · new builds
7
Old Show Field Way
EX14
12
£300,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
8
Glanvill Way
EX14
10
£391,550
Mostly detached houses
9
Hazelwood Close
EX14
10
£267,250
Mostly semi-detached houses
10
Haydons Park
EX14
10
£263,750
Mixed
11
Whitebridges
EX14
10
£212,500
Mostly terraced houses
12
Rosewell Close
EX14
10
£190,750
Mostly terraced houses
13
Butts Close
EX14
9
£318,000
Mixed
14
Millhead Road
EX14
9
£285,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
15
The Paddocks
EX14
9
£200,000
Mixed
Dearest streets
Higher Ash Close: £609,995
Honiton median£280K
Higher Ash Close£610K
Hill Crescent£498K
Monmouth Way£495K
Kings Road£463K
Pine Grove£435K
Cheapest streets
Kerslakes Court: £105,000
Honiton median£280K
Kerslakes Court£105K
King Street£108K
Dowell Street£167K
Marwood Place£170K
Fairfield Gardens£170K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 5.8 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
Honiton is the 27th most expensive of 47 towns in Devon
Honiton 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 Honiton
What is the average house price in Honiton?
The median home in Honiton sold for £280,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 686 standard sales (£260,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £395,000, semi-detached houses £276,250, terraced houses £212,000 and flats and maisonettes £161,000.
Are house prices going up in Honiton?
The median was £275,000 in 2025, down 5% on 2024 (£290,000), and £260,000 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 Honiton each year?
182 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 265 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Honiton?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Higher Ash Close (EX14, £609,995), Hill Crescent (EX14, £498,000) and Monmouth Way (EX14, £495,000).
How much does a new build cost in Honiton?
New homes sold for a median £374,000 over three years, against £270,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 11% of sales.
Is Honiton expensive for Devon?
Honiton is the 27th 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.