That is the middle of 399 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.
399 homes sold in three years: 71 detached houses, 49 semi-detached houses, 155 terraced houses and 124 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.2 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£310K
median sale · 71 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£270K–£416K
Last 12 months
£348K26 sold
Semi-detached houses£273K
median sale · 49 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£225K–£340K
Last 12 months
£247K17 sold
Terraced houses£218K
median sale · 155 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£175K–£250K
Last 12 months
£222K48 sold
Flats and maisonettes£140K
median sale · 124 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£115K–£180K
Last 12 months
£141K29 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 39% of sales
Detached houses18%
Semi-detached houses12%
Terraced houses39%
Flats and maisonettes31%
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 Ilfracombe’s homes sold for between £156K and £280K
One sale in ten was under £115K and one in ten over £375K. 64% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £220,000, sits in the £200–250K band
399 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 £40,000 in 1995 to £230,000 in the last 12 months (£179,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
120 sales in the last 12 months, against 284 in 2002, the busiest year, and 119 in 2011. Sales fell by 53% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 4%.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Ilfracombe costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Ilfracombe, 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
£66K
£100K
£225K
£206K
£260K
£272K
£348K
Semi-detached houses
£44K
£82K
£165K
£183K
£182K
£258K
£247K
Terraced houses
£37K
£63K
£150K
£147K
£157K
£200K
£222K
Flats and maisonettes
£25K
£42K
£111K
£117K
£105K
£124K
£141K
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 34% in 2018
317 new homes have been sold in Ilfracombe since 1995; the share peaked at 34% in 2018.
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 £282,997
against £216,500 for a home sold on, 31% 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.
32% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 1.5% sold leasehold in Ilfracombe. 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
Torrs Park is Ilfracombe’s busiest street, with 16 sales in three years
28 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 6 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
Torrs Park
EX34
16
£132,500
Mostly flats
2
Hillsborough Road
EX34
14
£217,500
Mostly flats
3
High Street
EX34
13
£132,000
Mostly flats
4
The Shields
EX34
12
£280,000
Mixed · new builds
5
Hillington
EX34
10
£231,250
Mixed
6
Victoria Road
EX34
10
£151,000
Mostly terraced houses
7
Fore Street
EX34
9
£137,000
Mixed
8
Avenue Road
EX34
9
£87,500
Mostly flats
9
Cambridge Grove
EX34
7
£225,000
Mostly terraced houses
10
Doone Way
EX34
7
£220,000
Mixed
11
Marlborough Road
EX34
7
£210,000
Mostly terraced houses
12
Park Court
EX34
7
£127,500
Mostly flats
13
Fairfield
EX34
6
£361,000
Mostly detached houses
14
Greenclose Road
EX34
6
£217,500
Mostly terraced houses
15
Highfield Road
EX34
6
£144,650
Mixed
Dearest streets
Fairfield: £361,000
Ilfracombe median£220K
Fairfield£361K
St Brannocks Park Road£305K
Fern Way£300K
The Shields£280K
Langleigh Park£270K
Cheapest streets
Avenue Road: £87,500
Ilfracombe median£220K
Avenue Road£88K
Sommers Crescent£123K
Park Court£128K
High Street£132K
Torrs Park£133K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 4.1 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
Ilfracombe is the 45th most expensive of 47 towns in Devon
Ilfracombe is one of Devon’s cheapest 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 Ilfracombe
What is the average house price in Ilfracombe?
The median home in Ilfracombe sold for £220,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 399 standard sales (£230,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £310,000, semi-detached houses £273,100, terraced houses £217,500 and flats and maisonettes £140,000.
Are house prices going up in Ilfracombe?
The median was £225,000 in 2025, up 7% on 2024 (£210,000), and £230,000 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 Ilfracombe each year?
120 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 180 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Ilfracombe?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Fairfield (EX34, £361,000), St Brannocks Park Road (EX34, £305,000) and Fern Way (EX34, £300,000).
How much does a new build cost in Ilfracombe?
New homes sold for a median £282,997 over three years, against £216,500 for homes sold on. New builds were 1.5% of sales.
Is Ilfracombe expensive for Devon?
Ilfracombe is the 45th 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.