That is the middle of 81 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 5.3 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.
81 homes sold in three years: 35 detached houses, 19 semi-detached houses, 23 terraced houses and 4 flats and maisonettes.
Detached houses£520K
median sale · 35 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£380K–£600K
Last 12 months
£428K14 sold
Semi-detached houses£380K
median sale · 19 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£310K–£450K
Last 12 months
£410K5 sold
Terraced houses£325K
median sale · 23 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£258K–£410K
Last 12 months
£325K9 sold
Fewer sales
Flats and maisonettes: 4 sold
Too few sales for a card of their own.
The mix
Mostly detached: 43% of homes sold stand on their own plot
Detached houses43%
Semi-detached houses23%
Terraced houses28%
Flats and maisonettes5%
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 Modbury’s homes sold for between £315K and £520K
One sale in ten was under £255K and one in ten over £620K. 10% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £395,000, sits in the £300–400K band
81 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.3 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £74,500 in 1995 to £395,000 in the last 12 months (£320,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
About as many homes sell as usual
30 sales in the last 12 months, against 66 in 2018, the busiest year, and 10 in 2009. Sales fell by 66% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 30%.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Modbury costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Modbury, 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
£75K
£210K
£245K
£298K
£430K
£405K
£428K
Semi-detached houses
—
£125K
£200K
—
—
£332K
£410K
Terraced houses
£65K
£93K
£219K
£168K
£290K
£293K
£325K
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: 0% of sales in the last 12 months, after 52% in 2018
156 new homes have been sold in Modbury since 1995; the share peaked at 52% 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
4% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 0% sold leasehold in Modbury. 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
Long Park is Modbury’s busiest street, with 14 sales in three years
6 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 1 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
Long Park
PL21
14
£372,500
Mixed
2
Brownston Street
PL21
7
£445,000
Mixed
3
Little Orchard Close
PL21
6
£532,500
Mostly detached houses
4
Higher Green Park
PL21
6
£417,500
Mixed
5
Galpin Street
PL21
5
£330,000
Mostly terraced houses
6
Church Street
PL21
5
£315,000
Mostly terraced houses
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.
Modbury’s neighbours
Cheaper nearby: Ivybridge, South Brent and Kingsbridge.
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 Modbury
What is the average house price in Modbury?
The median home in Modbury sold for £395,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 81 standard sales (£395,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £520,000, semi-detached houses £380,000 and terraced houses £325,000.
Are house prices going up in Modbury?
The median was £387,513 in 2025, down 11% on 2024 (£436,250), and £395,000 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 Modbury each year?
30 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 36 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
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.