The median home in Newton Abbot sells for £250,000
That is the middle of 1,357 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.
A third of Newton Abbot’s sales are terraced houses
1,357 homes sold in three years: 350 detached houses, 328 semi-detached houses, 465 terraced houses and 214 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.5 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£371K
median sale · 350 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£325K–£445K
Last 12 months
£369K98 sold
New build
£352K
Semi-detached houses£270K
median sale · 328 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£238K–£323K
Last 12 months
£260K87 sold
New build
£300K
Terraced houses£214K
median sale · 465 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£185K–£250K
Last 12 months
£205K123 sold
New build
£250K
Flats and maisonettes£147K
median sale · 214 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£110K–£180K
Last 12 months
£145K67 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 34% of sales
Detached houses26%
Semi-detached houses24%
Terraced houses34%
Flats and maisonettes16%
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 Newton Abbot’s homes sold for between £190K and £335K
One sale in ten was under £145K and one in ten over £423K. 50% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £250,000, sits in the £250–300K band
1,357 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 £45,000 in 1995 to £240,000 in the last 12 months (£214,250 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
375 sales in the last 12 months, against 746 in 2001, the busiest year, and 319 in 2008. Sales fell by 34% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 10%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 45% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Newton Abbot costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Newton Abbot, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Semi-detached houses rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£77K
£122K
£243K
£250K
£283K
£320K
£369K
Semi-detached houses
£47K
£73K
£158K
£177K
£182K
£234K
£260K
Terraced houses
£38K
£56K
£132K
£140K
£151K
£180K
£205K
Flats and maisonettes
£32K
£48K
£110K
£117K
£125K
£132K
£145K
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 25% in 2017
1,861 new homes have been sold in Newton Abbot since 1995; the share peaked at 25% in 2017.
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 £327,497
against £247,000 for a home sold on, 33% 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, 1.7% sold leasehold in Newton Abbot. 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
Sovereign Road is Newton Abbot’s busiest street, with 23 sales in three years
105 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 28 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
Sovereign Road
TQ12
23
£289,995
Mixed · new builds
2
East Street
TQ12
23
£160,000
Mostly flats
3
Marsh Road
TQ12
18
£145,000
Mostly flats
4
Salisbury Road
TQ12
17
£70,000
Mostly flats
5
Forde Park
TQ12
16
£268,500
Mixed
6
Church Road
TQ12
15
£138,000
Mostly flats
7
Twickenham Road
TQ12
14
£282,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
8
Keyberry Road
TQ12
14
£257,500
Mixed
9
Hameldown Way
TQ12
14
£104,000
Mixed
10
Horseshoe Drive
TQ12
13
£335,000
Mixed
11
Oakland Road
TQ12
13
£270,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
12
Forde Close
TQ12
13
£230,000
Mostly terraced houses
13
Priory Road
TQ12
12
£278,500
Mostly flats
14
Highweek Village
TQ12
11
£425,000
Mixed
15
Sandford View
TQ12
11
£367,000
Mostly detached houses
Dearest streets
Nelson Place: £620,000
Newton Abbot median£250K
Nelson Place£620K
Beacon Drive£573K
Fern Road£460K
Aller Park Road£426K
Highweek Village£425K
Cheapest streets
Salisbury Road: £70,000
Newton Abbot median£250K
Salisbury Road£70K
Hameldown Way£104K
Mill Close£120K
Union Street£136K
Church Road£138K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 8.9 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
Newton Abbot is the 41st most expensive of 47 towns in Devon
Newton Abbot 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 Newton Abbot
What is the average house price in Newton Abbot?
The median home in Newton Abbot sold for £250,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 1,357 standard sales (£240,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £371,000, semi-detached houses £269,997, terraced houses £214,000 and flats and maisonettes £147,250.
Are house prices going up in Newton Abbot?
The median was £255,000 in 2025, up 4% on 2024 (£245,000), and £240,000 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 Newton Abbot each year?
375 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 576 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Newton Abbot?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Nelson Place (TQ12, £620,000), Beacon Drive (TQ12, £572,500) and Fern Road (TQ12, £460,000).
How much does a new build cost in Newton Abbot?
New homes sold for a median £327,497 over three years, against £247,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 2.9% of sales.
Is Newton Abbot expensive for Devon?
Newton Abbot is the 39th 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.