That is the middle of 583 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 5.1 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.
583 homes sold in three years: 233 detached houses, 158 semi-detached houses, 134 terraced houses and 58 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.6 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£380K
median sale · 233 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£335K–£425K
Last 12 months
£369K42 sold
New build
£390K
Semi-detached houses£250K
median sale · 158 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£218K–£275K
Last 12 months
£233K33 sold
New build
£261K
Terraced houses£209K
median sale · 134 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£180K–£240K
Last 12 months
£219K42 sold
New build
£264K
Flats and maisonettes£147K
median sale · 58 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£122K–£165K
Last 12 months
£139K18 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 40% of sales
Detached houses40%
Semi-detached houses27%
Terraced houses23%
Flats and maisonettes10%
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 Okehampton’s homes sold for between £202K and £365K
One sale in ten was under £157K and one in ten over £425K. 43% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £266,500, sits in the £250–300K band
583 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.1 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £46,950 in 1995 to £240,000 in the last 12 months (£205,500 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
135 sales in the last 12 months, against 310 in 2001, the busiest year, and 125 in 2009. Sales fell by 38% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 6%.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Okehampton costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Okehampton, 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
£78K
£113K
£225K
£235K
£256K
£313K
£369K
Semi-detached houses
£46K
£65K
£165K
£165K
£177K
£209K
£233K
Terraced houses
£40K
£54K
£125K
£150K
£157K
£156K
£219K
Flats and maisonettes
£32K
£40K
£109K
£108K
£102K
£125K
£139K
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
11% of homes sold in the last 12 months were new builds
1,479 new homes have been sold in Okehampton since 1995; the share peaked at 43% in 2023.
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 £335,750
against £235,000 for a home sold on, 43% 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.
10% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 0.8% sold leasehold in Okehampton. 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
Lower Mead is Okehampton’s busiest street, with 42 sales in three years
45 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
Lower Mead
EX20
42
£267,995
Mixed · new builds
2
Oaklands Drive
EX20
15
£162,500
Mostly flats
3
Metherall Field
EX20
14
£340,875
Mostly detached houses · new builds
4
Station Road
EX20
14
£170,000
Mostly flats
5
Senate Street
EX20
13
£299,995
Mixed · new builds
6
Minerva Way
EX20
13
£265,000
Mostly semi-detached houses · new builds
7
Kellands Lane
EX20
13
£214,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
8
East Street
EX20
13
£110,000
Mostly flats
9
Saxon Way
EX20
12
£437,000
Mostly detached houses · new builds
10
Stock Park
EX20
12
£238,250
Mostly semi-detached houses
11
Baldwin Drive
EX20
11
£359,000
Mostly detached houses
12
Nexus Way
EX20
11
£261,246
Mostly semi-detached houses · new builds
13
Cavalry Chase
EX20
9
£420,000
Mostly detached houses
14
Leeze Park
EX20
9
£370,000
Mostly detached houses
15
Augustus Avenue
EX20
8
£458,500
Mostly detached houses · new builds
Dearest streets
Augustus Avenue: £458,500
Okehampton median£267K
Augustus Avenue£459K
Saxon Way£437K
Bray Gardens£420K
Cavalry Chase£420K
Chariot Way£420K
Cheapest streets
East Street: £110,000
Okehampton median£267K
East Street£110K
Jacobs Pool£144K
Oaklands Drive£163K
Station Road£170K
North Street£173K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 4.2 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
Okehampton is the 34th most expensive of 47 towns in Devon
Okehampton 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 Okehampton
What is the average house price in Okehampton?
The median home in Okehampton sold for £266,500 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 583 standard sales (£240,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £379,995, semi-detached houses £249,997, terraced houses £209,000 and flats and maisonettes £147,000.
Are house prices going up in Okehampton?
The median was £270,000 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£266,000), 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 Okehampton each year?
135 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 198 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Okehampton?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Augustus Avenue (EX20, £458,500), Saxon Way (EX20, £437,000) and Bray Gardens (EX20, £420,000).
How much does a new build cost in Okehampton?
New homes sold for a median £335,750 over three years, against £235,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 32% of sales.
Is Okehampton expensive for Devon?
Okehampton is the 34th 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.