That is the middle of 2,905 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 4.8 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.
A quarter of Paignton’s sales are semi-detached houses
2,905 homes sold in three years: 789 detached houses, 837 semi-detached houses, 718 terraced houses and 561 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.5 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£373K
median sale · 789 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£315K–£465K
Last 12 months
£369K240 sold
New build
£365K
Semi-detached houses£275K
median sale · 837 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£237K–£312K
Last 12 months
£270K253 sold
New build
£280K
Terraced houses£225K
median sale · 718 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£190K–£260K
Last 12 months
£218K203 sold
New build
£300K
Flats and maisonettes£150K
median sale · 561 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£115K–£195K
Last 12 months
£140K169 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 29% of sales
Detached houses27%
Semi-detached houses29%
Terraced houses25%
Flats and maisonettes19%
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 Paignton’s homes sold for between £200K and £336K
One sale in ten was under £140K and one in ten over £440K. 45% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £260,000, sits in the £250–300K band
2,905 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 4.8 times as much as in 1995, a slower rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £53,000 in 1995 to £255,000 in the last 12 months (£205,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
865 sales in the last 12 months, against 1,996 in 2002, the busiest year, and 835 in 2008. Sales fell by 42% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 9%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 46% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Paignton costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Paignton, 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
£115K
£235K
£240K
£255K
£314K
£369K
Semi-detached houses
£53K
£75K
£165K
£167K
£185K
£222K
£270K
Terraced houses
£43K
£64K
£140K
£145K
£156K
£183K
£218K
Flats and maisonettes
£40K
£47K
£116K
£119K
£124K
£135K
£140K
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: 0.5% of sales in the last 12 months
2,756 new homes have been sold in Paignton since 1995; the share peaked at 12% in 1996.
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 £304,995
against £258,000 for a home sold on, 18% 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.
19% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 1.3% sold leasehold in Paignton. 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
Torquay Road is Paignton’s busiest street, with 37 sales in three years
213 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 78 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
Torquay Road
TQ3
37
£145,000
Mostly flats
2
Pasture Drive
TQ4
36
£320,000
Mixed · new builds
3
Roselands Drive
TQ4
26
£280,000
Mixed
4
Clifton Road
TQ3
25
£238,000
Mixed
5
Belle Vue Road
TQ4
24
£145,000
Mostly flats
6
Barcombe Road
TQ3
22
£351,500
Mostly detached houses
7
Marldon Road (TQ3)
TQ3
22
£271,500
Mixed
8
Totnes Road (TQ4)
TQ4
22
£203,500
Mixed
9
Blatchcombe Road
TQ3
20
£223,000
Mixed
10
Totnes Road (TQ3)
TQ3
20
£113,250
Mostly flats
11
Occombe Valley Road
TQ3
19
£260,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
12
Dartmouth Road
TQ4
19
£175,000
Mixed
13
Laura Grove
TQ3
18
£382,600
Mixed
14
Dewberry Drive
TQ4
18
£315,045
Mixed · new builds
15
Maidenway Road
TQ3
18
£285,000
Mixed
Dearest streets
Court Road: £525,000
Paignton median£260K
Court Road£525K
Edginswell Lane£525K
Blue Waters Drive£508K
Brunel Road£503K
Broadsands Road£501K
Cheapest streets
Seaway Road: £81,500
Paignton median£260K
Seaway Road£82K
Steartfield Road£85K
Esplanade Road£89K
Polsham Park£104K
Hayes Road£107K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 6.4 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
Paignton is the 36th most expensive of 47 towns in Devon
Paignton 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 Paignton
What is the average house price in Paignton?
The median home in Paignton sold for £260,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 2,905 standard sales (£255,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £372,500, semi-detached houses £275,000, terraced houses £225,000 and flats and maisonettes £150,000.
Are house prices going up in Paignton?
The median was £260,000 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£265,500), and £255,000 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 Paignton each year?
865 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 1,218 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Paignton?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Court Road (TQ2, £525,000), Edginswell Lane (TQ2, £525,000) and Blue Waters Drive (TQ4, £507,500).
How much does a new build cost in Paignton?
New homes sold for a median £304,995 over three years, against £258,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 3.9% of sales.
Is Paignton expensive for Devon?
Paignton is the 35th 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.