That is the middle of 10,636 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.
10,636 homes sold in three years: 1,213 detached houses, 3,014 semi-detached houses, 4,433 terraced houses and 1,976 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.9 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£390K
median sale · 1,213 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£330K–£470K
Last 12 months
£399K354 sold
New build
£440K
Semi-detached houses£258K
median sale · 3,014 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£215K–£302K
Last 12 months
£265K907 sold
New build
£240K
Terraced houses£210K
median sale · 4,433 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£177K–£246K
Last 12 months
£215K1,339 sold
New build
£291K
Flats and maisonettes£135K
median sale · 1,976 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£108K–£168K
Last 12 months
£138K554 sold
New build
£197K
The mix
A terraced town: 42% of homes sold are terraced
Detached houses11%
Semi-detached houses28%
Terraced houses42%
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 Plymouth’s homes sold for between £172K and £290K
One sale in ten was under £130K and one in ten over £380K. 61% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £222,500, sits in the £200–250K band
10,636 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 £45,000 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
3,154 sales in the last 12 months, against 6,684 in 2006, the busiest year, and 3,159 in 2011. Sales fell by 45% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 6%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 33% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Plymouth costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Plymouth, 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
£115K
£238K
£235K
£275K
£324K
£399K
Semi-detached houses
£52K
£66K
£154K
£160K
£175K
£205K
£265K
Terraced houses
£41K
£52K
£125K
£138K
£154K
£170K
£215K
Flats and maisonettes
£30K
£34K
£100K
£110K
£112K
£120K
£138K
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: 0.4% of sales in the last 12 months
10,023 new homes have been sold in Plymouth since 1995; the share peaked at 12% in 2008.
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 £265,000
against £221,000 for a home sold on, 20% 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.
20% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 1.8% sold leasehold in Plymouth. 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
Royal William Yard is Plymouth’s busiest street, with 47 sales in three years
792 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 254 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
Royal William Yard
PL1
47
£295,000
Mostly flats
2
Westfield
PL7
42
£215,000
Mostly terraced houses
3
Durnford Street
PL1
38
£198,250
Mostly flats
4
Charlbury Drive
PL9
34
£202,497
Mostly flats · new builds
5
Underwood Road
PL7
32
£185,250
Mostly terraced houses
6
Old Laira Road
PL3
32
£182,500
Mostly terraced houses
7
Station Road (PL7)
PL7
32
£144,250
Mostly flats
8
Ladysmith Road
PL4
30
£237,500
Mixed
9
Blandford Road
PL3
29
£210,000
Mixed
10
Mount Wise Crescent
PL1
29
£195,000
Mostly flats · new builds
11
Pasley Street
PL2
28
£210,000
Mostly terraced houses
12
Southway Drive
PL6
28
£200,000
Mixed
13
Austin Crescent
PL6
27
£238,000
Mixed
14
Bluebell Street
PL6
27
£220,000
Mostly terraced houses
15
Albert Road
PL2
27
£115,000
Mostly flats
Dearest streets
Powisland Drive: £664,500
Plymouth median£223K
Powisland Drive£665K
Hazeldene Gardens£650K
Whiteford Road£550K
Lopwell Close£515K
Underlane (PL9)£505K
Cheapest streets
Constantine Street: £42,000
Plymouth median£223K
Constantine Street£42K
Regent Street£66K
George Street£79K
Duke Street£80K
Victoria Place (PL2)£82K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 15.8 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
Plymouth is the 44th most expensive of 47 towns in Devon
Plymouth 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 Plymouth
What is the average house price in Plymouth?
The median home in Plymouth sold for £222,500 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 10,636 standard sales (£230,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £390,000, semi-detached houses £257,500, terraced houses £210,000 and flats and maisonettes £135,000.
Are house prices going up in Plymouth?
The median was £227,500 in 2025, up 3% on 2024 (£220,000), 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 Plymouth each year?
3,154 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 4,141 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Plymouth?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Powisland Drive (PL6, £664,500), Hazeldene Gardens (PL9, £650,000) and Whiteford Road (PL3, £550,000).
How much does a new build cost in Plymouth?
New homes sold for a median £265,000 over three years, against £221,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 1.5% of sales.
Is Plymouth expensive for Devon?
Plymouth is the 44th 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.