That is the middle of 420 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 6.3 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.
420 homes sold in three years: 171 detached houses, 94 semi-detached houses, 59 terraced houses and 96 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.3 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£380K
median sale · 171 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£340K–£490K
Last 12 months
£385K57 sold
New build
£380K
Semi-detached houses£310K
median sale · 94 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£250K–£335K
Last 12 months
£310K20 sold
New build
£320K
Terraced houses£280K
median sale · 59 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£240K–£327K
Last 12 months
£280K16 sold
Flats and maisonettes£164K
median sale · 96 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£120K–£220K
Last 12 months
£167K29 sold
The mix
Mostly detached: 41% of homes sold stand on their own plot
Detached houses41%
Semi-detached houses22%
Terraced houses14%
Flats and maisonettes23%
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 Seaton’s homes sold for between £220K and £380K
One sale in ten was under £150K and one in ten over £517K. 32% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £310,000, sits in the £300–400K band
420 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 6.3 times as much as in 1995, a faster rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £49,000 in 1995 to £310,000 in the last 12 months (£255,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
122 sales in the last 12 months, against 294 in 2002, the busiest year, and 140 in 2025. Sales fell by 45% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 12%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 23% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Seaton costs about what England does
Median sale price each calendar year: Seaton, 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
£77K
£129K
£240K
£278K
£271K
£350K
£385K
Semi-detached houses
£51K
£83K
£180K
£209K
£223K
£257K
£310K
Terraced houses
£43K
£72K
£165K
£170K
£186K
£215K
£280K
Flats and maisonettes
£36K
£50K
£120K
£90K
£120K
£135K
£167K
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% of sales in the last 12 months
656 new homes have been sold in Seaton since 1995; the share peaked at 24% in 2003.
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 £337,500
against £301,500 for a home sold on, 12% 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.
24% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 0.9% sold leasehold in Seaton. 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
Harbour Road is Seaton’s busiest street, with 37 sales in three years
28 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 7 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
Harbour Road
EX12
37
£150,000
Mostly flats
2
Harepath Road
EX12
18
£281,250
Mixed
3
Driftwood Close
EX12
13
£320,000
Mostly semi-detached houses · new builds
4
Shearwater Way
EX12
11
£330,000
Mixed
5
Beer Road
EX12
11
£210,000
Mostly flats
6
Fore Street
EX12
11
£178,725
Mixed
7
Scalwell Lane
EX12
10
£351,250
Mostly detached houses
8
Wessiters
EX12
9
£310,000
Mostly detached houses
9
Heron Crescent
EX12
8
£362,500
Mostly semi-detached houses · new builds
10
The Underfleet
EX12
8
£192,500
Mostly flats
11
Wychall Park
EX12
7
£363,000
Mostly detached houses
12
Hawksdown View
EX12
7
£325,000
Mostly detached houses
13
Kingfisher Close
EX12
7
£315,000
Mixed
14
Scalwell Park
EX12
7
£275,000
Mixed
15
Primrose Way
EX12
7
£250,000
Mostly terraced houses
Dearest streets
Durley Road: £615,000
Seaton median£310K
Durley Road£615K
Marlpit Lane£475K
Boundary Park£463K
Townsend Road£413K
Wychall Park£363K
Cheapest streets
Riverdale Close: £150,000
Seaton median£310K
Riverdale Close£150K
Harbour Road£150K
Queen Street£160K
Westcliffe Terrace£167K
Fore Street£179K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 4.1 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
Seaton is the 17th most expensive of 47 towns in Devon
Seaton 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 Seaton
What is the average house price in Seaton?
The median home in Seaton sold for £310,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 420 standard sales (£310,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £380,000, semi-detached houses £310,000, terraced houses £280,000 and flats and maisonettes £163,500.
Are house prices going up in Seaton?
The median was £300,000 in 2025, down 7% on 2024 (£322,500), and £310,000 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 Seaton each year?
122 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 201 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Seaton?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Durley Road (EX12, £615,000), Marlpit Lane (EX12, £475,000) and Boundary Park (EX12, £462,500).
How much does a new build cost in Seaton?
New homes sold for a median £337,500 over three years, against £301,500 for homes sold on. New builds were 6.7% of sales.
Is Seaton expensive for Devon?
Seaton is the 17th 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.