That is the middle of 349 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.
349 homes sold in three years: 128 detached houses, 83 semi-detached houses, 80 terraced houses and 58 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.7 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£750K
median sale · 128 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£608K–£840K
Last 12 months
£753K22 sold
New build
£735K
Semi-detached houses£485K
median sale · 83 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£408K–£550K
Last 12 months
£425K23 sold
New build
£440K
Terraced houses£423K
median sale · 80 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£357K–£633K
Last 12 months
£418K18 sold
New build
£501K
Flats and maisonettes£280K
median sale · 58 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£230K–£375K
Last 12 months
£241K16 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 37% of sales
Detached houses37%
Semi-detached houses24%
Terraced houses23%
Flats and maisonettes17%
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 Topsham’s homes sold for between £380K and £755K
One sale in ten was under £270K and one in ten over £900K. 7% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £530,000, sits in the £500–750K band
349 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 £69,950 in 1995 to £440,000 in the last 12 months (£400,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
79 sales in the last 12 months, against 155 in 2022, the busiest year, and 68 in 2008. Sales fell by 41% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 13%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 52% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Topsham costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Topsham, 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
£144K
£185K
£408K
£398K
£568K
£703K
£753K
Semi-detached houses
£79K
£100K
£320K
£310K
£397K
£445K
£425K
Terraced houses
£64K
£128K
£226K
£234K
£333K
£414K
£418K
Flats and maisonettes
£42K
£89K
£162K
£160K
£200K
£235K
£241K
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
10% of homes sold in the last 12 months were new builds
488 new homes have been sold in Topsham since 1995; the share peaked at 48% in 2022.
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 £642,500
against £460,000 for a home sold on, 40% 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, 0.7% sold leasehold in Topsham. 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
Marine Drive is Topsham’s busiest street, with 22 sales in three years
29 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 8 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
Marine Drive
EX3
22
£503,750
Mostly semi-detached houses · new builds
2
Engineers Road
EX3
19
£640,000
Mostly detached houses · new builds
3
Berkeley Park
EX3
14
£787,500
Mostly detached houses · new builds
4
Yeoman Gardens
EX3
13
£785,000
Mostly detached houses · new builds
5
Parkfield Road
EX3
13
£350,000
Mostly flats
6
Bewick Avenue
EX3
13
£347,700
Mostly flats
7
Plover Close
EX3
11
£800,000
Mostly detached houses · new builds
8
Dart Avenue
EX2
10
£432,750
Mostly semi-detached houses
9
High Street
EX3
9
£213,500
Mixed
10
Newcourt Road
EX3
8
£705,000
Mostly detached houses
11
Fore Street
EX3
8
£300,000
Mostly flats
12
Altamira
EX3
8
£238,750
Mostly flats
13
Dunlins Walk
EX3
7
£780,000
Mixed · new builds
14
Monmouth Street
EX3
6
£1,112,500
Mixed
15
Elm Grove Road
EX3
6
£995,000
Mostly detached houses
Dearest streets
Monmouth Street: £1,112,500
Topsham median£530K
Monmouth Street£1.1M
Elm Grove Road£995K
The Strand£810K
Plover Close£800K
Berkeley Park£788K
Cheapest streets
High Street: £213,500
Topsham median£530K
High Street£214K
Altamira£239K
Exe Street£285K
Fore Street£300K
Bewick Avenue£348K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 5.2 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
Topsham is the most expensive of 47 towns in Devon
Topsham is one of Devon’s dearest 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 Topsham
What is the average house price in Topsham?
The median home in Topsham sold for £530,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 349 standard sales (£440,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £750,000, semi-detached houses £485,000, terraced houses £422,500 and flats and maisonettes £280,000.
Are house prices going up in Topsham?
The median was £499,750 in 2025, down 12% on 2024 (£565,000), and £440,000 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 Topsham each year?
79 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 125 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Topsham?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Monmouth Street (EX3, £1,112,500), Elm Grove Road (EX3, £995,000) and The Strand (EX3, £810,000).
How much does a new build cost in Topsham?
New homes sold for a median £642,500 over three years, against £460,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 29% of sales.
Is Topsham expensive for Devon?
Topsham is the 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.