Byron Way, Exmouth house prices are built from 307 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1995 and the most recent on 1 Jun 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £149,000. Across the 10 years from 2012 to 2022 the median moved +55.7% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +20.8%.
Median price paid
£149,000
Change in cash, 2012–2022
+55.7%
Change in real terms
+20.8%
Median per m²
£2,206
HM Land Registry307 sales106 with floor areaLatest sale 1 Jun 2026
Section 01
How Byron Way, Exmouth prices moved
The chart tracks the median Byron Way, Exmouth house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1995 to 2022. The dashed line restates each year in 2026 money, so the two lines separate exactly as much as inflation has eroded the cash figure.
| Decade | Years with sales | Median paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5 | £55,250 | £122,681 |
| 2000s | 10 | £163,950 | £298,669 |
| 2010s | 7 | £220,000 | £310,200 |
| 2020s | 1 | £298,975 | £305,474 |
The highest yearly median on record for Byron Way, Exmouth is £298,975 in 2022; the lowest is £49,995 in 1996. Across the full 28-year record the cash median has moved from £55,250 to £298,975.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £122,681, so the real change over the whole record is +182.3% — about +3.92% a year after inflation. Cash growth and real growth are not the same story, and the gap is the part most price reports leave out.
Over the last decade alone the difference is stark: +55.7% in cash against +20.8% once inflation is removed. A buyer who sold at the end of that decade would have needed the real figure, not the headline one, to know whether they had actually gained.
Section 02
The most recent sales
Every row is a completed sale as lodged with HM Land Registry. The right-hand column restates the price in 2026 money, which is the only fair way to compare a sale from the 1990s with one from last year.
| Address | Sold | Type | Price paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 141 | 1 Jun 2026 | Semi-detached | £317,000 | £317,000 |
| 1 | 29 Aug 2025 | Terraced | £255,000 | £260,543 |
| 48 | 4 Jul 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £150,000 | £153,261 |
| 109 | 24 Jan 2025 | Semi-detached | £305,000 | £311,630 |
| 31 | 13 May 2024 | Detached | £340,000 | £357,761 |
| 1a | 10 May 2024 | Terraced | £240,000 | £252,537 |
| 99 | 1 Mar 2024 | Terraced | £415,000 | £436,679 |
| 56 | 19 Jul 2023 | Terraced | £235,000 | £253,908 |
| 89 | 24 Apr 2023 | Semi-detached | £262,500 | £283,621 |
| 15 | 23 Feb 2023 | Semi-detached | £297,500 | £321,437 |
| 113 | 16 Dec 2022 | Detached | £380,000 | £440,263 |
| 33 | 25 Nov 2022 | Detached | £475,000 | £550,329 |
| 68 | 14 Nov 2022 | Detached | £390,000 | £451,849 |
| 17 | 31 Oct 2022 | Semi-detached | £298,000 | £345,259 |
| 151 | 12 Sep 2022 | Semi-detached | £310,000 | £359,162 |
| 107 | 7 Sep 2022 | Semi-detached | £299,950 | £347,518 |
| 46 | 29 Jul 2022 | Terraced | £222,000 | £257,206 |
| 63 | 22 Jul 2022 | Terraced | £250,000 | £289,647 |
| 85 | 8 Jul 2022 | Terraced | £250,000 | £289,647 |
| 141 | 5 Jan 2022 | Semi-detached | £262,000 | £303,550 |
| 83 | 11 Oct 2021 | Terraced | £285,000 | £360,081 |
| 73 | 27 Aug 2021 | Semi-detached | £222,000 | £280,484 |
| 14 | 25 Jun 2021 | Detached | £376,000 | £475,054 |
| 66a | 1 Jun 2021 | Terraced | £220,000 | £277,957 |
| 1 | 1 Dec 2020 | Terraced | £220,000 | £284,848 |
Section 03
Homes that sold twice
These addresses appear in the register more than once, so the same bricks are being priced twice. That makes them the strongest evidence of what actually happened to Byron Way, Exmouth values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 141 Byron Way | £89,950 (2001) | £317,000 (2026) | +5.2% | +2.4% |
| 1 Byron Way | £46,750 (1996) | £255,000 (2025) | +6.0% | +3.3% |
| 48 Byron Way | £44,250 (2000) | £150,000 (2025) | +5.0% | +2.2% |
| 109 Byron Way | £87,950 (2000) | £305,000 (2025) | +5.1% | +2.3% |
| 31 Byron Way | £222,000 (2014) | £340,000 (2024) | +4.4% | +1.2% |
| 1A Byron Way | £144,500 (2004) | £240,000 (2024) | +2.6% | -0.3% |
| 99 Byron Way | £65,000 (1996) | £415,000 (2024) | +6.8% | +4.1% |
| 56 Byron Way | £144,750 (2006) | £235,000 (2023) | +2.9% | -0.1% |
| 89 Byron Way | £47,000 (1996) | £262,500 (2023) | +6.6% | +3.9% |
| 15 Byron Way | £67,000 (1998) | £297,500 (2023) | +6.1% | +3.4% |
| 113 Byron Way | £123,995 (2001) | £380,000 (2022) | +5.5% | +2.9% |
| 68 Byron Way | £95,950 (2001) | £390,000 (2022) | +6.9% | +4.3% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Byron Way, Exmouth is dominated by the type at the top of this table, so its overall median leans that way.
| Property type | Sales | Share | Median paid | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terraced | 108 | 35.2% | £144,500 | £46,750 – £415,000 |
| Semi-detached | 88 | 28.7% | £161,750 | £45,250 – £317,000 |
| Detached | 82 | 26.7% | £205,000 | £49,995 – £475,000 |
| Flat or maisonette | 29 | 9.4% | £83,500 | £33,750 – £150,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Byron Way, Exmouth
29 of the sales on record are leasehold and 278 freehold — 9.4% of the market. Tenure is not a detail: a leasehold flat and a freehold house are different assets, and mixing them into one median hides the difference.
The median leasehold sale is £83,500 and the median freehold sale £158,250 — a gap of +89.5%. Most of that gap is property type rather than tenure itself: leasehold here is largely flats, freehold largely houses.
| Category | Sales | Share | Median paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leasehold | 29 | 9.4% | £83,500 |
| Freehold | 278 | 90.6% | £158,250 |
| New build | 75 | 24.4% | £84,950 |
| Existing home | 232 | 75.6% | £170,000 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -50.0%. A new-build premium is normal: the buyer gets a warranty and nothing to fix, and the price is set by a developer rather than negotiated between two households.
A further 8 transfers for this area are on the register but are left out of every figure above. HM Land Registry marks them as additional price paid entries: repossessions, buy-to-let portfolio moves, transfers between companies or family, and sales at a discount such as right to buy. They are real records but they are not open-market prices, and including them would drag the median somewhere no buyer ever paid.
Section 07
Living in Byron Way, Exmouth
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across East Devon, 43.8% of 81,511 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 7.1% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 607 | 0.7% |
| B | 13,007 | 16.0% |
| C | 22,061 | 27.1% |
| D | 27,446 | 33.7% |
| E | 12,569 | 15.4% |
| F | 4,376 | 5.4% |
| G | 1,445 | 1.8% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in East Devon at £970 a month as of Jun 2026 — £686 for a one-bedroom home and £1,123 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £149,000 here, that rent is a gross yield of 7.81% a year. It is a measured figure rather than an assumption: a real local rent over a real local price, before any cost of ownership.
Police forces publish every recorded street-level crime. Within a mile of the centre of EX8, 158 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 65 violent, 4 burglary, 6 vehicle-related and 19 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is about typical.
Against the 150,828 residents the 2021 census counted in East Devon, that is 1.05 recorded crimes per thousand people in the month. The count covers a mile around the district centre while the population covers the whole council, so read the rate as an order of magnitude rather than a precise figure.
A count is not a rate. A district with shops and a station records more crime than a residential one of the same size, because more people pass through it. Read this next to the median, not on its own.
Section 08
The neighbourhood around Byron Way, Exmouth
The 2021 census counted 150,828 residents in East Devon across 66,788 households. 73.6% of those households own their home and 26.3% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
10 state and independent schools have a EX8 postcode: 9 primary, 1 secondary. Catchment areas do not follow postcodes, so treat this as what is nearby rather than what a child would be offered.
| School | Phase | Type | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|
| Exmouth Community College | Secondary | Academy converter | 2,031 |
| Withycombe Raleigh Church of England Primary School | Primary | Voluntary controlled school | 611 |
| Bassetts Farm Primary School | Primary | Foundation school | 451 |
| Brixington Primary Academy | Primary | Academy sponsor led | 351 |
| Marpool Primary School | Primary | Academy sponsor led | 192 |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Exmouth | Primary | Academy converter | 185 |
| Exeter Road Community Primary School | Primary | Foundation school | 170 |
| Lympstone Church of England Primary School | Primary | Voluntary controlled school | 160 |
| The Beacon Church of England (VA) Primary School | Primary | Voluntary aided school | 151 |
| Littleham Church of England Primary School | Primary | Academy sponsor led | 67 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Exmouth Rail Station | Rail | 1.3 km |
| Exmouth Ferry Landing | Ferry | 2.2 km |
| Starcross Ferry Landing | Ferry | 3.2 km |
| Starcross Rail Station | Rail | 3.3 km |
Section 09
How Byron Way, Exmouth compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Byron Way, Exmouth sits below that national figure — -5.4%.
Within Exmouth the street ranks 380 of 510 by median price, and its median is below the town figure of £174,950 (-14.8%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £2,206 per square metre, across 106 of the 307 sales on record. Price per square metre is the only figure that compares a two-bed flat with a four-bed house honestly.
The full range on record runs from £33,750 to £475,000. Extremes usually mean something unusual — a plot sold without a house on it, a transfer between family members, or a very large property — so the median is the number to trust.
Byron Way, Exmouth sits in East Devon, in the South West.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in East Devon at 8.3 times median local earnings of £40,224 a year, measured to Sep 2025. Across England and Wales the same ratio is 7.6. That number, not the price alone, is what decides whether a place is within reach of the people who work in it.
Section 10
Nearby on the record
Streets nearby
- Douglas Avenue£223,500 median
- Exeter Road£110,000 median
- Salterton Road£166,000 median
- Cranford Avenue£181,000 median
- Victoria Road£148,000 median
- Shelly Road£325,000 median
- Hulham Road£232,750 median
- Littleham Road£95,500 median
- Rosebery Road£149,950 median
- Withycombe Village Road£159,500 median
- The Marles£145,000 median
- Wordsworth Close£125,950 median
- Egremont Road£152,250 median
- The Strand£157,000 median
- Parkside Drive£220,000 median
- Rolle Road£129,475 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 1 Byron Way8 sales
- 113 Byron Way6 sales
- 63 Byron Way6 sales
- 3 Byron Way6 sales
- 68 Byron Way5 sales
- 45 Byron Way5 sales
- 137 Byron Way5 sales
- 4 Byron Way5 sales
- 54 Byron Way5 sales
- 66 Byron Way5 sales
- 6 Byron Way5 sales
- 47 Byron Way5 sales
- 48 Byron Way4 sales
- 1A Byron Way4 sales
- 99 Byron Way4 sales
- 14 Byron Way4 sales
- 69 Byron Way4 sales
- 51 Byron Way4 sales
- 95 Byron Way4 sales
- 67 Byron Way4 sales
- 8 Byron Way4 sales
- 60 Byron Way4 sales
- 62 Byron Way4 sales
- 3A Byron Way4 sales
Back to Exmouth house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Byron Way, Exmouth?
The median price paid in Byron Way, Exmouth across every sale on the register is £149,000. The median is used rather than the mean because a handful of very large sales would otherwise drag the average away from what a typical buyer paid.
How many homes have sold in Byron Way, Exmouth?
307 sales are on record for Byron Way, Exmouth, the most recent completing on 1 Jun 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Byron Way, Exmouth house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +55.7% between 2012 and 2022. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +20.8%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Byron Way, Exmouth house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £298,975, set in 2022. That is the cash figure; measured in 2026 money the peak may fall in a different year, because inflation reshapes the series.
What is the price per square metre in Byron Way, Exmouth?
£2,206 per square metre, from the 106 sales where an EPC floor area could be matched to the address. Price per square metre strips out size, so a flat and a house can be compared on the same basis.
How current is this data?
The latest sale shown here completed on 1 Jun 2026. HM Land Registry publishes Price Paid Data monthly and a sale can take a month or two to appear after completion, so the most recent weeks are always incomplete.
Cite this page: Sold Price History, “Byron Way, Exmouth house prices”, 2026. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data © Crown copyright and database right, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Inflation adjustment: ONS CPIH.