Sold Price History


Fore Street, Looe house prices

Fore Street, Looe house prices are built from 118 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1997 and the most recent on 26 Nov 2025. The median price paid across the whole record is £158,000. Across the 15 years from 2006 to 2021 the median moved +12.7% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -20.0%.

Median price paid

£158,000

Change in cash, 2006–2021

+12.7%

Change in real terms

-20.0%

Median per m²

£2,871

HM Land Registry118 sales9 with floor areaLatest sale 26 Nov 2025

Section 01

How Fore Street, Looe prices moved

The chart tracks the median Fore Street, Looe house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1997 to 2021. The dashed line restates each year in 2026 money, so the two lines separate exactly as much as inflation has eroded the cash figure.

Fore Street, Looe house prices by year, median price paid 1997 to 2021
Solid line: the median price actually paid. Dashed line: the same medians restated in 2026 money using ONS CPIH.
DecadeYears with salesMedian paidIn today's money
1990s2£43,000£95,480
2000s2£130,000£236,822
2010s1£154,000£217,140
2020s1£210,750£215,332
Median of the yearly medians in each decade.

The highest yearly median on record for Fore Street, Looe is £210,750 in 2021; the lowest is £43,000 in 1997. Across the full 25-year record the cash median has moved from £43,000 to £210,750.

In 2026 money that first median is worth £91,173, so the real change over the whole record is +192.0% — about +4.57% 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: +12.7% in cash against -20.0% 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.

AddressSoldTypePrice paidIn today's money
Flat 6 the Old Post Office26 Nov 2025Flat or maisonette£100,000£102,174
Halcavor, 3717 Jan 2025Terraced£143,000£146,109
The Moorings29 Oct 2024Terraced£250,000£263,060
2 Vine Cottages19 Sep 2024Terraced£250,000£263,060
Flat 1 the Old Post Office31 Jul 2024Flat or maisonette£210,000£220,970
Penlore House11 Jan 2024Terraced£310,000£326,194
1 Bassetts Court8 Dec 2023Terraced£150,000£162,069
Islander Cottage3 Oct 2023Terraced£330,000£356,552
Ginnys Cottage24 Nov 2022Terraced£254,500£294,860
The Old Dairy18 Oct 2022Semi-detached£418,000£484,289
Alexandra Cottage11 Jul 2022Terraced£315,000£364,955
Flat 3 the Old Post Office21 Dec 2021Flat or maisonette£204,000£257,742
Penlore House16 Nov 2021Terraced£310,000£391,667
Village Yokel Flat18 Jun 2021Flat or maisonette£175,000£221,102
2 Barracuda Flats14 May 2021Flat or maisonette£82,000£103,602
The Old Dairy13 Apr 2021Semi-detached£217,500£274,798
Gate House29 Mar 2021Detached£441,995£558,435
Penlore House23 Oct 2020Terraced£225,000£291,322
Little Barn5 Oct 2020Terraced£247,500£320,455
Chy An Colom27 Jul 2020Terraced£185,000£239,532
Volunteer Cottage24 Jul 2020Terraced£215,000£278,375
Flat 5 the Old Post Office20 Nov 2019Flat or maisonette£105,000£137,338
Flat 3 the Old Post Office31 Oct 2019Flat or maisonette£174,000£227,588
Penlore House8 Aug 2019Terraced£200,000£261,596
The Moorings20 May 2019Terraced£150,000£196,197
The 25 most recent sales on the record.

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 Fore Street, Looe values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.

AddressFirst recorded saleMost recent saleCash a yearReal a year
FLAT 6 the OLD POST OFFICE Fore Street£73,000 (2014)£100,000 (2025)+2.9%-0.2%
HALCAVOR, 37 Fore Street£119,000 (2011)£143,000 (2025)+1.3%-1.6%
THE MOORINGS Fore Street£200,000 (2003)£250,000 (2024)+1.1%-1.7%
FLAT 1 the OLD POST OFFICE Fore Street£168,000 (2009)£210,000 (2024)+1.5%-1.5%
PENLORE HOUSE Fore Street£32,500 (1996)£310,000 (2024)+8.4%+5.6%
1 BASSETTS COURT Fore Street£105,200 (2006)£150,000 (2023)+2.1%-0.8%
ISLANDER COTTAGE Fore Street£75,000 (2000)£330,000 (2023)+6.7%+3.8%
GINNYS COTTAGE Fore Street£53,000 (1995)£254,500 (2022)+6.0%+3.5%
THE OLD DAIRY Fore Street£220,000 (2007)£418,000 (2022)+4.4%+1.6%
ALEXANDRA COTTAGE Fore Street£75,000 (1998)£315,000 (2022)+6.2%+3.6%
FLAT 3 the OLD POST OFFICE Fore Street£174,950 (2010)£204,000 (2021)+1.4%-0.7%
GATE HOUSE Fore Street£266,000 (2004)£441,995 (2021)+3.0%+0.7%
Annualised change between the first and last recorded sale of the same address.

Section 04

What sells here

The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Fore Street, Looe is dominated by the type at the top of this table, so its overall median leans that way.

Property typeSalesShareMedian paidRange
Terraced5647.5%£185,000£21,000 – £400,000
Flat or maisonette4235.6%£95,470£20,000 – £250,000
Detached108.5%£320,000£98,000 – £505,000
Semi-detached108.5%£217,500£70,000 – £418,000
Property types as recorded by HM Land Registry.

Section 06

Ownership and new build in Fore Street, Looe

39 of the sales on record are leasehold and 79 freehold — 33.1% 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 £100,000 and the median freehold sale £190,000 — a gap of +90.0%. Most of that gap is property type rather than tenure itself: leasehold here is largely flats, freehold largely houses.

CategorySalesShareMedian paid
Leasehold3933.1%£100,000
Freehold7966.9%£190,000
New build10.8%£174,950
Existing home11799.2%£156,000
Shares are of the sales used on this page.

New builds sold for more than the median existing home — +12.1%. 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 31 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 09

How Fore Street, Looe compares

The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Fore Street, Looe sits above that national figure — +0.3%.

Within Looe the street ranks 99 of 169 by median price, and its median is below the town figure of £168,000 (-6.0%).

Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £2,871 per square metre, across 9 of the 118 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 £20,000 to £505,000. 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.

Section 10

Nearby on the record

Streets nearby

Addresses with more than one recorded sale

Back to Looe house prices.

Quick answers

Common questions about this data

What is the average house price in Fore Street, Looe?

The median price paid in Fore Street, Looe across every sale on the register is £158,000. 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 Fore Street, Looe?

118 sales are on record for Fore Street, Looe, the most recent completing on 26 Nov 2025. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.

Have Fore Street, Looe house prices actually risen?

In cash, the median rose +12.7% between 2006 and 2021. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -20.0%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.

When were Fore Street, Looe house prices at their highest?

The highest yearly median on record is £210,750, set in 2021. 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 Fore Street, Looe?

£2,871 per square metre, from the 9 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 26 Nov 2025. 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, “Fore Street, Looe 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.