Salcombe house prices are built from 2,534 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1995 and the most recent on 1 May 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £375,000. Across the 10 years from 2016 to 2026 the median moved +14.7% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -17.8%.
Median price paid
£375,000
Change in cash, 2016–2026
+14.7%
Change in real terms
-17.8%
Median per m²
£4,250
HM Land Registry2,534 sales419 with floor areaLatest sale 1 May 2026
Section 01
How Salcombe prices moved
The chart tracks the median Salcombe house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1995 to 2026. 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 | £96,000 | £213,165 |
| 2000s | 10 | £378,000 | £688,605 |
| 2010s | 10 | £475,000 | £669,750 |
| 2020s | 7 | £750,000 | £766,304 |
The highest yearly median on record for Salcombe is £934,734 in 2022; the lowest is £87,500 in 1996. Across the full 32-year record the cash median has moved from £96,000 to £605,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £213,165, so the real change over the whole record is +183.8% — about +3.42% 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: +14.7% in cash against -17.8% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CRANMERE Coronation Road | 1 May 2026 | Terraced | £450,000 | £450,000 |
| FLAT 3 CLEARWATER Devon Road | 30 Apr 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £1,050,000 | £1,050,000 |
| FAIRLEAD Grenville Road | 30 Apr 2026 | Detached | £750,000 | £750,000 |
| 2 Orchard Drive | 21 Apr 2026 | Detached | £770,000 | £770,000 |
| 8 Moor Farm Cottages | 17 Feb 2026 | Semi-detached | £460,000 | £460,000 |
| 5 Moor Farm Cottages | 22 Jan 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £156,000 | £156,000 |
| ORCHARD HOUSE Bonaventure Road | 13 Jan 2026 | Detached | £1,050,000 | £1,050,000 |
| UPPER FLAT BONNE VUE Bonaventure Road | 13 Jan 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £395,000 | £395,000 |
| UPPER FLAT 3 Island Terrace | 18 Dec 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £591,000 | £603,848 |
| 20 Camperdown Road | 12 Dec 2025 | Terraced | £350,000 | £357,609 |
| 25 Island Street | 9 Dec 2025 | Terraced | £495,000 | £505,761 |
| HAIFA Main Road | 28 Nov 2025 | Detached | £450,000 | £459,783 |
| APARTMENT 3 the ELMS Devon Road | 14 Nov 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £340,000 | £347,391 |
| ASHCROFT Herbert Road | 12 Nov 2025 | Detached | £1,100,000 | £1,123,913 |
| ST WINNOW Kingsale Road | 28 Oct 2025 | Detached | £510,000 | £521,087 |
| UPPER GARDENHURST Raleigh Road | 23 Oct 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £322,500 | £329,511 |
| 28 Camperdown Road | 23 Oct 2025 | Terraced | £285,000 | £291,196 |
| 19 Island Street | 22 Oct 2025 | Terraced | £362,500 | £370,380 |
| 11 Coronation Road | 10 Oct 2025 | Terraced | £745,000 | £761,196 |
| BELGRAVIA Raleigh Road | 3 Oct 2025 | Detached | £595,000 | £607,935 |
| The Willows | 30 Sep 2025 | Detached | £1,350,000 | £1,379,348 |
| STRATHMORE Herbert Road | 25 Sep 2025 | Detached | £950,000 | £970,652 |
| FLAT 3 MONKSTON POINT Devon Road | 19 Sep 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £1,115,000 | £1,139,239 |
| THE FORTESCUE SUITE ANCHOR WATCH Cliff Road | 5 Aug 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £725,000 | £740,761 |
| 4 Croft View Terrace | 29 Jul 2025 | Terraced | £694,500 | £709,598 |
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 Salcombe values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CRANMERE Coronation Road | £84,000 (1996) | £450,000 (2026) | +5.8% | +3.1% |
| FLAT 3 CLEARWATER Devon Road | £790,000 (2012) | £1,050,000 (2026) | +2.1% | -0.8% |
| FAIRLEAD Grenville Road | £350,000 (2004) | £750,000 (2026) | +3.5% | +0.7% |
| 2 Orchard Drive | £672,000 (2016) | £770,000 (2026) | +1.4% | -2.0% |
| 8 Moor Farm Cottages | £140,000 (2016) | £460,000 (2026) | +12.6% | +8.9% |
| 5 Moor Farm Cottages | £94,000 (2010) | £156,000 (2026) | +3.2% | +0.2% |
| ORCHARD HOUSE Bonaventure Road | £1,400,000 (2021) | £1,050,000 (2026) | -5.6% | -9.9% |
| UPPER FLAT BONNE VUE Bonaventure Road | £77,000 (1996) | £395,000 (2026) | +5.6% | +2.9% |
| UPPER FLAT 3 Island Terrace | £275,000 (2001) | £591,000 (2025) | +3.2% | +0.5% |
| 25 Island Street | £155,000 (2000) | £495,000 (2025) | +4.8% | +2.0% |
| HAIFA Main Road | £54,000 (1996) | £450,000 (2025) | +7.6% | +4.8% |
| APARTMENT 3 the ELMS Devon Road | £257,500 (2015) | £340,000 (2025) | +2.8% | -0.4% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Salcombe 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 893 | 35.2% | £450,000 | £15,000 – £6,100,000 |
| Flat or maisonette | 752 | 29.7% | £363,000 | £17,500 – £3,465,000 |
| Terraced | 491 | 19.4% | £360,000 | £20,000 – £3,600,000 |
| Semi-detached | 398 | 15.7% | £310,000 | £26,800 – £3,595,000 |
Section 05
How big homes are in Salcombe
Energy Performance Certificates record a floor area for every home that has been surveyed, sold or let — far more homes than have changed hands. 508 certificates cover Salcombe, and their median floor area is 108 m².
The median across the whole register is 76 m², so homes here are larger than average — +42.1%. Size explains a large part of why one area's median price sits above another's, which is why the price per square metre further up this page is the fairer comparison.
| Measure | Floor area | Sample |
|---|---|---|
| Median floor area | 108 m² | about 1,163 sq ft |
| Smaller quarter, up to | 78 m² | about 840 sq ft |
| Larger quarter, from | 155 m² | about 1,671 sq ft |
| Under 60 m² | 11.6% | 59 homes |
| 150 m² and over | 27.4% | 139 homes |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Salcombe
789 of the sales on record are leasehold and 1,745 freehold — 31.1% 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 £360,000 and the median freehold sale £385,000 — a gap of +6.9%. 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 | 789 | 31.1% | £360,000 |
| Freehold | 1,745 | 68.9% | £385,000 |
| New build | 158 | 6.2% | £575,000 |
| Existing home | 2,376 | 93.8% | £362,500 |
New builds sold for more than the median existing home — +58.6%. 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 195 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 Salcombe compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Salcombe sits above that national figure — +138.1%.
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £4,250 per square metre, across 419 of the 2,534 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 £15,000 to £6,100,000. 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 in Salcombe
- Devon Road230 sales
- Fore Street161 sales
- Coronation Road106 sales
- Sandhills Road102 sales
- Allenhayes Road95 sales
- Herbert Road82 sales
- Main Road71 sales
- Kingsale Road70 sales
- Bonaventure Road64 sales
- Round Berry Drive62 sales
- Bolt Head59 sales
- Cliff Road59 sales
- Onslow Road53 sales
- Beadon Road52 sales
- Island Street49 sales
- Raleigh Road49 sales
- Grenville Road47 sales
- Buckley Street42 sales
- Loring Road42 sales
- St Dunstans Road39 sales
- Knowle Road36 sales
- Fortescue Road33 sales
- Landmark Road33 sales
- Forster Road32 sales
- Camperdown Road31 sales
- Courtenay Street31 sales
- Moult Road27 sales
- Beadon Drive24 sales
- Longfield Drive24 sales
- Market Street24 sales
- Shadycombe Road24 sales
- Little Hill23 sales
- Bennett Road22 sales
- Church Street22 sales
- Moult Hill21 sales
- Ember Road18 sales
- Rosemount Court18 sales
- Salcombe Heights Close18 sales
- Courtenay Terrace17 sales
- Platt Close16 sales
- Moor Farm Cottages15 sales
- Cross Lane14 sales
- Orchard Drive14 sales
- Bonfire Hill13 sales
- Croft Road13 sales
- Croft View Terrace13 sales
- Estura13 sales
- Harbour Yard13 sales
- Park Rise13 sales
- Thorning Street13 sales
- Frobisher Lane11 sales
- Island Terrace11 sales
- Drake Road10 sales
- Mcilwraith Road10 sales
- Robinsons Row10 sales
- West View Terrace10 sales
- Berry Close9 sales
- Lakeside9 sales
- Victoria Place9 sales
- Island Place8 sales
Postcode districts covering Salcombe
- TQ8£375,000 median
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Salcombe?
The median price paid in Salcombe across every sale on the register is £375,000. 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 Salcombe?
2,534 sales are on record for Salcombe, the most recent completing on 1 May 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Salcombe house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +14.7% between 2016 and 2026. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -17.8%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Salcombe house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £934,734, 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 Salcombe?
£4,250 per square metre, from the 419 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 May 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, “Salcombe 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.