Exmouth Property Market: House Prices, Sold Data & Development Finance, Q3 2026 Review

Exmouth: Coastal town with Exe estuary waterfront and growing appeal from Exeter commuters.

The Exmouth property market recorded 2,801 residential sales in the 12 months to 30 June 2026, with a median sale price of £320,000. This places Exmouth £37k above the Devon county median of £283,125, and £35k above the approximate UK median of £285,000.

Prices in Exmouth have recorded a moderate decline, a year-on-year change of -2.4%. Within Devon, Exmouth ranks 1st by price out of 8 principal towns, and 2nd by transaction volume.

On a quarterly view, Exmouth median prices moved from £340,000 in Q1 2025 to £310,000 in Q2 2026, a change of -8.8% over 5 quarters.

East Devon, the local planning authority covering Exmouth, approved 30 residential planning applications and refused 14 in Q3 2026 (1 July to 30 September 2026), with 80 still awaiting a decision. That is an approval rate of 68%. Planning figures come from local planning authority records compiled by Landstack, retrieved on 3 October 2026. Councils and Landstack can take several days to publish decisions, so decisions made in the final days of Q3 2026 may not all be included yet.

Schemes approved in Q3 2026, together with those still awaiting a decision, propose around 3,977 homes, an estimated £1.3bn of development value at local sale prices. Treat the unit total as an upper bound, since an outline permission and its reserved-matters application both count.

Property prices in Exmouth vary significantly by type. The table below compares Exmouth prices with Devon county averages and UK national figures.

Detached homes in Exmouth command £481,000, while flat properties are most accessible at £190,000. The £291k spread between the most and least expensive types indicates a diverse market with opportunities across the development spectrum.

HM Land Registry has so far registered 64 new-build sales in Exmouth for the past 12 months, 2.3% of registered transactions. New-build sales are typically registered 6 to 18 months after completion, so this understates current delivery and is not a completions figure.

On those registered sales, new builds in Exmouth sold at a premium of 25.6% to existing stock.

Across the wider Devon market, 349 new-build sales have registered so far. See our Devon property market report for the full county picture.

The table below shows the most recently registered residential sales in Exmouth, evidence of achieved prices for buyers, sellers and developers:

These transactions are sourced from HM Land Registry Price Paid data and represent completed, registered sales. The range from £155,000 to £700,000 illustrates the breadth of the Exmouth market.

For developers considering Exmouth, the local market data translates directly into finance structuring. With a median value of £320,000 and detached homes at £481,000, lenders can assess scheme viability with confidence.

A typical development finance facility for a scheme in Exmouth with a GDV of £481,000 would attract senior debt of approximately £312,650 at 65% LTGDV. Mezzanine finance can stretch total borrowing to 85-90% of costs, while bridging loans enable rapid site acquisitions completing in as little as 5 working days.

While prices have softened 2.4% year-on-year, experienced developers can still generate strong returns in Exmouth by targeting well-located sites with clear demand drivers.

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To put Exmouth's market in context, the table below compares it with similarly-priced towns across Devon:

For the full Devon town-by-town breakdown, see our comprehensive Devon property market report.