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EX2 local market report Exeter

Every figure on this page comes from the public record: 27,574 sales registered with HM Land Registry in EX2 (Exeter) since 1995, each one a completed purchase at a real price, plus current rental figures from the ONS. Nothing here is a valuation, an estimate or an asking price.

Sales data to May 2026. Rents: ONS, May 2026. Regenerated with every monthly data refresh.

EX2 is the postcode district covering Exeter (south), Heavitree (south), St. Thomas (south) in Exeter. Districts are a practical way to slice a market: small enough to mean something locally, big enough to have a steady flow of sales to measure.

Where EX2 sits

Click the map to open EX2 on the live map, with every sale plotted at its address. The average pricing view shades the whole country the same way.

EX4EX1EX3EX5EX6EX8EX9EX2
£301,500median sold price, 2026
+2%five-year change (cash)
589sales in the last 12 months
5.2%gross rental yield (est.)

What a home in EX2 sells for

The 2026 median in EX2 is £301,500, from 156 registered sales; the mean, £356,000, sits well above it, the signature of a heavy top tail: a handful of expensive sales lifting the average.

For scale: the England and Wales median is £274,000, so EX2 trades 10% above the country as a whole.

The price of a typical EX2 home, 1995 to 2026

The median as recorded at the time, and each year restated in today's money (ONS CPIH), the sharper test of whether homes really got dearer. Hover for the year-by-year figures; click a legend entry to isolate a series.

Price at the timeIn today's money (CPIH)
£125k£250k£375k£500k1995200020052010201520202026 1995: £53,000 at the time · £112,523 in today's money · 622 sales1996: £56,000 at the time · £115,343 in today's money · 736 sales1997: £60,000 at the time · £120,174 in today's money · 907 sales1998: £59,100 at the time · £116,511 in today's money · 907 sales1999: £66,500 at the time · £129,436 in today's money · 998 sales2000: £78,000 at the time · £149,500 in today's money · 945 sales2001: £90,000 at the time · £168,980 in today's money · 1,007 sales2002: £120,000 at the time · £220,506 in today's money · 1,155 sales2003: £142,800 at the time · £256,928 in today's money · 1,040 sales2004: £165,000 at the time · £292,674 in today's money · 998 sales2005: £170,000 at the time · £295,466 in today's money · 912 sales2006: £180,000 at the time · £305,160 in today's money · 1,217 sales2007: £190,000 at the time · £314,766 in today's money · 1,099 sales2008: £185,000 at the time · £296,172 in today's money · 503 sales2009: £175,000 at the time · £274,744 in today's money · 634 sales2010: £195,500 at the time · £299,434 in today's money · 683 sales2011: £190,000 at the time · £280,128 in today's money · 644 sales2012: £198,500 at the time · £285,344 in today's money · 668 sales2013: £202,500 at the time · £284,572 in today's money · 820 sales2014: £217,000 at the time · £300,663 in today's money · 947 sales2015: £240,000 at the time · £331,200 in today's money · 1,136 sales2016: £250,000 at the time · £341,584 in today's money · 1,027 sales2017: £247,500 at the time · £329,681 in today's money · 900 sales2018: £268,000 at the time · £348,906 in today's money · 863 sales2019: £257,300 at the time · £329,382 in today's money · 844 sales2020: £277,500 at the time · £351,653 in today's money · 692 sales2021: £294,500 at the time · £364,167 in today's money · 1,081 sales2022: £325,000 at the time · £372,199 in today's money · 1,025 sales2023: £325,200 at the time · £348,970 in today's money · 748 sales2024: £313,500 at the time · £325,530 in today's money · 867 sales2025: £307,500 at the time · £307,500 in today's money · 793 sales2026: £301,500 at the time · £301,500 in today's money · 156 sales
See this chart as a table
YearMedian (cash)Median (today's £)Sales
2026£301,500£301,500156
2025£307,500£307,500793
2024£313,500£325,530867
2023£325,200£348,970748
2022£325,000£372,1991,025
2021£294,500£364,1671,081
2020£277,500£351,653692
2019£257,300£329,382844
2018£268,000£348,906863
2017£247,500£329,681900
2016£250,000£341,5841,027
2015£240,000£331,2001,136
2014£217,000£300,663947
2013£202,500£284,572820
2012£198,500£285,344668
2011£190,000£280,128644
2010£195,500£299,434683
2009£175,000£274,744634
2008£185,000£296,172503
2007£190,000£314,7661,099
2006£180,000£305,1601,217
2005£170,000£295,466912
2004£165,000£292,674998
2003£142,800£256,9281,040
2002£120,000£220,5061,155
2001£90,000£168,9801,007
2000£78,000£149,500945
1999£66,500£129,436998
1998£59,100£116,511907
1997£60,000£120,174907
1996£56,000£115,343736
1995£53,000£112,523622

In cash terms the typical EX2 home went from £53,000 in 1995 to £301,500 in 2026, roughly 6 times the price. Even after inflation that is a real rise of about 168%: homes here genuinely became dearer, not just more expensive on paper. Measured in today's money the market peaked in 2022; the current median sits about 19% below that. Someone who bought at the 2022 peak has not yet seen that price back in real terms.

Year-on-year change in the EX2 median

Each bar is the change on the year before, in cash. The zero line is the boundary between rising and falling.

+50% -50% 0% 1996 · +5.7% on the year before1997 · +7.1% on the year before1998 · −1.5% on the year before1999 · +12.5% on the year before2000 · +17.3% on the year before2001 · +15.4% on the year before2002 · +33.3% on the year before2003 · +19.0% on the year before2004 · +15.5% on the year before2005 · +3.0% on the year before2006 · +5.9% on the year before2007 · +5.6% on the year before2008 · −2.6% on the year before2009 · −5.4% on the year before2010 · +11.7% on the year before2011 · −2.8% on the year before2012 · +4.5% on the year before2013 · +2.0% on the year before2014 · +7.2% on the year before2015 · +10.6% on the year before2016 · +4.2% on the year before2017 · −1.0% on the year before2018 · +8.3% on the year before2019 · −4.0% on the year before2020 · +7.9% on the year before2021 · +6.1% on the year before2022 · +10.4% on the year before2023 · +0.1% on the year before2024 · −3.6% on the year before2025 · −1.9% on the year before2026 · −2.0% on the year before200020052010201520202026

The strongest year on record here is 2002 (+33.3% on the year before); the weakest, 2009 (−5.4%). Single-year swings like these are why the annualised table below matters more than any one year's headline.

Annualised returns

PeriodCash, per yearReal terms, per year
1 years (since 2025)−2.0%−2.0%
5 years (since 2021)+0.5%−3.7%
10 years (since 2016)+1.9%−1.2%
20 years (since 2006)+2.6%−0.1%

Compound annual growth of the median sold price; the real column deflates by ONS CPIH. Annualised figures smooth the cycle (the chart above shows the cycle), and past growth is a record, not a forecast.

Transaction volumes

How many homes change hands

Recorded sales per year. The dip after 2008 is the financial crisis; the last bar is still filling in as recent sales get registered.

1,0002,000 1995: 622 sales1996: 736 sales1997: 907 sales1998: 907 sales1999: 998 sales2000: 945 sales2001: 1,007 sales2002: 1,155 sales2003: 1,040 sales2004: 998 sales2005: 912 sales2006: 1,217 sales2007: 1,099 sales2008: 503 sales2009: 634 sales2010: 683 sales2011: 644 sales2012: 668 sales2013: 820 sales2014: 947 sales2015: 1,136 sales2016: 1,027 sales2017: 900 sales2018: 863 sales2019: 844 sales2020: 692 sales2021: 1,081 sales2022: 1,025 sales2023: 748 sales2024: 867 sales2025: 793 sales2026: 156 sales1995200020052010201520202026

The last five years, month by month

Monthly registrations. The sawtooth is seasonal; the register runs weeks behind completions at the right-hand edge.

100200 June 2021 · 183 sales registeredJuly 2021 · 44 sales registeredAugust 2021 · 85 sales registeredSeptember 2021 · 136 sales registeredOctober 2021 · 59 sales registeredNovember 2021 · 52 sales registeredDecember 2021 · 73 sales registeredJanuary 2022 · 68 sales registeredFebruary 2022 · 74 sales registeredMarch 2022 · 106 sales registeredApril 2022 · 101 sales registeredMay 2022 · 85 sales registeredJune 2022 · 102 sales registeredJuly 2022 · 65 sales registeredAugust 2022 · 75 sales registeredSeptember 2022 · 91 sales registeredOctober 2022 · 87 sales registeredNovember 2022 · 89 sales registeredDecember 2022 · 82 sales registeredJanuary 2023 · 50 sales registeredFebruary 2023 · 68 sales registeredMarch 2023 · 74 sales registeredApril 2023 · 52 sales registeredMay 2023 · 50 sales registeredJune 2023 · 74 sales registeredJuly 2023 · 58 sales registeredAugust 2023 · 64 sales registeredSeptember 2023 · 50 sales registeredOctober 2023 · 61 sales registeredNovember 2023 · 65 sales registeredDecember 2023 · 82 sales registeredJanuary 2024 · 60 sales registeredFebruary 2024 · 69 sales registeredMarch 2024 · 65 sales registeredApril 2024 · 42 sales registeredMay 2024 · 71 sales registeredJune 2024 · 81 sales registeredJuly 2024 · 73 sales registeredAugust 2024 · 87 sales registeredSeptember 2024 · 71 sales registeredOctober 2024 · 83 sales registeredNovember 2024 · 75 sales registeredDecember 2024 · 90 sales registeredJanuary 2025 · 41 sales registeredFebruary 2025 · 86 sales registeredMarch 2025 · 128 sales registeredApril 2025 · 39 sales registeredMay 2025 · 66 sales registeredJune 2025 · 83 sales registeredJuly 2025 · 68 sales registeredAugust 2025 · 65 sales registeredSeptember 2025 · 48 sales registeredOctober 2025 · 52 sales registeredNovember 2025 · 54 sales registeredDecember 2025 · 63 sales registeredJanuary 2026 · 26 sales registeredFebruary 2026 · 45 sales registeredMarch 2026 · 41 sales registeredApril 2026 · 32 sales registeredMay 2026 · 12 sales registered

EX2 recorded 589 sales in the last twelve months of data. Like most of England and Wales, turnover never fully recovered from 2008: the market here averaged 1,047 sales a year before the financial crisis and 718 a year over the last five. Volume matters as much as price: when few homes change hands, the median gets jumpy and a single street can move the figure. The most recent year is always still filling in, because sales appear in the Land Registry weeks or months after completion.

What homes rent for around EX2

EX2 falls under Exeter, where the ONS puts the average private rent at £1,314 a month (May 2026 figures). A one-bed averages £912 a month here and a four-or-more-bed £1,917, so size does most of the work in setting the rent.

Average monthly rent by size, Exeter

ONS Price Index of Private Rents, May 2026.

1 bed: £912 a month£9121 bed2 bed: £1,127 a month£1,1272 bed3 bed: £1,357 a month£1,3573 bed4+ bed: £1,917 a month£1,9174+ bed

Set against the £301,500 median sold price, £1,314 a month is £15,768 a year, a gross yield of 5.2%: gross, before letting costs, voids, maintenance and tax, so a ceiling rather than a promise. Rents are published at local-authority level, so nearby districts in the same authority share these figures.

Will EX2 prices rise from here?

Nobody can tell you that, and this page will not pretend to. What the record shows: the median is roughly flat over five years in cash but down 17% after inflation. If you are weighing a purchase, read the volume chart alongside the price one, and remember that every figure here is a completed sale, lagged by the weeks it takes the Land Registry to register it.

Ladders and snakes: five-year risers and fallers

EX2 ranks 17 of 33 in the EX area on five-year growth. The gap between the top and bottom of this chart is the difference between buying well and buying badly in the same city.

Five-year change in the median, EX area districts

The biggest risers and fallers in cash terms; every row links to that district's report.

EX8EX8 · +12% over five years · median £317,000+12%EX11EX11 · +11% over five years · median £362,500+11%EX21EX21 · +10% over five years · median £397,000+10%EX1EX1 · +10% over five years · median £325,000+10%EX15EX15 · +10% over five years · median £286,200+10%EX2EX2 · +2% over five years · median £301,500+2%EX16EX16 · −9% over five years · median £265,000−9%EX9EX9 · −9% over five years · median £355,000−9%EX22EX22 · −10% over five years · median £280,000−10%EX14EX14 · −13% over five years · median £227,500−13%EX34EX34 · −15% over five years · median £235,000−15%

Inside EX2, street group by street group

Postcode sectors are the next slice down, each a group of streets. Prices can differ sharply between two sectors a few minutes' walk apart.

SectorMedian (latest)Sales that year
EX2 0£327,70044
EX2 4£370,00019
EX2 5£310,00025
EX2 6£391,80016
EX2 7£315,00035
EX2 8£260,00031
EX2 9£256,00029

How EX2 compares nearby

Same city, different markets. The neighbouring districts of the EX area, dearest first:

DistrictMedian5-year
EX3£425,000-2%
EX21£397,000+10%
EX10£395,000+5%
EX33£367,500-3%
EX11£362,500+11%
EX9£355,000-9%
EX19£340,000+8%
EX37£336,000+5%
EX1£325,000+10%
EX24£325,000-8%
EX6£321,200+0%
EX18£320,000+3%
EX8£317,000+12%
EX23£315,000+0%
EX31£312,500+4%
EX12£310,000+5%
EX2 (this report)£301,500+2%
EX17£300,000+7%
EX7£290,000+9%
EX5£287,500+7%
EX15£286,200+10%
EX22£280,000-10%
EX13£278,500-2%
EX20£275,000+0%

Dig further

See every individual EX2 sale on the live map, mapped to the exact address, or the quick-reference EX2 price page. The report tool writes a custom answer to a specific question, and the mortgage and rent calculator on any sale runs the numbers on a real purchase.

How this page is made: the statistics are computed from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data (Crown copyright, OGL v3.0), geocoded to address level; inflation adjustment uses the ONS CPIH index; rents are the ONS Price Index of Private Rents at local-authority level. Medians of recorded sales, not valuations. Nothing on this page is financial advice.