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Torquay market report TQ2
The TQ2 (Torquay) house price history in full, 1995 to 2026, in cash and in today's money. Underneath every chart here sit 21,401 registered sales in TQ2 (Torquay) since 1995, the HM Land Registry record of what buyers really paid, with ONS figures covering rents. Nothing is a valuation, an estimate or an asking price.
Sales recorded to July 2026; rents are ONS figures for May 2026. The page rebuilds with each monthly release.
In short: a typical TQ2 (Torquay) home changed hands for £250,000 in 2026 (median of 203 registered sales, up 9% on five years earlier), with the mean at £268,100, and by floor area homes here have averaged about £3,090 per square metre over the last five years. Source: 21,401 completed sales on the HM Land Registry record since 1995, updated with each monthly release. No valuations, no asking prices.
TQ2 is the postcode district covering Torquay (west, north) in Torquay. 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 TQ2 sits
Shaded by median price on the same scale as the average prices map. Click any shape to open it on the live map with every sale plotted at its address, or zoom in past street level to see the sold homes right here.
What TQ2 homes really sell for
Across 203 registered 2026 sales, the typical (median) TQ2 home went for £250,000. The mean is £268,100, modestly above it, the usual shape of a market with an expensive tail.
What a square metre costs in TQ2
Per square metre, TQ2 homes have averaged around £3,090 over the last five years of sales. The floor areas behind the figure come from Energy Performance Certificates, and the by-the-metre view is the fair comparison across home sizes.
The national median for England and Wales is £285,000, which puts TQ2 12% below the country at large.
TQ2's median sold price, 1995 to 2026
The cash median beside its inflation-adjusted twin (ONS CPIH). The adjusted line answers the harder question, whether homes really got dearer. Hover for the figures; the legend toggles each series.
See this chart as a table
| Year | Median (cash) | Median (today's £) | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | £250,000 | £250,000 | 203 |
| 2025 | £245,000 | £250,859 | 479 |
| 2024 | £250,000 | £265,801 | 434 |
| 2023 | £250,000 | £274,689 | 392 |
| 2022 | £245,000 | £287,290 | 571 |
| 2021 | £230,000 | £291,210 | 690 |
| 2020 | £205,000 | £265,992 | 464 |
| 2019 | £200,000 | £262,152 | 563 |
| 2018 | £190,000 | £253,274 | 617 |
| 2017 | £188,500 | £257,095 | 664 |
| 2016 | £183,000 | £256,019 | 601 |
| 2015 | £172,000 | £243,036 | 605 |
| 2014 | £162,000 | £229,825 | 581 |
| 2013 | £158,000 | £227,346 | 590 |
| 2012 | £155,000 | £228,141 | 462 |
| 2011 | £163,000 | £246,067 | 444 |
| 2010 | £162,000 | £254,058 | 460 |
| 2009 | £158,000 | £253,986 | 440 |
| 2008 | £170,000 | £278,666 | 454 |
| 2007 | £170,000 | £288,367 | 964 |
| 2006 | £158,000 | £274,268 | 947 |
| 2005 | £152,700 | £271,744 | 684 |
| 2004 | £149,000 | £270,613 | 944 |
| 2003 | £124,000 | £228,438 | 1,001 |
| 2002 | £100,000 | £188,149 | 1,132 |
| 2001 | £82,500 | £158,602 | 1,034 |
| 2000 | £71,500 | £140,319 | 973 |
| 1999 | £61,600 | £122,766 | 1,013 |
| 1998 | £59,000 | £119,096 | 905 |
| 1997 | £55,000 | £112,794 | 817 |
| 1996 | £51,000 | £107,557 | 676 |
| 1995 | £51,000 | £110,866 | 597 |
In cash terms the typical TQ2 home went from £51,000 in 1995 to £250,000 in 2026, roughly 5 times the price. Inflation explains only part of it: in today's money the rise is still about 125%, a genuine increase in what a home here costs. Measured in today's money the market peaked in 2021; the current median sits about 14% below that. Someone who bought at the 2021 peak has not yet seen that price back in real terms.
Year-on-year change in the TQ2 median
Each bar is the change on the year before, in cash. The zero line is the boundary between rising and falling.
The strongest year on record here is 2003 (+24.0% on the year before); the weakest, 2009 (−7.1%). Single-year swings like these are why the annualised table below matters more than any one year's headline.
Growth per year, over one to twenty years
| Period | Cash, per year | Real terms, per year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 years (since 2025) | +2.0% | −0.3% |
| 5 years (since 2021) | +1.7% | −3.0% |
| 10 years (since 2016) | +3.2% | −0.2% |
| 20 years (since 2006) | +2.3% | −0.5% |
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.
Detached, semi, terraced, flat: four markets in one
A single median hides the split beneath it. Sales of terraced homes dominate the record here, 31% of the typed total. A detached home currently trades at £380,000 against £142,500 for a flat, 2.7 times the price.
Median by property type, TQ2
One line per type, years with too few sales omitted. Hover for the year's figures; click a legend entry to isolate a type.
| Type | Median (2026) | Sales that year | All-time sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | £380,000 | 47 | 4,514 |
| Semi-detached | £272,500 | 54 | 6,162 |
| Terraced | £212,600 | 57 | 6,714 |
| Flats | £142,500 | 45 | 4,011 |
Sales activity in TQ2
How many homes change hands
Each bar is a year's recorded sales. 2008's dip is the financial crisis, and the newest bar always grows for a while as late registrations arrive.
The last five years, month by month
Sales as they reached the register each month. Expect the seasonal sawtooth, and discount the newest months while late entries land.
Over the last twelve months of data, 410 sales completed in TQ2. Like most of England and Wales, turnover never fully recovered from 2008: the market here averaged 960 sales a year before the financial crisis and 416 a year over the last five. Price without volume misleads: a median built on few sales jumps around, and one street can tilt it. Keep in mind too that the latest year is still filling in, since sales reach the register weeks or months after completion.
What homes rent for around TQ2
TQ2 falls under Torbay, where the ONS puts the average private rent at £908 a month (May 2026 figures). Size sets most of the rent: one-beds average £611 a month here against £1,279 for four or more bedrooms.
Average monthly rent by size, Torbay
ONS Price Index of Private Rents, May 2026.
Set against the £250,000 median sold price, £908 a month is £10,896 a year, a gross yield of 4.4%: 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.
Asked and answered: TQ2 (Torquay)
Are property prices falling in TQ2 (Torquay)?
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What happens to TQ2 prices now?
The record answers a different question than "what happens next": the median is up 9% over five years in cash but down 14% after inflation. Put the volume chart beside the price chart before drawing conclusions, and allow for the register's lag behind actual completions.
On the market in TQ2 today
Everything above is what homes in TQ2 sold for. This is what you could actually buy today: 94 homes currently on the market from 6 agents publishing to HomesIndex, at a typical asking price 12% above the TQ2 median sold price.
26% of what is on the market here is asking below what comparable homes actually sold for. Every listing is measured against recent recorded sales of similar nearby homes.
- Ben Jonson Close, Torquay, Devon, TQ2
- Salisbury Avenue, Torquay, Devon, TQ2
- Barn Owl Close, Torquay, Devon, TQ2
The "under comparable sales" label measures each asking price against real nearby sales of similar homes: an opening position for a conversation rather than a valuation. The home itself still needs looking at.
See every TQ2 home for sale on the map →
These asking prices come live from estate agents publishing feeds to HomesIndex, refreshed each Monday and Thursday. They are a sample of the market rather than its entirety, and an asking price is not a sale price.
Bedroom by bedroom: TQ prices by size
What homes of each size actually sold for across the TQ area, from the Land Registry record. Size steps are fiercely local. A third bedroom adds a quarter to the price in some areas and close to four fifths in others, which is why no national rule of thumb survives contact with a real market.
| Type | 1 bed | 2 bed | 3 bed | 4 bed | 5 bed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | — | £325,000 | £435,000 (+34%) | £660,000 (+52%) | £930,000 (+41%) |
| Semi-detached | £225,000 | £270,000 (+20%) | £315,000 (+17%) | £406,000 (+29%) | £530,000 (+31%) |
| Terraced | £200,000 | £230,000 (+15%) | £264,500 (+15%) | £340,000 (+29%) | £450,000 (+32%) |
| Flat | £133,500 | £205,000 (+54%) | £325,000 (+59%) | £430,000 (+32%) | — |
Medians of recorded sales over the last four years, by built form and bedroom count. Sold homes carry no advertised bedroom count, so sizes are estimated from their EPC records; a small number of homes will sit one size out. Where too few homes exist to say anything meaningful, the cell is blank.
The risers and the fallers
TQ2 ranks 4 of 14 in the TQ 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.
TQ area districts: five years of change
The districts that gained and lost most in cash terms, each row linking through to its own report.
Inside TQ2, sector by sector
The next slice down is the postcode sector: a group of streets, each with its own report. Two sectors a short walk apart can trade at sharply different prices.
| Sector | Median (latest) | Sales that year |
|---|---|---|
| TQ2 5 | £125,000 | 19 |
| TQ2 6 | £258,000 | 79 |
| TQ2 7 | £265,000 | 67 |
| TQ2 8 | £240,000 | 38 |
How TQ2 compares nearby
Same city, different markets. The neighbouring districts of the TQ area, dearest first:
| District | Median | 5-year |
|---|---|---|
| TQ8 | £605,000 | -19% |
| TQ9 | £389,000 | +11% |
| TQ7 | £335,000 | -16% |
| TQ10 | £335,000 | +12% |
| TQ13 | £332,500 | +7% |
| TQ6 | £310,000 | -24% |
| TQ14 | £310,000 | +6% |
| TQ5 | £275,500 | -1% |
| TQ12 | £270,000 | +0% |
| TQ4 | £266,200 | +6% |
| TQ2 (this report) | £250,000 | +9% |
| TQ3 | £250,000 | +4% |
| TQ11 | £250,000 | +14% |
| TQ1 | £217,500 | +6% |
Selling a home in TQ2? Price it on the evidence
The sold record beats any estimate as a starting point. Before a house valuation or flat valuation in TQ2, open the average prices map and zoom from the TQ2 shading down to the sold homes on your own street. Every recorded TQ2 sale is on this page; the same Land Registry record is what agents price from, and it is now in your hands.
Local estate agents: one agent per district gets the featured spot on this report, free for founding agents. Claim TQ2.
Take it further
Behind the answers sits the same Land Registry record as this page, with TQ2 already set as the subject. Free, one click sign in.
Two maps carry on from here: every TQ2 sale at its exact address, and the average prices map from area shading down to single homes. The report tool answers a specific question in writing, and each sale's mortgage and rent calculator prices 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.