EX8 5SQ

Wordsworth Close, Exmouth

Median, last 3 years

£232,500

15 sales, Jun 2023 – May 2026

Last standard sale

£235,000

15 May 2026

Standard sales

219

since 1995 (+8 additional entries)

EX8 district median

£315,000

547 sales, 12 months to May 2026

By property type, Jun 2023 – May 2026: Terraced median £233,500 (12 sales) · Semi-detached median £232,500 (3 sales)

Medians count standard sales only (Price Paid category A). Additional entries (category B) - repossessions, buy-to-lets with an identifiable mortgage, and purchases by companies and other non-private buyers - are listed below but left out.

Median price by year

2012 to 2026. Every year since 1995 is in the figures below.

The paler 2026 bar covers January to August only, and its latest months are still filling in as sales are registered.

Paler bars rest on fewer than three sales, so they show which homes sold more than how prices moved.

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Median sale price and number of sales by year
Year	Median	Sales
2026 (to August) (few sales)	£225,000	2
2025	£222,500	3
2024	£232,250	8
2023	£245,250	4
2022	£250,000	5
2021	£199,950	3
2020 (few sales)	£195,000	1
2019	£233,000	3
2018	£215,000	7
2017	£181,500	4
2015	£170,000	7
2014	£165,000	7
2013	£176,000	9
2012 (few sales)	£158,425	2
2011	£140,000	3
2010	£153,000	3
2009	£147,000	6
2008	£142,950	5
2007	£160,750	4
2006	£142,750	8
2005	£141,000	5
2004	£129,000	6
2003	£123,250	6
2002	£101,000	17
2001	£74,475	12
2000	£64,250	12
1999	£54,000	10
1998	£50,613	8
1997	£57,725	10
1996	£50,238	22
1995	£49,500	17

Sale history (227 records · 59 homes sold more than once)

Address	Date	Type	Price
45, WORDSWORTH CLOSE 24 Nov 2000 · Semi-detached · Freehold Previously £49,950 (Sep 1996) · +47%	24 Nov 2000	Semi-detached · Freehold	£73,500
10, WORDSWORTH CLOSE 28 Sep 2000 · Detached · Freehold Previously £82,950 (Dec 1997) · +41%	28 Sep 2000	Detached · Freehold	£117,000
44, WORDSWORTH CLOSE 1 Sep 2000 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £46,500 (Jan 1999) · +25%	1 Sep 2000	Terraced · Freehold	£57,950
36, WORDSWORTH CLOSE 31 Aug 2000 · Semi-detached · Freehold Previously £50,526 (Feb 1996) · +21%	31 Aug 2000	Semi-detached · Freehold	£61,000
30, WORDSWORTH CLOSE 28 Jul 2000 · Terraced · Freehold	28 Jul 2000	Terraced · Freehold	£85,000
17, WORDSWORTH CLOSE 19 Jun 2000 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £46,000 (Sep 1998) · +30%	19 Jun 2000	Terraced · Freehold	£60,000
71, WORDSWORTH CLOSE 12 May 2000 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £51,000 (Jun 1996) · +28%	12 May 2000	Terraced · Freehold	£65,500
28, WORDSWORTH CLOSE 5 Apr 2000 · Semi-detached · Freehold Previously £46,250 (Jun 1998) · +20%	5 Apr 2000	Semi-detached · Freehold	£55,500
35, WORDSWORTH CLOSE 31 Mar 2000 · Semi-detached · Freehold	31 Mar 2000	Semi-detached · Freehold	£82,950
50, WORDSWORTH CLOSE 27 Mar 2000 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £49,950 (Feb 1995) · +26%	27 Mar 2000	Terraced · Freehold	£63,000
66, WORDSWORTH CLOSE 3 Dec 1999 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £51,579 (Nov 1996) · +7%	3 Dec 1999	Terraced · Freehold	£55,000
33, WORDSWORTH CLOSE 22 Oct 1999 · Terraced · Freehold	22 Oct 1999	Terraced · Freehold	£67,500
23, WORDSWORTH CLOSE 7 Oct 1999 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £52,000 (Jul 1998) · +10%	7 Oct 1999	Terraced · Freehold	£56,950
57, WORDSWORTH CLOSE 20 Sep 1999 · Semi-detached · Freehold Previously £59,995 (Sep 1995) · +22%	20 Sep 1999	Semi-detached · Freehold	£72,950
42, WORDSWORTH CLOSE 31 Aug 1999 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £47,000 (Jun 1995) · +2%	31 Aug 1999	Terraced · Freehold	£48,000
62, WORDSWORTH CLOSE 23 Jul 1999 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £47,500 (Mar 1996) · +8%	23 Jul 1999	Terraced · Freehold	£51,500
32, WORDSWORTH CLOSE 28 May 1999 · Terraced · Freehold	28 May 1999	Terraced · Freehold	£64,000
53, WORDSWORTH CLOSE 28 May 1999 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £45,000 (Oct 1996) · +18%	28 May 1999	Terraced · Freehold	£53,000
46, WORDSWORTH CLOSE 14 May 1999 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £49,000 (May 1995) · +6%	14 May 1999	Terraced · Freehold	£52,000
44, WORDSWORTH CLOSE 29 Jan 1999 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £44,950 (Sep 1995) · +3%	29 Jan 1999	Terraced · Freehold	£46,500
54, WORDSWORTH CLOSE 2 Oct 1998 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £51,400 (Sep 1996) · +5%	2 Oct 1998	Terraced · Freehold	£54,000
17, WORDSWORTH CLOSE 24 Sep 1998 · Terraced · Freehold	24 Sep 1998	Terraced · Freehold	£46,000
23, WORDSWORTH CLOSE 31 Jul 1998 · Terraced · Freehold	31 Jul 1998	Terraced · Freehold	£52,000
28, WORDSWORTH CLOSE 17 Jun 1998 · Semi-detached · Freehold Previously £44,950 (Jan 1995) · +3%	17 Jun 1998	Semi-detached · Freehold	£46,250
41, WORDSWORTH CLOSE 17 Apr 1998 · Terraced · Freehold	17 Apr 1998	Terraced · Freehold	£51,725
6, WORDSWORTH CLOSE 3 Apr 1998 · Detached · Freehold · New build	3 Apr 1998	Detached · Freehold · New build	£81,000
39, WORDSWORTH CLOSE 31 Mar 1998 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £49,500 (Mar 1995) · 0%	31 Mar 1998	Terraced · Freehold	£49,500
15, WORDSWORTH CLOSE 27 Mar 1998 · Terraced · Freehold	27 Mar 1998	Terraced · Freehold	£43,995
25, WORDSWORTH CLOSE 24 Dec 1997 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £49,500 (Jan 1995) · −6%	24 Dec 1997	Terraced · Freehold	£46,500
2, WORDSWORTH CLOSE 12 Dec 1997 · Detached · Freehold · New build	12 Dec 1997	Detached · Freehold · New build	£82,500
10, WORDSWORTH CLOSE 5 Dec 1997 · Detached · Freehold · New build	5 Dec 1997	Detached · Freehold · New build	£82,950
9, WORDSWORTH CLOSE 21 Oct 1997 · Terraced · Freehold	21 Oct 1997	Terraced · Freehold	£51,500
8, WORDSWORTH CLOSE 6 Oct 1997 · Detached · Freehold · New build	6 Oct 1997	Detached · Freehold · New build	£82,950
27, WORDSWORTH CLOSE 4 Aug 1997 · Terraced · Freehold	4 Aug 1997	Terraced · Freehold	£50,000
4, WORDSWORTH CLOSE 31 Jul 1997 · Detached · Freehold · New build	31 Jul 1997	Detached · Freehold · New build	£109,950
63, WORDSWORTH CLOSE 6 Jun 1997 · Terraced · Freehold · New build	6 Jun 1997	Terraced · Freehold · New build	£59,950
7, WORDSWORTH CLOSE 18 Apr 1997 · Terraced · Freehold	18 Apr 1997	Terraced · Freehold	£55,500
1, WORDSWORTH CLOSE 12 Mar 1997 · Semi-detached · Freehold Previously £63,000 (Jun 1996) · −12%	12 Mar 1997	Semi-detached · Freehold	£55,500
26, WORDSWORTH CLOSE 13 Dec 1996 · Terraced · Freehold	13 Dec 1996	Terraced · Freehold	£44,000
49, WORDSWORTH CLOSE 29 Nov 1996 · Terraced · Freehold · New build	29 Nov 1996	Terraced · Freehold · New build	£53,500
66, WORDSWORTH CLOSE 15 Nov 1996 · Terraced · Freehold · New build	15 Nov 1996	Terraced · Freehold · New build	£51,579
61, WORDSWORTH CLOSE 31 Oct 1996 · Terraced · Freehold · New build	31 Oct 1996	Terraced · Freehold · New build	£62,500
56, WORDSWORTH CLOSE 11 Oct 1996 · Terraced · Freehold · New build	11 Oct 1996	Terraced · Freehold · New build	£47,000
64, WORDSWORTH CLOSE 10 Oct 1996 · Terraced · Freehold	10 Oct 1996	Terraced · Freehold	£43,750
53, WORDSWORTH CLOSE 4 Oct 1996 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £47,750 (May 1995) · −6%	4 Oct 1996	Terraced · Freehold	£45,000
45, WORDSWORTH CLOSE 20 Sep 1996 · Semi-detached · Freehold	20 Sep 1996	Semi-detached · Freehold	£49,950
54, WORDSWORTH CLOSE 13 Sep 1996 · Terraced · Freehold · New build	13 Sep 1996	Terraced · Freehold · New build	£51,400
19, WORDSWORTH CLOSE 26 Jul 1996 · Terraced · Freehold	26 Jul 1996	Terraced · Freehold	£42,000
1, WORDSWORTH CLOSE 28 Jun 1996 · Semi-detached · Freehold · New build	28 Jun 1996	Semi-detached · Freehold · New build	£63,000
52, WORDSWORTH CLOSE 28 Jun 1996 · Terraced · Freehold · New build	28 Jun 1996	Terraced · Freehold · New build	£58,500

Area

Postcode district: EX8
Country: England
Deprivation decile: 7 of 10
LSOA (2021): E01019908
Introduced: Dec 1994

From the English Index of Multiple Deprivation 2019, for the 2011 neighbourhood (LSOA) this postcode sits in. Decile 1 is the most deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, 10 the least; ranks are not comparable between nations.

UK House Price Index

East Devon, July 2026 (provisional)

Average price: £339,683
Change since July 2025: +1.3%
First-time buyers: £271,183

Average by property type

Detached: £529,551
Semi-detached: £333,197
Terraced: £270,084
Flat / maisonette: £180,282

The official index for East Devon as a whole, not EX8 5SQ alone. It is a modelled average, adjusted for the mix of homes sold, so it differs from a median of recorded sales, and its newest months are revised as late registrations arrive. Source: UK House Price Index (about the data).

Location

Postcode centroid, not a specific property.

Nearby postcodes

Median sold price and number of sales, Jun 2023 – May 2026; otherwise the last sale, if it was in the last ten years.

EX8 5SA £192,500 · 2 sales
EX8 5SS £292,500 · 3 sales
EX8 5SN £412,500 · 2 sales
EX8 5SE £340,000 · 3 sales
EX8 5SU £345,000 · last sale 2018
EX8 5SJ £395,000 · last sale 2022
EX8 5SW £375,000 · 2 sales
EX8 5SZ £450,000 · last sale 2022
EX8 5SR £210,000 · 2 sales
EX8 5SG £267,500 · 6 sales
EX8 5SX £317,000 · last sale 2026
EX8 5SP £325,000 · 1 sale