Living in Exeter, Devon
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Homes in Exeter cost 8.34 times median annual earnings for people working there (2025).
- Across England: 7.63 times (2025)
- Exeter a year earlier: 8.84 times (2024)
What this measures: the median price paid for homes in Exeter over the 12 months to September 2025, divided by the median gross annual pay of full-time employees who work in Exeter, wherever they live. That is what "workplace-based" means - it is about jobs in the area, not the earnings of people who live there. Earnings come from the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (April 2025). A higher ratio means homes are less affordable for people working locally. The latest year uses provisional earnings, which ONS revises the following year. This is a council-area figure, not a valuation of any home.
Source: Office for National Statistics, House price to workplace-based earnings ratio, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Last reviewed 20 October 2026.
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Local administration around Exeter
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Recent sold prices near Exeter (postcode sector EX2 4)
| Address | Price | Type | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18, MELBOURNE STREET | £430,000 | Terraced | Sep 2026 |
| 9, PAVILION PLACE | £310,000 | Terraced | Sep 2026 |
| 26, JENNIFER CLOSE | £630,000 | Semi-detached | Aug 2026 |
| FLAT 3, 4, LANSDOWNE TERRACE | £158,500 | Flat | Aug 2026 |
| 44, WEST GROVE ROAD | £430,000 | Terraced | Aug 2026 |
| 42, WEST GROVE ROAD | £436,275 | Terraced | Aug 2026 |
| 8D, LANSDOWNE TERRACE | £205,000 | Flat | Aug 2026 |
| 22, MARLBOROUGH ROAD | £1,030,000 | Detached | Aug 2026 |
| 29, MARLBOROUGH ROAD | £740,000 | Terraced | Aug 2026 |
| 6, BUCKERELL AVENUE | £475,000 | Semi-detached | Aug 2026 |
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