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Typical sold price, EX4
£282,750
250 real sales, 13 February 2026 to 24 August 2026. A rough cash guide is shown below, not a quote.
- Sales in sample
- 250
- Cash guide, 70%
- £198,000
- Cash guide, 85%
- £240,000
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data
Our take · opinion, not advice
Our take on selling in St James / University: steady sales, so price from the evidence
St James / University sees about 40 sales a month, enough to learn from, though the year-on-year comparison is too thin to quote, so lean on the recent sold homes.
To judge an offer, the spread in St James / University is wide, with most sales between £147,250 and £600,700, so lean on the nearest like-for-like sale rather than the middle figure; roughly 40 sales a month is enough for buyers to compare, so evidence beats optimism.
Compare optionsAt this pace the open market works but takes time, so a cash sale is a fair option when you need certainty on the date; expect a cash offer of about 70–85% of market value, which on a typical £282,750 home means roughly £198,000 to £240,000 (a rough guide, not a quote), and test it against sold prices.
Have paperwork for any damp, roof or window work; any boiler, gas and electrical certificates; and sign-off for any alterations you have made to hand early; your conveyancer will say what else a St James / University sale needs.
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Key figures
St James / University at a glance
Sourced figures for the district, each one dated.
Most sell between
£147,250 to £600,700
Middle 80% of 250 sales
Gross yield
5.6%
gross, before costs, illustrative
Average rent
£1,318 a month
Exeter, August 2026
Planning applications
1,494
Within 500 m of the centre
Local data
What St James / University homes sell for
Real Land Registry sold prices for EX4, each chart with its table underneath.
Price by type
What each type sells for in EX4
Detached homes had the highest typical price in EX4 at £465,000, from 40 sales; flats came to £158,500.
- Detached17%
- Semi-detached16%
- Terraced48%
- Flats19%
See the figures
| Type | Typical (median) | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £465,000 | 40 |
| Semi-detached | £310,000 | 38 |
| Terraced | £270,000 | 114 |
| Flats | £158,500 | 46 |
HM Land Registry, 13 February 2026 to 24 August 2026. Types with fewer than 10 sales are left out.
Rent by size
What Exeter homes rent for
Average private rent in Exeter was £1,318 a month in August 2026, a gross yield of 5.6% on the EX4 median price (gross, before costs, illustrative).
See the figures
1 bed £915, 2 bed £1,131, 3 bed £1,362, 4+ bed £1,919 a month. ONS source
ONS Price Index of Private Rents, August 2026. The rent covers the whole local area, not just EX4.
Planning activity
Planning near St James / University
1,494 planning applications within 500 m of the EX4 centre. Of the 20 most recent, 14 are still undecided.
- Decided30%
- Undecided70%
Planning detail
Planning activity near St James / University
1,494 planning applications within 500 m of the EX4 district centre
That count covers every date PlanIt holds. The 20 most recent were received between 5 May 2026 and 3 Jul 2026, and 14 of them are still undecided.
Source: PlanIt (planit.org.uk), which gathers local council planning registers. Checked 23 July 2026. This is activity in the area, not at any one address, and coverage and council update speed vary.
View applicationsPlanIt, from local council planning registers. Area activity, not one address.
Contains HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Student and premium demand.
Whatever the reason you need to move on in St James / University (Exeter), a cash sale can be quicker and simpler than the open market, though cash buyers usually offer below market value. Want to know what homes in St James / University actually sell for first? See real Land Registry sold prices for EX4.
Rent: ONS Price Index of Private Rents, August 2026 (published 16 September 2026): the average monthly rent for all private rented homes in Exeter, up 0.5% on a year earlier. It covers the whole area, not just EX4. Official statistics in development. By size: 1 bed £915, 2 bed £1,131, 3 bed £1,362, 4+ bed £1,919.
Gross yield is 12 months of that average rent divided by the EX4 median sale price. It is gross, before costs such as void periods, agent and management fees, repairs, insurance, tax and mortgage interest, and illustrative only: the rent covers a whole local area and every property type, while the price is for EX4, so the two are not a like-for-like pair.
Price spread and sales volume are from HM Land Registry sold prices. Liquidity (sales volume) is a rough guide to how many homes change hands, not a forecast.
Explore sold prices
What actually sold in EX4
Filter by property type and radius around the EX4 centre. Distances use each sale's postcode centroid, so they are approximate.
250 sales match · page 1 of 13
| Address | Price | Date | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8, KINGSWOOD CLOSE, EXETEREX4 2PB | £198,500 | 2026-08-24 | Terraced | Freehold |
| 16, LUCAS AVENUE, EXETEREX4 6LZ | £402,500 | 2026-08-21 | Terraced | Freehold |
| 25, SUSSEX CLOSE, EXETEREX4 1LP | £525,000 | 2026-08-17 | Detached | Freehold |
| 6, FLORIDA DRIVE, EXETEREX4 5EX | £615,000 | 2026-08-17 | Detached | Freehold |
| 35, WARWICK WAY, EXETEREX4 8ER | £285,000 | 2026-08-14 | Semi-detached | Freehold |
| 66, OLD BAKERY CLOSE, EXETEREX4 2UZ | £345,000 | 2026-08-14 | Terraced | Freehold |
| 14, ROSEWOOD TERRACE, EXETEREX4 6JE | £201,000 | 2026-08-14 | Terraced | Freehold |
| 244, FARM HILL, EXETEREX4 2ND | £160,000 | 2026-08-13 | Terraced | Freehold |
| 66, GREYFRIARS ROAD, EXETEREX4 7BS | £245,000 | 2026-08-13 | Terraced | Freehold |
| 46, WESTMINSTER ROAD, EXETEREX4 2LS | £185,000 | 2026-08-07 | Terraced | Freehold |
| 4, ARMSTRONG AVENUE, EXETEREX4 5DJ | £405,000 | 2026-08-03 | Detached | Freehold |
| 118, MERRIVALE ROAD, EXETEREX4 1PW | £225,000 | 2026-08-03 | Terraced | Freehold |
| 6, GUILDFORD CLOSE, EXETEREX4 2HX | £268,500 | 2026-07-31 | Semi-detached | Freehold |
| 8, WHITEFRIARS WALK, EXETEREX4 7BT | £268,000 | 2026-07-29 | Terraced | Freehold |
| 28, PETERBOROUGH ROAD, EXETEREX4 2EG | £360,000 | 2026-07-28 | Detached | Freehold |
| 2, CALIFORNIA CLOSE, EXETEREX4 5ET | £710,000 | 2026-07-28 | Detached | Freehold |
| 6, MERLIN CRESCENT, EXETEREX4 9AH | £247,500 | 2026-07-27 | Terraced | Freehold |
| 43, BULLER ROAD, EXETEREX4 1BJ | £292,757 | 2026-07-27 | Terraced | Freehold |
| 64, HOWELL ROAD, EXETEREX4 4LZ | £150,000 | 2026-07-27 | Flat / maisonette | Leasehold |
| 11, DRAKES ROAD, EXETEREX4 1BQ | £307,500 | 2026-07-24 | Terraced | Freehold |
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