Property searches in Cornwall

England · figures updated 2026-10-29

Type any address in Cornwall for a free report: flood risk, planning constraints, listed buildings, radon, ground and mining, old landfill, noise, sold prices, council tax band and more, with links and ready-made letters for the searches that are not free.

House prices

The average home in Cornwall cost £274,570 in August 2026. Prices have fallen 2.9% in the last year.

Type	Average	Last 12 months
All homes	£274,570	-2.9%
Detached	£419,340	-2.8%
Semi-detached	£275,595	-2.3%
Terraced	£227,474	-2.6%
Flat or maisonette	£144,637	-5.7%
First-time buyers	£226,508	-2.9%

UK House Price Index, HM Land Registry.

Council tax 2026-27

A band D home in Cornwall pays £2,591 a year including parish charges (council average). A single adult gets 25% off.

Band	A year	A month (10 payments)
A	£1,727	£173
B	£2,015	£202
C	£2,303	£230
D	£2,591	£259
E	£3,167	£317
F	£3,742	£374
G	£4,318	£432
H	£5,182	£518

Renting

The average private rent is £995 a month (+0.9% in a year). Against the average price, that is a gross yield of about 4.3% a year before costs.

Bedrooms	A month
1	£685
2	£877
3	£1,073
4 or more	£1,496

ONS Price Index of Private Rents, September 2026.

Neighbourhoods

Cornwall is split into 336 small neighbourhoods. 10% of them are among the most deprived 20% in England and 2% among the least deprived 20% (English Indices of Deprivation 2025). On average across them, 67% of homes are owned, 20% privately rented and 13% socially rented; 26% of people are 65 or over and 15% of households have no car (Census 2021). Search an address to see its own neighbourhood.

Mobile signal

98.2% of homes get 4G indoors from at least one network and 80% from all four; 89.7% get 5G outdoors (Ofcom, January 2026).

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