Bishopston Property Market: House Prices, Sold Data & Development Finance, Q3 2026 Review

Bishopston: Popular north Bristol neighbourhood with strong family housing demand and refurbishment opportunities.

The Bishopston property market recorded 7,018 residential sales in the 12 months to 30 June 2026, with a median sale price of £345,000. This places Bishopston £10k above the Bristol county median of £335,000, and £60k above the approximate UK median of £285,000.

Prices in Bishopston have shown modest growth, a year-on-year change of +1.5%. Within Bristol, Bishopston ranks 3rd by price out of 6 principal towns, and 2nd by transaction volume.

On a quarterly view, Bishopston median prices moved from £350,000 in Q1 2025 to £350,500 in Q2 2026, a change of +0.1% over 5 quarters. Bishopston has now recorded 2 consecutive quarters of price growth.

Bishopston shares a HM Land Registry reporting district with neighbouring towns, and the source data does not distinguish Bishopston-specific sales from the wider district. The figures above reflect the whole shared district rather than Bishopston alone.

Bristol, the local planning authority covering Bishopston, approved 55 residential planning applications and refused 30 in Q3 2026 (1 July to 30 September 2026), with 118 still awaiting a decision. That is an approval rate of 65%. Planning figures come from local planning authority records compiled by Landstack, retrieved on 3 October 2026. Councils and Landstack can take several days to publish decisions, so decisions made in the final days of Q3 2026 may not all be included yet.

Schemes approved in Q3 2026, together with those still awaiting a decision, propose around 1,528 homes, an estimated £497.3m of development value at local sale prices. Treat the unit total as an upper bound, since an outline permission and its reserved-matters application both count.

Bristol covers more than one town in Bristol, so these figures are authority-wide rather than specific to Bishopston alone.

Property prices in Bishopston vary significantly by type. The table below compares Bishopston prices with Bristol county averages and UK national figures.

Detached homes in Bishopston command £536,500, while flat properties are most accessible at £260,000. The £277k spread between the most and least expensive types indicates a diverse market with opportunities across the development spectrum.

HM Land Registry has so far registered 49 new-build sales in Bishopston for the past 12 months, 0.7% of registered transactions. New-build sales are typically registered 6 to 18 months after completion, so this understates current delivery and is not a completions figure.

On those registered sales, new builds in Bishopston sold at a discount of 4.3% to existing stock.

Across the wider Bristol market, 144 new-build sales have registered so far. See our Bristol property market report for the full county picture.

The table below shows the most recently registered residential sales in Bishopston, evidence of achieved prices for buyers, sellers and developers:

These transactions are sourced from HM Land Registry Price Paid data and represent completed, registered sales. The range from £247,000 to £422,975 illustrates the breadth of the Bishopston market.

For developers considering Bishopston, the local market data translates directly into finance structuring. With a median value of £345,000 and detached homes at £536,500, lenders can assess scheme viability with confidence.

A typical development finance facility for a scheme in Bishopston with a GDV of £536,500 would attract senior debt of approximately £348,725 at 65% LTGDV. Mezzanine finance can stretch total borrowing to 85-90% of costs, while bridging loans enable rapid site acquisitions completing in as little as 5 working days.

With prices rising 1.5% year-on-year, Bishopston presents a supportive environment for new development. Lenders view positive price momentum favourably when assessing loan applications.

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To put Bishopston's market in context, the table below compares it with similarly-priced towns across Bristol:

For the full Bristol town-by-town breakdown, see our comprehensive Bristol property market report.