Buxton Property Market: House Prices, Sold Data & Development Finance, Q3 2026 Edition

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The Buxton property market recorded 1,547 residential sales in the 12 months to 31 May 2026, with a median sale price of £255,000. This places Buxton £35k above the Derbyshire county median of £220,000, and £30k below the approximate UK median of £285,000.

Prices in Buxton have been broadly stable, a year-on-year change of -1.9%. Within Derbyshire, Buxton ranks 2nd by price out of 7 principal towns, and 5th by transaction volume.

On a quarterly view, Buxton median prices moved from £267,500 in Q3 2024 to £260,000 in Q4 2025, a change of -2.8% over 5 quarters. The most recent quarter is excluded because HM Land Registry registrations for it are still incomplete.

Derbyshire Dales District Council, the local planning authority covering Buxton, approved 226 residential planning applications and refused 44 in the last 12 months, with 113 still awaiting a decision. That is an approval rate of 84%.

Those applications propose around 532 homes, an estimated £134.0m 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.

Derbyshire Dales District Council covers more than one town in Derbyshire, so these figures are authority-wide rather than specific to Buxton alone.

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

Detached homes in Buxton command £422,475, while flat properties are most accessible at £155,000. The £267k 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 47 new-build sales in Buxton for the past 12 months, 3.0% 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 Buxton sold at a premium of 55.0% to existing stock.

Across the wider Derbyshire market, 543 new-build sales have registered so far. See our Derbyshire property market report for the full county picture.

The table below shows the most recently registered residential sales in Buxton, 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 £210,000 to £465,000 illustrates the breadth of the Buxton market.

For developers considering Buxton, the local market data translates directly into finance structuring. With a median value of £255,000 and detached homes at £422,475, lenders can assess scheme viability with confidence.

A typical development finance facility for a scheme in Buxton with a GDV of £422,475 would attract senior debt of approximately £274,609 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.

While prices have softened 1.9% year-on-year, experienced developers can still generate strong returns in Buxton by targeting well-located sites with clear demand drivers.

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

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