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

Coalville: North West Leicestershire town near East Midlands Airport with affordable development land.

The Coalville property market recorded 2,002 residential sales in the 12 months to 31 May 2026, with a median sale price of £260,000. This places Coalville in line with the Leicestershire county median, and £25k below the approximate UK median of £285,000.

Prices in Coalville have recorded a moderate decline, a year-on-year change of -3.5%. Within Leicestershire, Coalville ranks 4th by price out of 7 principal towns, and 4th by transaction volume.

On a quarterly view, Coalville median prices moved from £261,975 in Q3 2024 to £250,000 in Q4 2025, a change of -4.6% over 5 quarters. The most recent quarter is excluded because HM Land Registry registrations for it are still incomplete.

North West Leicestershire District Council, the local planning authority covering Coalville, approved 320 residential planning applications and refused 32 in the last 12 months, with 140 still awaiting a decision. That is an approval rate of 91%.

Those applications propose around 2,680 homes, an estimated £678.9m 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.

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

Detached homes in Coalville command £350,000, while flat properties are most accessible at £142,000. The £208k 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 159 new-build sales in Coalville for the past 12 months, 7.9% 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 Coalville sold at a premium of 33.7% to existing stock.

Across the wider Leicestershire market, 695 new-build sales have registered so far. See our Leicestershire property market report for the full county picture.

The table below shows the most recently registered residential sales in Coalville, 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 £160,000 to £295,000 illustrates the breadth of the Coalville market.

For developers considering Coalville, the local market data translates directly into finance structuring. With a median value of £260,000 and detached homes at £350,000, lenders can assess scheme viability with confidence.

A typical development finance facility for a scheme in Coalville with a GDV of £350,000 would attract senior debt of approximately £227,500 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 3.5% year-on-year, experienced developers can still generate strong returns in Coalville by targeting well-located sites with clear demand drivers.

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

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