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

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

The Coalville property market recorded 2,019 residential sales in the 12 months to 30 June 2026, with a median sale price of £262,000. This places Coalville £2k below the Leicestershire county median of £263,975, and £23k below the approximate UK median of £285,000.

Prices in Coalville have been broadly stable, a year-on-year change of -1.1%. Within Leicestershire, Coalville ranks 5th by price out of 7 principal towns, and 4th by transaction volume.

On a quarterly view, Coalville median prices moved from £271,000 in Q1 2025 to £250,000 in Q2 2026, a change of -7.7% over 5 quarters. Coalville has now recorded 3 consecutive quarters of price falls.

North West Leicestershire, the local planning authority covering Coalville, approved 18 residential planning applications and refused 7 in Q3 2026 (1 July to 30 September 2026), with 76 still awaiting a decision. That is an approval rate of 72%. 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 1,302 homes, an estimated £342.3m 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.

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 £355,000, while flat properties are most accessible at £144,000. The £211k 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 147 new-build sales in Coalville for the past 12 months, 7.3% 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 30.9% to existing stock.

Across the wider Leicestershire market, 635 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 £120,000 to £445,000 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 £262,000 and detached homes at £355,000, lenders can assess scheme viability with confidence.

A typical development finance facility for a scheme in Coalville with a GDV of £355,000 would attract senior debt of approximately £230,750 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 1.1% 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.