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

Crawley: Gatwick Airport town with strong employment base and demand for both residential and commercial property.

The Crawley property market recorded 1,328 residential sales in the 12 months to 30 June 2026, with a median sale price of £349,975. This places Crawley £13k below the Sussex county median of £362,488, and £65k above the approximate UK median of £285,000.

Prices in Crawley have shown modest growth, a year-on-year change of +1.4%. Within Sussex, Crawley ranks 6th by price out of 10 principal towns, and 10th by transaction volume.

On a quarterly view, Crawley median prices moved from £350,000 in Q1 2025 to £350,000 in Q2 2026, a change of 0.0% over 5 quarters. Crawley has now recorded 2 consecutive quarters of price growth.

The local planning authority for Crawley approved 5 residential planning applications and refused 2 in Q3 2026 (1 July to 30 September 2026), with 15 still awaiting a decision. Too few decisions were captured in the period to state a reliable approval rate. 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 251 homes, an estimated £68.0m 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.

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

Detached homes in Crawley command £590,000, while flat properties are most accessible at £207,125. The £383k 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 7 new-build sales in Crawley for the past 12 months, 0.5% 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.

Too few new-build sales have registered yet to quote a reliable new-build premium for Crawley.

Across the wider Sussex market, 416 new-build sales have registered so far. See our Sussex property market report for the full county picture.

The table below shows the most recently registered residential sales in Crawley, 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 £247,500 to £435,000 illustrates the breadth of the Crawley market.

For developers considering Crawley, the local market data translates directly into finance structuring. With a median value of £349,975 and detached homes at £590,000, lenders can assess scheme viability with confidence.

A typical development finance facility for a scheme in Crawley with a GDV of £590,000 would attract senior debt of approximately £383,500 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.

With prices rising 1.4% year-on-year, Crawley presents a supportive environment for new development. Lenders view positive price momentum favourably when assessing loan applications.

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

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