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

Filton: Former Airbus airfield site delivering 2,700 homes in one of the UK's largest brownfield schemes.

The Filton property market recorded 4,599 residential sales in the 12 months to 30 June 2026, with a median sale price of £335,000. This places Filton in line with the Bristol county median, and £50k above the approximate UK median of £285,000.

Prices in Filton have been broadly stable, a year-on-year change of -1.5%. Within Bristol, Filton ranks 1st by price out of 1 principal towns, and 1st by transaction volume.

On a quarterly view, Filton median prices moved from £342,500 in Q1 2025 to £340,000 in Q2 2026, a change of -0.7% over 5 quarters.

South Gloucestershire, the local planning authority covering Filton, approved 67 residential planning applications and refused 18 in Q3 2026 (1 July to 30 September 2026), with 130 still awaiting a decision. That is an approval rate of 79%. 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 7,007 homes, an estimated £2.1bn 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 Filton vary significantly by type. The table below compares Filton prices with Bristol county averages and UK national figures.

Detached homes in Filton command £500,000, while flat properties are most accessible at £197,975. The £302k 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 144 new-build sales in Filton for the past 12 months, 3.1% 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 Filton sold at a premium of 26.1% 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 Filton, 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 £262,000 to £455,000 illustrates the breadth of the Filton market.

For developers considering Filton, the local market data translates directly into finance structuring. With a median value of £335,000 and detached homes at £500,000, lenders can assess scheme viability with confidence.

A typical development finance facility for a scheme in Filton with a GDV of £500,000 would attract senior debt of approximately £325,000 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 1.5% year-on-year, experienced developers can still generate strong returns in Filton by targeting well-located sites with clear demand drivers.

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To put Filton'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.