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

Gloucester: Cathedral city with docks regeneration, Kings Quarter development, and affordable urban values.

The Gloucester property market recorded 2,094 residential sales in the 12 months to 31 May 2026, with a median sale price of £250,000. This places Gloucester £70k below the Gloucestershire county median of £320,000, and £35k below the approximate UK median of £285,000.

Prices in Gloucester have been broadly stable, a year-on-year change of -0.6%. Within Gloucestershire, Gloucester ranks 6th by price out of 6 principal towns, and 2nd by transaction volume.

On a quarterly view, Gloucester median prices moved from £260,000 in Q3 2024 to £251,000 in Q4 2025, a change of -3.5% over 5 quarters. Gloucester has now recorded 2 consecutive quarters of price growth. The most recent quarter is excluded because HM Land Registry registrations for it are still incomplete.

Gloucester City Council, the local planning authority covering Gloucester, approved 193 residential planning applications and refused 57 in the last 12 months, with 70 still awaiting a decision. That is an approval rate of 77%.

Those applications propose around 614 homes, an estimated £145.1m 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 Gloucester vary significantly by type. The table below compares Gloucester prices with Gloucestershire county averages and UK national figures.

Detached homes in Gloucester command £385,000, while flat properties are most accessible at £141,000. The £244k 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 45 new-build sales in Gloucester for the past 12 months, 2.1% 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 Gloucester sold at a premium of 36.6% to existing stock.

Across the wider Gloucestershire market, 378 new-build sales have registered so far. See our Gloucestershire property market report for the full county picture.

The table below shows the most recently registered residential sales in Gloucester, 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 £140,000 to £360,000 illustrates the breadth of the Gloucester market.

For developers considering Gloucester, the local market data translates directly into finance structuring. With a median value of £250,000 and detached homes at £385,000, lenders can assess scheme viability with confidence.

A typical development finance facility for a scheme in Gloucester with a GDV of £385,000 would attract senior debt of approximately £250,250 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 0.6% year-on-year, experienced developers can still generate strong returns in Gloucester by targeting well-located sites with clear demand drivers.

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

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