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

Long Eaton: Erewash town near the Nottinghamshire border with HS2 East Midlands Hub station nearby.

The Long Eaton property market recorded 1,895 residential sales in the 12 months to 31 May 2026, with a median sale price of £210,000. This places Long Eaton £10k below the Derbyshire county median of £220,000, and £75k below the approximate UK median of £285,000.

Prices in Long Eaton have been broadly stable, a year-on-year change of 0%. Within Derbyshire, Long Eaton ranks 6th by price out of 8 principal towns, and 4th by transaction volume.

On a quarterly view, Long Eaton median prices moved from £212,000 in Q4 2024 to £217,750 in Q1 2026, a change of +2.7% over 5 quarters.

Long Eaton shares a HM Land Registry reporting district with neighbouring towns, and the source data does not distinguish Long Eaton-specific sales from the wider district. The figures above reflect the whole shared district rather than Long Eaton alone.

Erewash Borough Council, the local planning authority covering Long Eaton, approved 81 residential planning applications and refused 19 in the last 12 months, with 37 still awaiting a decision. That is an approval rate of 81%.

Those applications propose around 975 homes, an estimated £199.2m 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.

Erewash Borough Council covers more than one town in Derbyshire, so these figures are authority-wide rather than specific to Long Eaton alone.

Property prices in Long Eaton vary significantly by type. The table below compares Long Eaton prices with Derbyshire county averages and UK national figures.

Detached homes in Long Eaton command £320,000, while flat properties are most accessible at £118,000. The £202k 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 0 new-build sales in Long Eaton for the past 12 months, 0.0% 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 Long Eaton.

Across the wider Derbyshire market, 543 new-build sales have registered so far. See our Derbyshire property market report for the full county picture.

The table below shows the most recently registered residential sales in Long Eaton, 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 £172,000 to £353,000 illustrates the breadth of the Long Eaton market.

For developers considering Long Eaton, the local market data translates directly into finance structuring. With a median value of £210,000 and detached homes at £320,000, lenders can assess scheme viability with confidence.

A typical development finance facility for a scheme in Long Eaton with a GDV of £320,000 would attract senior debt of approximately £208,000 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 remained flat year-on-year, experienced developers can still generate strong returns in Long Eaton by targeting well-located sites with clear demand drivers.

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

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