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

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The Melton Mowbray property market recorded 977 residential sales in the 12 months to 31 May 2026, with a median sale price of £260,000. This places Melton Mowbray in line with the Leicestershire county median, and £25k below the approximate UK median of £285,000.

Prices in Melton Mowbray have recorded a notable decline, a year-on-year change of -5.5%. Within Leicestershire, Melton Mowbray ranks 6th by price out of 7 principal towns, and 6th by transaction volume.

On a quarterly view, Melton Mowbray median prices moved from £275,000 in Q3 2024 to £280,000 in Q4 2025, a change of +1.8% over 5 quarters. Melton Mowbray 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.

Melton Borough Council, the local planning authority covering Melton Mowbray, approved 128 residential planning applications and refused 37 in the last 12 months, with 73 still awaiting a decision. That is an approval rate of 78%.

Those applications propose around 815 homes, an estimated £209.9m 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 Melton Mowbray vary significantly by type. The table below compares Melton Mowbray prices with Leicestershire county averages and UK national figures.

Detached homes in Melton Mowbray command £380,000, while flat properties are most accessible at £133,750. The £246k 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 103 new-build sales in Melton Mowbray for the past 12 months, 10.5% 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.

On those registered sales, new builds in Melton Mowbray sold at a premium of 8.8% to existing stock.

Across the wider Leicestershire market, 695 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 Melton Mowbray, 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 £160,000 to £345,000 illustrates the breadth of the Melton Mowbray market.

For developers considering Melton Mowbray, the local market data translates directly into finance structuring. With a median value of £260,000 and detached homes at £380,000, lenders can assess scheme viability with confidence.

A typical development finance facility for a scheme in Melton Mowbray with a GDV of £380,000 would attract senior debt of approximately £247,000 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 5.5% year-on-year, experienced developers can still generate strong returns in Melton Mowbray by targeting well-located sites with clear demand drivers.

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To put Melton Mowbray'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.