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

Mexborough: Don Valley town with affordable values and growing connectivity via the A1(M).

The Mexborough property market recorded 296 residential sales in the 12 months to 31 May 2026, with a median sale price of £122,500. This places Mexborough £48k below the South Yorkshire county median of £170,000, and £163k below the approximate UK median of £285,000.

Prices in Mexborough have shown strong growth, a year-on-year change of +3.4%. Within South Yorkshire, Mexborough ranks 5th by price out of 5 principal towns, and 5th by transaction volume.

On a quarterly view, Mexborough median prices moved from £132,750 in Q4 2024 to £120,000 in Q1 2026, a change of -9.6% over 5 quarters.

City of Doncaster Council, the local planning authority covering Mexborough, approved 445 residential planning applications and refused 108 in the last 12 months, with 124 still awaiting a decision. That is an approval rate of 80%.

Those applications propose around 3,375 homes, an estimated £414.4m 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.

City of Doncaster Council covers more than one town in South Yorkshire, so these figures are authority-wide rather than specific to Mexborough alone.

Property prices in Mexborough vary significantly by type. The table below compares Mexborough prices with South Yorkshire county averages and UK national figures.

Detached homes in Mexborough command £267,500, while terraced properties are most accessible at £78,800. The £189k spread between the most and least expensive types indicates a relatively compressed market where margins between types are tighter.

HM Land Registry has so far registered 0 new-build sales in Mexborough 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 Mexborough.

Across the wider South Yorkshire market, 496 new-build sales have registered so far. See our South Yorkshire property market report for the full county picture.

The table below shows the most recently registered residential sales in Mexborough, 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 £44,499 to £252,000 illustrates the breadth of the Mexborough market.

For developers considering Mexborough, the local market data translates directly into finance structuring. With a median value of £122,500 and detached homes at £267,500, lenders can assess scheme viability with confidence.

A typical development finance facility for a scheme in Mexborough with a GDV of £267,500 would attract senior debt of approximately £173,875 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 3.4% year-on-year, Mexborough presents a supportive environment for new development. Lenders view positive price momentum favourably when assessing loan applications.

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

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