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

Retford: East Coast Main Line market town with fast London services and growing commuter appeal.

The Retford property market recorded 635 residential sales in the 12 months to 30 June 2026, with a median sale price of £202,500. This places Retford in line with the Nottinghamshire county median, and £83k below the approximate UK median of £285,000.

Prices in Retford have recorded a notable decline, a year-on-year change of -9.6%. Within Nottinghamshire, Retford ranks 4th by price out of 7 principal towns, and 7th by transaction volume.

On a quarterly view, Retford median prices moved from £215,625 in Q1 2025 to £205,000 in Q2 2026, a change of -4.9% over 5 quarters.

Bassetlaw, the local planning authority covering Retford, approved 13 residential planning applications and refused 9 in Q3 2026 (1 July to 30 September 2026), with 53 still awaiting a decision. That is an approval rate of 59%. A further 3 residential decisions in the period have no recorded outcome in the source data and are not counted above. 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 513 homes, an estimated £102.5m 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.

Bassetlaw covers more than one town in Nottinghamshire, so these figures are authority-wide rather than specific to Retford alone.

Property prices in Retford vary significantly by type. The table below compares Retford prices with Nottinghamshire county averages and UK national figures.

Detached homes in Retford command £310,000, while flat properties are most accessible at £99,125. The £211k 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 22 new-build sales in Retford for the past 12 months, 3.5% 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.

Too few new-build sales have registered yet to quote a reliable new-build premium for Retford.

Across the wider Nottinghamshire market, 638 new-build sales have registered so far. See our Nottinghamshire property market report for the full county picture.

The table below shows the most recently registered residential sales in Retford, 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 £180,000 to £520,000 illustrates the breadth of the Retford market.

For developers considering Retford, the local market data translates directly into finance structuring. With a median value of £202,500 and detached homes at £310,000, lenders can assess scheme viability with confidence.

A typical development finance facility for a scheme in Retford with a GDV of £310,000 would attract senior debt of approximately £201,500 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 9.6% year-on-year, experienced developers can still generate strong returns in Retford by targeting well-located sites with clear demand drivers.

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

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