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

Rotherham: Forge Island regeneration and growing residential demand adjacent to Sheffield.

The Rotherham property market recorded 3,862 residential sales in the 12 months to 31 May 2026, with a median sale price of £185,000. This places Rotherham £15k above the South Yorkshire county median of £170,000, and £100k below the approximate UK median of £285,000.

Prices in Rotherham have shown modest growth, a year-on-year change of +1.6%. Within South Yorkshire, Rotherham ranks 2nd by price out of 5 principal towns, and 3rd by transaction volume.

On a quarterly view, Rotherham median prices moved from £181,459 in Q3 2024 to £185,000 in Q4 2025, a change of +2.0% over 5 quarters. Rotherham 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.

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council, the local planning authority covering Rotherham, approved 26 residential planning applications and refused 13 in the last 12 months, with 34 still awaiting a decision. That is an approval rate of 67%.

Those applications propose around 1,023 homes, an estimated £181.8m 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 Rotherham vary significantly by type. The table below compares Rotherham prices with South Yorkshire county averages and UK national figures.

Detached homes in Rotherham command £309,995, while flat properties are most accessible at £104,000. The £206k 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 216 new-build sales in Rotherham for the past 12 months, 5.6% 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 Rotherham sold at a premium of 61.9% to existing stock.

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 Rotherham, 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 £90,000 to £360,000 illustrates the breadth of the Rotherham market.

For developers considering Rotherham, the local market data translates directly into finance structuring. With a median value of £185,000 and detached homes at £309,995, lenders can assess scheme viability with confidence.

A typical development finance facility for a scheme in Rotherham with a GDV of £309,995 would attract senior debt of approximately £201,497 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 1.6% year-on-year, Rotherham presents a supportive environment for new development. Lenders view positive price momentum favourably when assessing loan applications.

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To put Rotherham'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.