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

Rugby: Major growth town with western expansion delivering 6,200 homes and strong London rail links.

The Rugby property market recorded 1,911 residential sales in the 12 months to 31 May 2026, with a median sale price of £285,000. This places Rugby £45k below the Warwickshire county median of £330,000, and in line with the approximate UK median of £285,000.

Prices in Rugby have recorded a moderate decline, a year-on-year change of -3.4%. Within Warwickshire, Rugby ranks 5th by price out of 7 principal towns, and 2nd by transaction volume.

On a quarterly view, Rugby median prices moved from £287,000 in Q3 2024 to £285,000 in Q4 2025, a change of -0.7% over 5 quarters. The most recent quarter is excluded because HM Land Registry registrations for it are still incomplete.

Rugby Borough Council, the local planning authority covering Rugby, approved 156 residential planning applications and refused 20 in the last 12 months, with 166 still awaiting a decision. That is an approval rate of 89%.

Those applications propose around 1,258 homes, an estimated £346.8m 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 Rugby vary significantly by type. The table below compares Rugby prices with Warwickshire county averages and UK national figures.

Detached homes in Rugby command £429,000, while flat properties are most accessible at £135,000. The £294k 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 136 new-build sales in Rugby for the past 12 months, 7.1% 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 Rugby sold at a premium of 50.1% to existing stock.

Across the wider Warwickshire market, 483 new-build sales have registered so far. See our Warwickshire property market report for the full county picture.

The table below shows the most recently registered residential sales in Rugby, 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 £120,000 to £350,000 illustrates the breadth of the Rugby market.

For developers considering Rugby, the local market data translates directly into finance structuring. With a median value of £285,000 and detached homes at £429,000, lenders can assess scheme viability with confidence.

A typical development finance facility for a scheme in Rugby with a GDV of £429,000 would attract senior debt of approximately £278,850 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 3.4% year-on-year, experienced developers can still generate strong returns in Rugby by targeting well-located sites with clear demand drivers.

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

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