Stratford-upon-Avon Property Market: House Prices, Sold Data & Development Finance, Q3 2026 Review

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The Stratford-upon-Avon property market recorded 2,535 residential sales in the 12 months to 30 June 2026, with a median sale price of £365,000. This places Stratford-upon-Avon £35k above the Warwickshire county median of £330,000, and £80k above the approximate UK median of £285,000.

Prices in Stratford-upon-Avon have been broadly stable, a year-on-year change of 0%. Within Warwickshire, Stratford-upon-Avon ranks 2nd by price out of 7 principal towns, and 1st by transaction volume.

On a quarterly view, Stratford-upon-Avon median prices moved from £372,500 in Q1 2025 to £360,000 in Q2 2026, a change of -3.4% over 5 quarters.

Stratford-Upon-Avon, the local planning authority covering Stratford-upon-Avon, approved 56 residential planning applications and refused 6 in Q3 2026 (1 July to 30 September 2026), with 127 still awaiting a decision. That is an approval rate of 90%. 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 4,604 homes, an estimated £1.7bn 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 Stratford-upon-Avon vary significantly by type. The table below compares Stratford-upon-Avon prices with Warwickshire county averages and UK national figures.

Detached homes in Stratford-upon-Avon command £518,000, while flat properties are most accessible at £175,100. The £343k 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 120 new-build sales in Stratford-upon-Avon for the past 12 months, 4.7% 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 Stratford-upon-Avon sold at a premium of 3.4% to existing stock.

Across the wider Warwickshire market, 397 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 Stratford-upon-Avon, 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 £207,500 to £605,000 illustrates the breadth of the Stratford-upon-Avon market.

For developers considering Stratford-upon-Avon, the local market data translates directly into finance structuring. With a median value of £365,000 and detached homes at £518,000, lenders can assess scheme viability with confidence.

A typical development finance facility for a scheme in Stratford-upon-Avon with a GDV of £518,000 would attract senior debt of approximately £336,700 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 remained flat year-on-year, experienced developers can still generate strong returns in Stratford-upon-Avon by targeting well-located sites with clear demand drivers.

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To put Stratford-upon-Avon'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.