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

Tewkesbury: Historic market town at the M5/M50 junction with major housing growth plans.

The Tewkesbury property market recorded 1,858 residential sales in the 12 months to 30 June 2026, with a median sale price of £325,000. This places Tewkesbury in line with the Gloucestershire county median, and £40k above the approximate UK median of £285,000.

Prices in Tewkesbury have been broadly stable, a year-on-year change of -1.1%. Within Gloucestershire, Tewkesbury ranks 4th by price out of 6 principal towns, and 4th by transaction volume.

On a quarterly view, Tewkesbury median prices moved from £341,498 in Q1 2025 to £290,000 in Q2 2026, a change of -15.1% over 5 quarters. Tewkesbury has now recorded 3 consecutive quarters of price falls.

The local planning authority for Tewkesbury approved 17 residential planning applications and refused 7 in Q3 2026 (1 July to 30 September 2026), with 53 still awaiting a decision. That is an approval rate of 71%. 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 3,943 homes, an estimated £1.3bn 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 Tewkesbury vary significantly by type. The table below compares Tewkesbury prices with Gloucestershire county averages and UK national figures.

Detached homes in Tewkesbury command £485,000, while flat properties are most accessible at £150,000. The £335k 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 130 new-build sales in Tewkesbury for the past 12 months, 7.0% 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.

On those registered sales, new builds in Tewkesbury sold at a premium of 33.8% to existing stock.

Across the wider Gloucestershire market, 337 new-build sales have registered so far. See our Gloucestershire property market report for the full county picture.

The table below shows the most recently registered residential sales in Tewkesbury, 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 £330,000 to £750,000 illustrates the breadth of the Tewkesbury market.

For developers considering Tewkesbury, the local market data translates directly into finance structuring. With a median value of £325,000 and detached homes at £485,000, lenders can assess scheme viability with confidence.

A typical development finance facility for a scheme in Tewkesbury with a GDV of £485,000 would attract senior debt of approximately £315,250 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 1.1% year-on-year, experienced developers can still generate strong returns in Tewkesbury by targeting well-located sites with clear demand drivers.

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

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