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Coventry market report CV
The CV (Coventry) house price history in full, 1995 to 2026, in cash and in today's money. Underneath every chart here sit 446,870 registered sales in the CV postcode area (Coventry) since 1995, the HM Land Registry record of what buyers really paid, with ONS figures covering rents. Nothing is a valuation, an estimate or an asking price.
Sales recorded to August 2026; rents are ONS figures for May 2026. The page rebuilds with each monthly release. Page updated 19 October 2026.
In short: the middle 2026 sale in the CV postcode area (Coventry) came in at £273,000, out of 5,026 registered, up 5% on five years earlier, and the mean stands at £320,100, and by floor area homes here have averaged about £3,300 per square metre over the last five years. The record behind it is 446,870 completed sales lodged with HM Land Registry since 1995, monthly refreshed, with no valuations or asking prices anywhere in the figures.
CV is the postcode area centred on Coventry, taking in 24 districts. Figures this wide smooth over big local differences, so use the district reports below for anywhere specific.
Where CV sits
Shaded by median price on the same scale as the average prices map. Click any shape to open it on the live map with every sale plotted at its address, or zoom in past street level to see the sold homes right here.
What CV homes really sell for
The CV median stands at £273,000 for 2026, built from 5,026 registered sales; the mean, the figure usually quoted as the "average house price", is £320,100, well above it, the signature of a heavy top tail: a handful of expensive sales lifting the average.
Price per square metre in CV
Measured by floor area, the last five years of CV sales average about £3,300 per square metre. Price per square metre is the fair way to compare a one-bed flat with a four-bed house, and it comes from the Energy Performance Certificate on each sold home.
For scale: the England and Wales median is £285,000, so CV trades 4% below the country as a whole.
CV's median sold price, 1995 to 2026
One line records the median as paid; the other restates every year in today's money via ONS CPIH, the honest measure of getting dearer. Hover for year figures, click the legend to isolate a line.
See this chart as a table
| Year | Median (cash) | Median (today's £) | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | £273,000 | £273,000 | 5,026 |
| 2025 | £285,000 | £291,815 | 13,069 |
| 2024 | £280,000 | £297,698 | 12,622 |
| 2023 | £275,000 | £302,158 | 11,304 |
| 2022 | £270,000 | £316,606 | 14,592 |
| 2021 | £260,000 | £329,194 | 16,729 |
| 2020 | £243,000 | £315,298 | 11,736 |
| 2019 | £230,000 | £301,475 | 13,433 |
| 2018 | £228,000 | £303,928 | 14,222 |
| 2017 | £215,000 | £293,238 | 14,288 |
| 2016 | £195,000 | £272,807 | 14,501 |
| 2015 | £185,000 | £261,405 | 14,049 |
| 2014 | £173,500 | £246,140 | 13,607 |
| 2013 | £164,300 | £236,411 | 11,659 |
| 2012 | £158,000 | £232,556 | 9,731 |
| 2011 | £152,000 | £229,462 | 9,757 |
| 2010 | £155,000 | £243,080 | 9,533 |
| 2009 | £150,000 | £241,126 | 8,929 |
| 2008 | £150,000 | £245,882 | 9,524 |
| 2007 | £155,000 | £262,923 | 18,236 |
| 2006 | £150,000 | £260,381 | 20,021 |
| 2005 | £143,000 | £254,482 | 15,842 |
| 2004 | £138,000 | £250,635 | 17,955 |
| 2003 | £118,000 | £217,385 | 18,462 |
| 2002 | £98,500 | £185,327 | 20,776 |
| 2001 | £82,000 | £157,641 | 18,195 |
| 2000 | £74,000 | £145,225 | 16,659 |
| 1999 | £67,000 | £133,528 | 17,534 |
| 1998 | £60,000 | £121,114 | 14,705 |
| 1997 | £57,500 | £117,921 | 15,305 |
| 1996 | £53,500 | £112,829 | 13,861 |
| 1995 | £51,000 | £110,866 | 11,008 |
In cash terms the typical CV home went from £51,000 in 1995 to £273,000 in 2026, roughly 5 times the price. Even after inflation that is a real rise of about 146%: homes here genuinely became dearer, not merely more expensive on paper. Measured in today's money the market peaked in 2021; the current median sits about 17% below that. Someone who bought at the 2021 peak has not yet seen that price back in real terms.
Year-on-year change in the CV median
Each bar is the change on the year before, in cash. The zero line is the boundary between rising and falling.
The strongest year on record here is 2002 (+20.1% on the year before); the weakest, 2026 (−4.2%). Single-year swings like these are why the annualised table below matters more than any one year's headline.
Growth per year, over one to twenty years
| Period | Cash, per year | Real terms, per year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year (since 2025) | −4.2% | −6.4% |
| 5 years (since 2021) | +1.0% | −3.7% |
| 6 years (since 2020) | +2.0% | −2.4% |
| 10 years (since 2016) | +3.4% | 0.0% |
| 20 years (since 2006) | +3.0% | +0.2% |
The table annualises median growth over each period, with the real column deflated by ONS CPIH. Smoothing hides the cycle (see the chart above for it), and none of this forecasts: it is the record.
Detached, semi, terraced, flat: four markets in one
A single median hides the split beneath it. Sales of terraced homes dominate the record here, 34% of the typed total. A detached home currently trades at £440,000 against £155,200 for a flat, 2.8 times the price.
Median by property type, CV
One line per type, years with too few sales omitted. Hover for the year's figures; click a legend entry to isolate a type.
| Type | Median (2026) | Sales that year | All-time sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | £440,000 | 1,223 | 109,444 |
| Semi-detached | £280,000 | 1,596 | 133,147 |
| Terraced | £227,200 | 1,628 | 151,898 |
| Flats | £155,200 | 579 | 52,381 |
Transaction volumes
How many homes change hands
Recorded sales per year. The dip after 2008 is the financial crisis; the last bar is still filling in as recent sales get registered.
Month by month, five years back
Monthly registrations. The sawtooth is seasonal; the register runs weeks behind completions at the right-hand edge.
CV recorded 9,294 sales in the last twelve months of data. Like most of England and Wales, turnover never fully recovered from 2008: the market here averaged 18,268 sales a year before the financial crisis and 11,323 a year over the last five. Volume matters as much as price: when few homes change hands, the median gets jumpy and a single street can move the figure. The most recent year is always still filling in, because sales appear in the Land Registry weeks or months after completion.
The shape of the CV market
CV is a liquid market by any standard, with 9,294 sales in the last twelve months of data. Figures built on that many transactions move because the market moves, and for no other reason.
What tenants pay around CV
CV falls under Coventry, the local authority covering most of the CV area (parts fall under Stratford-on-Avon and Warwick, where rents differ), where the ONS puts the average private rent at £1,017 a month (May 2026 figures). Size sets most of the rent: one-beds average £757 a month here against £1,452 for four or more bedrooms.
Average monthly rent by size, Coventry
ONS Price Index of Private Rents, May 2026.
Against the £273,000 median purchase price, a rent of £1,017 a month (£12,204 a year) works out at a 4.5% gross yield, a ceiling figure that ignores letting costs, voids, maintenance and tax. Because rents are local-authority statistics, districts sharing the authority share the figure.
Common questions on CV (Coventry)
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What happens to CV prices now?
No honest page predicts prices, so this one sticks to the record: the median is up 5% over five years in cash but down 17% after inflation. Anyone weighing a purchase should read the volume chart with the price chart, remembering that these are completed sales, registered weeks after the deals were actually struck.
On the market in CV today
Everything above is what homes in CV sold for. The live side of the market holds 1,327 homes at the moment, listed by 6 agents publishing to HomesIndex, at a typical asking price 4% above the CV median sold price.
At the pace of the last twelve months' registered sales (9,294 in CV), the 1,327 homes listed here amount to about 7 weeks of supply. Not every agent publishes to HomesIndex, so the true figure is higher.
11% of current listings sit under the prices comparable homes actually fetched. Each listing is compared with recent recorded sales of similar homes nearby.
"Under comparable sales" means the asking price sits below what similar homes nearby actually fetched. Treat it as the start of a conversation, never a valuation, and always view the home.
See every CV home for sale on the map →
Live asking prices from estate agents who publish a feed to HomesIndex, refreshed every Monday and Thursday: a sample of the market, not every home for sale. Asking prices are not sale prices.
When homes in CV change hands
Across the 68,316 sales completed in CV from 2021 to 2025, March was the busiest month for completions (10.9% of the total) and April the quietest (6.5%). That is a marked seasonal rhythm. A sale completes weeks after it is agreed, so the busy month reflects deals struck earlier in the year; a seller who wants competition should be on the market ahead of it.
Sales by month, 2021 to 2025
| Month | Sales | Share |
|---|---|---|
| January | 4,421 | 6.5% |
| February | 5,289 | 7.7% |
| March | 7,478 | 10.9% |
| April | 4,412 | 6.5% |
| May | 4,887 | 7.2% |
| June | 6,984 | 10.2% |
| July | 5,204 | 7.6% |
| August | 5,823 | 8.5% |
| September | 6,594 | 9.7% |
| October | 5,760 | 8.4% |
| November | 5,587 | 8.2% |
| December | 5,877 | 8.6% |
Moving up a bedroom in CV: the cost
Real sold prices by size across the CV area, straight from the Land Registry record. The jump between sizes is local: in some areas a third bedroom adds a quarter to the price, in others nearly four fifths, so a national rule of thumb will mislead you here.
| Type | 1 bed | 2 bed | 3 bed | 4 bed | 5 bed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | £265,000 | £307,000 (+16%) | £360,000 (+17%) | £470,000 (+31%) | £676,747 (+44%) |
| Semi-detached | £215,000 | £242,000 (+13%) | £275,000 (+14%) | £340,000 (+24%) | £460,000 (+35%) |
| Terraced | £190,000 | £200,000 (+5%) | £225,000 (+13%) | £285,000 (+27%) | £400,000 (+40%) |
| Flat | £120,000 | £151,250 (+26%) | £210,000 (+39%) | £317,500 (+51%) | £450,000 (+42%) |
Medians of recorded sales over the last four years, by built form and bedroom count. Sold homes carry no advertised bedroom count, so sizes are estimated from their EPC records; a small number of homes will sit one size out. Where too few homes exist to say anything meaningful, the cell is blank.
The risers and the fallers
The spread across the CV area is the point: the same five years treated these districts very differently.
Winners and losers across the CV area, five years
The biggest risers and fallers in cash terms; every row links to that district's report.
District by district
The area medians above hide a lot. Here is every CV district with enough sales to measure, dearest first; each links to its own full report.
| District | Median (2026) | 5-year | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| CV33 Harbury and surrounding villages | £441,200 | +24% | 64 |
| CV35 Wellesbourne, Gaydon | £405,000 | +6% | 163 |
| CV36 | £390,000 | +11% | 89 |
| CV37 | £374,000 | +1% | 342 |
| CV32 Leamington Spa (north), Lillington | £370,000 | +6% | 226 |
| CV8 Kenilworth, Baginton | £365,500 | -5% | 236 |
| CV23 Thurlaston, Princethorpe | £335,000 | +5% | 181 |
| CV34 Warwick, Heathcote | £331,500 | +7% | 266 |
| CV7 Exhall, Ash Green | £322,000 | +0% | 171 |
| CV47 Southam and surrounding villages | £320,000 | +7% | 175 |
| CV13 Barlestone, Barton in the Beans | £315,000 | -2% | 71 |
| CV31 Leamington Spa (south), Sydenham | £305,000 | +10% | 235 |
| CV22 Rugby (south), Bilton | £296,500 | +5% | 258 |
| CV11 Nuneaton C & E (town centre, Abbey Green | £257,200 | -3% | 206 |
| CV9 Atherstone, Mancetter | £255,000 | +0% | 139 |
| CV5 Coventry NW (Allesley, Allesley Park | £253,500 | +7% | 299 |
| CV3 Coventry SE (Binley, Whitley | £250,000 | +11% | 330 |
| CV12 Bedworth (except Exhall and Ash Green), Bulkington | £228,500 | +14% | 176 |
| CV10 Nuneaton N & W (Weddington, Stockingford | £225,000 | +11% | 303 |
| CV21 Rugby (north), Brownsover | £225,000 | +7% | 259 |
| CV2 Coventry NE (Walsgrave, Wyken | £220,000 | +14% | 272 |
| CV4 Coventry SW (Tile Hill, Canley | £220,000 | -9% | 150 |
| CV6 Coventry N (Holbrooks, Coundon | £210,500 | +15% | 368 |
| CV1 Coventry C (Coventry City Centre, Gosford Green | £151,000 | +5% | 47 |
Before you sell in CV: what the record supports
Ground the asking price in real sold prices first. The average prices map gives a rough value in a minute: start at CV's shading and zoom to the sold homes on the street itself. Agents work from this same Land Registry record when they value; this page puts it in front of you before they arrive.
Keep digging
The AI answers from the same Land Registry data this report is built on, already scoped to CV. Free after a one click sign in.
Two maps carry on from here: every CV sale at its exact address, and the average prices map from area shading down to single homes. The report tool answers a specific question in writing, and each sale's mortgage and rent calculator prices a real purchase.
Method, briefly: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data (Crown copyright, OGL v3.0) supplies every sale, geocoded to address level; CPIH from the ONS restates prices in today's money; ONS local-authority figures supply the rents. Medians of real sales, not valuations. No part of this page is financial advice.