The median home in Engine Common sells for £500,000
That is the middle of 73 standard sales recorded by HM Land Registry from September 2023 to August 2026, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. Below: what each type of home sells for, the spread of prices, every year since 1995, new builds, the busiest streets and the neighbours. Rents and council tax are on Cost of living.
Two thirds of Engine Common’s sales are detached houses
73 homes sold in three years: 47 detached houses, 21 semi-detached houses, 3 terraced houses and 2 flats and maisonettes.
median sale · 47 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £468K–£595K
- Last 12 months
- £563K10 sold
- New build
- £567K
median sale · 21 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £385K–£450K
- New build
- £411K
Terraced houses: 3 sold
Flats and maisonettes: 2 sold
Too few sales for a card of their own.
Mostly detached: two thirds of homes sold stand on their own plot
Standard sales, Sep 2023 to Aug 2026. A median needs 5 sales of a type; “middle half” is the 25th to 75th percentile of 10 or more.
Half of Engine Common’s homes sold for between £415K and £580K
One sale in ten was under £375K and one in ten over £640K. 3% sold for under £250K.
The median, £500,000, sits in the £500–750K band
73 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
The typical home costs up 4% as in 2006, a slower rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £440,000 in 2006 to £458,000 in the last 12 months.
More homes sell than in most years
15 sales in the last 12 months, against 37 in 2024, the busiest year, and 5 in 2012. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 42% more sales than 2020.
Engine Common costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Engine Common, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
Prices are as paid, not adjusted for inflation. Standard (category A) sales only; Land Registry adds a sale when it is registered, so the newest months fill in later.
13% of homes sold in the last 12 months were new builds
88 new homes have been sold in Engine Common since 1995; the share peaked at 86% in 2023.
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
A new home sold for a median £531,500
against £468,000 for a home sold on, 14% more, over three years. New homes are often a different mix from the homes sold on, so part of the gap is size and type.
3% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 0% sold leasehold in Engine Common. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
Molly Meadows is Engine Common’s busiest street, with 17 sales in three years
7 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 2 of them ten or more. A busy street is often a new estate selling its first homes, or a long road of terraces and flats.
| # | Street | Postcode area | Sales | Median | Homes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Molly Meadows | BS37 | 17 | £450,000 | Mixed · new builds |
| 2 | Willow Close | BS37 | 11 | £460,000 | Mostly detached houses · new builds |
| 3 | The Addlings | BS37 | 7 | £610,000 | Mostly detached houses · new builds |
| 4 | North Road | BS37 | 7 | £500,000 | Mixed |
| 5 | Great Oak Way | BS37 | 6 | £472,500 | Mostly semi-detached houses · new builds |
| 6 | Nibley Lane | BS37 | 6 | £265,000 | Mixed |
| 7 | Broad Lane | BS37 | 5 | £410,000 | Mostly detached houses |
Standard sales with a street name, grouped by street and postcode district (Sep 2023 to Aug 2026); a name used in two districts shows the district. Medians only: we don’t list individual sales.
Engine Common’s neighbours
Cheaper nearby: Yate, Chipping Sodbury and Frampton Cotterell and Winterbourne.
| Town | Miles | Median | Sold, 12 mo | Since 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Engine Common | — | £500K | 15 | — |
| Yate | 1.1 | £289K | 406 | +33% |
| Chipping Sodbury | 2 | £360K | 105 | +33% |
| Frampton Cotterell and Winterbourne | 2.7 | £400K | 159 | +31% |
| Wickwar | 3.4 | £425K | 11 | +34% |
| Pucklechurch | 4.6 | £308K | 23 | +43% |
| Alveston | 5 | £410K | 29 | +29% |
| Bradley Stoke | 5 | £316K | 295 | +40% |
Median: standard sales over three years (10+ needed). Since 2016: the median over three years against 2016’s. Miles: centre to centre.
Questions about property prices in Engine Common
What is the average house price in Engine Common?
The median home in Engine Common sold for £500,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 73 standard sales (£458,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £568,000 and semi-detached houses £415,000.
Are house prices going up in Engine Common?
The median was £550,000 in 2025, up 20% on 2024 (£460,000), and £458,000 in the last 12 months. A town’s median moves with the mix of homes sold each year as well as with prices.
How many homes sell in Engine Common each year?
15 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 16 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
How much does a new build cost in Engine Common?
New homes sold for a median £531,500 over three years, against £468,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 60% of sales.
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid, every standard sale since January 1995 (yearly files of 28 September 2026), inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary by postcode (ONS Postcode Directory) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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