That is the middle of 1,493 standard sales recorded by HM Land Registry from September 2023 to August 2026, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. The typical home sells for 5.2 times as much as in 1995. 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.
A third of Great Malvern’s sales are detached houses
1,493 homes sold in three years: 517 detached houses, 501 semi-detached houses, 227 terraced houses and 248 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for twice what a flat does.
Detached houses£400K
median sale · 517 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£335K–£512K
Last 12 months
£402K124 sold
New build
£370K
Semi-detached houses£290K
median sale · 501 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£250K–£340K
Last 12 months
£295K144 sold
New build
£291K
Terraced houses£220K
median sale · 227 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£194K–£265K
Last 12 months
£220K69 sold
Flats and maisonettes£197K
median sale · 248 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£140K–£288K
Last 12 months
£205K63 sold
New build
£260K
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 35% of sales
Detached houses35%
Semi-detached houses34%
Terraced houses15%
Flats and maisonettes17%
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.
Price range
Half of Great Malvern’s homes sold for between £230K and £391K
One sale in ten was under £173K and one in ten over £550K. 30% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £300,000, sits in the £300–400K band
1,493 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.2 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £58,000 in 1995 to £300,000 in the last 12 months (£239,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
400 sales in the last 12 months, against 807 in 1999, the busiest year, and 399 in 2008. Sales fell by 34% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 13%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 60% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Great Malvern costs about what England does
Median sale price each calendar year: Great Malvern, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Semi-detached houses rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£83K
£134K
£249K
£247K
£266K
£339K
£402K
Semi-detached houses
£55K
£81K
£169K
£183K
£185K
£236K
£295K
Terraced houses
£46K
£65K
£137K
£142K
£155K
£195K
£220K
Flats and maisonettes
£49K
£56K
£120K
£115K
£157K
£180K
£205K
Calendar years; a year’s median needs 5 sales of the type, so gaps are years with fewer.
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.
New builds
New builds have slowed: 1% of sales in the last 12 months, after 17% in 2022
1,698 new homes have been sold in Great Malvern since 1995; the share peaked at 17% in 2022.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
A new home sold for a median £351,500
against £295,000 for a home sold on, 19% 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.
19% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 2.6% sold leasehold in Great Malvern. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
Streets
Worcester Road is Great Malvern’s busiest street, with 57 sales in three years
106 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 32 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
Worcester Road
WR14
57
£185,000
Mostly flats
2
West Malvern Road
WR14
32
£413,250
Mixed
3
Ryle Way
WR14
28
£307,325
Mixed · new builds
4
Pickersleigh Road
WR14
26
£320,000
Mixed
5
Victoria Road
WR14
26
£245,000
Mostly flats
6
Doppler Road
WR14
25
£355,000
Mixed · new builds
7
St Andrews Road
WR14
17
£410,000
Mixed
8
Cowleigh Road
WR14
17
£350,000
Mixed
9
Howsell Road
WR14
17
£130,000
Mostly flats
10
Meadow Road
WR14
16
£341,500
Mostly detached houses
11
Wells Road
WR14
15
£475,000
Mixed
12
Ellerslie Drive
WR14
15
£354,000
Mostly flats · new builds
13
Court Road
WR14
15
£310,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
14
Hill View Road
WR14
14
£194,500
Mixed
15
Quest Hills Road
WR14
13
£280,000
Mixed
Dearest streets
Blackmore Road: £730,000
Great Malvern median£300K
Blackmore Road£730K
Guarlford Road£708K
Alexandra Road£638K
Croftdown Court£630K
Peachfield Road£620K
Cheapest streets
Barnards Green Road: £110,000
Great Malvern median£300K
Barnards Green Road£110K
Peak View£120K
Howsell Road£130K
Chestnut Drive£142K
Hanley Terrace£148K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 6.6 times the cheapest’s. Street medians mix types: a street of detached houses beats one of flats.
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.
Across Worcestershire
Great Malvern is the 12th most expensive of 22 towns in Worcestershire
Great Malvern is in the middle of Worcestershire’s towns to buy in; the typical UK town’s median is £277,000.
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 Great Malvern
What is the average house price in Great Malvern?
The median home in Great Malvern sold for £300,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 1,493 standard sales (£300,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £400,000, semi-detached houses £290,000, terraced houses £220,000 and flats and maisonettes £196,750.
Are house prices going up in Great Malvern?
The median was £292,975 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£293,250), and £300,000 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 Great Malvern each year?
400 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 571 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Great Malvern?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Blackmore Road (WR14, £730,000), Guarlford Road (WR14, £707,500) and Alexandra Road (WR14, £638,000).
How much does a new build cost in Great Malvern?
New homes sold for a median £351,500 over three years, against £295,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 6.6% of sales.
Is Great Malvern expensive for Worcestershire?
Great Malvern is the 12th most expensive of 22 towns of 2,500 or more in Worcestershire by median sale price.
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.