The average Stafford home sold for £263,000 in May 2026, up 4.7%. Median sold prices for Stafford, Stone, Eccleshall and Gnosall, from Land Registry sales.
The average home in Stafford borough sold for £263,000 in May 2026, up 4.7% on the £252,000 of a year earlier. That is the provisional figure from the UK House Price Index, which is built from completed HM Land Registry sales rather than asking prices.
Stafford is rising faster than the region around it. The West Midlands average was £248,000 and rose 2.7% over the same year; England as a whole was £292,000 and rose 2.3%. So the borough is still cheaper than the national average, by around £29,000, while closing the gap rather than widening it.
Where the borough splits
The single average hides the thing that matters most if you are actually buying here: Stafford borough is not one market. We pulled every recorded sale in the borough from HM Land Registry’s Price Paid data for the year to 25 June 2026, 1,784 sales in total, and took the median for each postcode area.
A house in the ST18 postcode area, which takes in Milford, Great Haywood, Weeping Cross and the eastern edge of town towards Cannock Chase, has a median sold price of £350,000. In ST16, covering the town centre, Doxey and the north of Stafford, the median is £210,000. Those two areas touch each other, and there is £140,000 between them.
Stone, the borough’s second town, sits at £257,000, close to the borough median. The villages price up rather than down: Eccleshall at £337,500 and Gnosall at £313,750 both beat every part of Stafford town.
Prices by property type
The Land Registry medians for the same 1,784 sales, and the mix-adjusted averages the UK House Price Index publishes for May 2026, tell the same story from two angles.
| Type | Median sold price, year to June 2026 | Sales | UKHPI average, May 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | £368,000 | 613 | £404,000 |
| Semi-detached | £235,500 | 593 | £255,000 |
| Terraced | £182,000 | 395 | £198,000 |
| Flat or maisonette | £120,000 | 131 | £114,000 |
The two columns differ because they measure different things. The median is the middle sale of the year. The UK House Price Index average is mix-adjusted, which pulls it upwards for houses and makes it a better guide to the direction of travel than to what you will pay this month.
On direction, the interesting number is flats. Semi-detached homes rose 5.7% over the year to May 2026. Flats and maisonettes did not move at all, holding at £114,000. Every other category in Stafford went up; the cheapest way in stood still.
First-time buyers and movers
The same index splits sales by who was buying. A first-time buyer in Stafford paid an average of £214,000 in May 2026, up 4.8% from £204,000 a year earlier. A home mover paid £314,000, up from £300,000. The £100,000 between those two figures is the size of the step from a first terrace or semi to a family house in this borough.
Renting instead is not cheap relief. The average private rent in Stafford was £896 a month in June 2026, up 6.3% on the £843 of a year before, so rents are climbing roughly a third faster than prices. The West Midlands average is £971.
What is coming that could change this
Stafford borough can currently demonstrate only 1.95 years of deliverable housing land against a requirement of 912 homes a year. When a council falls that far short, national policy tilts decisions towards approving housing, and the borough’s own Local Plan work argues that village land values are what make schemes viable. The price gap in the chart above is not a curiosity. It is the reason the next wave of building is likely to land where it does.
Frequently asked questions
What is the average house price in Stafford?
The average home in Stafford borough sold for £263,000 in May 2026, according to the provisional UK House Price Index built from HM Land Registry sales. The median sold price across 1,784 borough sales in the year to June 2026 was £250,000.
Are Stafford house prices rising?
Yes. Prices rose 4.7% in the year to May 2026, faster than the West Midlands average of 2.7% and the England average of 2.3%.
Which is the most expensive part of Stafford borough?
On median sold price, the ST18 postcode area at £350,000, covering Milford, Great Haywood, Weeping Cross and the eastern edge of the town. The cheapest is ST16, the town centre and north Stafford, at £210,000.
Is Stone more expensive than Stafford?
Yes, slightly. The median sold price in Stone (ST15) was £257,000, above both Stafford postcode areas that cover the town itself.
How much do you need as a first-time buyer in Stafford?
The average first-time buyer purchase in May 2026 was £214,000, which on a 10% deposit means roughly £21,400 plus fees.
Where can I check what a specific house sold for?
Every completed sale in England and Wales is public. Look up a street or an address free on the HM Land Registry Price Paid service.
Sources
- UK House Price Index, Stafford (ONS / HM Land Registry) for the borough average, property-type and buyer-type figures, and the rent figures.
- UK House Price Index England, May 2026 (GOV.UK) for the England and West Midlands comparison.
- HM Land Registry Price Paid data for the postcode-area and property-type medians, queried for Stafford district, 1 July 2025 to 25 June 2026, 1,784 sales.
- Stafford Borough Statement of Five Year Housing Land Supply at 31 March 2026 for the supply position.
Land Registry figures are provisional and revised as more sales complete. Confirm the latest numbers against the linked sources before making a decision.
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