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Shrewsbury market report SY
The standing SY (Shrewsbury) property market report, rebuilt from the full public record every month. The raw material for this page is 167,074 HM Land Registry entries for the SY postcode area (Shrewsbury), going back to 1995: each an actual purchase at an actual price. Rents come from the ONS. Valuations, estimates and asking prices appear nowhere in it.
Sales data to August 2026. Rents: ONS, May 2026. Regenerated with every monthly data refresh. Page updated 19 October 2026.
In short: a typical the SY postcode area (Shrewsbury) home changed hands for £266,500 in 2026 (median of 2,162 registered sales, up 9% on five years earlier), with the mean at £305,100, and by floor area homes here have averaged about £2,890 per square metre over the last five years. Source: 167,074 completed sales on the HM Land Registry record since 1995, updated with each monthly release. No valuations, no asking prices.
The figures for SY centred on Shrewsbury run across 25 districts, the broad sweep by design. For a specific place, drop down to its district report below.
Where SY 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 SY homes really sell for
The SY median stands at £266,500 for 2026, built from 2,162 registered sales; the mean, the figure usually quoted as the "average house price", is £305,100, a little above it, the familiar pattern where pricier homes stretch the average.
House prices per square metre in SY
Per square metre, SY homes have averaged around £2,890 over the last five years of sales. The floor areas behind the figure come from Energy Performance Certificates, and the by-the-metre view is the fair comparison across home sizes.
For scale: the England and Wales median is £285,000, so SY trades 6% below the country as a whole.
The price of a typical SY home, 1995 to 2026
The median as recorded at the time, and each year restated in today's money (ONS CPIH), the sharper test of whether homes really got dearer. Hover for the year-by-year figures; click a legend entry to isolate a series.
See this chart as a table
| Year | Median (cash) | Median (today's £) | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | £266,500 | £266,500 | 2,162 |
| 2025 | £265,000 | £271,337 | 4,923 |
| 2024 | £262,500 | £279,091 | 4,833 |
| 2023 | £260,000 | £285,677 | 4,608 |
| 2022 | £255,500 | £299,603 | 5,541 |
| 2021 | £245,000 | £310,202 | 6,895 |
| 2020 | £225,000 | £291,942 | 4,831 |
| 2019 | £208,800 | £273,687 | 5,474 |
| 2018 | £200,000 | £266,604 | 5,671 |
| 2017 | £198,000 | £270,052 | 5,732 |
| 2016 | £190,000 | £265,812 | 5,385 |
| 2015 | £178,000 | £251,514 | 5,326 |
| 2014 | £170,000 | £241,175 | 4,988 |
| 2013 | £168,000 | £241,735 | 4,228 |
| 2012 | £163,000 | £239,916 | 3,565 |
| 2011 | £165,000 | £249,087 | 3,382 |
| 2010 | £170,000 | £266,604 | 3,706 |
| 2009 | £163,800 | £263,310 | 3,646 |
| 2008 | £168,000 | £275,387 | 3,192 |
| 2007 | £175,000 | £296,849 | 5,907 |
| 2006 | £165,000 | £286,419 | 6,928 |
| 2005 | £154,000 | £274,058 | 5,245 |
| 2004 | £148,500 | £269,705 | 6,244 |
| 2003 | £123,500 | £227,517 | 6,635 |
| 2002 | £96,000 | £180,623 | 7,082 |
| 2001 | £80,000 | £153,796 | 6,758 |
| 2000 | £71,500 | £140,319 | 6,191 |
| 1999 | £65,000 | £129,542 | 6,637 |
| 1998 | £60,000 | £121,114 | 5,581 |
| 1997 | £57,500 | £117,921 | 5,936 |
| 1996 | £55,000 | £115,993 | 5,493 |
| 1995 | £52,000 | £113,040 | 4,349 |
In cash terms the typical SY home went from £52,000 in 1995 to £266,500 in 2026, roughly 5 times the price. Even after inflation that is a real rise of about 136%: 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 14% 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 SY 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 2003 (+28.6% on the year before); the weakest, 2008 (−4.0%). Single-year swings like these are why the annualised table below matters more than any one year's headline.
The long view: annualised growth
| Period | Cash, per year | Real terms, per year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year (since 2025) | +0.6% | −1.8% |
| 5 years (since 2021) | +1.7% | −3.0% |
| 6 years (since 2020) | +2.9% | −1.5% |
| 10 years (since 2016) | +3.4% | 0.0% |
| 20 years (since 2006) | +2.4% | −0.4% |
Compound annual growth of the median sold price; the real column deflates by ONS CPIH. Annualised figures smooth the cycle (the chart above shows the cycle), and past growth is a record, not a forecast.
Detached, semi, terraced, flat: four markets in one
A single median hides the split beneath it. Sales of detached houses dominate the record here, 42% of the typed total. A detached home currently trades at £362,500 against £150,000 for a flat, 2.4 times the price.
Median by property type, SY
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 | £362,500 | 907 | 70,836 |
| Semi-detached | £240,000 | 674 | 47,429 |
| Terraced | £200,000 | 447 | 38,134 |
| Flats | £150,000 | 134 | 10,675 |
How many homes change hands in SY
Sales per year, counted
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
Registrations by month. The repeating sawtooth is seasonality, and the right-hand edge always dips because the register lags completions.
Over the last twelve months of data, 3,871 sales completed in SY. Like most of England and Wales, turnover never fully recovered from 2008: the market here averaged 6,374 sales a year before the financial crisis and 4,413 a year over the last five. Price without volume misleads: a median built on few sales jumps around, and one street can tilt it. Keep in mind too that the latest year is still filling in, since sales reach the register weeks or months after completion.
What homes rent for around SY
SY falls under Shropshire, the local authority covering most of the SY area (parts fall under Powys and Ceredigion, where rents differ), where the ONS puts the average private rent at £813 a month (May 2026 figures). A one-bed averages £600 a month here and a four-or-more-bed £1,384, so size does most of the work in setting the rent.
Average monthly rent by size, Shropshire
ONS Price Index of Private Rents, May 2026.
Set against the £266,500 median sold price, £813 a month is £9,756 a year, a gross yield of 3.7%: gross, before letting costs, voids, maintenance and tax, so a ceiling rather than a promise. Rents are published at local-authority level, so nearby districts in the same authority share these figures.
What people ask about SY (Shrewsbury)
How much did a house sell for in SY (Shrewsbury)?
Are property prices falling in SY (Shrewsbury)?
Is SY (Shrewsbury) a good place to buy a house?
Where do SY prices go next?
Nobody can tell you that, and this page will not pretend to. What the record shows: the median is up 9% over five years in cash but down 14% after inflation. If you are weighing a purchase, read the volume chart alongside the price one, and remember that every figure here is a completed sale, lagged by the weeks it takes the Land Registry to register it.
On the market in SY today
Everything above is what homes in SY sold for. This is what you could actually buy today: 406 homes currently on the market from 3 agents publishing to HomesIndex, at a typical asking price 9% above the SY median sold price.
Set against 3,871 registered sales in the last twelve months, the 406 homes on the market here are roughly 5 weeks of supply at last year's pace, and more in reality, since only agents who publish to HomesIndex are counted. That is a thin shelf: buyers here are choosing from little, and a well priced home is unlikely to wait long.
13% of what is on the market here is asking below what comparable homes actually sold for. The comparison behind each listing uses recent recorded sales of similar homes close by.
- Rad Valley Road, Copthorne, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY3, Shrewsbury
- Radbrook Hall Court, Radbrook, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY3, Shrewsbury
- Clee View, Ludlow, Shropshire
"Under comparable sales" compares each asking price with what similar homes nearby actually sold for. It is a starting point for a conversation, not a valuation. Always look at the home itself.
See every SY 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.
Month by month: when SY sells
Take the 26,800 SY sales dated 2021 to 2025 and sort them by month: March completions lead with 10.6% of the total, January trails with 6.2%. The gap between the two is wide enough to plan around: completion follows the agreed sale by weeks, so the busiest month for completions points to deals done earlier, and a seller wanting several bidders should list ahead of it.
Sales by month, 2021 to 2025
| Month | Sales | Share |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,669 | 6.2% |
| February | 2,134 | 8.0% |
| March | 2,833 | 10.6% |
| April | 1,868 | 7.0% |
| May | 1,882 | 7.0% |
| June | 2,680 | 10.0% |
| July | 2,147 | 8.0% |
| August | 2,376 | 8.9% |
| September | 2,501 | 9.3% |
| October | 2,310 | 8.6% |
| November | 2,229 | 8.3% |
| December | 2,171 | 8.1% |
Moving up a bedroom in SY: the cost
The Land Registry record, split by size: what each kind of home actually sold for across the SY area. 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 | £205,000 | £260,000 (+27%) | £312,699 (+20%) | £383,500 (+23%) | £482,000 (+26%) |
| Semi-detached | £185,000 | £205,000 (+11%) | £232,650 (+13%) | £275,000 (+18%) | £345,000 (+25%) |
| Terraced | £135,000 | £167,000 (+24%) | £197,000 (+18%) | £250,000 (+27%) | £307,500 (+23%) |
| Flat | £120,000 | £155,000 (+29%) | £237,700 (+53%) | — | — |
Four years of recorded sales, split by built form and bedroom count. The register does not state bedrooms, so sizes come from each home's EPC record and a few homes will land one size out. Sizes with too few homes to be meaningful are left blank.
The risers and the fallers
The spread across the SY area is the point: the same five years treated these districts very differently.
Winners and losers across the SY area, five years
The biggest risers and fallers in cash terms; every row links to that district's report.
District by district
Averages this wide conceal the interesting part. Every measurable SY district is below, dearest first, each linking to its own full report.
| District | Median (2026) | 5-year | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| SY6 Church Stretton, Cardington | £375,000 | +1% | 50 |
| SY7 Craven Arms, Bucknell | £340,000 | +13% | 60 |
| SY5 Atcham, Cressage | £332,500 | +6% | 105 |
| SY14 Malpas, Tilston | £329,000 | -3% | 36 |
| SY3 Shrewsbury (south and west), Bayston Hill | £310,000 | +13% | 257 |
| SY4 Baschurch, Bomere Heath | £300,000 | +4% | 169 |
| SY2 Shrewsbury (east) | £290,000 | +10% | 155 |
| SY10 Oswestry (outskirts), Gobowen | £282,500 | -3% | 91 |
| SY8 Ludlow, Brimfield | £272,500 | +7% | 159 |
| SY12 Ellesmere, Dudleston Heath (Criftins) | £270,000 | +17% | 65 |
| SY13 Whitchurch, Whixall | £270,000 | +0% | 120 |
| SY21 Welshpool, Marton | £260,000 | +11% | 67 |
| SY22 Llanymynech, Llansantffraid | £259,000 | +13% | 53 |
| SY15 Montgomery, Abermule | £250,000 | +9% | 25 |
| SY23 Aberystwyth, Llanrhystud | £245,000 | +22% | 138 |
| SY9 Bishop's Castle, Wentnor | £240,500 | -22% | 8 |
| SY1 Shrewsbury (north and town centre) | £234,000 | +23% | 195 |
| SY19 Llanbrynmair, Llan | £230,000 | -10% | 7 |
| SY11 Oswestry (most of), St Martin's | £225,000 | +13% | 193 |
| SY18 Llanidloes, Llangurig | £222,500 | +6% | 22 |
| SY20 Machynlleth, Corris | £220,000 | +29% | 27 |
| SY25 Tregaron, Ystrad Meurig | £217,800 | +12% | 34 |
| SY17 Caersws, Llandinam | £216,500 | +6% | 18 |
| SY16 Newtown, Tregynon | £211,000 | +21% | 82 |
| SY24 Borth, Bow Street | £201,500 | -20% | 26 |
Selling a home in SY? Price it on the evidence
Start from what homes here actually sold for, not an estimate. Before booking a house valuation or flat valuation in SY, use the average prices map for a rough value: zoom from SY's shading down to the sold homes on your own street. The figures above are every recorded SY sale; agents price with this same Land Registry record, and now you have it too.
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The live map plots every individual SY sale at its exact address, and the average prices map zooms from neighbourhood shading to single homes. For a specific question, the report tool writes a custom answer, and any sale's mortgage and rent calculator runs the numbers on a real purchase.
How this page is made: the statistics are computed from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data (Crown copyright, OGL v3.0), geocoded to address level; inflation adjustment uses the ONS CPIH index; rents are the ONS Price Index of Private Rents at local-authority level. Medians of recorded sales, not valuations. Nothing on this page is financial advice.