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SY6 local market report Church Stretton

Every figure on this page comes from the public record: 4,013 sales registered with HM Land Registry in SY6 (Church Stretton) since 1995, each one a completed purchase at a real price, plus current rental figures from the ONS. Nothing here is a valuation, an estimate or an asking price.

Sales data to April 2026. Rents: ONS, May 2026. Regenerated with every monthly data refresh.

SY6 is the postcode district covering Church Stretton, Cardington in Church Stretton. Districts are a practical way to slice a market: small enough to mean something locally, big enough to have a steady flow of sales to measure.

Where SY6 sits

Click the map to open SY6 on the live map, with every sale plotted at its address. The average pricing view shades the whole country the same way.

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£400,000median sold price, 2026
+6%five-year change (cash)
98sales in the last 12 months
2.4%gross rental yield (est.)

What a home in SY6 sells for

The 2026 median in SY6 is £400,000, from 30 registered sales; the mean, £432,300, sits modestly above it, the usual shape of a market with an expensive tail.

For scale: the England and Wales median is £274,000, so SY6 trades 46% above the country as a whole.

The price of a typical SY6 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.

Price at the timeIn today's money (CPIH)
£125k£250k£375k£500k1995200020052010201520202026 1995: £74,000 at the time · £157,108 in today's money · 119 sales1996: £80,000 at the time · £164,776 in today's money · 119 sales1997: £85,000 at the time · £170,247 in today's money · 163 sales1998: £84,000 at the time · £165,600 in today's money · 122 sales1999: £111,500 at the time · £217,024 in today's money · 147 sales2000: £109,000 at the time · £208,917 in today's money · 107 sales2001: £134,000 at the time · £251,592 in today's money · 167 sales2002: £155,000 at the time · £284,820 in today's money · 153 sales2003: £162,200 at the time · £291,833 in today's money · 200 sales2004: £225,000 at the time · £399,100 in today's money · 151 sales2005: £227,000 at the time · £394,534 in today's money · 135 sales2006: £233,000 at the time · £395,012 in today's money · 171 sales2007: £250,000 at the time · £414,166 in today's money · 115 sales2008: £243,000 at the time · £389,026 in today's money · 77 sales2009: £255,000 at the time · £400,341 in today's money · 82 sales2010: £239,000 at the time · £366,060 in today's money · 107 sales2011: £248,800 at the time · £366,821 in today's money · 102 sales2012: £250,000 at the time · £359,375 in today's money · 95 sales2013: £230,000 at the time · £323,218 in today's money · 129 sales2014: £225,000 at the time · £311,747 in today's money · 145 sales2015: £230,000 at the time · £317,400 in today's money · 136 sales2016: £230,000 at the time · £314,257 in today's money · 139 sales2017: £275,500 at the time · £366,979 in today's money · 139 sales2018: £301,200 at the time · £392,128 in today's money · 128 sales2019: £310,000 at the time · £396,846 in today's money · 123 sales2020: £347,500 at the time · £440,358 in today's money · 118 sales2021: £378,800 at the time · £468,409 in today's money · 148 sales2022: £392,500 at the time · £449,502 in today's money · 124 sales2023: £383,000 at the time · £410,995 in today's money · 104 sales2024: £440,000 at the time · £456,885 in today's money · 109 sales2025: £390,000 at the time · £390,000 in today's money · 109 sales2026: £400,000 at the time · £400,000 in today's money · 30 sales
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YearMedian (cash)Median (today's £)Sales
2026£400,000£400,00030
2025£390,000£390,000109
2024£440,000£456,885109
2023£383,000£410,995104
2022£392,500£449,502124
2021£378,800£468,409148
2020£347,500£440,358118
2019£310,000£396,846123
2018£301,200£392,128128
2017£275,500£366,979139
2016£230,000£314,257139
2015£230,000£317,400136
2014£225,000£311,747145
2013£230,000£323,218129
2012£250,000£359,37595
2011£248,800£366,821102
2010£239,000£366,060107
2009£255,000£400,34182
2008£243,000£389,02677
2007£250,000£414,166115
2006£233,000£395,012171
2005£227,000£394,534135
2004£225,000£399,100151
2003£162,200£291,833200
2002£155,000£284,820153
2001£134,000£251,592167
2000£109,000£208,917107
1999£111,500£217,024147
1998£84,000£165,600122
1997£85,000£170,247163
1996£80,000£164,776119
1995£74,000£157,108119

In cash terms the typical SY6 home went from £74,000 in 1995 to £400,000 in 2026, roughly 5 times the price. Even after inflation that is a real rise of about 155%: homes here genuinely became dearer, not just more expensive on paper. Measured in today's money the market peaked in 2021; the current median sits about 15% 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 SY6 median

Each bar is the change on the year before, in cash. The zero line is the boundary between rising and falling.

+50% -50% 0% 1996 · +8.1% on the year before1997 · +6.3% on the year before1998 · −1.2% on the year before1999 · +32.7% on the year before2000 · −2.2% on the year before2001 · +22.9% on the year before2002 · +15.7% on the year before2003 · +4.6% on the year before2004 · +38.7% on the year before2005 · +0.9% on the year before2006 · +2.6% on the year before2007 · +7.3% on the year before2008 · −2.8% on the year before2009 · +4.9% on the year before2010 · −6.3% on the year before2011 · +4.1% on the year before2012 · +0.5% on the year before2013 · −8.0% on the year before2014 · −2.2% on the year before2015 · +2.2% on the year before2016 · +0.0% on the year before2017 · +19.8% on the year before2018 · +9.3% on the year before2019 · +2.9% on the year before2020 · +12.1% on the year before2021 · +9.0% on the year before2022 · +3.6% on the year before2023 · −2.4% on the year before2024 · +14.9% on the year before2025 · −11.4% on the year before2026 · +2.6% on the year before200020052010201520202026

The strongest year on record here is 2004 (+38.7% on the year before); the weakest, 2025 (−11.4%). Single-year swings like these are why the annualised table below matters more than any one year's headline.

Annualised returns

PeriodCash, per yearReal terms, per year
1 years (since 2025)+2.6%+2.6%
5 years (since 2021)+1.1%−3.1%
10 years (since 2016)+5.7%+2.4%
20 years (since 2006)+2.7%+0.1%

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.

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.

100200 1995: 119 sales1996: 119 sales1997: 163 sales1998: 122 sales1999: 147 sales2000: 107 sales2001: 167 sales2002: 153 sales2003: 200 sales2004: 151 sales2005: 135 sales2006: 171 sales2007: 115 sales2008: 77 sales2009: 82 sales2010: 107 sales2011: 102 sales2012: 95 sales2013: 129 sales2014: 145 sales2015: 136 sales2016: 139 sales2017: 139 sales2018: 128 sales2019: 123 sales2020: 118 sales2021: 148 sales2022: 124 sales2023: 104 sales2024: 109 sales2025: 109 sales2026: 30 sales1995200020052010201520202026

The last five years, month by month

Monthly registrations. The sawtooth is seasonal; the register runs weeks behind completions at the right-hand edge.

1325 April 2021 · 13 sales registeredMay 2021 · 11 sales registeredJune 2021 · 22 sales registeredJuly 2021 · 3 sales registeredAugust 2021 · 8 sales registeredSeptember 2021 · 23 sales registeredOctober 2021 · 4 sales registeredNovember 2021 · 3 sales registeredDecember 2021 · 19 sales registeredJanuary 2022 · 9 sales registeredFebruary 2022 · 6 sales registeredMarch 2022 · 10 sales registeredApril 2022 · 8 sales registeredMay 2022 · 9 sales registeredJune 2022 · 9 sales registeredJuly 2022 · 9 sales registeredAugust 2022 · 21 sales registeredSeptember 2022 · 12 sales registeredOctober 2022 · 10 sales registeredNovember 2022 · 9 sales registeredDecember 2022 · 12 sales registeredJanuary 2023 · 4 sales registeredFebruary 2023 · 7 sales registeredMarch 2023 · 15 sales registeredApril 2023 · 10 sales registeredMay 2023 · 10 sales registeredJune 2023 · 6 sales registeredJuly 2023 · 9 sales registeredAugust 2023 · 7 sales registeredSeptember 2023 · 9 sales registeredOctober 2023 · 16 sales registeredNovember 2023 · 4 sales registeredDecember 2023 · 7 sales registeredJanuary 2024 · 11 sales registeredFebruary 2024 · 5 sales registeredMarch 2024 · 11 sales registeredApril 2024 · 5 sales registeredMay 2024 · 11 sales registeredJune 2024 · 6 sales registeredJuly 2024 · 10 sales registeredAugust 2024 · 15 sales registeredSeptember 2024 · 13 sales registeredOctober 2024 · 7 sales registeredNovember 2024 · 9 sales registeredDecember 2024 · 6 sales registeredJanuary 2025 · 3 sales registeredFebruary 2025 · 12 sales registeredMarch 2025 · 22 sales registeredMay 2025 · 5 sales registeredJune 2025 · 12 sales registeredJuly 2025 · 9 sales registeredAugust 2025 · 8 sales registeredSeptember 2025 · 7 sales registeredOctober 2025 · 11 sales registeredNovember 2025 · 10 sales registeredDecember 2025 · 8 sales registeredJanuary 2026 · 7 sales registeredFebruary 2026 · 7 sales registeredMarch 2026 · 10 sales registeredApril 2026 · 4 sales registered

SY6 recorded 98 sales in the last twelve months of data. Like most of England and Wales, turnover never fully recovered from 2008: the market here averaged 150 sales a year before the financial crisis and 95 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.

What homes rent for around SY6

SY6 falls under Shropshire, 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.

1 bed: £600 a month£6001 bed2 bed: £759 a month£7592 bed3 bed: £942 a month£9423 bed4+ bed: £1,384 a month£1,3844+ bed

Set against the £400,000 median sold price, £813 a month is £9,756 a year, a gross yield of 2.4%: 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.

Will SY6 prices rise from here?

Nobody can tell you that, and this page will not pretend to. What the record shows: the median is up 6% over five years in cash but down 15% 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.

Ladders and snakes: five-year risers and fallers

SY6 ranks 12 of 25 in the SY area on five-year growth. The gap between the top and bottom of this chart is the difference between buying well and buying badly in the same city.

Five-year change in the median, SY area districts

The biggest risers and fallers in cash terms; every row links to that district's report.

SY20SY20 · +41% over five years · median £240,000+41%SY16SY16 · +22% over five years · median £220,000+22%SY23SY23 · +20% over five years · median £242,000+20%SY1SY1 · +19% over five years · median £227,000+19%SY25SY25 · +14% over five years · median £236,000+14%SY6SY6 · +6% over five years · median £400,000+6%SY19SY19 · −6% over five years · median £230,000−6%SY14SY14 · −6% over five years · median £306,200−6%SY17SY17 · −16% over five years · median £172,500−16%SY24SY24 · −16% over five years · median £211,500−16%SY9SY9 · −31% over five years · median £210,500−31%

Inside SY6, street group by street group

Postcode sectors are the next slice down, each a group of streets. Prices can differ sharply between two sectors a few minutes' walk apart.

SectorMedian (latest)Sales that year
SY6 6£430,00021
SY6 7£360,0009

How SY6 compares nearby

Same city, different markets. The neighbouring districts of the SY area, dearest first:

DistrictMedian5-year
SY6 (this report)£400,000+6%
SY7£322,000-1%
SY5£315,000+2%
SY14£306,200-6%
SY10£301,200+2%
SY4£293,800+1%
SY3£287,500+8%
SY2£280,000+10%
SY8£280,000+11%
SY13£275,000+2%
SY12£261,000+13%
SY15£260,100+13%
SY21£257,500+7%
SY23£242,000+20%
SY20£240,000+41%
SY25£236,000+14%
SY19£230,000-6%
SY22£230,000+0%
SY1£227,000+19%
SY16£220,000+22%
SY24£211,500-16%
SY9£210,500-31%
SY11£205,000+3%
SY18£200,000-2%

Dig further

See every individual SY6 sale on the live map, mapped to the exact address, or the quick-reference SY6 price page. The report tool writes a custom answer to a specific question, and the mortgage and rent calculator on any sale 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.