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Brereton market report WS15 4, Rugeley

The WS15 4 (Brereton) house price history in full, 1995 to 2026, in cash and in today's money. Underneath every chart here sit 3,706 registered sales in WS15 4 (Rugeley) since 1995, the HM Land Registry record of what buyers really paid, with ONS figures covering rents. Nothing is a valuation, an estimate or an asking price.

Sales recorded to 2026; rents are ONS figures for May 2026. The page rebuilds with each monthly release.

In short: the 2026 median for WS15 4 (Rugeley) is £280,000, from 31 registered sales, up 12% on five years earlier; the mean is £294,300, and by floor area homes here have averaged about £3,070 per square metre over the last five years. Behind the figures sit 3,706 HM Land Registry entries going back to 1995, refreshed monthly, every one a completed sale rather than a valuation or an asking price.

A postcode sector like WS15 4 is a single group of streets within WS15 (Rugeley), the finest slice the public record supports. Fewer sales stand behind each figure than at district level, so the lines jump about more.

WS15 4 sold prices: where the market stands

In the WS15 4 property market, the 2026 median sale price is £280,000, from 31 registered sales; the mean, the "average house price" most sites quote, is £294,300, sitting modestly above it, the usual shape of a market with an expensive tail.

Price per square metre in WS15 4

By floor space, homes in WS15 4 have sold for about £3,070 per square metre on average over the last five years: the like-for-like measure that lets you compare a small flat with a large house, from the Energy Performance Certificate floor areas behind each sale.

For scale: the England and Wales median is £285,000, so WS15 4 trades 2% below the country as a whole.

In cash terms the typical WS15 4 home went from £60,000 in 1995 to £280,000 in 2026, roughly 5 times the price. Inflation explains only part of it: in today's money the rise is still about 115%, a genuine increase in what a home here costs. Measured in today's money the market peaked in 2023; the current median sits about 12% below that. Someone who bought at the 2023 peak has not yet seen that price back in real terms.

The strongest year on record here is 2004 (+27.8% on the year before); the weakest, 2009 (−16.7%). Single-year swings like these are why the annualised table below matters more than any one year's headline.

The long view: annualised growth

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.

Sales activity in WS15 4

The register shows 31 WS15 4 sales across the most recent twelve months of data. Like most of England and Wales, turnover never fully recovered from 2008: the market here averaged 152 sales a year before the financial crisis and 93 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.

The rental side of WS15 4

For renting purposes WS15 4 sits in Lichfield. The ONS average private rent there is £1,096 a month (May 2026). A one-bed averages £737 a month here and a four-or-more-bed £1,690, so size does most of the work in setting the rent.

Against the £280,000 median purchase price, a rent of £1,096 a month (£13,152 a year) works out at a 4.7% gross yield, a ceiling figure that ignores letting costs, voids, maintenance and tax. Because rents are local-authority statistics, districts sharing the authority share the figure.

Reading the WS15 4 market

Only 31 sales completed here in the last twelve months of data, which makes WS15 4 a thin market. Each figure rests on few transactions, so single streets can swing the median and the charts deserve a sceptical squint. Expect volatility in the annual figures: swings past ten per cent show up repeatedly above, and they usually reflect the mix of homes sold in a given year rather than genuine repricing. Within WS15, this sector trades 18% above the district median: one of the dearer corners of its district.

Common questions on WS15 4 (Brereton)

Will WS15 4 prices rise from here?

That question has no honest answer, only evidence. The evidence: the median is up 12% over five years in cash but down 12% after inflation. Weigh the volume chart alongside the price one before deciding anything, and bear in mind every figure is a completed sale that reached the register weeks after completion.

What is for sale in WS15 right now

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The risers and the fallers

The spread across the WS area is the point: the same five years treated these districts very differently.

Other sectors in WS15

A few minutes' walk can separate two very different markets. Here are WS15's other sectors, each with its own report:

Zoom out to the full WS15 district report for the type split, monthly volumes and how WS15 compares with its neighbours.

Selling in WS15 4? Start from the sold record

Dig further

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Method, briefly: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data (Crown copyright, OGL v3.0) supplies every sale, geocoded to address level; CPIH from the ONS restates prices in today's money; ONS local-authority figures supply the rents. Medians of real sales, not valuations. No part of this page is financial advice.