That is the middle of 120 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 4.1 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.
120 homes sold in three years: 30 detached houses, 50 semi-detached houses, 39 terraced houses and 1 flats and maisonettes.
Detached houses£283K
median sale · 30 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£240K–£350K
Last 12 months
£319K8 sold
Semi-detached houses£200K
median sale · 50 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£175K–£230K
Last 12 months
£200K21 sold
Terraced houses£148K
median sale · 39 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£135K–£174K
Last 12 months
£155K13 sold
Fewer sales
Flats and maisonettes: 1 sold
Too few sales for a card of their own.
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 42% of sales
Detached houses25%
Semi-detached houses42%
Terraced houses33%
Flats and maisonettes1%
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 Highley’s homes sold for between £150K and £240K
One sale in ten was under £130K and one in ten over £305K. 80% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £195,000, sits in the £150–200K band
120 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 4.1 times as much as in 1995, a slower rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £46,250 in 1995 to £187,500 in the last 12 months (£157,250 in 2019).
31 years of sales
About as many homes sell as usual
42 sales in the last 12 months, against 82 in 2017, the busiest year, and 18 in 2008. Sales fell by 70% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, though the median held.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Highley costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Highley, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Detached houses rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£59K
£95K
£186K
£179K
£187K
£233K
£319K
Semi-detached houses
£43K
£57K
£135K
£106K
£120K
£170K
£200K
Terraced houses
£37K
£49K
£111K
£107K
£122K
£146K
£155K
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: 0% of sales in the last 12 months, after 39% in 2016
104 new homes have been sold in Highley since 1995; the share peaked at 39% in 2016.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
12% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 11% sold leasehold in Highley. 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
Staley Grove is Highley’s busiest street, with 9 sales in three years
8 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026. 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
Staley Grove
WV16
9
£220,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
2
Arley View Close
WV16
7
£185,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
3
Rhea Hall Estate
WV16
7
£160,000
Mixed
4
Yew Tree Grove
WV16
5
£275,000
Mostly detached houses
5
Hazelwells Road
WV16
5
£230,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
6
Hollywood Drive
WV16
5
£200,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
7
Vicarage Lane
WV16
5
£200,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
8
Silverdale Terrace
WV16
5
£133,500
Mostly terraced houses
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 Shropshire
Highley is the 20th most expensive of 20 towns in Shropshire
Highley is one of Shropshire’s cheapest 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 Highley
What is the average house price in Highley?
The median home in Highley sold for £195,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 120 standard sales (£187,500 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £282,500, semi-detached houses £200,000 and terraced houses £147,500.
Are house prices going up in Highley?
The median was £195,000 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£195,500), and £187,500 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 Highley each year?
42 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 54 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Highley?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Yew Tree Grove (WV16, £275,000), Hazelwells Road (WV16, £230,000) and Staley Grove (WV16, £220,000).
Is Highley expensive for Shropshire?
Highley is the 20th most expensive of 20 towns of 2,500 or more in Shropshire 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.