That is the middle of 3,337 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 5.5 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.
A third of Shrewsbury’s sales are semi-detached houses
3,337 homes sold in three years: 943 detached houses, 1,109 semi-detached houses, 880 terraced houses and 405 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.4 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£385K
median sale · 943 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£325K–£495K
Last 12 months
£390K254 sold
New build
£415K
Semi-detached houses£255K
median sale · 1,109 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£220K–£315K
Last 12 months
£260K364 sold
New build
£274K
Terraced houses£220K
median sale · 880 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£180K–£269K
Last 12 months
£225K256 sold
New build
£260K
Flats and maisonettes£160K
median sale · 405 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£126K–£210K
Last 12 months
£163K107 sold
New build
£206K
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 33% of sales
Detached houses28%
Semi-detached houses33%
Terraced houses26%
Flats and maisonettes12%
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 Shrewsbury’s homes sold for between £203K and £360K
One sale in ten was under £158K and one in ten over £495K. 44% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £265,000, sits in the £250–300K band
3,337 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.5 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £49,500 in 1995 to £270,000 in the last 12 months (£214,995 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
981 sales in the last 12 months, against 1,954 in 1999, the busiest year, and 704 in 2008. Sales fell by 37% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 8%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 51% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Shrewsbury costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Shrewsbury, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Terraced houses rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£78K
£112K
£229K
£249K
£275K
£325K
£390K
Semi-detached houses
£50K
£70K
£149K
£160K
£180K
£204K
£260K
Terraced houses
£41K
£59K
£123K
£128K
£149K
£174K
£225K
Flats and maisonettes
£42K
£45K
£120K
£125K
£148K
£150K
£163K
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: 1% of sales in the last 12 months, after 24% in 2017
5,663 new homes have been sold in Shrewsbury since 1995; the share peaked at 24% in 2017.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
A new home sold for a median £354,975
against £255,000 for a home sold on, 39% more, over three years. New homes are often a different mix from the homes sold on, so part of the gap is size and type.
13% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 1.4% sold leasehold in Shrewsbury. 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
Holland Drive is Shrewsbury’s busiest street, with 73 sales in three years
220 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 62 of them ten or more. 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
Holland Drive
SY2
73
£325,000
Mixed · new builds
2
Abbey Foregate
SY2
66
£172,500
Mostly flats
3
Morris Grove
SY3
41
£437,000
Mostly detached houses · new builds
4
Copthorne Road
SY3
35
£240,000
Mixed
5
Monkmoor Road
SY2
32
£320,250
Mixed
6
Lady Herbert Way
SY3
22
£603,500
Mostly detached houses · new builds
7
Sutton Road
SY2
22
£307,000
Mixed
8
Mount Pleasant Road
SY1
22
£225,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
9
Wenlock Road
SY2
21
£395,000
Mixed
10
Crowmere Road
SY2
18
£195,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
11
Longden Road
SY3
17
£370,000
Mixed
12
Penson Way
SY1
17
£217,500
Mixed
13
King Street
SY2
16
£350,000
Mostly terraced houses
14
Fox Avenue
SY2
16
£306,500
Mostly detached houses
15
Percy Street
SY1
16
£250,000
Mixed
Dearest streets
Kennedy Road: £1,350,000
Shrewsbury median£265K
Kennedy Road£1.4M
Belle Vue Gardens£780K
Porthill Gardens£733K
Roman Road£626K
Lady Herbert Way£604K
Cheapest streets
The Chase: £102,000
Shrewsbury median£265K
The Chase£102K
Pengwern Court£104K
Barkstone Drive£115K
Longden Coleham£118K
Castle Foregate£118K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 13.2 times the cheapest’s. Street medians mix types: a street of detached houses beats one of flats.
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
Shrewsbury is the 4th most expensive of 20 towns in Shropshire
Shrewsbury is one of Shropshire’s dearest 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 Shrewsbury
What is the average house price in Shrewsbury?
The median home in Shrewsbury sold for £265,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 3,337 standard sales (£270,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £385,000, semi-detached houses £255,000, terraced houses £219,500 and flats and maisonettes £160,000.
Are house prices going up in Shrewsbury?
The median was £265,000 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£260,000), and £270,000 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 Shrewsbury each year?
981 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 1,411 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Shrewsbury?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Kennedy Road (SY3, £1,350,000), Belle Vue Gardens (SY3, £780,000) and Porthill Gardens (SY3, £732,500).
How much does a new build cost in Shrewsbury?
New homes sold for a median £354,975 over three years, against £255,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 7.8% of sales.
Is Shrewsbury expensive for Shropshire?
Shrewsbury is the 4th 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.