That is the middle of 2,406 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 4.9 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.
2,406 homes sold in three years: 725 detached houses, 1,126 semi-detached houses, 368 terraced houses and 187 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.8 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£325K
median sale · 725 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£279K–£388K
Last 12 months
£332K202 sold
New build
£397K
Semi-detached houses£210K
median sale · 1,126 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£185K–£240K
Last 12 months
£215K341 sold
New build
£271K
Terraced houses£184K
median sale · 368 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£163K–£220K
Last 12 months
£182K112 sold
New build
£230K
Flats and maisonettes£115K
median sale · 187 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£95K–£130K
Last 12 months
£106K48 sold
New build
£120K
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 47% of sales
Detached houses30%
Semi-detached houses47%
Terraced houses15%
Flats and maisonettes8%
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 Cannock’s homes sold for between £180K and £280K
One sale in ten was under £135K and one in ten over £370K. 63% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £223,000, sits in the £200–250K band
2,406 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 4.9 times as much as in 1995, a slower rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £44,875 in 1995 to £220,000 in the last 12 months (£170,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
703 sales in the last 12 months, against 1,419 in 2002, the busiest year, and 516 in 2009. Sales fell by 61% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 5%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 36% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Cannock costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Cannock, 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
£64K
£93K
£193K
£180K
£205K
£280K
£332K
Semi-detached houses
£44K
£53K
£115K
£118K
£129K
£165K
£215K
Terraced houses
£39K
£47K
£113K
£115K
£117K
£159K
£182K
Flats and maisonettes
£34K
£36K
£81K
£85K
£76K
£90K
£106K
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
Hardly any new homes: 0.3% of sales in the last 12 months
3,706 new homes have been sold in Cannock since 1995; the share peaked at 22% in 1998.
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 £315,000
against £220,000 for a home sold on, 43% 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.
12% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 4.7% sold leasehold in Cannock. 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
Wolverhampton Road is Cannock’s busiest street, with 33 sales in three years
161 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 42 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
Wolverhampton Road
WS11
33
£195,000
Mixed
2
Calladine Way
WS12
32
£307,997
Mixed · new builds
3
Pye Green Road (WS11)
WS11
27
£190,000
Mixed
4
Longford Road
WS11
25
£260,000
Mixed
5
Green Heath Road
WS12
24
£237,500
Mixed
6
Hednesford Road (WS12)
WS12
23
£150,000
Mixed
7
Miners Way
WS12
22
£230,000
Mixed
8
Cannock Road (WS12)
WS12
21
£180,000
Mixed
9
Cannock Road (WS11)
WS11
21
£170,000
Mixed
10
Adams Way
WS12
19
£334,500
Mostly detached houses
11
Bond Way
WS12
19
£212,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
12
Belt Road
WS12
19
£200,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
13
Littleworth Road
WS12
18
£240,750
Mixed
14
New Penkridge Road
WS11
17
£228,000
Mixed
15
John Street (WS12)
WS12
17
£130,000
Mostly flats · new builds
Dearest streets
Holder Drive: £525,000
Cannock median£223K
Holder Drive£525K
Old Penkridge Road£475K
Tomkinson Heights£444K
Sweetbriar Way£435K
Gorsey Lane£399K
Cheapest streets
Sandpiper Close: £96,000
Cannock median£223K
Sandpiper Close£96K
Woottons Court£97K
Apple Walk£113K
Blackfords Court£116K
Greenslade Grove£116K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 5.5 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 Staffordshire
Cannock is the 32nd most expensive of 47 towns in Staffordshire
Cannock is in the middle of Staffordshire’s 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 Cannock
What is the average house price in Cannock?
The median home in Cannock sold for £223,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 2,406 standard sales (£220,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £325,000, semi-detached houses £210,000, terraced houses £183,500 and flats and maisonettes £115,000.
Are house prices going up in Cannock?
The median was £228,000 in 2025, up 4% on 2024 (£220,000), and £220,000 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 Cannock each year?
703 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 1,006 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Cannock?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Holder Drive (WS11, £525,000), Old Penkridge Road (WS11, £475,000) and Tomkinson Heights (WS12, £443,850).
How much does a new build cost in Cannock?
New homes sold for a median £315,000 over three years, against £220,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 3.1% of sales.
Is Cannock expensive for Staffordshire?
Cannock is the 32nd most expensive of 47 towns of 2,500 or more in Staffordshire 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.