Housing in Rushall and Shelfield · HM Land Registry
The median home in Rushall and Shelfield sells for £220,000
That is the middle of 422 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 4.4 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.
Half of Rushall and Shelfield’s sales are semi-detached houses
422 homes sold in three years: 80 detached houses, 207 semi-detached houses, 100 terraced houses and 35 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 3.3 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£305K
median sale · 80 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£275K–£365K
Last 12 months
£330K23 sold
Semi-detached houses£220K
median sale · 207 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£194K–£255K
Last 12 months
£227K73 sold
Terraced houses£209K
median sale · 100 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£181K–£235K
Last 12 months
£215K34 sold
Flats and maisonettes£93K
median sale · 35 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£70K–£120K
Last 12 months
£108K15 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 49% of sales
Detached houses19%
Semi-detached houses49%
Terraced houses24%
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 Rushall and Shelfield’s homes sold for between £185K and £275K
One sale in ten was under £146K and one in ten over £330K. 64% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £220,000, sits in the £200–250K band
422 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 4.4 times as much as in 1995, a slower rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £51,000 in 1995 to £222,500 in the last 12 months (£157,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
About as many homes sell as usual
145 sales in the last 12 months, against 226 in 2000, the busiest year, and 86 in 2010. Sales fell by 37% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, though the median held. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 44% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Rushall and Shelfield costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Rushall and Shelfield, 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
£71K
£104K
£184K
£185K
£200K
£264K
£330K
Semi-detached houses
£50K
£60K
£126K
£120K
£134K
£165K
£227K
Terraced houses
£42K
£47K
£105K
£115K
£120K
£155K
£215K
Flats and maisonettes
£29K
£33K
£105K
£61K
£76K
£90K
£108K
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% of sales in the last 12 months
283 new homes have been sold in Rushall and Shelfield since 1995; the share peaked at 24% in 2009.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
10% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 1.8% sold leasehold in Rushall and Shelfield. 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
Lichfield Road is Rushall and Shelfield’s busiest street, with 46 sales in three years
27 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 7 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
Lichfield Road
WS4
46
£258,250
Mixed
2
Barns Lane
WS4
18
£234,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
3
Fordbrook Lane
WS3
15
£310,000
Mixed
4
Chatsworth Crescent
WS4
14
£187,500
Mostly terraced houses
5
Westway
WS4
13
£285,000
Mixed
6
Daw End Lane
WS4
11
£200,000
Mixed
7
Springfields
WS4
11
£195,000
Mixed
8
Mill Road
WS4
9
£280,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
9
Hawthorn Road
WS4
9
£222,500
Mixed
10
Broad Lane
WS4
9
£192,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
11
Edinburgh Drive
WS4
8
£230,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
12
Green Lane
WS4
8
£222,750
Mostly semi-detached houses
13
Coronation Road
WS4
8
£198,500
Mixed
14
Spring Lane
WS4
7
£265,000
Mixed
15
Clarendon Road
WS4
7
£210,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
Dearest streets
Fordbrook Lane: £310,000
Rushall and Shelfield median£220K
Fordbrook Lane£310K
Westway£285K
Mill Road£280K
Broad Way£275K
Lodge Road£270K
Cheapest streets
Springhill Close: £66,500
Rushall and Shelfield median£220K
Springhill Close£67K
Friary Crescent£89K
King George Crescent£180K
Chatsworth Crescent£188K
Winterley Lane£189K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 4.7 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 West Midlands
Rushall and Shelfield is the 20th most expensive of 35 towns in West Midlands
Rushall and Shelfield is in the middle of West Midlands’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 Rushall and Shelfield
What is the average house price in Rushall and Shelfield?
The median home in Rushall and Shelfield sold for £220,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 422 standard sales (£222,500 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £305,000, semi-detached houses £220,000, terraced houses £208,500 and flats and maisonettes £92,500.
Are house prices going up in Rushall and Shelfield?
The median was £222,000 in 2025, up 5% on 2024 (£211,250), and £222,500 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 Rushall and Shelfield each year?
145 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 164 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Rushall and Shelfield?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Fordbrook Lane (WS3, £310,000), Westway (WS4, £285,000) and Mill Road (WS4, £280,000).
Is Rushall and Shelfield expensive for West Midlands?
Rushall and Shelfield is the 20th most expensive of 35 towns of 2,500 or more in West Midlands 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.
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