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House prices in Stafford: the next 12 months
Sale prices have an 80% chance of landing between £252,397 and £278,914 by August 2027.
- Expected, August 2027
- £265,656
- Chance of a rise
- 69%
Stafford: five years of prices and the expected path
Average sale price per home, £, monthly, with the next 12 months' expected path
- Stafford
- West Midlands
- United Kingdom
- Expected path
- 80% range
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| Period | Stafford | West Midlands | United Kingdom |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2027 · Expected path | £265,656 (£252,397–£278,914) | £253,114 | £280,154 |
| Jul 2027 · Expected path | £265,222 (£252,722–£277,721) | £252,915 | £279,560 |
| Jun 2027 · Expected path | £264,787 (£253,058–£276,517) | £252,716 | £278,967 |
| May 2027 · Expected path | £264,353 (£253,407–£275,299) | £252,518 | £278,374 |
| Apr 2027 · Expected path | £263,919 (£253,774–£274,065) | £252,319 | £277,781 |
| Mar 2027 · Expected path | £263,485 (£254,160–£272,810) | £252,121 | £277,188 |
| Feb 2027 · Expected path | £263,051 (£254,574–£271,528) | £251,922 | £276,595 |
| Jan 2027 · Expected path | £262,617 (£255,024–£270,209) | £251,724 | £276,002 |
| Dec 2026 · Expected path | £262,183 (£255,524–£268,841) | £251,525 | £275,409 |
| Nov 2026 · Expected path | £261,748 (£256,099–£267,398) | £251,327 | £274,816 |
| Oct 2026 · Expected path | £261,314 (£256,799–£265,829) | £251,128 | £274,223 |
| Sep 2026 · Expected path | £260,880 (£257,758–£264,002) | £250,930 | £273,630 |
| Aug 2026 | £260,446 | £250,731 | £273,037 |
| Jul 2026 | £259,674 | £250,175 | £272,146 |
| Jun 2026 | £260,413 | £249,325 | £270,690 |
| May 2026 | £262,104 | £248,861 | £272,221 |
| Apr 2026 | £264,242 | £250,664 | £270,966 |
| Mar 2026 | £259,971 | £246,919 | £268,631 |
| Feb 2026 | £258,694 | £250,140 | £269,423 |
| Jan 2026 | £253,599 | £247,199 | £268,814 |
| Dec 2025 | £254,156 | £245,747 | £268,002 |
| Nov 2025 | £254,025 | £247,711 | £270,472 |
| Oct 2025 | £255,257 | £248,716 | £269,819 |
| Sep 2025 | £254,342 | £248,129 | £269,556 |
| Aug 2025 | £251,577 | £247,879 | £270,575 |
| Jul 2025 | £250,064 | £247,117 | £268,843 |
| Jun 2025 | £248,707 | £244,557 | £266,796 |
| May 2025 | £251,629 | £241,287 | £264,078 |
| Apr 2025 | £250,551 | £236,991 | £260,162 |
| Mar 2025 | £253,041 | £246,603 | £268,019 |
| Feb 2025 | £248,337 | £244,610 | £264,771 |
| Jan 2025 | £245,857 | £241,526 | £264,936 |
| Dec 2024 | £241,811 | £241,278 | £263,991 |
| Nov 2024 | £242,698 | £243,459 | £264,515 |
| Oct 2024 | £243,567 | £241,362 | £265,252 |
| Sep 2024 | £244,794 | £242,607 | £264,750 |
| Aug 2024 | £243,910 | £241,068 | £265,085 |
| Jul 2024 | £242,631 | £239,774 | £262,479 |
| Jun 2024 | £241,690 | £238,654 | £259,585 |
| May 2024 | £240,362 | £236,114 | £258,565 |
| Apr 2024 | £237,938 | £233,571 | £256,478 |
| Mar 2024 | £241,048 | £231,972 | £255,082 |
| Feb 2024 | £241,339 | £232,662 | £254,633 |
| Jan 2024 | £243,404 | £232,200 | £255,972 |
| Dec 2023 | £240,532 | £234,452 | £256,177 |
| Nov 2023 | £240,666 | £235,472 | £258,368 |
| Oct 2023 | £244,567 | £236,787 | £260,129 |
| Sep 2023 | £246,755 | £239,026 | £261,318 |
| Aug 2023 | £247,286 | £238,205 | £262,602 |
| Jul 2023 | £242,710 | £237,687 | £261,182 |
| Jun 2023 | £239,085 | £235,260 | £258,275 |
| May 2023 | £236,115 | £233,888 | £257,330 |
| Apr 2023 | £238,857 | £231,640 | £256,479 |
| Mar 2023 | £239,205 | £230,851 | £255,885 |
| Feb 2023 | £242,247 | £238,586 | £258,788 |
| Jan 2023 | £239,645 | £237,934 | £260,941 |
| Dec 2022 | £242,675 | £239,619 | £263,190 |
| Nov 2022 | £243,925 | £239,630 | £265,299 |
| Oct 2022 | £248,846 | £241,762 | £265,693 |
| Sep 2022 | £246,547 | £240,079 | £265,727 |
| Aug 2022 | £244,747 | £238,546 | £265,124 |
| Jul 2022 | £240,505 | £237,741 | £262,904 |
| Jun 2022 | £235,175 | £231,031 | £258,118 |
| May 2022 | £232,122 | £229,576 | £255,040 |
| Apr 2022 | £229,059 | £226,561 | £252,167 |
| Mar 2022 | £229,353 | £225,611 | £249,232 |
| Feb 2022 | £225,009 | £223,616 | £248,309 |
| Jan 2022 | £219,385 | £221,008 | £248,031 |
| Dec 2021 | £218,461 | £220,926 | £245,189 |
| Nov 2021 | £219,272 | £217,691 | £243,930 |
| Oct 2021 | £221,008 | £212,178 | £239,236 |
| Sep 2021 | £214,540 | £219,567 | £245,371 |
What the model expects
The central estimate at each horizon, and the range prices land in 8 times out of 10.
| Horizon | Expected | 80% range | Chance of a rise | Chance of beating inflation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| In 3 months (November 2026) | £261,748 | £256,099 – £267,398 | 62% | 41% |
| In 4 months (December 2026) | £262,183 | £255,524 – £268,841 | 63% | 40% |
| In 12 months (August 2027) | £265,656 | £252,397 – £278,914 | 69% | 35% |
The outlook carries the region's own monthly price history forward: the recent trend and how far prices usually stray from it. It knows nothing about interest-rate decisions, new laws or local projects, so read it as a description of momentum, not a forecast to act on.
Other reports for Stafford
At the average sale price, a home costs £260,446. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is £1,202 a month. The UK sets no cap on the payment; no more than 15% of new mortgages may lend over 4.5 times income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 18%
- Payment, one income
- 36%
Renting the average home costs less each month than owning it. Owning counts interest, running costs and the return the deposit could earn, at the average sale price; rent is the average of all private tenancies. Repaying the loan is saving, so it is left out.
- Rent per month
- £902
- Owning per month
- £1,226
61.7% fewer homes were started in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Started, 12 months
- 180
- Per 1,000 residents
- 1.3
Figures for United Kingdom: Stafford has no reliable figures of its own.
Buyers living abroad bought 1.8% of the homes sold here in the four quarters to Q1 2025.
- Bought by buyers abroad, 12 months
- 1.8%
Sale prices have fallen by 3% or more 6 times since 1995. The deepest began in April 2008.
- Deepest fall
- −17.1%
- Recovery from the low
- 83 months
In 2025 the population grew by 1,372 while 560 homes were finished: 2.5 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2025
- 2.5
- Population change, 2025
- +1,372
4.0% of the 62,611 homes counted in the 2021 census had nobody usually living in them.
- Empty, 2021 census
- 4.0%
- Empty homes
- 2,495
In 2025, 12% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.
- Homes from existing buildings, 2025
- 12%