Ruardean house prices

Ruardean house prices are built from 812 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1995 and the most recent on 22 May 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £160,000. Across the 10 years from 2016 to 2026 the median moved +31.7% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -5.7%.

HM Land Registry812 sales142 with floor areaLatest sale 22 May 2026

The chart tracks the median Ruardean house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1995 to 2026. The dashed line restates each year in 2026 money, so the two lines separate exactly as much as inflation has eroded the cash figure.

The highest yearly median on record for Ruardean is £318,500 in 2023; the lowest is £51,000 in 1996. Across the full 32-year record the cash median has moved from £54,000 to £237,000.

In 2026 money that first median is worth £119,906, so the real change over the whole record is +97.7% — about +2.22% a year after inflation. Cash growth and real growth are not the same story, and the gap is the part most price reports leave out.

Over the last decade alone the difference is stark: +31.7% in cash against -5.7% once inflation is removed. A buyer who sold at the end of that decade would have needed the real figure, not the headline one, to know whether they had actually gained.

Every row is a completed sale as lodged with HM Land Registry. The right-hand column restates the price in 2026 money, which is the only fair way to compare a sale from the 1990s with one from last year.

These addresses appear in the register more than once, so the same bricks are being priced twice. That makes them the strongest evidence of what actually happened to Ruardean values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.

The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Ruardean is dominated by the type at the top of this table, so its overall median leans that way.

0 of the sales on record are leasehold and 812 freehold — 0.0% of the market. Tenure is not a detail: a leasehold flat and a freehold house are different assets, and mixing them into one median hides the difference.

New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -29.5%. A new-build premium is normal: the buyer gets a warranty and nothing to fix, and the price is set by a developer rather than negotiated between two households.

A further 30 transfers for this area are on the register but are left out of every figure above. HM Land Registry marks them as additional price paid entries: repossessions, buy-to-let portfolio moves, transfers between companies or family, and sales at a discount such as right to buy. They are real records but they are not open-market prices, and including them would drag the median somewhere no buyer ever paid.

The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Ruardean sits above that national figure — +1.6%.

Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £1,816 per square metre, across 142 of the 812 sales on record. Price per square metre is the only figure that compares a two-bed flat with a four-bed house honestly.

The full range on record runs from £16,800 to £725,000. Extremes usually mean something unusual — a plot sold without a house on it, a transfer between family members, or a very large property — so the median is the number to trust.

Streets in Ruardean

• High Street70 sales
• Crooked End Place44 sales
• The Maltings41 sales
• Forest Road39 sales
• Farm Road37 sales
• Highfield Road34 sales
• Roebuck Meadows34 sales
• West End34 sales
• Denehurst25 sales
• Cinderhill Way24 sales
• Newham Bottom22 sales
• St Margarets Road22 sales
• Varnister Road19 sales
• Crossways18 sales
• Pettycroft18 sales
• The Square18 sales
• Turners Tump18 sales
• High Beech Road15 sales
• St Johns Road15 sales
• Townsend15 sales
• Caudle Close14 sales
• Caudle Lane14 sales
• Mountain View14 sales
• Park View14 sales
• Spring Place13 sales
• Marfells Way12 sales
• Belle Vue Road11 sales
• Boxtree Close11 sales
• Crooked End11 sales
• Ashdene Road10 sales
• Pludds Court Road8 sales
• The Patches8 sales
• School Lane7 sales
• Jovial Colliers Cottages6 sales
• Royal Oak Road6 sales
• Varnister6 sales
• Barn Lane5 sales
• Duttons Lane5 sales
• Hart Lane5 sales
• Norman Way5 sales
• Walkers Lane5 sales

Postcode districts covering Ruardean

• GL17£160,000 median

What is the average house price in Ruardean?

The median price paid in Ruardean across every sale on the register is £160,000. The median is used rather than the mean because a handful of very large sales would otherwise drag the average away from what a typical buyer paid.

How many homes have sold in Ruardean?

812 sales are on record for Ruardean, the most recent completing on 22 May 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.

Have Ruardean house prices actually risen?

In cash, the median rose +31.7% between 2016 and 2026. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -5.7%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.

When were Ruardean house prices at their highest?

The highest yearly median on record is £318,500, set in 2023. That is the cash figure; measured in 2026 money the peak may fall in a different year, because inflation reshapes the series.

What is the price per square metre in Ruardean?

£1,816 per square metre, from the 142 sales where an EPC floor area could be matched to the address. Price per square metre strips out size, so a flat and a house can be compared on the same basis.

How current is this data?

The latest sale shown here completed on 22 May 2026. HM Land Registry publishes Price Paid Data monthly and a sale can take a month or two to appear after completion, so the most recent weeks are always incomplete.

Cite this page: Sold Price History, “Ruardean house prices”, 2026. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data © Crown copyright and database right, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Inflation adjustment: ONS CPIH.