Ray Mercer Way, Kidderminster house prices are built from 136 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 2003 and the most recent on 11 Mar 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £118,721. Across the 12 years from 2007 to 2019 the median moved -17.9% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -38.2%.
Median price paid
£118,721
Change in cash, 2007–2019
-17.9%
Change in real terms
-38.2%
Median per m²
£1,831
HM Land Registry136 sales40 with floor areaLatest sale 11 Mar 2026
Section 01
How Ray Mercer Way, Kidderminster prices moved
The chart tracks the median Ray Mercer Way, Kidderminster house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 2003 to 2019. The dashed line restates each year in 2026 money, so the two lines separate exactly as much as inflation has eroded the cash figure.
| Decade | Years with sales | Median paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5 | £118,243 | £215,404 |
| 2010s | 3 | £105,500 | £148,755 |
The highest yearly median on record for Ray Mercer Way, Kidderminster is £164,450 in 2003; the lowest is £97,000 in 2017. Across the full 17-year record the cash median has moved from £164,450 to £105,500.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £310,824, so the real change over the whole record is -55.6% — about -4.95% 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: -17.9% in cash against -38.2% 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.
Section 02
The most recent sales
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.
| Address | Sold | Type | Price paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45 | 11 Mar 2026 | Semi-detached | £272,000 | £272,000 |
| Flat 4 43 | 30 Jan 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £122,000 | £122,000 |
| 35 | 19 Dec 2025 | Semi-detached | £302,000 | £308,565 |
| 33 | 15 Aug 2025 | Detached | £298,000 | £304,478 |
| Flat 6 29 | 3 Mar 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £126,000 | £128,739 |
| Flat 10 31 | 21 Oct 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £112,500 | £118,377 |
| 42 | 20 Jun 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £155,000 | £163,097 |
| Flat 8 29 | 20 Dec 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £107,500 | £116,149 |
| Flat 7 31 | 30 Jun 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £135,000 | £145,862 |
| 46 | 19 May 2023 | Semi-detached | £270,000 | £291,724 |
| Flat 11 29 | 28 Feb 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £103,000 | £111,287 |
| 48 | 24 Oct 2022 | Semi-detached | £303,000 | £351,052 |
| Flat 3 29 | 28 Jul 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £125,000 | £144,823 |
| Flat 10 31 | 20 May 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £98,000 | £113,541 |
| 45 | 31 Mar 2021 | Semi-detached | £180,000 | £227,419 |
| Flat 3 32 | 23 Mar 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £90,000 | £113,710 |
| Flat 9 43 | 26 Feb 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £120,000 | £151,613 |
| Flat 2 31 | 6 Nov 2020 | Flat or maisonette | £93,500 | £121,061 |
| Flat 5 43 | 21 Oct 2020 | Flat or maisonette | £119,950 | £155,307 |
| 3 | 29 Nov 2019 | Semi-detached | £241,000 | £315,223 |
| Flat 6 31 | 25 Oct 2019 | Flat or maisonette | £90,000 | £117,718 |
| Flat 16 31 | 30 Aug 2019 | Flat or maisonette | £105,500 | £137,992 |
| 51 | 26 Jul 2019 | Detached | £310,000 | £405,473 |
| Flat 1 29 | 26 Jul 2019 | Flat or maisonette | £84,500 | £110,524 |
| Flat 12 31 | 19 Jun 2019 | Flat or maisonette | £110,000 | £143,878 |
Section 03
Homes that sold twice
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 Ray Mercer Way, Kidderminster values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45 Ray Mercer Way | £139,950 (2003) | £272,000 (2026) | +2.9% | +0.1% |
| FLAT 4 43 Ray Mercer Way | £112,750 (2004) | £122,000 (2026) | +0.4% | -2.4% |
| 35 Ray Mercer Way | £206,950 (2004) | £302,000 (2025) | +1.8% | -1.0% |
| 33 Ray Mercer Way | £204,950 (2004) | £298,000 (2025) | +1.8% | -1.1% |
| FLAT 6 29 Ray Mercer Way | £133,995 (2005) | £126,000 (2025) | -0.3% | -3.1% |
| FLAT 10 31 Ray Mercer Way | £50,000 (2009) | £112,500 (2024) | +5.6% | +2.5% |
| 42 Ray Mercer Way | £124,950 (2004) | £155,000 (2024) | +1.1% | -1.7% |
| FLAT 8 29 Ray Mercer Way | £99,950 (2005) | £107,500 (2023) | +0.4% | -2.5% |
| FLAT 7 31 Ray Mercer Way | £116,950 (2005) | £135,000 (2023) | +0.8% | -2.1% |
| 46 Ray Mercer Way | £164,450 (2003) | £270,000 (2023) | +2.5% | -0.3% |
| FLAT 11 29 Ray Mercer Way | £119,995 (2005) | £103,000 (2023) | -0.8% | -3.7% |
| 48 Ray Mercer Way | £164,450 (2003) | £303,000 (2022) | +3.3% | +0.6% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Ray Mercer Way, Kidderminster is dominated by the type at the top of this table, so its overall median leans that way.
| Property type | Sales | Share | Median paid | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat or maisonette | 90 | 66.2% | £104,575 | £50,000 – £155,000 |
| Semi-detached | 30 | 22.1% | £187,000 | £139,950 – £303,000 |
| Detached | 15 | 11.0% | £204,950 | £114,329 – £310,000 |
| Terraced | 1 | 0.7% | £160,000 | £160,000 – £160,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Ray Mercer Way, Kidderminster
91 of the sales on record are leasehold and 45 freehold — 66.9% 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.
The median leasehold sale is £105,000 and the median freehold sale £199,950 — a gap of +90.4%. Most of that gap is property type rather than tenure itself: leasehold here is largely flats, freehold largely houses.
| Category | Sales | Share | Median paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leasehold | 91 | 66.9% | £105,000 |
| Freehold | 45 | 33.1% | £199,950 |
| New build | 54 | 39.7% | £117,950 |
| Existing home | 82 | 60.3% | £119,721 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -1.5%. 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 7 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.
Section 07
Living in Ray Mercer Way, Kidderminster
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across Bromsgrove, 40.9% of 40,126 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 4.9% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 332 | 0.8% |
| B | 4,448 | 11.1% |
| C | 11,626 | 29.0% |
| D | 15,498 | 38.6% |
| E | 6,259 | 15.6% |
| F | 1,551 | 3.9% |
| G | 412 | 1.0% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in Bromsgrove at £982 a month as of Jun 2026 — £709 for a one-bedroom home and £1,079 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £118,721 here, that rent is a gross yield of 9.93% a year. It is a measured figure rather than an assumption: a real local rent over a real local price, before any cost of ownership.
Police forces publish every recorded street-level crime. Within a mile of the centre of DY10, 141 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 55 violent, 5 burglary, 28 vehicle-related and 11 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is 1.2 times quieter.
Against the 99,183 residents the 2021 census counted in Bromsgrove, that is 1.42 recorded crimes per thousand people in the month. The count covers a mile around the district centre while the population covers the whole council, so read the rate as an order of magnitude rather than a precise figure.
A count is not a rate. A district with shops and a station records more crime than a residential one of the same size, because more people pass through it. Read this next to the median, not on its own.
Section 08
The neighbourhood around Ray Mercer Way, Kidderminster
The 2021 census counted 99,183 residents in Bromsgrove across 41,264 households. 78.6% of those households own their home and 21.3% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
12 state and independent schools have a DY10 postcode: 10 primary, 1 secondary, 1 all-through. Catchment areas do not follow postcodes, so treat this as what is nearby rather than what a child would be offered.
| School | Phase | Type | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|
| King Charles I School | Secondary | Academy converter | 1,140 |
| Holy Trinity School | All-through | Free schools | 723 |
| Heronswood Primary School | Primary | Academy sponsor led | 485 |
| Comberton Primary School | Primary | Community school | 376 |
| Offmore Primary School | Primary | Community school | 372 |
| Chaddesley Corbett Endowed Primary School | Primary | Voluntary aided school | 249 |
| Cookley Sebright Primary School | Primary | Voluntary controlled school | 230 |
| St George's CofE School | Primary | Academy sponsor led | 223 |
| St Mary's CofE (VA) Primary School | Primary | Voluntary aided school | 212 |
| St Ambrose Catholic Primary | Primary | Academy converter | 207 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Kidderminster Rail Station | Rail | 1.0 km |
| Blakedown Rail Station | Rail | 3.8 km |
| Hagley Rail Station | Rail | 6.6 km |
| Stourbridge Junction Rail Station | Rail | 9.1 km |
Section 09
How Ray Mercer Way, Kidderminster compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Ray Mercer Way, Kidderminster sits below that national figure — -24.6%.
Within Kidderminster the street ranks 631 of 843 by median price, and its median is below the town figure of £137,000 (-13.3%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £1,831 per square metre, across 40 of the 136 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 £50,000 to £310,000. 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.
Ray Mercer Way, Kidderminster sits in Bromsgrove, in the West Midlands.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in Bromsgrove at 10.0 times median local earnings of £34,019 a year, measured to Sep 2025. Across England and Wales the same ratio is 7.6. That number, not the price alone, is what decides whether a place is within reach of the people who work in it.
Section 10
Nearby on the record
Streets nearby
- Stourbridge Road£120,000 median
- Chester Road North£150,000 median
- Hurcott Road£110,325 median
- Linnet Rise£92,400 median
- Birmingham Road£180,000 median
- Offmore Road£90,000 median
- St Cecilia Close£31,750 median
- Austcliffe Lane£87,500 median
- Lea Street£95,000 median
- Lorne Street£95,000 median
- Whinchat Grove£114,000 median
- Comberton Road£109,500 median
- Dunlin Drive£82,500 median
- Chester Road South£220,000 median
- Oldnall Road£140,000 median
- Chaffinch Drive£148,000 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 42 Ray Mercer Way5 sales
- 46 Ray Mercer Way5 sales
- FLAT 4, 31 Ray Mercer Way5 sales
- 45 Ray Mercer Way4 sales
- 48 Ray Mercer Way4 sales
- FLAT 3, 29 Ray Mercer Way4 sales
- FLAT 3, 32 Ray Mercer Way4 sales
- 35 Ray Mercer Way3 sales
- FLAT 10, 31 Ray Mercer Way3 sales
- FLAT 11, 29 Ray Mercer Way3 sales
- FLAT 9, 43 Ray Mercer Way3 sales
- FLAT 2, 31 Ray Mercer Way3 sales
- FLAT 5, 43 Ray Mercer Way3 sales
- FLAT 16, 31 Ray Mercer Way3 sales
- FLAT 12, 31 Ray Mercer Way3 sales
- 1 Ray Mercer Way3 sales
- FLAT 9, 29 Ray Mercer Way3 sales
- FLAT 4, 43 Ray Mercer Way2 sales
- 33 Ray Mercer Way2 sales
- FLAT 6, 29 Ray Mercer Way2 sales
- FLAT 8, 29 Ray Mercer Way2 sales
- FLAT 7, 31 Ray Mercer Way2 sales
- 3 Ray Mercer Way2 sales
- FLAT 6, 31 Ray Mercer Way2 sales
Back to Kidderminster house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Ray Mercer Way, Kidderminster?
The median price paid in Ray Mercer Way, Kidderminster across every sale on the register is £118,721. 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 Ray Mercer Way, Kidderminster?
136 sales are on record for Ray Mercer Way, Kidderminster, the most recent completing on 11 Mar 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Ray Mercer Way, Kidderminster house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose -17.9% between 2007 and 2019. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -38.2%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Ray Mercer Way, Kidderminster house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £164,450, set in 2003. 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 Ray Mercer Way, Kidderminster?
£1,831 per square metre, from the 40 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 11 Mar 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, “Ray Mercer Way, Kidderminster 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.