Watts Drive, Shifnal house prices are built from 103 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 2017 and the most recent on 13 Nov 2025. The median price paid across the whole record is £245,000. Across the 8 years from 2017 to 2025 the median moved +22.5% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -8.0%.
Median price paid
£245,000
Change in cash, 2017–2025
+22.5%
Change in real terms
-8.0%
Median per m²
£2,661
HM Land Registry103 sales1 with floor areaLatest sale 13 Nov 2025
Section 01
How Watts Drive, Shifnal prices moved
The chart tracks the median Watts Drive, Shifnal house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 2017 to 2025. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 3 | £199,995 | £281,993 |
| 2020s | 5 | £245,000 | £250,326 |
The highest yearly median on record for Watts Drive, Shifnal is £314,995 in 2020; the lowest is £192,995 in 2019. Across the full 9-year record the cash median has moved from £199,995 to £245,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £272,194, so the real change over the whole record is -8.0% — about -1.04% 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: +22.5% in cash against -8.0% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 13 Nov 2025 | Semi-detached | £245,000 | £250,326 |
| 29 | 20 Jun 2025 | Detached | £285,000 | £291,196 |
| 146 | 28 Mar 2025 | Terraced | £223,000 | £227,848 |
| 15 | 27 Feb 2025 | Detached | £369,950 | £377,992 |
| 40 | 7 Feb 2025 | Terraced | £240,000 | £245,217 |
| 6 | 13 Dec 2024 | Semi-detached | £245,000 | £257,799 |
| 16 | 31 May 2024 | Semi-detached | £225,000 | £236,754 |
| 59 | 17 Nov 2023 | Detached | £332,000 | £358,713 |
| 83 | 25 Oct 2023 | Detached | £395,000 | £426,782 |
| 128 | 29 Sep 2023 | Semi-detached | £218,000 | £235,540 |
| 144 | 20 Jan 2023 | Semi-detached | £107,500 | £116,149 |
| 76 | 6 Jan 2023 | Terraced | £240,000 | £259,310 |
| 61 | 21 Dec 2022 | Semi-detached | £299,950 | £347,518 |
| 78 | 14 Dec 2022 | Terraced | £245,000 | £283,854 |
| 20 | 31 Oct 2022 | Semi-detached | £224,950 | £260,624 |
| 19 | 3 May 2022 | Detached | £350,000 | £405,505 |
| 42 | 3 Mar 2022 | Terraced | £220,000 | £254,889 |
| 140 | 17 Dec 2021 | Semi-detached | £92,500 | £116,868 |
| 83 | 29 Sep 2021 | Detached | £379,950 | £480,044 |
| 146 | 1 Sep 2021 | Terraced | £194,950 | £246,308 |
| 38 | 27 Aug 2021 | Terraced | £220,000 | £277,957 |
| 12 | 9 Aug 2021 | Semi-detached | £213,000 | £269,113 |
| 112 | 30 Jul 2021 | Semi-detached | £90,000 | £113,710 |
| 40 | 18 Mar 2021 | Terraced | £197,000 | £248,898 |
| 51 | 18 Dec 2020 | Detached | £359,995 | £466,109 |
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 Watts Drive, Shifnal values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Watts Drive | £199,995 (2017) | £245,000 (2025) | +2.6% | -1.0% |
| 29 Watts Drive | £231,995 (2019) | £285,000 (2025) | +3.5% | -0.7% |
| 146 Watts Drive | £169,995 (2019) | £223,000 (2025) | +4.6% | +0.4% |
| 15 Watts Drive | £294,995 (2018) | £369,950 (2025) | +3.3% | -0.6% |
| 40 Watts Drive | £179,995 (2018) | £240,000 (2025) | +4.2% | +0.3% |
| 6 Watts Drive | £189,995 (2017) | £245,000 (2024) | +3.7% | 0.0% |
| 16 Watts Drive | £199,995 (2017) | £225,000 (2024) | +1.7% | -2.0% |
| 59 Watts Drive | £309,995 (2020) | £332,000 (2023) | +2.3% | -3.7% |
| 83 Watts Drive | £346,995 (2020) | £395,000 (2023) | +4.4% | -1.7% |
| 128 Watts Drive | £169,995 (2019) | £218,000 (2023) | +6.4% | +1.5% |
| 76 Watts Drive | £189,995 (2019) | £240,000 (2023) | +6.0% | +1.1% |
| 61 Watts Drive | £274,995 (2020) | £299,950 (2022) | +4.4% | -1.2% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Watts Drive, Shifnal 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 45 | 43.7% | £299,995 | £229,995 – £412,995 |
| Semi-detached | 31 | 30.1% | £199,995 | £82,497 – £299,995 |
| Terraced | 27 | 26.2% | £192,995 | £159,995 – £245,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Watts Drive, Shifnal
4 of the sales on record are leasehold and 99 freehold — 3.9% 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 £91,250 and the median freehold sale £245,000 — a gap of +168.5%. 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 | 4 | 3.9% | £91,250 |
| Freehold | 99 | 96.1% | £245,000 |
| New build | 76 | 73.8% | £274,995 |
| Existing home | 27 | 26.2% | £224,950 |
New builds sold for more than the median existing home — +22.2%. 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 16 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 09
How Watts Drive, Shifnal compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Watts Drive, Shifnal sits above that national figure — +55.6%.
Within Shifnal the street ranks 56 of 161 by median price, and its median is above the town figure of £195,000 (+25.6%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £2,661 per square metre, across 1 of the 103 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 £82,497 to £412,995. 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.
Section 10
Nearby on the record
Streets nearby
- Stone Drive£245,000 median
- Beech Drive£173,000 median
- Shrewsbury Fields£138,000 median
- Admirals Way£125,875 median
- Hough Way£255,000 median
- Park Street£122,475 median
- Applebrook£165,000 median
- Springhill£274,995 median
- Wyke Way£145,000 median
- Poplar Street£294,995 median
- Wadlow Drive£399,995 median
- Maple Close£170,000 median
- Broadway£137,250 median
- Victoria Road£120,000 median
- Pickwick Court£88,000 median
- The Grove£175,473 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 146 Watts Drive3 sales
- 40 Watts Drive3 sales
- 83 Watts Drive3 sales
- 10 Watts Drive2 sales
- 29 Watts Drive2 sales
- 15 Watts Drive2 sales
- 6 Watts Drive2 sales
- 16 Watts Drive2 sales
- 59 Watts Drive2 sales
- 128 Watts Drive2 sales
- 76 Watts Drive2 sales
- 61 Watts Drive2 sales
- 78 Watts Drive2 sales
- 20 Watts Drive2 sales
- 19 Watts Drive2 sales
- 42 Watts Drive2 sales
- 38 Watts Drive2 sales
- 12 Watts Drive2 sales
- 136 Watts Drive2 sales
- 30 Watts Drive2 sales
Back to Shifnal house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Watts Drive, Shifnal?
The median price paid in Watts Drive, Shifnal across every sale on the register is £245,000. 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 Watts Drive, Shifnal?
103 sales are on record for Watts Drive, Shifnal, the most recent completing on 13 Nov 2025. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Watts Drive, Shifnal house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +22.5% between 2017 and 2025. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -8.0%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Watts Drive, Shifnal house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £314,995, set in 2020. 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 Watts Drive, Shifnal?
£2,661 per square metre, from the 1 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 13 Nov 2025. 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, “Watts Drive, Shifnal 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.