Cannock Property Market: House Prices, Sold Data & Development Finance, Q3 2026 Edition

Cannock: Southern Staffordshire town with affordable values and proximity to Birmingham's employment base.

The Cannock property market recorded 1,474 residential sales in the 12 months to 31 May 2026, with a median sale price of £220,000. This places Cannock £10k below the Staffordshire county median of £230,000, and £65k below the approximate UK median of £285,000.

Prices in Cannock have recorded a moderate decline, a year-on-year change of -2.2%. Within Staffordshire, Cannock ranks 5th by price out of 7 principal towns, and 6th by transaction volume.

On a quarterly view, Cannock median prices moved from £215,500 in Q3 2024 to £225,000 in Q4 2025, a change of +4.4% over 5 quarters. Cannock has now recorded 2 consecutive quarters of price growth. The most recent quarter is excluded because HM Land Registry registrations for it are still incomplete.

Cannock Chase District Council, the local planning authority covering Cannock, approved 80 residential planning applications and refused 18 in the last 12 months, with 32 still awaiting a decision. That is an approval rate of 82%.

Those applications propose around 44 homes, an estimated £9.9m of development value at local sale prices. Treat the unit total as an upper bound, since an outline permission and its reserved-matters application both count.

Property prices in Cannock vary significantly by type. The table below compares Cannock prices with Staffordshire county averages and UK national figures.

Detached homes in Cannock command £330,000, while flat properties are most accessible at £110,000. The £220k spread between the most and least expensive types indicates a diverse market with opportunities across the development spectrum.

HM Land Registry has so far registered 2 new-build sales in Cannock for the past 12 months, 0.1% of registered transactions. New-build sales are typically registered 6 to 18 months after completion, so this understates current delivery and is not a completions figure.

Too few new-build sales have registered yet to quote a reliable new-build premium for Cannock.

Across the wider Staffordshire market, 441 new-build sales have registered so far. See our Staffordshire property market report for the full county picture.

The table below shows the most recently registered residential sales in Cannock, evidence of achieved prices for buyers, sellers and developers:

These transactions are sourced from HM Land Registry Price Paid data and represent completed, registered sales. The range from £180,000 to £425,000 illustrates the breadth of the Cannock market.

For developers considering Cannock, the local market data translates directly into finance structuring. With a median value of £220,000 and detached homes at £330,000, lenders can assess scheme viability with confidence.

A typical development finance facility for a scheme in Cannock with a GDV of £330,000 would attract senior debt of approximately £214,500 at 65% LTGDV. Mezzanine finance can stretch total borrowing to 85-90% of costs, while bridging loans enable rapid site acquisitions completing in as little as 5 working days.

While prices have softened 2.2% year-on-year, experienced developers can still generate strong returns in Cannock by targeting well-located sites with clear demand drivers.

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To put Cannock's market in context, the table below compares it with similarly-priced towns across Staffordshire:

For the full Staffordshire town-by-town breakdown, see our comprehensive Staffordshire property market report.