Stafford Property Market: House Prices, Sold Data & Development Finance, Q3 2026 Review

Stafford: County town with fast WCML services to London and Birmingham and growing residential demand.

The Stafford property market recorded 2,283 residential sales in the 12 months to 30 June 2026, with a median sale price of £250,000. This places Stafford £20k above the Staffordshire county median of £230,000, and £35k below the approximate UK median of £285,000.

Prices in Stafford have recorded a moderate decline, a year-on-year change of -2%. Within Staffordshire, Stafford ranks 2nd by price out of 7 principal towns, and 2nd by transaction volume.

On a quarterly view, Stafford median prices moved from £268,000 in Q1 2025 to £250,000 in Q2 2026, a change of -6.7% over 5 quarters.

The local planning authority for Stafford approved 9 residential planning applications and refused 7 in Q3 2026 (1 July to 30 September 2026), with 68 still awaiting a decision. Too few decisions were captured in the period to state a reliable approval rate. A further 2 residential decisions in the period have no recorded outcome in the source data and are not counted above. Planning figures come from local planning authority records compiled by Landstack, retrieved on 3 October 2026. Councils and Landstack can take several days to publish decisions, so decisions made in the final days of Q3 2026 may not all be included yet.

Schemes approved in Q3 2026, together with those still awaiting a decision, propose around 3,451 homes, an estimated £861.0m 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 Stafford vary significantly by type. The table below compares Stafford prices with Staffordshire county averages and UK national figures.

Detached homes in Stafford command £369,500, while flat properties are most accessible at £120,000. The £250k 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 116 new-build sales in Stafford for the past 12 months, 5.1% 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.

On those registered sales, new builds in Stafford sold at a premium of 8.0% to existing stock.

Across the wider Staffordshire market, 405 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 Stafford, 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 £110,000 to £230,000 illustrates the breadth of the Stafford market.

For developers considering Stafford, the local market data translates directly into finance structuring. With a median value of £250,000 and detached homes at £369,500, lenders can assess scheme viability with confidence.

A typical development finance facility for a scheme in Stafford with a GDV of £369,500 would attract senior debt of approximately £240,175 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% year-on-year, experienced developers can still generate strong returns in Stafford by targeting well-located sites with clear demand drivers.

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To put Stafford'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.