House price growth: fastest and slowest places in West Midlands (August 2026)
Newcastle-under-Lyme had the strongest annual price change of West Midlands’s 30 councils in August 2026, at 5.2%.
Rugby had the weakest, at −2.2%. The middle council, Birmingham, had 1.5%.
See it on the map| Rank | Council | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Newcastle-under-Lyme | 5.2% |
| 2 | Staffordshire Moorlands | 5.1% |
| 3 | Malvern Hills | 4.3% |
| 4 | Coventry | 3.8% |
| 5 | Stafford | 3.5% |
| 6 | Dudley | 3.4% |
| =7 | Lichfield | 2.7% |
| =7 | Wolverhampton | 2.7% |
| 9 | Walsall | 2.6% |
| 10 | North Warwickshire | 2.5% |
| 11 | South Staffordshire | 2.3% |
| 12 | East Staffordshire | 2.0% |
| 13 | Herefordshire | 1.9% |
| 14 | Worcester | 1.6% |
| =15 | Birmingham | 1.5% |
| =15 | Warwick | 1.5% |
| 17 | Stratford-on-Avon | 1.3% |
| =18 | Bromsgrove | 1.2% |
| =18 | Telford and Wrekin | 1.2% |
| 20 | Wyre Forest | 0.3% |
| 21 | Solihull | 0.2% |
| 22 | Sandwell | 0.0% |
| 23 | Tamworth | −0.1% |
| =24 | Nuneaton and Bedworth | −0.2% |
| =24 | Stoke-on-Trent | −0.2% |
| 26 | Wychavon | −0.4% |
| 27 | Shropshire | −0.9% |
| 28 | Cannock Chase | −1.3% |
| 29 | Redditch | −1.7% |
| 30 | Rugby | −2.2% |