Standing view · housing · Shropshire
deteriorating, held with established confidence, formed on 31 August 2026 from movements in 2026-07.
Households served a no-fault eviction notice and owed a prevention duty in Shropshire rose to 51 in the first quarter of 2026, when 202 households were owed a relief duty. The average house price was £281,776 in April 2026. Rents rose slightly: a two-bedroom home cost £754 a month in April and £759 in May, a flat or maisonette £669 in June and £670 in July, and a home with four or more bedrooms £1,370 in March.
A view is formed only where the evidence names a figure you can check. Each movement listed as a reason had to be large enough to matter and distinctive in at least one way — unusual against this area's own history, unusual against comparable areas, or sustained over several periods. A movement shared with peers counts for less, because it says something about the country rather than about Shropshire. Where no figure supports a direction we hold no view rather than a hedged one.
| Measure | Period | Direction |
|---|---|---|
| Prevention duty, section 21 notice | 2026-Q1 | deteriorating |
These figures carry no defensible direction of their own: a rising house price is good news to an owner and bad news to someone trying to buy, so we do not score one as an improvement. They are shown because they are part of the picture, and they did not decide the view above.
| Measure | Period | Series |
|---|---|---|
| Relief duty owed | 2026-Q1 | falling |
| Average private rent, four or more bedrooms | 2026-03 | — |
| Average house price | 2026-04 | — |
| Average private rent, two bedrooms | 2026-04 | — |
| Average private rent, two bedrooms | 2026-05 | — |
| Average private rent, flat or maisonette | 2026-06 | — |
| Average private rent, flat or maisonette | 2026-07 | — |