15 The Brake is an end-of-terrace house in Hagley, Stourbridge, Stourbridge (DY8 2XJ). It has a recorded floor area of 73 m² (around 786 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (August 2021) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 6.7% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£304/sq ft) was about 48% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold September 2022 for £238,500. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
15 The Brake has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
1applications of note in the surrounding area
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Price for 15 The Brake has grown more than fourfold since the 1997 starting point.
£260,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.7% per year over 25 years.
£238,500
Growth on file: 6.7% per year over 25 years.
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15 The Brake outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,267
Street avg £2,636
Floor Area
73 m²
Street avg 72 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Haybridge High School — bus stop.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.8dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
23 September 2022Most recent
£238,500
+229.0%over 22 years14 April 2000
£72,500
+54.3%over 2 years15 August 1997
£47,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in DY8 2XJ: £220,000 (2025–2017).

Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.5 t/year
Street avg 3.4 t/year
Closest school
0.1 km
Hagley Catholic High School. 8 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.1dB