House prices in Birmingham
A typical home in Birmingham sold for £255,500: the count-weighted median of the 47,862 sales recorded by HM Land Registry across the B postcode area between 2024 and 2026. Sold prices, not asking prices or estimates.
In 2026 the Birmingham property market's median sold price, across the B postcode area, was £259,000, from 7,212 recorded sales. Five years earlier, in 2021, it was £230,000. That is a rise of 13%, about 2.4% a year.
Against the England and Wales median of £285,000, the latest Birmingham median is 9% lower.
Figures on this page cover the B postcode area, the postal geography centred on Birmingham. Postcode areas are drawn wider than council boundaries, so nearby towns on B postcodes are counted too.
Birmingham median sold prices by year
| Year | Median | Average | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | £259,000 | £299,300 | 7,212 |
| 2025 | £255,500 | £300,000 | 20,708 |
| 2024 | £250,000 | £292,000 | 19,942 |
| 2023 | £245,000 | £290,900 | 18,724 |
| 2022 | £242,000 | £287,100 | 24,180 |
| 2021 | £230,000 | £276,600 | 28,092 |
| 2020 | £215,000 | £255,200 | 19,973 |
| 2019 | £200,000 | £237,400 | 24,555 |
| 2018 | £190,000 | £233,100 | 25,772 |
| 2017 | £180,000 | £221,900 | 25,561 |
| 2016 | £168,000 | £206,200 | 25,535 |
| 2015 | £160,000 | £199,600 | 24,999 |
| 2014 | £153,000 | £187,500 | 24,555 |
| 2013 | £147,000 | £177,700 | 20,489 |
| 2012 | £140,000 | £171,600 | 17,314 |
| 2011 | £139,000 | £169,700 | 17,592 |
| 2010 | £145,000 | £176,800 | 17,849 |
| 2009 | £138,000 | £163,500 | 16,481 |
| 2008 | £140,000 | £170,200 | 19,338 |
| 2007 | £146,000 | £175,600 | 36,898 |
Medians are the middle sold price of the year's recorded sales. The average (mean) can sit well above the median when a few expensive homes change hands.
The priciest parts of Birmingham
Typical price is the count-weighted median over the last three recorded years. Only districts with at least 30 sales in that window are ranked, which keeps low-volume business postcodes out of these tables.
| District | Typical price | Sales, 3 years | In depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| B94 Hockley Heath, Earlswood | £615,000 | 189 | Report |
| B93 Baddesley Clinton, Bentley Heath | £560,000 | 677 | Report |
| B91 Solihull, Blossomfield | £455,000 | 1,137 | Report |
| B95 Henley-in-Arden, Wooton Wawen | £442,500 | 231 | Report |
| B96 Feckenham, Astwood Bank | £428,500 | 168 | Report |
Best value in Birmingham
| District | Typical price | Sales, 3 years | In depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| B6 Aston | £161,000 | 118 | Report |
| B18 Jewellery Quarter, Hockley | £174,000 | 176 | Report |
| B9 Bordesley Green | £175,000 | 221 | Report |
| B21 Handsworth | £180,000 | 264 | Report |
| B19 Lozells, Newtown | £180,000 | 86 | Report |
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