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B3 local market report Birmingham

Every figure on this page comes from the public record: 3,445 sales registered with HM Land Registry in B3 (Birmingham) since 1995, each one a completed purchase at a real price, plus current rental figures from the ONS. Nothing here is a valuation, an estimate or an asking price.

Sales data to March 2026. Rents: ONS, May 2026. Regenerated with every monthly data refresh.

B3 is the postcode district in Birmingham. Districts are a practical way to slice a market: small enough to mean something locally, big enough to have a steady flow of sales to measure.

Where B3 sits

Click the map to open B3 on the live map, with every sale plotted at its address. The average pricing view shades the whole country the same way.

B1B4B18B16B3
£195,000median sold price, 2026
-11%five-year change (cash)
122sales in the last 12 months
6.7%gross rental yield (est.)

What a home in B3 sells for

The 2026 median in B3 is £195,000, from 11 registered sales; the mean, £226,200, sits well above it, the signature of a heavy top tail: a handful of expensive sales lifting the average.

For scale: the England and Wales median is £274,000, so B3 trades 29% below the country as a whole.

The price of a typical B3 home, 1995 to 2026

The median as recorded at the time, and each year restated in today's money (ONS CPIH), the sharper test of whether homes really got dearer. Hover for the year-by-year figures; click a legend entry to isolate a series.

Price at the timeIn today's money (CPIH)
£125k£250k£375k£500k1995200020052010201520202026 1995: £51,800 at the time · £109,975 in today's money · 12 sales1996: £59,000 at the time · £121,522 in today's money · 15 sales1997: £53,500 at the time · £107,155 in today's money · 32 sales1998: £67,000 at the time · £132,086 in today's money · 53 sales1999: £103,000 at the time · £200,480 in today's money · 86 sales2000: £113,000 at the time · £216,583 in today's money · 42 sales2001: £132,000 at the time · £247,837 in today's money · 77 sales2002: £144,500 at the time · £265,526 in today's money · 95 sales2003: £156,400 at the time · £281,398 in today's money · 160 sales2004: £156,500 at the time · £277,596 in today's money · 195 sales2005: £153,500 at the time · £266,788 in today's money · 91 sales2006: £152,500 at the time · £258,538 in today's money · 109 sales2007: £140,200 at the time · £232,264 in today's money · 148 sales2008: £136,800 at the time · £219,007 in today's money · 180 sales2009: £140,500 at the time · £220,580 in today's money · 62 sales2010: £130,900 at the time · £200,491 in today's money · 53 sales2011: £139,000 at the time · £204,936 in today's money · 81 sales2012: £133,300 at the time · £191,619 in today's money · 50 sales2013: £125,000 at the time · £175,662 in today's money · 81 sales2014: £123,000 at the time · £170,422 in today's money · 161 sales2015: £164,800 at the time · £227,424 in today's money · 172 sales2016: £162,800 at the time · £222,440 in today's money · 200 sales2017: £220,000 at the time · £293,050 in today's money · 165 sales2018: £200,000 at the time · £260,377 in today's money · 193 sales2019: £229,000 at the time · £293,154 in today's money · 233 sales2020: £217,000 at the time · £274,986 in today's money · 106 sales2021: £218,000 at the time · £269,570 in today's money · 99 sales2022: £217,500 at the time · £249,087 in today's money · 104 sales2023: £247,500 at the time · £265,591 in today's money · 103 sales2024: £265,200 at the time · £275,377 in today's money · 158 sales2025: £240,000 at the time · £240,000 in today's money · 118 sales2026: £195,000 at the time · £195,000 in today's money · 11 sales
See this chart as a table
YearMedian (cash)Median (today's £)Sales
2026£195,000£195,00011
2025£240,000£240,000118
2024£265,200£275,377158
2023£247,500£265,591103
2022£217,500£249,087104
2021£218,000£269,57099
2020£217,000£274,986106
2019£229,000£293,154233
2018£200,000£260,377193
2017£220,000£293,050165
2016£162,800£222,440200
2015£164,800£227,424172
2014£123,000£170,422161
2013£125,000£175,66281
2012£133,300£191,61950
2011£139,000£204,93681
2010£130,900£200,49153
2009£140,500£220,58062
2008£136,800£219,007180
2007£140,200£232,264148
2006£152,500£258,538109
2005£153,500£266,78891
2004£156,500£277,596195
2003£156,400£281,398160
2002£144,500£265,52695
2001£132,000£247,83777
2000£113,000£216,58342
1999£103,000£200,48086
1998£67,000£132,08653
1997£53,500£107,15532
1996£59,000£121,52215
1995£51,800£109,97512

In cash terms the typical B3 home went from £51,800 in 1995 to £195,000 in 2026, roughly 3.8 times the price. Even after inflation that is a real rise of about 77%: homes here genuinely became dearer, not just more expensive on paper. Measured in today's money the market peaked in 2019; the current median sits about 33% below that. Someone who bought at the 2019 peak has not yet seen that price back in real terms.

Year-on-year change in the B3 median

Each bar is the change on the year before, in cash. The zero line is the boundary between rising and falling.

+100% -100% 0% 1996 · +13.9% on the year before1997 · −9.3% on the year before1998 · +25.2% on the year before1999 · +53.7% on the year before2000 · +9.7% on the year before2001 · +16.8% on the year before2002 · +9.5% on the year before2003 · +8.2% on the year before2004 · +0.1% on the year before2005 · −1.9% on the year before2006 · −0.7% on the year before2007 · −8.1% on the year before2008 · −2.4% on the year before2009 · +2.7% on the year before2010 · −6.8% on the year before2011 · +6.2% on the year before2012 · −4.1% on the year before2013 · −6.2% on the year before2014 · −1.6% on the year before2015 · +34.0% on the year before2016 · −1.2% on the year before2017 · +35.1% on the year before2018 · −9.1% on the year before2019 · +14.5% on the year before2020 · −5.2% on the year before2021 · +0.5% on the year before2022 · −0.2% on the year before2023 · +13.8% on the year before2024 · +7.2% on the year before2025 · −9.5% on the year before2026 · −18.8% on the year before200020052010201520202026

The strongest year on record here is 1999 (+53.7% on the year before); the weakest, 2026 (−18.8%). Single-year swings like these are why the annualised table below matters more than any one year's headline.

Annualised returns

PeriodCash, per yearReal terms, per year
1 years (since 2025)−18.8%−18.8%
5 years (since 2021)−2.2%−6.3%
10 years (since 2016)+1.8%−1.3%
20 years (since 2006)+1.2%−1.4%

Compound annual growth of the median sold price; the real column deflates by ONS CPIH. Annualised figures smooth the cycle (the chart above shows the cycle), and past growth is a record, not a forecast.

Transaction volumes

How many homes change hands

Recorded sales per year. The dip after 2008 is the financial crisis; the last bar is still filling in as recent sales get registered.

125250 1995: 12 sales1996: 15 sales1997: 32 sales1998: 53 sales1999: 86 sales2000: 42 sales2001: 77 sales2002: 95 sales2003: 160 sales2004: 195 sales2005: 91 sales2006: 109 sales2007: 148 sales2008: 180 sales2009: 62 sales2010: 53 sales2011: 81 sales2012: 50 sales2013: 81 sales2014: 161 sales2015: 172 sales2016: 200 sales2017: 165 sales2018: 193 sales2019: 233 sales2020: 106 sales2021: 99 sales2022: 104 sales2023: 103 sales2024: 158 sales2025: 118 sales2026: 11 sales1995200020052010201520202026

The last five years, month by month

Monthly registrations. The sawtooth is seasonal; the register runs weeks behind completions at the right-hand edge.

2550 November 2020 · 9 sales registeredDecember 2020 · 6 sales registeredJanuary 2021 · 5 sales registeredMarch 2021 · 12 sales registeredApril 2021 · 9 sales registeredMay 2021 · 4 sales registeredJune 2021 · 16 sales registeredJuly 2021 · 6 sales registeredAugust 2021 · 7 sales registeredSeptember 2021 · 13 sales registeredOctober 2021 · 3 sales registeredNovember 2021 · 8 sales registeredDecember 2021 · 14 sales registeredJanuary 2022 · 4 sales registeredFebruary 2022 · 7 sales registeredMarch 2022 · 10 sales registeredApril 2022 · 3 sales registeredMay 2022 · 6 sales registeredJune 2022 · 9 sales registeredJuly 2022 · 7 sales registeredAugust 2022 · 8 sales registeredSeptember 2022 · 11 sales registeredOctober 2022 · 9 sales registeredNovember 2022 · 15 sales registeredDecember 2022 · 15 sales registeredJanuary 2023 · 16 sales registeredFebruary 2023 · 5 sales registeredMarch 2023 · 7 sales registeredApril 2023 · 7 sales registeredMay 2023 · 6 sales registeredJune 2023 · 7 sales registeredJuly 2023 · 5 sales registeredAugust 2023 · 4 sales registeredSeptember 2023 · 26 sales registeredOctober 2023 · 5 sales registeredNovember 2023 · 6 sales registeredDecember 2023 · 9 sales registeredJanuary 2024 · 5 sales registeredMarch 2024 · 5 sales registeredApril 2024 · 8 sales registeredMay 2024 · 15 sales registeredJune 2024 · 11 sales registeredJuly 2024 · 27 sales registeredAugust 2024 · 21 sales registeredSeptember 2024 · 11 sales registeredOctober 2024 · 20 sales registeredNovember 2024 · 15 sales registeredDecember 2024 · 19 sales registeredJanuary 2025 · 10 sales registeredFebruary 2025 · 13 sales registeredMarch 2025 · 14 sales registeredApril 2025 · 12 sales registeredMay 2025 · 18 sales registeredJune 2025 · 8 sales registeredJuly 2025 · 6 sales registeredAugust 2025 · 9 sales registeredSeptember 2025 · 11 sales registeredOctober 2025 · 10 sales registeredDecember 2025 · 5 sales registeredMarch 2026 · 6 sales registered

B3 recorded 122 sales in the last twelve months of data. Turnover has held fairly steady across the cycle: about 99 sales a year recently, against 115 a year before 2008. Volume matters as much as price: when few homes change hands, the median gets jumpy and a single street can move the figure. The most recent year is always still filling in, because sales appear in the Land Registry weeks or months after completion.

What homes rent for around B3

B3 falls under Birmingham, where the ONS puts the average private rent at £1,088 a month (May 2026 figures). A one-bed averages £821 a month here and a four-or-more-bed £1,563, so size does most of the work in setting the rent.

Average monthly rent by size, Birmingham

ONS Price Index of Private Rents, May 2026.

1 bed: £821 a month£8211 bed2 bed: £993 a month£9932 bed3 bed: £1,121 a month£1,1213 bed4+ bed: £1,563 a month£1,5634+ bed

Set against the £195,000 median sold price, £1,088 a month is £13,056 a year, a gross yield of 6.7%: gross, before letting costs, voids, maintenance and tax, so a ceiling rather than a promise. Rents are published at local-authority level, so nearby districts in the same authority share these figures.

Will B3 prices rise from here?

Nobody can tell you that, and this page will not pretend to. What the record shows: the median is down 11% over five years in cash but down 28% after inflation. If you are weighing a purchase, read the volume chart alongside the price one, and remember that every figure here is a completed sale, lagged by the weeks it takes the Land Registry to register it.

Ladders and snakes: five-year risers and fallers

B3 ranks 71 of 76 in the B area on five-year growth. The gap between the top and bottom of this chart is the difference between buying well and buying badly in the same city.

Five-year change in the median, B area districts

The biggest risers and fallers in cash terms; every row links to that district's report.

B29B29 · +35% over five years · median £290,000+35%B65B65 · +33% over five years · median £226,000+33%B70B70 · +32% over five years · median £220,000+32%B32B32 · +31% over five years · median £235,000+31%B26B26 · +25% over five years · median £250,000+25%B3B3 · −11% over five years · median £195,000−11%B12B12 · −12% over five years · median £166,000−12%B15B15 · −21% over five years · median £225,000−21%B1B1 · −21% over five years · median £171,200−21%B5B5 · −31% over five years · median £170,000−31%B4B4 · −79% over five years · median £300,000−79%

Inside B3, street group by street group

Postcode sectors are the next slice down, each a group of streets. Prices can differ sharply between two sectors a few minutes' walk apart.

SectorMedian (latest)Sales that year
B3 1£195,0009
B3 2£155,0008

How B3 compares nearby

Same city, different markets. The neighbouring districts of the B area, dearest first:

DistrictMedian5-year
B93£547,500+10%
B94£542,100-6%
B95£442,500+10%
B72£400,000+19%
B91£397,500-5%
B96£395,000+7%
B74£392,600+5%
B47£375,000+11%
B48£365,000-3%
B75£360,000+6%
B17£340,000+10%
B60£337,000+10%
B76£335,800+12%
B73£331,500-3%
B50£330,000+2%
B80£325,000+14%
B90£323,000+3%
B49£310,000-5%
B92£310,000+13%
B61£304,200+20%
B4£300,000-79%
B28£290,000+11%
B29£290,000+35%
B97£277,000+11%

Dig further

See every individual B3 sale on the live map, mapped to the exact address, or the quick-reference B3 price page. The report tool writes a custom answer to a specific question, and the mortgage and rent calculator on any sale runs the numbers on a real purchase.

How this page is made: the statistics are computed from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data (Crown copyright, OGL v3.0), geocoded to address level; inflation adjustment uses the ONS CPIH index; rents are the ONS Price Index of Private Rents at local-authority level. Medians of recorded sales, not valuations. Nothing on this page is financial advice.