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Northfield market report B31, Birmingham
The B31 (Northfield) house price history in full, 1995 to 2026, in cash and in today's money. The raw material for this page is 24,612 HM Land Registry entries for B31 (Birmingham), going back to 1995: each an actual purchase at an actual price. Rents come from the ONS. Valuations, estimates and asking prices appear nowhere in it.
Sales recorded to July 2026; rents are ONS figures for May 2026. The page rebuilds with each monthly release.
In short: a typical B31 (Birmingham) home changed hands for £245,000 in 2026 (median of 247 registered sales, up 23% on five years earlier), with the mean at £258,200, and by floor area homes here have averaged about £2,920 per square metre over the last five years. Source: 24,612 completed sales on the HM Land Registry record since 1995, updated with each monthly release. No valuations, no asking prices.
B31 is the postcode district covering Northfield, Longbridge, West Heath 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 B31 sits
Shaded by median price on the same scale as the average prices map. Click any shape to open it on the live map with every sale plotted at its address, or zoom in past street level to see the sold homes right here.
The going rate for a home in B31
In the B31 property market, the 2026 median sale price is £245,000, from 247 registered sales; the mean, the "average house price" most sites quote, is £258,200, sitting modestly above it, the usual shape of a market with an expensive tail.
Price per square metre in B31
The last five years of sales put B31 at roughly £2,920 per square metre. That figure, built from each sale's Energy Performance Certificate floor area, is the one that makes a small flat and a big house comparable.
For scale: the England and Wales median is £285,000, so B31 trades 14% below the country as a whole.
B31's median sold price, 1995 to 2026
The cash median beside its inflation-adjusted twin (ONS CPIH). The adjusted line answers the harder question, whether homes really got dearer. Hover for the figures; the legend toggles each series.
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| Year | Median (cash) | Median (today's £) | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | £245,000 | £245,000 | 247 |
| 2025 | £233,000 | £238,572 | 729 |
| 2024 | £230,800 | £245,388 | 722 |
| 2023 | £223,000 | £245,023 | 654 |
| 2022 | £211,000 | £247,422 | 863 |
| 2021 | £200,000 | £253,226 | 855 |
| 2020 | £179,000 | £232,256 | 719 |
| 2019 | £176,000 | £230,694 | 868 |
| 2018 | £168,800 | £225,014 | 876 |
| 2017 | £159,800 | £217,951 | 886 |
| 2016 | £148,000 | £207,053 | 780 |
| 2015 | £143,000 | £202,059 | 865 |
| 2014 | £137,000 | £194,358 | 741 |
| 2013 | £125,000 | £179,863 | 676 |
| 2012 | £125,000 | £183,984 | 564 |
| 2011 | £116,500 | £175,870 | 536 |
| 2010 | £120,000 | £188,191 | 478 |
| 2009 | £120,000 | £192,901 | 465 |
| 2008 | £121,500 | £199,164 | 595 |
| 2007 | £125,000 | £212,035 | 1,000 |
| 2006 | £125,000 | £216,984 | 985 |
| 2005 | £120,000 | £213,552 | 938 |
| 2004 | £117,500 | £213,403 | 1,045 |
| 2003 | £95,000 | £175,013 | 967 |
| 2002 | £80,000 | £150,519 | 1,045 |
| 2001 | £68,000 | £130,727 | 1,008 |
| 2000 | £58,500 | £114,806 | 881 |
| 1999 | £57,000 | £113,598 | 940 |
| 1998 | £53,000 | £106,984 | 785 |
| 1997 | £48,500 | £99,464 | 724 |
| 1996 | £46,000 | £97,012 | 583 |
| 1995 | £46,000 | £99,997 | 592 |
In cash terms the typical B31 home went from £46,000 in 1995 to £245,000 in 2026, roughly 5 times the price. Inflation explains only part of it: in today's money the rise is still about 145%, a genuine increase in what a home here costs. In inflation-adjusted terms the high-water mark was 2021. The market now sits about 3% below it, so a peak-time purchase has yet to recover its real value.
Year-on-year change in the B31 median
Each bar is the change on the year before, in cash. The zero line is the boundary between rising and falling.
The strongest year on record here is 2004 (+23.7% on the year before); the weakest, 2011 (−2.9%). Single-year swings like these are why the annualised table below matters more than any one year's headline.
Growth per year, over one to twenty years
| Period | Cash, per year | Real terms, per year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 years (since 2025) | +5.2% | +2.7% |
| 5 years (since 2021) | +4.1% | −0.7% |
| 10 years (since 2016) | +5.2% | +1.7% |
| 20 years (since 2006) | +3.4% | +0.6% |
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.
Detached, semi, terraced, flat: four markets in one
A single median hides the split beneath it. Sales of semi-detached homes dominate the record here, 43% of the typed total. A detached home currently trades at £316,000 against £141,000 for a flat, 2.2 times the price.
Median by property type, B31
One line per type, years with too few sales omitted. Hover for the year's figures; click a legend entry to isolate a type.
| Type | Median (2026) | Sales that year | All-time sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | £316,000 | 22 | 2,612 |
| Semi-detached | £265,000 | 115 | 10,528 |
| Terraced | £229,400 | 78 | 8,110 |
| Flats | £141,000 | 32 | 3,362 |
How many homes change hands in B31
Sales per year, counted
Each bar is a year's recorded sales. 2008's dip is the financial crisis, and the newest bar always grows for a while as late registrations arrive.
Month by month, five years back
Sales as they reached the register each month. Expect the seasonal sawtooth, and discount the newest months while late entries land.
Over the last twelve months of data, 541 sales completed in B31. Like most of England and Wales, turnover never fully recovered from 2008: the market here averaged 984 sales a year before the financial crisis and 643 a year over the last five. 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 B31
B31 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.
Against the £245,000 median purchase price, a rent of £1,088 a month (£13,056 a year) works out at a 5.3% gross yield, a ceiling figure that ignores letting costs, voids, maintenance and tax. Because rents are local-authority statistics, districts sharing the authority share the figure.
Common questions on B31 (Northfield)
Are property prices falling in B31 (Northfield)?
Is B31 (Northfield) a good place to buy a house?
How much did a house sell for in B31 (Northfield)?
Will B31 prices rise from here?
That question has no honest answer, only evidence. The evidence: the median is up 23% over five years in cash but down 3% after inflation. Weigh the volume chart alongside the price one before deciding anything, and bear in mind every figure is a completed sale that reached the register weeks after completion.
B31's current homes for sale
Everything above is what homes in B31 sold for. This is what you could actually buy today: 548 homes currently on the market from 7 agents publishing to HomesIndex, at a typical asking price 2% below the B31 median sold price.
40% of current listings sit under the prices comparable homes actually fetched. Every listing is measured against recent recorded sales of similar nearby homes.
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- The Roundabout, Northfield, Birmingham
"Under comparable sales" compares each asking price with what similar homes nearby actually sold for. It is a starting point for a conversation, not a valuation. Always look at the home itself.
See every B31 home for sale on the map →
Refreshed every Monday and Thursday from agents' own feeds to HomesIndex, so a sample of the market rather than all of it. An asking price remains an ask, not a sale.
Moving up a bedroom in B: the cost
Real sold prices by size across the B area, straight from the Land Registry record. The jump between sizes is local: in some areas a third bedroom adds a quarter to the price, in others nearly four fifths, so a national rule of thumb will mislead you here.
| Type | 1 bed | 2 bed | 3 bed | 4 bed | 5 bed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | — | £306,000 | £425,000 (+39%) | £665,000 (+56%) | £950,000 (+43%) |
| Semi-detached | £210,000 | £240,000 (+14%) | £300,000 (+25%) | £418,250 (+39%) | £535,000 (+28%) |
| Terraced | £187,500 | £200,000 (+7%) | £235,000 (+18%) | £315,000 (+34%) | £397,000 (+26%) |
| Flat | £130,000 | £179,500 (+38%) | £299,000 (+67%) | £500,000 (+67%) | — |
Built from the last four years of recorded sales by form and bedroom count. Bedroom counts are estimated from EPC records (the register carries none), so expect a small number of homes one size adrift. Blank cells mean too few homes for the figure to mean anything.
The risers and the fallers
B31 ranks 14 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
Cash-terms risers and fallers across the area; click any row for that district's full report.
Inside B31, sector by sector
Below district level sit the sectors, street groups with reports of their own, and the gaps between neighbouring ones can be sharp.
| Sector | Median (latest) | Sales that year |
|---|---|---|
| B31 1 | £217,500 | 36 |
| B31 2 | £260,000 | 71 |
| B31 3 | £234,800 | 46 |
| B31 4 | £245,000 | 42 |
| B31 5 | £252,500 | 52 |
How B31 compares nearby
Same city, different markets. The dearest districts of the B area, and B31 itself, which ranks 39 of 76 by median price:
| District | Median | 5-year |
|---|---|---|
| B94 | £615,000 | +7% |
| B93 | £560,000 | +11% |
| B91 | £490,000 | +14% |
| B95 | £442,500 | +11% |
| B72 | £400,000 | +17% |
| B74 | £397,500 | +5% |
| B47 | £373,000 | +10% |
| B75 | £363,800 | +4% |
| B73 | £350,000 | +1% |
| B76 | £350,000 | +17% |
| B80 | £347,500 | +24% |
| B17 | £347,000 | +7% |
| B96 | £347,000 | -4% |
| B48 | £340,000 | -9% |
| B60 | £340,000 | +6% |
| B90 | £335,000 | +4% |
| B50 | £325,000 | -1% |
| B49 | £312,500 | -5% |
| B92 | £310,000 | +11% |
| B28 | £300,000 | +12% |
| B61 | £295,000 | +13% |
| B62 | £285,000 | +15% |
| B46 | £279,500 | +4% |
| B31 (this report) | £245,000 | +23% |
Selling a home in B31? Price it on the evidence
The sold record beats any estimate as a starting point. Before a house valuation or flat valuation in B31, open the average prices map and zoom from the B31 shading down to the sold homes on your own street. Every recorded B31 sale is on this page; the same Land Registry record is what agents price from, and it is now in your hands.
Estate agents working B31: the featured spot on this report is free for founding agents, one per district. Claim B31.
Dig further
Behind the answers sits the same Land Registry record as this page, with B31 already set as the subject. Free, one click sign in.
The live map plots every individual B31 sale at its exact address, and the average prices map zooms from neighbourhood shading to single homes. For a specific question, the report tool writes a custom answer, and any sale's mortgage and rent calculator runs the numbers on a real purchase.
About the numbers: everything is computed from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data (Crown copyright, OGL v3.0), geocoded to the address; today's-money figures use the ONS CPIH index, and rents are the ONS Price Index of Private Rents by local authority. These are medians of recorded sales, not valuations, and none of it is financial advice.