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B50 local market report Alcester

Every figure on this page comes from the public record: 4,221 sales registered with HM Land Registry in B50 (Alcester) 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 May 2026. Rents: ONS, May 2026. Regenerated with every monthly data refresh.

B50 is the postcode district covering Bidford-on-Avon, Broom, Wixford in Alcester. 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 B50 sits

Click the map to open B50 on the live map, with every sale plotted at its address. The average pricing view shades the whole country the same way.

B49WR11CV37WR7WR10B50
£330,000median sold price, 2026
+2%five-year change (cash)
112sales in the last 12 months
4.1%gross rental yield (est.)

What a home in B50 sells for

The 2026 median in B50 is £330,000, from 45 registered sales; the mean, £338,100, sits almost on top of it, so sales bunch tightly around the typical price.

For scale: the England and Wales median is £274,000, so B50 trades 20% above the country as a whole.

The price of a typical B50 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: £60,000 at the time · £127,385 in today's money · 104 sales1996: £67,000 at the time · £138,000 in today's money · 115 sales1997: £74,000 at the time · £148,215 in today's money · 124 sales1998: £82,500 at the time · £162,643 in today's money · 112 sales1999: £86,200 at the time · £167,780 in today's money · 172 sales2000: £92,000 at the time · £176,333 in today's money · 195 sales2001: £138,500 at the time · £260,041 in today's money · 214 sales2002: £125,000 at the time · £229,694 in today's money · 175 sales2003: £152,000 at the time · £273,481 in today's money · 121 sales2004: £166,000 at the time · £294,447 in today's money · 125 sales2005: £196,000 at the time · £340,655 in today's money · 127 sales2006: £200,000 at the time · £339,066 in today's money · 183 sales2007: £200,000 at the time · £331,333 in today's money · 129 sales2008: £198,800 at the time · £318,265 in today's money · 70 sales2009: £197,500 at the time · £310,068 in today's money · 66 sales2010: £207,500 at the time · £317,814 in today's money · 71 sales2011: £200,000 at the time · £294,872 in today's money · 64 sales2012: £215,000 at the time · £309,063 in today's money · 69 sales2013: £210,000 at the time · £295,112 in today's money · 79 sales2014: £226,500 at the time · £313,825 in today's money · 128 sales2015: £233,100 at the time · £321,678 in today's money · 178 sales2016: £243,000 at the time · £332,020 in today's money · 173 sales2017: £269,900 at the time · £359,519 in today's money · 222 sales2018: £270,000 at the time · £351,509 in today's money · 195 sales2019: £285,000 at the time · £364,842 in today's money · 185 sales2020: £277,500 at the time · £351,653 in today's money · 142 sales2021: £322,500 at the time · £398,790 in today's money · 189 sales2022: £320,000 at the time · £366,473 in today's money · 152 sales2023: £280,500 at the time · £301,003 in today's money · 90 sales2024: £302,500 at the time · £314,108 in today's money · 108 sales2025: £340,000 at the time · £340,000 in today's money · 99 sales2026: £330,000 at the time · £330,000 in today's money · 45 sales
See this chart as a table
YearMedian (cash)Median (today's £)Sales
2026£330,000£330,00045
2025£340,000£340,00099
2024£302,500£314,108108
2023£280,500£301,00390
2022£320,000£366,473152
2021£322,500£398,790189
2020£277,500£351,653142
2019£285,000£364,842185
2018£270,000£351,509195
2017£269,900£359,519222
2016£243,000£332,020173
2015£233,100£321,678178
2014£226,500£313,825128
2013£210,000£295,11279
2012£215,000£309,06369
2011£200,000£294,87264
2010£207,500£317,81471
2009£197,500£310,06866
2008£198,800£318,26570
2007£200,000£331,333129
2006£200,000£339,066183
2005£196,000£340,655127
2004£166,000£294,447125
2003£152,000£273,481121
2002£125,000£229,694175
2001£138,500£260,041214
2000£92,000£176,333195
1999£86,200£167,780172
1998£82,500£162,643112
1997£74,000£148,215124
1996£67,000£138,000115
1995£60,000£127,385104

In cash terms the typical B50 home went from £60,000 in 1995 to £330,000 in 2026, roughly 6 times the price. Even after inflation that is a real rise of about 159%: homes here genuinely became dearer, not just more expensive on paper. Measured in today's money the market peaked in 2021; the current median sits about 17% below that. Someone who bought at the 2021 peak has not yet seen that price back in real terms.

Year-on-year change in the B50 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 · +11.7% on the year before1997 · +10.4% on the year before1998 · +11.5% on the year before1999 · +4.5% on the year before2000 · +6.7% on the year before2001 · +50.5% on the year before2002 · −9.7% on the year before2003 · +21.6% on the year before2004 · +9.2% on the year before2005 · +18.1% on the year before2006 · +2.0% on the year before2007 · +0.0% on the year before2008 · −0.6% on the year before2009 · −0.7% on the year before2010 · +5.1% on the year before2011 · −3.6% on the year before2012 · +7.5% on the year before2013 · −2.3% on the year before2014 · +7.9% on the year before2015 · +2.9% on the year before2016 · +4.2% on the year before2017 · +11.1% on the year before2018 · +0.0% on the year before2019 · +5.6% on the year before2020 · −2.6% on the year before2021 · +16.2% on the year before2022 · −0.8% on the year before2023 · −12.3% on the year before2024 · +7.8% on the year before2025 · +12.4% on the year before2026 · −2.9% on the year before200020052010201520202026

The strongest year on record here is 2001 (+50.5% on the year before); the weakest, 2023 (−12.3%). 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)−2.9%−2.9%
5 years (since 2021)+0.5%−3.7%
10 years (since 2016)+3.1%−0.1%
20 years (since 2006)+2.5%−0.1%

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: 104 sales1996: 115 sales1997: 124 sales1998: 112 sales1999: 172 sales2000: 195 sales2001: 214 sales2002: 175 sales2003: 121 sales2004: 125 sales2005: 127 sales2006: 183 sales2007: 129 sales2008: 70 sales2009: 66 sales2010: 71 sales2011: 64 sales2012: 69 sales2013: 79 sales2014: 128 sales2015: 178 sales2016: 173 sales2017: 222 sales2018: 195 sales2019: 185 sales2020: 142 sales2021: 189 sales2022: 152 sales2023: 90 sales2024: 108 sales2025: 99 sales2026: 45 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.

1325 May 2021 · 16 sales registeredJune 2021 · 23 sales registeredJuly 2021 · 9 sales registeredAugust 2021 · 13 sales registeredSeptember 2021 · 24 sales registeredOctober 2021 · 7 sales registeredNovember 2021 · 16 sales registeredDecember 2021 · 9 sales registeredJanuary 2022 · 17 sales registeredFebruary 2022 · 16 sales registeredMarch 2022 · 22 sales registeredApril 2022 · 14 sales registeredMay 2022 · 17 sales registeredJune 2022 · 11 sales registeredJuly 2022 · 14 sales registeredAugust 2022 · 8 sales registeredSeptember 2022 · 9 sales registeredOctober 2022 · 9 sales registeredNovember 2022 · 7 sales registeredDecember 2022 · 8 sales registeredJanuary 2023 · 3 sales registeredMarch 2023 · 10 sales registeredApril 2023 · 6 sales registeredMay 2023 · 9 sales registeredJune 2023 · 7 sales registeredJuly 2023 · 8 sales registeredAugust 2023 · 11 sales registeredSeptember 2023 · 6 sales registeredOctober 2023 · 4 sales registeredNovember 2023 · 11 sales registeredDecember 2023 · 13 sales registeredJanuary 2024 · 5 sales registeredFebruary 2024 · 6 sales registeredMarch 2024 · 5 sales registeredApril 2024 · 7 sales registeredMay 2024 · 8 sales registeredJune 2024 · 11 sales registeredJuly 2024 · 12 sales registeredAugust 2024 · 11 sales registeredSeptember 2024 · 5 sales registeredOctober 2024 · 15 sales registeredNovember 2024 · 14 sales registeredDecember 2024 · 9 sales registeredJanuary 2025 · 5 sales registeredFebruary 2025 · 11 sales registeredMarch 2025 · 9 sales registeredApril 2025 · 3 sales registeredMay 2025 · 4 sales registeredJune 2025 · 10 sales registeredJuly 2025 · 12 sales registeredAugust 2025 · 4 sales registeredSeptember 2025 · 13 sales registeredOctober 2025 · 8 sales registeredNovember 2025 · 14 sales registeredDecember 2025 · 6 sales registeredJanuary 2026 · 9 sales registeredFebruary 2026 · 13 sales registeredMarch 2026 · 9 sales registeredApril 2026 · 6 sales registeredMay 2026 · 8 sales registered

B50 recorded 112 sales in the last twelve months of data. Like most of England and Wales, turnover never fully recovered from 2008: the market here averaged 159 sales a year before the financial crisis and 99 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 B50

B50 falls under Stratford-on-Avon, where the ONS puts the average private rent at £1,135 a month (May 2026 figures). A one-bed averages £805 a month here and a four-or-more-bed £1,794, so size does most of the work in setting the rent.

Average monthly rent by size, Stratford-on-Avon

ONS Price Index of Private Rents, May 2026.

1 bed: £805 a month£8051 bed2 bed: £1,007 a month£1,0072 bed3 bed: £1,250 a month£1,2503 bed4+ bed: £1,794 a month£1,7944+ bed

Set against the £330,000 median sold price, £1,135 a month is £13,620 a year, a gross yield of 4.1%: 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 B50 prices rise from here?

Nobody can tell you that, and this page will not pretend to. What the record shows: the median is roughly flat over five years in cash but down 17% 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

B50 ranks 60 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%B50B50 · +2% over five years · median £330,000+2%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 B50, 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
B50 4£330,00045

How B50 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 (this report)£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 B50 sale on the live map, mapped to the exact address, or the quick-reference B50 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.