Local market reports › DY area › DY5 › DY5 3
Pensnett market report DY5 3, Brierley Hill
The standing DY5 3 (Pensnett) property market report, rebuilt from the full public record every month. This page is built from the public record and nothing else: 6,348 completed sales registered with HM Land Registry in DY5 3 (Brierley Hill) since 1995, plus current ONS rental figures. There are no valuations, estimates or asking prices in it.
Covers registered sales to 2026 and ONS rents for May 2026. Refreshed monthly as new sales reach the register.
In short: a typical DY5 3 (Brierley Hill) home changed hands for £184,000 in 2026 (median of 56 registered sales, up 4% on five years earlier), with the mean at £206,500, and by floor area homes here have averaged about £2,680 per square metre over the last five years. Source: 6,348 completed sales on the HM Land Registry record since 1995, updated with each monthly release. No valuations, no asking prices.
DY5 3 is a postcode sector: one group of streets inside DY5 (Brierley Hill). This is as local as the public record gets, but sector medians move on fewer sales than a district's, so expect the lines to be lumpier.
Where DY5 3 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.
Today's DY5 3 prices, from the sold record
The DY5 3 median stands at £184,000 for 2026, built from 56 registered sales; the mean, the figure usually quoted as the "average house price", is £206,500, a little above it, the familiar pattern where pricier homes stretch the average.
Price per square metre in DY5 3
Per square metre, DY5 3 homes have averaged around £2,680 over the last five years of sales. The floor areas behind the figure come from Energy Performance Certificates, and the by-the-metre view is the fair comparison across home sizes.
The national median for England and Wales is £285,000, which puts DY5 3 35% below the country at large.
DY5 3'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.
See this chart as a table
| Year | Median (cash) | Median (today's £) | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | £184,000 | £184,000 | 56 |
| 2025 | £200,000 | £204,783 | 143 |
| 2024 | £171,200 | £182,021 | 146 |
| 2023 | £177,500 | £195,029 | 123 |
| 2022 | £175,000 | £205,207 | 148 |
| 2021 | £177,000 | £224,105 | 180 |
| 2020 | £139,000 | £180,355 | 128 |
| 2019 | £140,000 | £183,506 | 166 |
| 2018 | £154,000 | £205,285 | 179 |
| 2017 | £135,000 | £184,126 | 150 |
| 2016 | £151,400 | £211,810 | 196 |
| 2015 | £144,000 | £203,472 | 189 |
| 2014 | £133,000 | £188,684 | 158 |
| 2013 | £117,000 | £168,351 | 129 |
| 2012 | £129,000 | £189,872 | 112 |
| 2011 | £120,000 | £181,154 | 119 |
| 2010 | £120,000 | £188,191 | 131 |
| 2009 | £120,000 | £192,901 | 128 |
| 2008 | £100,000 | £163,921 | 176 |
| 2007 | £115,200 | £195,411 | 252 |
| 2006 | £116,000 | £201,361 | 285 |
| 2005 | £106,800 | £190,061 | 228 |
| 2004 | £103,000 | £187,068 | 295 |
| 2003 | £80,000 | £147,379 | 284 |
| 2002 | £60,000 | £112,889 | 293 |
| 2001 | £57,000 | £109,580 | 312 |
| 2000 | £53,000 | £104,013 | 311 |
| 1999 | £56,000 | £111,605 | 286 |
| 1998 | £50,000 | £100,929 | 228 |
| 1997 | £48,000 | £98,438 | 278 |
| 1996 | £47,200 | £99,543 | 291 |
| 1995 | £42,500 | £92,388 | 248 |
In cash terms the typical DY5 3 home went from £42,500 in 1995 to £184,000 in 2026, roughly 4 times the price. Even after inflation that is a real rise of about 99%: homes here genuinely became dearer, not merely more expensive on paper. In inflation-adjusted terms the high-water mark was 2021. The market now sits about 18% below it, so a peak-time purchase has yet to recover its real value.
Year-on-year change in the DY5 3 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 2003 (+33.3% on the year before); the weakest, 2008 (−13.2%). Single-year swings like these are why the annualised table below matters more than any one year's headline.
What DY5 3 has returned, per year
| Period | Cash, per year | Real terms, per year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 years (since 2025) | −8.0% | −10.1% |
| 5 years (since 2021) | +0.8% | −3.9% |
| 10 years (since 2016) | +2.0% | −1.4% |
| 20 years (since 2006) | +2.3% | −0.4% |
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.
The turnover behind the prices
Sales per year, counted
Annual recorded sales. The post-2008 trough is the financial crisis; treat the final bar as provisional while registrations catch up.
Over the last twelve months of data, 56 sales completed in DY5 3. Like most of England and Wales, turnover never fully recovered from 2008: the market here averaged 283 sales a year before the financial crisis and 123 a year over the last five. Watch the volume as closely as the price. Thin years make jumpy medians, where one street's sales can move the figure, and the newest year is always incomplete because registrations trail completions by weeks or months.
Rents around DY5 3
DY5 3 falls under Dudley, where the ONS puts the average private rent at £849 a month (May 2026 figures). Size sets most of the rent: one-beds average £605 a month here against £1,239 for four or more bedrooms.
Average monthly rent by size, Dudley
ONS Price Index of Private Rents, May 2026.
£849 a month is £10,188 a year, which against the £184,000 median sold price makes a gross yield of 5.5%. Gross means before letting costs, voids, maintenance and tax: treat it as a ceiling. The ONS publishes rents by local authority, so neighbouring districts under the same authority share these numbers.
The shape of the DY5 3 market
This is a thin market: 56 sales in the last twelve months of data. With that few transactions, one street selling well (or one block of cheap transfers) can move the median, so read the year lines as a range rather than a verdict. Expect volatility in the annual figures: swings past ten per cent show up repeatedly above, and they usually reflect the mix of homes sold in a given year rather than genuine repricing. Against the DY5 district median, DY5 3 sits 12% lower, marking it as a cheaper pocket of the district.
DY5 3 (Pensnett): the questions that come up
Is DY5 3 (Pensnett) a good place to buy a house?
How much did a house sell for in DY5 3 (Pensnett)?
Are property prices falling in DY5 3 (Pensnett)?
What happens to DY5 3 prices now?
The record answers a different question than "what happens next": the median is up 4% over five years in cash but down 18% after inflation. Put the volume chart beside the price chart before drawing conclusions, and allow for the register's lag behind actual completions.
On the market in DY5 today
The live side of the market holds 45 homes at the moment, listed by 6 agents publishing to HomesIndex.
These cover the whole DY5 district, not just DY5 3: live asking prices are collected per district.
Of everything listed here, 11% asks less than the sold record of comparable homes. The comparison behind each listing uses recent recorded sales of similar homes close by.
- Bisell Way, Brierley Hill, DY5 2RY, Brierley Hill
- High Street, Brierley Hill, Dudley, DY5, Dudley
- Landmark, Waterfront West, Brierley Hill, DY5, Brierley Hill
The "under comparable sales" label measures each asking price against real nearby sales of similar homes: an opening position for a conversation rather than a valuation. The home itself still needs looking at.
See every DY5 home for sale on the map →
These asking prices come live from estate agents publishing feeds to HomesIndex, refreshed each Monday and Thursday. They are a sample of the market rather than its entirety, and an asking price is not a sale price.
The price of an extra bedroom in DY
Real sold prices by size across the DY area, straight from the Land Registry record. Size steps are fiercely local. A third bedroom adds a quarter to the price in some areas and close to four fifths in others, which is why no national rule of thumb survives contact with a real market.
| Type | 1 bed | 2 bed | 3 bed | 4 bed | 5 bed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | — | £279,950 | £366,000 (+31%) | £580,000 (+58%) | £811,057 (+40%) |
| Semi-detached | £196,000 | £220,000 (+12%) | £260,000 (+18%) | £348,000 (+34%) | £467,500 (+34%) |
| Terraced | £171,000 | £193,000 (+13%) | £222,000 (+15%) | £270,000 (+22%) | £400,000 (+48%) |
| Flat | £110,000 | £147,350 (+34%) | £223,750 (+52%) | — | — |
Medians of recorded sales over the last four years, by built form and bedroom count. Sold homes carry no advertised bedroom count, so sizes are estimated from their EPC records; a small number of homes will sit one size out. Blank cells mean too few homes for the figure to mean anything.
The risers and the fallers
The spread across the DY area is the point: the same five years treated these districts very differently.
Five-year change in the median, DY area districts
The biggest risers and fallers in cash terms; every row links to that district's report.
Other sectors in DY5
A few minutes' walk can separate two very different markets. Here are DY5's other sectors, each with its own report:
| Sector | Median (latest) | Sales that year |
|---|---|---|
| DY5 1 | £183,800 | 30 |
| DY5 2 | £240,000 | 51 |
| DY5 4 | £217,500 | 28 |
Zoom out to the full DY5 district report for the type split, monthly volumes and how DY5 compares with its neighbours.
Selling in DY5 3? Start from the sold record
Start from what homes here actually sold for, not an estimate. Before booking a house valuation or flat valuation in DY5 3, use the average prices map for a rough value: zoom from DY5 3's shading down to the sold homes on your own street. The figures above are every recorded DY5 3 sale; agents price with this same Land Registry record, and now you have it too.
For local estate agents: each district report carries one featured-agent spot, free while founding places last. Claim DY5 3.
Keep digging
Behind the answers sits the same Land Registry record as this page, with DY5 3 already set as the subject. Free, one click sign in.
The live map plots every individual DY5 3 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.
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.