Local authority · data to August 2026
House prices in Birmingham
Homes in Birmingham sold for an average £234,867, up 1.5% on a year ago. That is more than in 37% of UK councils. Over the last six months prices moved at +4.4% a year, faster than the +1.4% a year of the past two years.
- Average sale price
- £234,867
- Change in a year
- +1.5%
- −1.9% after inflation
- Pricier than
- 37%
- of UK councils
Birmingham: +14.5% in 5 years
Average sale price per home, £, monthly, with the next 12 months' expected path
- Birmingham
- West Midlands
- United Kingdom
- Expected path
- 80% range
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| Month | Birmingham | West Midlands | United Kingdom |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2027 · Expected path | £243,761 (£229,506–£258,017) | £253,114 | £280,154 |
| Jul 2027 · Expected path | £243,020 (£229,518–£256,522) | £252,915 | £279,560 |
| Jun 2027 · Expected path | £242,279 (£229,547–£255,011) | £252,716 | £278,967 |
| May 2027 · Expected path | £241,538 (£229,595–£253,480) | £252,518 | £278,374 |
| Apr 2027 · Expected path | £240,796 (£229,666–£251,927) | £252,319 | £277,781 |
| Mar 2027 · Expected path | £240,055 (£229,766–£250,344) | £252,121 | £277,188 |
| Feb 2027 · Expected path | £239,314 (£229,903–£248,725) | £251,922 | £276,595 |
| Jan 2027 · Expected path | £238,573 (£230,088–£247,058) | £251,724 | £276,002 |
| Dec 2026 · Expected path | £237,832 (£230,339–£245,325) | £251,525 | £275,409 |
| Nov 2026 · Expected path | £237,091 (£230,686–£243,495) | £251,327 | £274,816 |
| Oct 2026 · Expected path | £236,349 (£231,190–£241,509) | £251,128 | £274,223 |
| Sep 2026 · Expected path | £235,608 (£232,010–£239,207) | £250,930 | £273,630 |
| Aug 2026 | £234,867 | £250,731 | £273,037 |
| Jul 2026 | £233,158 | £250,175 | £272,146 |
| Jun 2026 | £232,195 | £249,325 | £270,690 |
| May 2026 | £231,819 | £248,861 | £272,221 |
| Apr 2026 | £232,661 | £250,664 | £270,966 |
| Mar 2026 | £230,658 | £246,919 | £268,631 |
| Feb 2026 | £229,852 | £250,140 | £269,423 |
| Jan 2026 | £229,681 | £247,199 | £268,814 |
| Dec 2025 | £233,038 | £245,747 | £268,002 |
| Nov 2025 | £234,607 | £247,711 | £270,472 |
| Oct 2025 | £235,856 | £248,716 | £269,819 |
| Sep 2025 | £233,947 | £248,129 | £269,556 |
| Aug 2025 | £231,366 | £247,879 | £270,575 |
| Jul 2025 | £228,470 | £247,117 | £268,843 |
| Jun 2025 | £229,142 | £244,557 | £266,796 |
| May 2025 | £233,260 | £241,287 | £264,078 |
| Apr 2025 | £233,968 | £236,991 | £260,162 |
| Mar 2025 | £232,983 | £246,603 | £268,019 |
| Feb 2025 | £230,537 | £244,610 | £264,771 |
| Jan 2025 | £231,722 | £241,526 | £264,936 |
| Dec 2024 | £232,547 | £241,278 | £263,991 |
| Nov 2024 | £234,500 | £243,459 | £264,515 |
| Oct 2024 | £232,932 | £241,362 | £265,252 |
| Sep 2024 | £230,120 | £242,607 | £264,750 |
| Aug 2024 | £228,464 | £241,068 | £265,085 |
| Jul 2024 | £226,956 | £239,774 | £262,479 |
| Jun 2024 | £226,488 | £238,654 | £259,585 |
| May 2024 | £222,576 | £236,114 | £258,565 |
| Apr 2024 | £221,247 | £233,571 | £256,478 |
| Mar 2024 | £219,868 | £231,972 | £255,082 |
| Feb 2024 | £222,221 | £232,662 | £254,633 |
| Jan 2024 | £223,452 | £232,200 | £255,972 |
| Dec 2023 | £224,814 | £234,452 | £256,177 |
| Nov 2023 | £225,358 | £235,472 | £258,368 |
| Oct 2023 | £226,383 | £236,787 | £260,129 |
| Sep 2023 | £227,669 | £239,026 | £261,318 |
| Aug 2023 | £226,089 | £238,205 | £262,602 |
| Jul 2023 | £224,965 | £237,687 | £261,182 |
| Jun 2023 | £222,515 | £235,260 | £258,275 |
| May 2023 | £221,430 | £233,888 | £257,330 |
| Apr 2023 | £224,085 | £231,640 | £256,479 |
| Mar 2023 | £226,927 | £230,851 | £255,885 |
| Feb 2023 | £232,293 | £238,586 | £258,788 |
| Jan 2023 | £232,463 | £237,934 | £260,941 |
| Dec 2022 | £233,948 | £239,619 | £263,190 |
| Nov 2022 | £232,650 | £239,630 | £265,299 |
| Oct 2022 | £231,657 | £241,762 | £265,693 |
| Sep 2022 | £230,415 | £240,079 | £265,727 |
| Aug 2022 | £226,938 | £238,546 | £265,124 |
| Jul 2022 | £223,645 | £237,741 | £262,904 |
| Jun 2022 | £220,637 | £231,031 | £258,118 |
| May 2022 | £221,274 | £229,576 | £255,040 |
| Apr 2022 | £221,549 | £226,561 | £252,167 |
| Mar 2022 | £218,842 | £225,611 | £249,232 |
| Feb 2022 | £214,885 | £223,616 | £248,309 |
| Jan 2022 | £211,107 | £221,008 | £248,031 |
| Dec 2021 | £207,532 | £220,926 | £245,189 |
| Nov 2021 | £206,783 | £217,691 | £243,930 |
| Oct 2021 | £205,213 | £212,178 | £239,236 |
| Sep 2021 | £205,213 | £219,567 | £245,371 |
Reports for Birmingham
Each report opens the full series and the assumptions behind these figures.
Sale prices have an 80% chance of landing between £229,506 and £258,017 by August 2027.
- Expected, August 2027
- £243,761
- Chance of a rise
- 79%
At the average sale price, a home costs £234,867. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is £1,084 a month. The UK sets no cap on the payment; no more than 15% of new mortgages may lend over 4.5 times income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 18%
- Payment, one income
- 36%
Owning and renting the average home cost about the same each month. Owning counts interest, running costs and the return the deposit could earn, at the average sale price; rent is the average of all private tenancies. Repaying the loan is saving, so it is left out.
- Rent per month
- £1,106
- Owning per month
- £1,106
38.0% more homes were started in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Started, 12 months
- 1,950
- Per 1,000 residents
- 1.7
Figures for United Kingdom: Birmingham has no reliable figures of its own.
Buyers living abroad bought 1.8% of the homes sold here in the four quarters to Q1 2025.
- Bought by buyers abroad, 12 months
- 1.8%
Sale prices have fallen by 3% or more 3 times since 1995. The deepest began in September 2007.
- Deepest fall
- −17.4%
- Recovery from the low
- 73 months
In 2025 the population fell by 5,961 while 990 homes were finished.
- Homes finished, 2025
- 990
- Population change, 2025
- −5,961
5.0% of the 446,291 homes counted in the 2021 census had nobody usually living in them.
- Empty, 2021 census
- 5.0%
- Empty homes
- 22,325
In 2025, 5% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.
- Homes from existing buildings, 2025
- 5%
Other councils in West Midlands
Average price
- £400,000 and over
- £300,000 to £400,000
- £250,000 to £300,000
- £200,000 to £250,000
- £150,000 to £200,000
- Under £150,000
- No published price
| Local authority | Average price | In a year |
|---|---|---|
| Stratford-on-Avon | £396,711 | +1.3% |
| Warwick | £370,924 | +1.5% |
| Malvern Hills | £349,550 | +4.3% |
| Lichfield | £339,176 | +2.7% |
| Bromsgrove | £332,683 | +1.2% |
| Solihull | £332,022 | +0.2% |
| Wychavon | £322,210 | −0.4% |
| South Staffordshire | £308,695 | +2.3% |
| Herefordshire | £291,495 | +1.9% |
| Rugby | £278,324 | −2.2% |
| Shropshire | £277,521 | −0.9% |
| North Warwickshire | £268,337 | +2.5% |
| Stafford | £260,446 | +3.5% |
| Worcester | £257,871 | +1.6% |
| Redditch | £247,042 | −1.7% |
| Birmingham | £234,867 | +1.5% |
| Dudley | £233,819 | +3.4% |
| Wyre Forest | £233,740 | +0.3% |
| Tamworth | £232,956 | −0.1% |
| Cannock Chase | £231,333 | −1.3% |
| East Staffordshire | £229,876 | +2.0% |
| Coventry | £227,721 | +3.8% |
| Nuneaton and Bedworth | £226,730 | −0.2% |
| Staffordshire Moorlands | £224,481 | +5.1% |
| Telford and Wrekin | £221,853 | +1.2% |
| Walsall | £216,878 | +2.6% |
| Wolverhampton | £215,801 | +2.7% |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme | £208,269 | +5.2% |
| Sandwell | £207,065 | 0.0% |
| Stoke-on-Trent | £150,112 | −0.2% |