Birmingham
B42 house prices in Birmingham
Sold prices, council tax, schools, deprivation and planning for Birmingham, from official UK data in one place.
Typical sold price
£216,500
Range £129,500–£286,850 · 250 real sales
- Real sales
- 250
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 17 Oct 2025 and 7 Aug 2026.
Summary
House prices in B42: the typical (median) sold price is £216,500, below the UK average (£272,611) (UK House Price Index, July 2026). B42 is an active market, with about 26 recorded sales a month. By property type, 60% were semi-detached homes (typically £225,000) and 29% were terraced homes (typically £210,000).
Data from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, up to 28 August 2026.
Council tax on a Band D home there is £2,363 a year: Birmingham's published charge for 2026-27.
Source: Council tax: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities, Birmingham, 2026-27.
Our take · opinion, not advice
Our take on B42: a steady market, so let the sold prices lead
B42 is neither busy nor quiet, at about 26 sales a month, enough to learn from, though the year-on-year comparison is too thin to quote, so lean on the recent sold homes.
For sellers, £216,500 is the middle of a £129,500 to £286,850 range, so narrow down to sold homes that match yours before you pick a price; sales arrive at a steady pace, so there is no need to rush to a low price.
Sell houseWhen buying here, on price, B42 is below the UK average, so ask what is behind the lower prices before you assume a bargain.
Before you offer in B42, check planning history nearby (586 applications on record within 500 m), long-term flood risk and council tax (Band D is £2,363 a year), and ask your conveyancer about the title.
Our free B42 OfferCheck puts the rest of the picture alongside these prices, and the Report explains which parts deserve a second look.
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At a glance
B42 in four numbers
The headline figures from the records below, each one real and dated.
Typical price
£216,500
HM Land Registry
Sales a month
25.9
Across 250 sales
Council tax, Band D
£2,363
A year
On the map
Where B42 sits in Birmingham
The pins are the 5 most recent recorded sales: real prices on real streets, not a valuation.
Latest sales
The most recent sales in B42
43, OSCOTT ROAD, BIRMINGHAM
Terraced · Freehold · 7 Aug 2026
£165,000
50, MILDENHALL ROAD, BIRMINGHAM
Semi-detached · Leasehold · 4 Aug 2026
£255,000
84, CASTLETON ROAD, BIRMINGHAM
Terraced · Freehold · 31 Jul 2026
£220,000
33, RICHMOND CROFT, BIRMINGHAM
Terraced · Freehold · 31 Jul 2026
£250,000
44, FOWLMERE ROAD, BIRMINGHAM
Semi-detached · Freehold · 31 Jul 2026
£223,500
Sources: HM Land Registry · postcodes.io / ONS · OpenStreetMap (© contributors). B42 includes the Handsworth Wood ward.
The data, honestly
House prices in B42
These 250 sales are what every figure here rests on. The typical price is the middle sale.
By property type
Average house price in B42 by property type
Detached homes have the highest typical price at £350,000, and flat / maisonette the lowest at £107,475.
See the figures
| Type | Sales | Typical | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 10 | £350,000 | £294,500–£417,750 |
| Semi-detached | 142 | £225,000 | £160,000–£265,000 |
| Terraced | 68 | £210,000 | £143,500–£291,500 |
| Flat / maisonette | 18 | £107,475 | £73,213–£147,400 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 17 Oct 2025 and 7 Aug 2026.
24-month trend
Typical price by quarter in B42
The quarterly typical price rose 10.4%, from £211,250 in Q4 2025 (102 sales) to £233,250 in Q3 2026 (24 sales).
See the figures
| Quarter | Typical price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2025 | £211,250 | 102 |
| Q1 2026 | £216,000 | 61 |
| Q2 2026 | £210,000 | 63 |
| Q3 2026 | £233,250 | 24 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 17 Oct 2025 and 7 Aug 2026. Median of each quarter's recorded sales.
Range and mix
The spread of B42 prices
How far prices run either side of the typical one, who owns what, and homes that have sold twice.
Price range
Where most B42 homes sold
Eight in ten sales fell between £129,500 and £286,850, around a typical £216,500.
Lower and upper end are the 10th and 90th percentile of recorded sales.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 17 Oct 2025 and 7 Aug 2026.
Mix of homes
Who is selling in B42
Semi-detached homes were 60% of recorded sales (142 of 238). 72% of sales were freehold and 28% leasehold.
Property type
- Detached4%
- Semi-detached60%
- Terraced29%
- Flat / maisonette8%
Tenure
- Freehold72%
- Leasehold28%
See the figures
179 freehold (72%) and 71 leasehold (28%) across the 250 most recent recorded sales in B42, including 1 new-build sale. Leasehold is normal for flats; check the remaining lease term before you offer.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 17 Oct 2025 and 7 Aug 2026.
Sold twice: what the same home resold for
The strongest price signal there is: the same door, sold twice. Change shown in £, %, and per year. A big % over two decades is smaller than it looks.
SANDRINGHAM COURT, WALSALL ROAD, BIRMINGHAM
£160,000 (2025)£138,000 (2026)-13.7% over 0.6 yrs (-21.5%/yr)
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Real transactions, never estimates. All sales.
In plain English
What the Birmingham (B42) numbers mean
- The headline number blends very different homes: detached homes sold for a typical £350,000 against £107,475 for flats: about 3.3 times as much. Use the figure for your type of home, not the mix.
- This is an active district: about 26 recorded sales a month.
Based on 250 recorded sales between 17 October 2025 and 7 August 2026. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, to 28 August 2026; page data refreshed 7 October 2026. Compared with the UK House Price Index. Written by Your Property Check (Check Labs Ltd, Birmingham) from this data. How we read the data · spotted a mistake? Tell us. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right. UK House Price Index licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Area data
What else the records hold on B42
Council tax and schools, each from the body that publishes it, with the sample it rests on stated beside it.
Council tax
What council tax costs in B42
£2,363
Band D a year in Birmingham, 2026-27: the benchmark band every English authority is compared on.
All bands
| Band | 1991 value | A year |
|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,575 |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £1,838 |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,100 |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,363 |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £2,888 |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,413 |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £3,938 |
| H | over £320,000 | £4,726 |
These are Birmingham's charges for 2026-27, the authority B42 falls in, not an estimate for any individual home. A property's band is set by the Valuation Office Agency and we never guess it; look up a band on GOV.UK and read your row. Bands reflect what a home was worth on 1 April 1991, not today.
Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities · 8 of 8 bands published for Birmingham · data to 2026-27 financial year
Schools
Schools near B42
8
open schools within 3 km, nearest Perry Beeches Nursery School.
All schools
Perry Beeches Nursery School
Nursery · Local authority maintained schools · B42 2PX
676 m
Good · 2012
Beeches Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · B42 2PY
802 m
Good · 2013
Priestley Smith School
Special schools · B42 2PY
802 m
Outstanding · 2015
Arena Academy
Middle deemed secondary · Academies · B42 2PY
802 m
Requires improvement · 2022
Dorrington Academy
Primary · Academies · B42 1QR
844 m
Outstanding · 2019
St Mark's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academies · B42 1NU
1.2 km
Outstanding · 2012
Calshot Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · B42 2BY
1.2 km
Good · 2017
Glenmead Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · B44 8UQ
1.2 km
Good · 2022
School data from the Department for Education “Get Information about Schools” (GIAS) and Ofsted inspection outcomes. Open Government Licence v3.0. The Ofsted grade shown is the last single overall grade on record (single grades were withdrawn in September 2024). Shows nearest schools by distance, not legal catchment areas. Distances are from the B42 district centroid, not from any address.
Source: Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · 8 open schools within 3 km, 8 with a grade on record
Area context
Planning and deprivation near B42
What is being built nearby and how the area ranks, as context for the neighbourhood and never a judgement on a home.
Planning applications
Planning activity around B42
586
applications within 500 m of the district centre, as last checked 6 October 2026.
Recent applications
Birmingham/2026/04209/PAUndecided
461 m
Erection of two storey rear extension
Received 2026-07-20
Birmingham/2026/04347/PAPermitted
461 m
Erection of 6 metre deep single storey rear extension. Maximum height 3.3 metres, eaves height 2.7 metres
Received 2026-07-14 · decided 2026-08-26
Birmingham/2026/03259/PAPermitted
420 m
Application for a lawful development certificate for proposed hip to gable roof extension with dormer window to rear and rooflight to front and single storey outbuilding to the rear garden
Received 2026-06-16 · decided 2026-07-29
Birmingham/2026/01766/PARejected
420 m
Erection of 6 metre deep single storey rear extension. Maximum height 4 metres, eaves height 3 metres
Received 2026-03-31 · decided 2026-05-06
Birmingham/2026/01641/PAConditions
489 m
Erection of single storey rear extension
Received 2026-03-27 · decided 2026-06-25
Birmingham/2026/01534/PAConditions
456 m
Erection of single storey front, side and rear extension and two storey side extension.
Received 2026-03-24 · decided 2026-05-20
Applications are matched within 500 m of the B42 district centroid, so this is activity in the area, not at any one address. Register wording and status are reproduced as the local planning authority published them. Showing 6 of 20 held; run a live planning search for B42 for the current picture.
Source: Local planning authority records via PlanIt · 586 applications matched within 500 m of the district centre · data to 6 October 2026
Deprivation (IMD)
Area profile for B42
Decile 5 of 10
Median across 12 sampled postcodes; 1 is the most deprived 10% of England, 10 the least.
Read the detail
Across the 12 sampled B42 postcodes, deprivation runs decile 1 to decile 5, with a median of decile 5 of 10: where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived.
B42 2PH, the sampled postcode sitting at that median: On the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, this postcode falls in decile 5 of 10, where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived. It's area context for the wider neighbourhood, not a judgement on any individual home.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (English Indices of Deprivation 2025, MHCLG). Deprivation is published for small areas (LSOAs), not for postcode districts, so B42 spans several. We sampled 12 postcodes in B42: the ones with the most recent recorded sales, up to a limit of 12. That is a convenience sample, not a random one, so it leans toward streets where homes are changing hands. 12 returned a row. It is context for the neighbourhood, never a judgement on any individual home. How we choose the sample.
Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. English Indices of Deprivation 2025 · 12 postcodes sampled of 12 checked · data to 2025 indices
Cost to run
Two sources, one table
What it costs to run a home in B42, band by band
Birmingham's council tax for 2026-27 set against the B42 median sold price of £216,500 across 250 recorded sales: the annual running cost beside the purchase price, which neither source shows on its own.
| Band | 1991 valueVOA basis | A yearBirmingham | A month÷ 12 | Of the median÷ £216,500 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,575 | £131 | 0.73% |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £1,838 | £153 | 0.85% |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,100 | £175 | 0.97% |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,363 | £197 | 1.09% |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £2,888 | £241 | 1.33% |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,413 | £284 | 1.58% |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £3,938 | £328 | 1.82% |
| H | over £320,000 | £4,726 | £394 | 2.18% |
The last column is the band's annual charge divided by the B42 median sold price. A comparison of two published figures, not a rate anyone charges. It is not a mapping from price to band: a band records what a home was worth on 1 April 1991 and is set by the Valuation Office Agency, so it cannot be worked out from a 2020s sale price. Look up a specific band on GOV.UK. Instalment counts vary by authority, so the monthly column is simply the year over twelve.
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Median across 250 recorded sales. · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities, Birmingham, 2026-27.
Address by address
Address by address
What individual homes in B42 sold for
The 24 most recently sold doors of the 235 distinct addresses in the records we hold for B42. Real recorded transactions: never estimates.
43, OSCOTT ROAD, BIRMINGHAM
B42 2TA · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£165,000
2026-08-07
50, MILDENHALL ROAD, BIRMINGHAM
B42 2PH · Semi-detached · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£255,000
2026-08-04
84, CASTLETON ROAD, BIRMINGHAM
B42 2RR · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£220,000
2026-07-31
33, RICHMOND CROFT, BIRMINGHAM
B42 1NX · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£250,000
2026-07-31
44, FOWLMERE ROAD, BIRMINGHAM
B42 2EA · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£223,500
2026-07-31
WYCOMBE HOUSE, 102, NASH SQUARE, BIRMINGHAM
B42 2EX · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£109,950
2026-07-31
15, KINGSDOWN AVENUE, BIRMINGHAM
B42 1NZ · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£197,000
2026-07-29
178, DYAS AVENUE, BIRMINGHAM
B42 1HG · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£207,500
2026-07-28
95, DUXFORD ROAD, BIRMINGHAM
B42 2JD · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£252,000
2026-07-27
210, PERRY WOOD ROAD, BIRMINGHAM
B42 2BH · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£267,500
2026-07-27
18, HESTON AVENUE, BIRMINGHAM
B42 2NT · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£245,000
2026-07-24
82, FODEN ROAD, BIRMINGHAM
B42 2EW · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£225,000
2026-07-24
97, DORRINGTON ROAD, BIRMINGHAM
B42 1QR · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£231,500
2026-07-23
78, CALSHOT ROAD, BIRMINGHAM
B42 2BT · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£235,000
2026-07-23
49, THORNBRIDGE AVENUE, BIRMINGHAM
B42 2PW · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£246,000
2026-07-23
22, HOBHOUSE CLOSE, BIRMINGHAM
B42 1HB · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£420,000
2026-07-23
SANDRINGHAM COURT, WALSALL ROAD, BIRMINGHAM
B42 1TF · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 3 recorded sales
£138,000
2026-07-23
313, ROCKY LANE, BIRMINGHAM
B42 1NG · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£210,000
2026-07-20
138, THORNBRIDGE AVENUE, BIRMINGHAM
B42 2AE · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£236,000
2026-07-10
67, THETFORD ROAD, BIRMINGHAM
B42 2JA · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£255,000
2026-07-09
21, ASHWORTH ROAD, BIRMINGHAM
B42 2RB · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£175,000
2026-07-07
45, HOBHOUSE CLOSE, BIRMINGHAM
B42 1HB · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£350,000
2026-07-03
14, IPSWICH CRESCENT, BIRMINGHAM
B42 1LY · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£275,000
2026-07-03
78, COLERAINE ROAD, BIRMINGHAM
B42 1LW · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£202,500
2026-07-02
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Addresses come from recorded sales since 1995, so homes that have never sold do not appear. 0 of these 24 doors resolve to a confident property record and link through; the rest are listed without a link. We match a door to a property record only where the match is certain, never by guessing.
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Postcode districts near B42
The closest districts to B42 by straight-line distance between district centres.
- House prices in B43 (Birmingham) 1.3 miles
- House prices in B20 (Handsworth) 1.3 miles
- House prices in B44 (Birmingham) 1.4 miles
- House prices in B21 (Handsworth) 2.2 miles
- House prices in B6 (Birmingham) 2.3 miles
- House prices in B23 (Erdington) 2.4 miles
- House prices in B19 (Lozells) 2.6 miles
- House prices in WS5 (Walsall) 3 miles
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Data sources
Every B42 figure is official and dated
Real recorded data from the UK's official registers, never an estimated valuation.
- HM Land RegistrySold prices
- MHCLGCouncil tax & deprivation
- Department for Education · OfstedSchools
- Local planning authoritiesPlanning applications
- Police.UKStreet-level crime
- Environment AgencyFlood risk
- postcodes.io · ONSGeography
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities · Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. English Indices of Deprivation 2025 · Local planning authority records via PlanIt · Police.UK · Environment Agency · postcodes.io / ONS. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. All figures are real, attributed and carry the sample they rest on: never estimates, never a valuation. All sales · Get Free Valuation · About Your Property Check.