Sandwell
B68 house prices in Sandwell
Sold prices, council tax, schools, deprivation and planning for Sandwell, from official UK data in one place.
Typical sold price
£235,000
Range £130,000–£330,500 · 250 real sales
- Real sales
- 250
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 26 Sept 2025 and 21 Aug 2026.
Summary
House prices in B68: the typical (median) sold price is £235,000, below the UK average (£272,611) (UK House Price Index, July 2026). B68 is an active market, with about 23 recorded sales a month. By property type, 54% were semi-detached homes (typically £250,000) and 33% were terraced homes (typically £192,750).
Data from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, up to 28 August 2026.
Council tax on a Band D home there is £2,244 a year: Sandwell's published charge for 2026-27.
Source: Council tax: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities, Sandwell, 2026-27.
Our take · opinion, not advice
Our take on B68: a steady market, so let the sold prices lead
B68 is neither busy nor quiet, at about 23 sales a month, so there is a fair body of evidence, but not enough of it for a trustworthy twelve-month trend.
For sellers, £235,000 is the middle of a £130,000 to £330,500 range, so check where your home would sit among the recent sales before choosing a number; sales arrive at a steady pace, so there is no need to rush to a low price.
Sell houseWhen buying here, on price, B68 is below the UK average, so find out why prices run lower here before deciding it is good value.
Do your own homework first: planning history nearby (465 applications on record within 500 m), flood risk over the long term and council tax (Band D is £2,244 a year), then hand the title to your conveyancer.
To see this next to flood, crime, planning and council tax, run the free B68 OfferCheck; the Report explains what matters for your home.
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At a glance
B68 in four numbers
The headline figures from the records below, each one real and dated.
Typical price
£235,000
HM Land Registry
Sales a month
23.1
Across 250 sales
Council tax, Band D
£2,244
A year
On the map
Where B68 sits in Sandwell
The pins are the 5 most recent recorded sales: real prices on real streets, not a valuation.
Latest sales
The most recent sales in B68
72, CAUSEWAY GREEN ROAD, OLDBURY
Terraced · Freehold · 21 Aug 2026
£120,000
142, WOLVERHAMPTON ROAD, OLDBURY
Terraced · Freehold · 12 Aug 2026
£237,000
16, EVA ROAD, OLDBURY
Semi-detached · Freehold · 3 Aug 2026
£270,000
23, GOODE CLOSE, OLDBURY
Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 3 Aug 2026
£71,000
38, BROADWAY, OLDBURY
Semi-detached · Freehold · 3 Aug 2026
£220,000
Sources: HM Land Registry · postcodes.io / ONS · OpenStreetMap (© contributors). B68 includes the Bearwood ward.
The data, honestly
House prices in B68
These 250 sales are what every figure here rests on. The typical price is the middle sale.
By property type
Average house price in B68 by property type
Detached homes have the highest typical price at £282,000, and flat / maisonette the lowest at £90,000.
See the figures
| Type | Sales | Typical | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 18 | £282,000 | £237,000–£360,000 |
| Semi-detached | 133 | £250,000 | £185,000–£324,000 |
| Terraced | 80 | £192,750 | £125,000–£320,500 |
| Flat / maisonette | 15 | £90,000 | £62,600–£135,580 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 26 Sept 2025 and 21 Aug 2026.
24-month trend
Typical price by quarter in B68
The quarterly typical price fell 26.5%, from £340,000 in Q3 2025 (8 sales) to £250,000 in Q3 2026 (23 sales).
See the figures
| Quarter | Typical price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2025 | £340,000 | 8 |
| Q4 2025 | £240,000 | 87 |
| Q1 2026 | £230,000 | 84 |
| Q2 2026 | £215,000 | 48 |
| Q3 2026 | £250,000 | 23 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 26 Sept 2025 and 21 Aug 2026. Median of each quarter's recorded sales.
Range and mix
The spread of B68 prices
How far prices run either side of the typical one, who owns what, and homes that have sold twice.
Price range
Where most B68 homes sold
Eight in ten sales fell between £130,000 and £330,500, around a typical £235,000.
Lower and upper end are the 10th and 90th percentile of recorded sales.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 26 Sept 2025 and 21 Aug 2026.
Mix of homes
Who is selling in B68
Semi-detached homes were 54% of recorded sales (133 of 246). 93% of sales were freehold and 7% leasehold.
Property type
- Detached7%
- Semi-detached54%
- Terraced33%
- Flat / maisonette6%
Tenure
- Freehold93%
- Leasehold7%
See the figures
232 freehold (93%) and 18 leasehold (7%) across the 250 most recent recorded sales in B68. Leasehold is normal for flats; check the remaining lease term before you offer.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 26 Sept 2025 and 21 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.
62, FERNDALE ROAD, OLDBURY
£165,000 (2025)£178,000 (2026)+7.9% over 0.7 yrs (+10.9%/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 Sandwell (B68) numbers mean
- The headline number blends very different homes: detached homes sold for a typical £282,000 against £90,000 for flats: about 3.1 times as much. Use the figure for your type of home, not the mix.
- Nearly all of these sales (93%) were freehold, which points to mostly houses.
- This is an active district: about 23 recorded sales a month.
Based on 250 recorded sales between 26 September 2025 and 21 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 B68
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 B68
£2,244
Band D a year in Sandwell, 2026-27: the benchmark band every English authority is compared on.
All bands
| Band | 1991 value | A year |
|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,496 |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £1,746 |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £1,995 |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,244 |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £2,743 |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,242 |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £3,741 |
| H | over £320,000 | £4,489 |
These are Sandwell's charges for 2026-27, the authority B68 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 Sandwell · data to 2026-27 financial year
Schools
Schools near B68
8
open schools within 3 km, nearest Bleakhouse Primary School.
All schools
Bleakhouse Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · B68 9DS
449 m
Good · 2023
Oldbury Academy
Middle deemed secondary · Academies · B68 8NE
588 m
Good · 2021
Moat Farm Junior School
Primary · Academies · B68 9QR
717 m
Good · 2013
Moat Farm Infant School
Primary · Academies · B68 9QR
717 m
Good · 2014
Brandhall Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · B68 0SH
774 m
Good · 2019
Q3 Academy Langley
Middle deemed secondary · Academies · B68 8ED
788 m
Good · 2019
Our Lady and St Hubert's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academies · B68 8ED
788 m
Outstanding · 2014
Bristnall Hall Academy
Middle deemed secondary · Academies · B68 9PA
828 m
Outstanding · 2023
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 B68 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 B68
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 B68
465
applications within 500 m of the district centre, as last checked 24 July 2026.
Recent applications
Sandwell/DC/26/71851Undecided
168 m
Proposed first floor rear extension.
Received 2026-06-17
Sandwell/DC/26/71780Permitted
290 m
Proposed single storey side extension and garage conversion into habitable room.
Received 2026-05-22 · decided 2026-07-20
Sandwell/DC/26/71745Undecided
344 m
Proposed two and single storey rear extension.
Received 2026-05-12
Sandwell/DC/26/6991AConditions
492 m
Proposed freestanding D6 LED advertising display.
Received 2026-03-24 · decided 2026-06-09
Sandwell/PD/26/03190Permitted
382 m
Proposed single storey rear extension measuring: 6.00m L x 3.00m H (2.75m to eaves)
Received 2026-03-17 · decided 2026-04-20
Sandwell/PD/26/03172Permitted
382 m
Proposed single storey rear extension measuring: 4.0m L x 3.0m H (2.75m to eaves)
Received 2026-03-02 · decided 2026-04-10
Applications are matched within 500 m of the B68 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 B68 for the current picture.
Source: Local planning authority records via PlanIt · 465 applications matched within 500 m of the district centre · data to 24 July 2026
Deprivation (IMD)
Area profile for B68
Decile 4 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 B68 postcodes, deprivation runs decile 1 to decile 7, with a median of decile 4 of 10: where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived.
B68 9NT, the sampled postcode sitting at that median: On the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, this postcode falls in decile 4 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 B68 spans several. We sampled 12 postcodes in B68: 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 B68, band by band
Sandwell's council tax for 2026-27 set against the B68 median sold price of £235,000 across 250 recorded sales: the annual running cost beside the purchase price, which neither source shows on its own.
| Band | 1991 valueVOA basis | A yearSandwell | A month÷ 12 | Of the median÷ £235,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,496 | £125 | 0.64% |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £1,746 | £146 | 0.74% |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £1,995 | £166 | 0.85% |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,244 | £187 | 0.95% |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £2,743 | £229 | 1.17% |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,242 | £270 | 1.38% |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £3,741 | £312 | 1.59% |
| H | over £320,000 | £4,489 | £374 | 1.91% |
The last column is the band's annual charge divided by the B68 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, Sandwell, 2026-27.
Address by address
Address by address
What individual homes in B68 sold for
The 24 most recently sold doors of the 242 distinct addresses in the records we hold for B68. Real recorded transactions: never estimates.
72, CAUSEWAY GREEN ROAD, OLDBURY
B68 8LF · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£120,000
2026-08-21
142, WOLVERHAMPTON ROAD, OLDBURY
B68 0LW · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£237,000
2026-08-12
16, EVA ROAD, OLDBURY
B68 9PF · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£270,000
2026-08-03
23, GOODE CLOSE, OLDBURY
B68 9NT · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£71,000
2026-08-03
38, BROADWAY, OLDBURY
B68 9EB · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£220,000
2026-08-03
31, ALBRIGHT ROAD, OLDBURY
B68 9NQ · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£310,000
2026-08-03
12, STARKIE DRIVE, OLDBURY
B68 9NX · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£205,000
2026-07-31
33, EDWARD ROAD, OLDBURY
B68 0LZ · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£320,000
2026-07-30
GUARDIAN HOUSE, HAGLEY ROAD WEST, OLDBURY
B68 0BS · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 3 recorded sales
£66,500
2026-07-30
85, BLEAKHOUSE ROAD, OLDBURY
B68 0TQ · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£281,000
2026-07-30
15, BROOK ROAD, OLDBURY
B68 8AA · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£260,000
2026-07-27
83, KINGSWAY, OLDBURY
B68 0QE · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£250,000
2026-07-24
3, PEL CRESCENT, OLDBURY
B68 8SS · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£305,000
2026-07-17
9, SQUIRRELS HOLLOW, OLDBURY
B68 0EY · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£279,000
2026-07-17
113, BROOK ROAD, OLDBURY
B68 8AE · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£100,000
2026-07-17
62, FERNDALE ROAD, OLDBURY
B68 8BB · Semi-detached · Freehold · 2 recorded sales
£178,000
2026-07-17
68, KINGSWAY, OLDBURY
B68 0PZ · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£190,000
2026-07-17
11, ALBRIGHT ROAD, OLDBURY
B68 9NQ · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£261,000
2026-07-16
93, ABBEY CRESCENT, OLDBURY
B68 9HL · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£283,000
2026-07-13
32, HILL TOP ROAD, OLDBURY
B68 9DU · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£275,000
2026-07-10
77, APSLEY ROAD, OLDBURY
B68 0QY · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£220,000
2026-07-10
22, MARSHALL ROAD, OLDBURY
B68 9ED · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£280,000
2026-07-06
47, GRAFTON ROAD, OLDBURY
B68 8BP · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£215,000
2026-06-29
108, APSLEY ROAD, OLDBURY
B68 0QU · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£286,000
2026-06-29
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 B68
The closest districts to B68 by straight-line distance between district centres.
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- House prices in B62 (Halesowen) 2 miles
- House prices in B69 (Oldbury) 2.1 miles
- House prices in B32 (Quinton) 2.1 miles
- House prices in B17 (Harborne) 2.2 miles
- House prices in B16 (Ladywood) 2.8 miles
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Data sources
Every B68 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.