HouseMarketBook

B42, Perry Barr and Great Barr, Birmingham

Postcode district in Birmingham · 674 sales in the last 24 months, 519 with a floor area counted

Median price per square metre, last 24 months£2,950519 sales · £274 per sq ft · up 4.2% on a year ago

Prices per square metre in B42 are up 4.2% on a year ago, at a median of £2,950 (£274 per sq ft).

Half of the 519 counted sales were between £2,580 and £3,300 per square metre, and the median price paid was £225,000. HM Land Registry records 12,547 sales in this postcode district since 1995.

Median price, 24 months£225,000
£ per m², middle half£2,580 to £3,300
Sales, 24 months674519 with a floor area counted
Typical floor area74 m²

By property type

TypeSales£ / m²Middle halfMedian price
Detached24£3,450£2,940–3,600£327,600
Flat or maisonette27£1,860£1,550–2,190£105,000
Semi-detached306£3,010£2,720–3,330£225,000
Terraced162£2,850£2,500–3,170£215,000
Counted sales over the last 24 months. A type needs 12 sales for a median; each type's median is what the fair-value check compares against in a sector.

The trend

Median £ per m² in B42 by quarter, up 4.2% on a year ago
2,8802,9953,110£3,1102024 Q42026 Q3
Median £ per m² by year since 1995
5801,8053,030£3,03019952026
Each point is the median of the counted sales in that period. Older sales use the floor area on the latest certificate.

Busiest streets in B42

By sales in the last 24 months
A street needs 12 counted sales for a median of its own; a dash means it has fewer.

Year by year

Counted sales
YearSalesMedian priceMedian £ / m²
2026122£227,500£3,030
2025324£220,000£2,900
2024259£225,000£2,910
2023214£210,000£2,860
2022300£200,000£2,770
2021372£185,000£2,570
2020246£173,800£2,390
2019363£170,000£2,310
2018357£162,000£2,170
2017327£153,000£2,040
2016323£142,000£1,850
2015296£130,000£1,770
The last 12 years; the chart above runs from 1995.

Sales to September 2026 · HM Land Registry price paid data · MHCLG energy certificates · ONS postcode directory · medians of counted sales over 24 months · typical floor area 74 m² · change on a year ago +4.2% · An index-based comparison of sold prices, not a valuation.