HouseMarketBook

B42 2, Birmingham

Postcode sector in Birmingham · 413 sales in the last 24 months, 321 with a floor area counted

Median price per square metre, last 24 months£2,950321 sales · £274 per sq ft · up 3.5% on a year ago

Prices per square metre in B42 2 are up 3.5% on a year ago, at a median of £2,950 (£274 per sq ft).

Half of the 321 counted sales were between £2,560 and £3,350 per square metre, and the median price paid was £223,500. HM Land Registry records 7,596 sales in this postcode sector since 1995.

Median price, 24 months£223,500
£ per m², middle half£2,560 to £3,350
Sales, 24 months413321 with a floor area counted
Typical floor area73 m²

By property type

TypeSales£ / m²Middle halfMedian price
Detached16£3,510£3,120–3,600£317,500
Flat or maisonette17£1,710£1,550–2,230£93,000
Semi-detached186£2,990£2,690–3,390£225,000
Terraced102£2,890£2,530–3,130£211,300
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 2 by quarter, up 3.5% on a year ago
2,7602,9403,120£3,1202024 Q42026 Q3
Median £ per m² by year since 1995
5501,7953,040£3,04019952026
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 2

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
202676£225,500£3,040
2025209£220,000£2,910
2024140£220,500£2,920
2023144£211,500£2,900
2022195£195,000£2,760
2021252£185,000£2,590
2020165£179,000£2,400
2019255£170,000£2,310
2018221£163,000£2,260
2017221£151,000£2,070
2016190£140,000£1,900
2015195£132,000£1,810
The last 12 years; the chart above runs from 1995.

Postcodes in B42 2

208 · median £ / m² where there are 12 counted sales

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 73 m² · change on a year ago +3.5% · An index-based comparison of sold prices, not a valuation.