Birmingham: the market in figures
Birmingham is the busiest market in this batch, with 9,088 sales in the June 2025 to May 2026 window. The average is £234,867, which puts the area 74th overall, with 135 areas covered, and 6th among the 13 in the West Midlands. Against the West Midlands average of £250,731 that is 6.3% less, and against the UK average of £273,037 it is 14% less. Prices rose 1.5% over twelve months, a shade above the region's 1.2%. Every year since 2016 has been positive except 2023. The series opens at £159,525 and moves up by 7.8%, 3.6%, 2.7% and 2% before the market jumps 11.8% and then 8.8%. The one setback is a fall of 0.4%. After that the price added 1.1%, 1.3% and 1.5%, which makes the current value the highest. Over the full span the area has gained 47.2%, or £75,342. The ranking has Kensington and Chelsea at the top and City of Aberdeen at the bottom, and 74th place leaves Birmingham near the centre of that scale.
Break the price down by type and the order is £444,169 (detached), £276,268 (semi-detached), £223,462 (terraced), £143,861 (flat). The flat-to-detached difference works out at £300,308, or 208.7%. A first purchase averages £212,774, which is 9.4% below the overall mean.
Market activity reached 9,088 sales between June 2025 and May 2026. Stamp Duty at the average price is £2,197 when someone moves home, that is 0.9% of the price, with £0 on first homes and £13,941 on additional properties. The Land Registry asks £150.
Birmingham's neighbours are mostly cheaper, and by modest margins. Dudley, at £233,819, is 0.4% below, and it gained 3.4%. Walsall (£216,878) is 7.7% below, Wolverhampton (£215,801) 8.1% below, and Sandwell (£207,065) 11.8% below, the lowest in the list and unchanged over the year. Solihull is the exception at £332,022, 41.4% above Birmingham, with a rise of only 0.2%. Nothing in the list is further than 21 km from the centre, so the whole conurbation can be read as one local market.
Payotte, from the UK HPI and the calculator.
Property professionals in Birmingham
One firm per trade, selected by Payotte on public data (5 of 5 trades filled in Birmingham). Companies, never individuals, with a regulator or register you can check with the official body.
| Trade | Firm | Google rating | Reviews | Score /100 | Status | Listing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estate agent | Elite Sales & Lettings Ltd | 4.7 | 23 | 69 | Partial | View |
| Mortgage adviser | First Mortgage | 5 | 1118 | 85 | Selected | View |
| Conveyancer | NBB Waldrons Solicitors (A NBB Law Company) | 4.6 | 314 | 79 | Selected | View |
| Surveyor | Midland Property Surveys Limited | 5 | 169 | 74 | Selected | View |
| Valuer | Midland Property Surveys Limited | 5 | 169 | 74 | Selected | View |
One firm per trade and per area, chosen on public data and scored out of 100 points — Google reviews (35), age of the company (30), checkable regulator or register (15), local anchoring (15), bonus (5). The ranking is never paid for. No firm can buy its place or its recommendation. How Payotte ranks firms
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Frequently asked questions
What is the average house price in Birmingham?
The average price of a home in Birmingham was £234,867 in August 2026, +1.5% over twelve months (UK House Price Index).
Have house prices gone up in Birmingham?
The average price in Birmingham went from £159,525 in August 2016 to £234,867 in August 2026, a change of +47.2%; +1.5% over the last twelve months (UK House Price Index).
How much Stamp Duty Land Tax on an average-priced home in Birmingham?
On £234,867, Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) comes to £2,197 for a home mover, £0 for a first-time buyer and £13,941 for an additional property, at the rates in force in England.
How much tax when you sell a home in Birmingham?
None on your main home if it was your only home, lived in for all the time you owned it, not let out and not used exclusively for business (Private Residence Relief). A second home or a buy-to-let pays Capital Gains Tax above the £3,000 allowance (2026 to 2027; rates in the calculator above). Bought at the average price in Birmingham in August 2016 (£159,525) and sold at the August 2026 average (£234,867), the gain of £75,342 costs a higher rate taxpayer £17,362, before deducting the costs of buying, selling and improving. The tax is reported and paid within 60 days of completion (HMRC).
Is Birmingham expensive?
Birmingham ranks 74th of the 135 areas Payotte covers for the average price in August 2026, from £1,204,072 in Kensington and Chelsea to £133,782 in City of Aberdeen.
Prices by property type, August 2026
| Type | Average price | West Midlands |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £444,169 | £419,192 |
| Semi-detached | £276,268 | £254,804 |
| Terraced | £223,462 | £206,529 |
| Flat or maisonette | £143,861 | £138,513 |
| All types | £234,867 | £250,731 |
| First-time buyers | £212,774 | £213,012 |
The UK HPI is a mix-adjusted average (a hedonic model), not the price of the homes sold in the month. Northern Ireland figures are quarterly.
The trend, August of each year
| Year | Average price | Change on the year before |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | £159,525 | — |
| 2017 | £171,928 | +7.8% |
| 2018 | £178,203 | +3.6% |
| 2019 | £183,018 | +2.7% |
| 2020 | £186,677 | +2% |
| 2021 | £208,628 | +11.8% |
| 2022 | £226,938 | +8.8% |
| 2023 | £226,089 | -0.4% |
| 2024 | £228,464 | +1.1% |
| 2025 | £231,366 | +1.3% |
| 2026 | £234,867 | +1.5% |
Sources
- Prices and sales: UK House Price Index, file UK-HPI-full-file-2026-08.csv. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2020. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Purchase tax: rates and sources of the calculator (HMRC).
- Tax when you sell: Capital Gains Tax rates, Tax when you sell your home and Report and pay your Capital Gains Tax (GOV.UK, HMRC).