West Midlands: the market in figures
Right in the middle of the nine regions, the West Midlands takes 5th place at £250,731, which is 14.6% under the English average. Its 1.2% yearly rise is a middling one too.
The figure was £171,371 in 2016, so the series has risen 46.3%, or £79,360. Growth eased from 5.8% and 4% in the early years to 1.8% and 2.8%. Then 2021 gave 8.2% and 2022 gave 11.9%. Only 2023 dipped, by 0.1%, and the years since add 1.2%, 2.8% and 1.2%. The latest year is the highest of the series.
Detached homes cost £419,192; flats cost £138,513, so detached is £280,679 above, or 202.6%. Terraced homes cost £206,529 and semi-detached £254,804. First-time buyers pay £213,012, 15% below the all-buyer figure.
Stratford-on-Avon costs most across the 13 areas covered, £396,711, up 1.3%. Warwick follows (£370,924, up 1.5%), then Solihull (£332,022). Sandwell is lowest, £207,065, unchanged on the year, ahead of Wolverhampton (£215,801) and Walsall (£216,878). Coventry rose 3.8% and Dudley 3.4%, the latter on 3,594 sales. Shropshire, with 4,404 sales, lost 0.9%. Birmingham leads on sales with 9,088; its average is £234,867, up 1.5%. In all, 67,947 sales were counted, a count ending May 2026.
Buyers at the regional average meet a Stamp Duty Land Tax charge of £2,537 on a move, equal to 1% of the price. The first-time rate yields £0 at this price. For an additional property the figure is £15,073, and the HM Land Registry fee is £150.
Payotte, from the UK HPI and the calculator.
Calculate for West Midlands
Frequently asked questions
What is the average house price in the West Midlands?
The average price of a home in the West Midlands was £250,731 in August 2026, +1.2% over twelve months (UK House Price Index).
Have house prices gone up in the West Midlands?
The average price in the West Midlands went from £171,371 in August 2016 to £250,731 in August 2026, a change of +46.3%; +1.2% over the last twelve months (UK House Price Index).
How much Stamp Duty Land Tax on an average-priced home in the West Midlands?
On £250,731, Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) comes to £2,537 for a home mover, £0 for a first-time buyer and £15,073 for an additional property, at the rates in force in England.
How much tax when you sell a home in the West Midlands?
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 the West Midlands in August 2016 (£171,371) and sold at the August 2026 average (£250,731), the gain of £79,360 costs a higher rate taxpayer £18,326, before deducting the costs of buying, selling and improving. The tax is reported and paid within 60 days of completion (HMRC).
Prices by property type, August 2026
| Type | Average price | England |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £419,192 | £472,671 |
| Semi-detached | £254,804 | £291,962 |
| Terraced | £206,529 | £247,371 |
| Flat or maisonette | £138,513 | £218,563 |
| All types | £250,731 | £293,525 |
| First-time buyers | £213,012 | £246,042 |
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 | £171,371 | — |
| 2017 | £181,244 | +5.8% |
| 2018 | £188,413 | +4% |
| 2019 | £191,810 | +1.8% |
| 2020 | £197,176 | +2.8% |
| 2021 | £213,267 | +8.2% |
| 2022 | £238,546 | +11.9% |
| 2023 | £238,205 | -0.1% |
| 2024 | £241,068 | +1.2% |
| 2025 | £247,879 | +2.8% |
| 2026 | £250,731 | +1.2% |
Areas covered in the West Midlands
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).