marketcodeSold price per m²
£2,095/m² 12 months to Apr 2026
244 sales
+1.7% over the year to Dec 2025 by the house price index, which follows the same homes over time.
Postcode district
B42 property market
Sold £2,095/m² · Median sold £222,614 (235 sales) · Index +1.7% y/y · Turnover 2.3% · 12 months, sales to Apr 2026, listings to Aug 2026
What is B42?
- Buildings
- 9,314
- Mixed-use buildings
- 94%
- HMO-shaped units
- 19%
What does B42 cost?
B42: sold price per m² £2,095/m² (12 months to Apr 2026, 244 sales). +1.7% over the year to Dec 2025 by the house price index, which follows the same homes over time.
Sold price
£222,614 12 months to Apr 2026
235 sales
+1.7% over the year to Dec 2025 by the house price index, which follows the same homes over time.
Sample is the matched completed sales behind the latest month. A month in which this cohort recorded no sale of its own carries the parent area's price rather than a measurement, and is not published with no sample.
Asking price
£231,501 12 months to Aug 2026
619 listings
+0.2% on the previous 12 months.
Sample is the dated listings that came to market in the latest month (added and reduced cohorts).
Settled months to Dec 2025; the dashed tail is the pipeline's projection of the index 12 months ahead, inside its 80% band. A projection of the index, not a forecast of any home's price.
ObservedForecast with intervalIndex points, not property prices
What does B42 earn?
B42: asking rent £1,137 a month (12 months to Jul 2026, 143 lets).
Asking rent
£1,137 a month 12 months to Jul 2026
143 lets
Gross yield, asking basis
6.0% 12 months to Aug 2026
216 lets
+11% on the previous 12 months.
Sample is the dated lettings behind the latest month's rent cell.
How does B42 vary by home size?
Asking price in B42 runs from £149,087 for 2 bedrooms to £347,917 for 4 bedrooms.
| Homes | Asking price | Window | Change | Listings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 bedroom | Not published | — | — | — |
| 2 bedrooms | £149,087 | 12 months to Aug 2026 | — | 122 |
| 3 bedrooms | £239,930 | 12 months to Aug 2026 | +2% on the previous 12 months | 424 |
| 4 bedrooms | £347,917 | 12 months to Aug 2026 | — | 48 |
| 5+ bedrooms | Not published | — | — | — |
Asking price by bedroom band: the monthly medians of sale listings that came to market, weighted by their dated listings, over the last 12 observed months, from portal listings. A band with fewer than 30 dated listings in the year is not published.
How liquid is B42?
B42: turnover 2.3% (12 months to Jan 2026, 262 sales). +7.4% on the previous 12 months.
Turnover
2.3% 12 months to Jan 2026
262 sales
+7.4% on the previous 12 months.
Sample is the matched completed sales behind the latest month. A month in which this cohort recorded no sale of its own has a rate of zero by arithmetic rather than a measured rate, and is not published with no sample.
Completed sales
355 12 months to Jan 2026
355 sales
+12.3% on the previous 12 months.
Sample is the registry count itself; months within six months of the last ingest are still filling.
Listings for sale
389 12 months to Jul 2026
389 listings
Who is active in B42?
20 agents listed homes for sale in B42; the three largest took 47% of the listings.
- Agents active
- 20
- Top three agents’ share
- 47%
- New homes among listings
- 4.2%
days_to_completion is on the registry-matched subset (sold_matched_n), not a sell-through rate.
Who owns B42?
Corporate landlords hold 87% of the 559 units in B42 whose freeholder is classified; 95% of all units are not yet classified.
- Corporate landlords87% of classified · 484 units
- Housing associations7.2% of classified · 40 units
- Individuals (not traceable in bulk)5.2% of classified · 29 units
- RMC0.7% of classified · 4 units
- Offshore companies0.4% of classified · 2 units
Freeholder class per addressable unit, from HM Land Registry CCOD/OCOD matched to the title and Companies House. Individuals are counted, never itemised.
Where does B42 rank?
B42 ranks 25th of 25 postcode districts in Birmingham for sold price per m², at £2,095/m².
Sold price per m² · postcode districts in Birmingham
B42 ranks 25th of 25 postcode districts in Birmingham for sold price per m², at £2,095/m².
| # | Area | Sold price per m² | Sample | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | B17 | £3,672/m² | 153 | measured |
| 2 | B73 | £3,513/m² | 187 | measured |
| 3 | B74 | £3,485/m² | 343 | measured |
| 4 | B72 | £3,455/m² | 76 | indicative |
| 5 | B75 | £3,270/m² | 301 | measured |
| 25 | B42 | £2,095/m² | 244 | measured |
Full table: sold price per m² across postcode districts in Birmingham →
Gross yield, asking basis · postcode districts in Birmingham
B42 ranks 15th of 38 postcode districts in Birmingham for gross yield, asking basis, at 6.0%.
Where next from B42?
- BirminghamThe wider market this area sits in.
- B1Neighbouring postcode district · £4,045/m²
- B10Neighbouring postcode district · £2,449/m²
- B11Neighbouring postcode district · £2,737/m²
- B12Neighbouring postcode district · £2,553/m²
- B13Neighbouring postcode district · £3,158/m²
- B14Neighbouring postcode district · £3,248/m²
- B15Neighbouring postcode district · £3,592/m²
- B16Neighbouring postcode district · £3,002/m²
- B43Next door, in another authority · £3,309/m²
- WS5Next door, in another authority · £3,532/m²
- WS9Next door, in another authority · £3,442/m²
- B71Next door, in another authority · £3,289/m²
- Homes for sale in B42Live sale listings, the same place and cohort.
- Homes to rent in B42Live lettings, the same place.
- Completed sales in B42Registered completions, newest first.
- Planning applications in B42Applications and decisions on record.
- Buildings in B42Every building with its units, parcel and freeholder.
- Land in B42Parcels, titles and adjacent ownership.
Questions about B42
- What is the median house price in B42?
- Homes in B42 sold for a median £222,614 over the 12 months to Apr 2026, 235 sales. Per square metre that is £2,095/m². Registered completions, not asking prices.
- How have house prices in B42 changed?
- +1.7% over the year to Dec 2025 by the house price index, which follows the same homes over time.
- What is the average rent in B42?
- Homes to let in B42 asked a median £1,137 a month over the 12 months to Jul 2026, 143 lets. Asking rent, not the rent agreed.
- What is the gross rental yield in B42?
- 6.0% on the asking basis: the asking rent times twelve over the asking sale price in the same listing cell, before costs, voids and finance, over the 12 months to Aug 2026, 216 lets. +11% on the previous 12 months.
- How quickly do homes sell in B42?
- 2.3% of the homes in B42 changed hands over the 12 months to Jan 2026, 262 sales.
Where these figures come from, and what is not published
| Figure | Dataset | Window | Last month | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sold price per m² | HM Land Registry Price Paid and portal listings, monthly rollup | 12 months to Apr 2026 | Apr 2026 | 244 sales |
| Sold price | HM Land Registry Price Paid and portal listings, monthly rollup | 12 months to Apr 2026 | Apr 2026 | 235 sales |
| Asking price | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 | 619 listings |
| Asking price per m² | the area_facts listing rollup | 12 months to Jul 2026 | Jul 2026 | 389 listings |
| Asking rent | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Jul 2026 | Jul 2026 | 143 lets |
| Gross yield, asking basis | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 | 216 lets |
| Turnover | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Jan 2026 | Jan 2026 | 262 sales |
| Completed sales | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Jan 2026 | Jan 2026 | 355 sales |
| Listings for sale | the area_facts listing rollup | 12 months to Jul 2026 | Jul 2026 | 389 listings |
| New listings | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 | 412 listings |
| Price reductions | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 | 207 listings |
| Live listings | MarketCode market evidence | on 19 Sep 2026 | 19 Sep 2026 | — |
- Asking to sold
- Only 2 observed months: the 12-month figure needs 6; the monthly line is drawn.
- Days to completion
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