marketcodeSold price per m²
£2,257/m² 12 months to Mar 2026
64 sales
+2.7% over the year to Dec 2025 by the house price index, which follows the same homes over time.
Postcode district
B8 property market
Sold £2,257/m² · Median sold £197,837 (127 sales) · Index +2.7% y/y · Turnover 1.0% · 12 months, sales to Mar 2026, listings to Aug 2026
What is B8?
- Buildings
- 11,558
- Mixed-use buildings
- 2.7%
- HMO-shaped units
- 9.0%
What does B8 cost?
B8: sold price per m² £2,257/m² (12 months to Mar 2026, 64 sales). +2.7% over the year to Dec 2025 by the house price index, which follows the same homes over time.
Sold price
£197,837 12 months to Mar 2026
127 sales
+2.7% 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
£215,506 12 months to Aug 2026
148 listings
+1.5% 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 B8 earn?
B8: asking rent £1,054 a month (12 months to Jul 2026, 61 lets).
Asking rent
£1,054 a month 12 months to Jul 2026
61 lets
Gross yield, asking basis
5.3% 12 months to Aug 2026
95 lets
+9.4% on the previous 12 months.
Sample is the dated lettings behind the latest month's rent cell.
How liquid is B8?
B8: turnover 1.0% (12 months to Nov 2025, 133 sales). -8.9% on the previous 12 months.
Turnover
1.0% 12 months to Nov 2025
133 sales
-8.9% 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
169 12 months to Jan 2026
169 sales
-15.1% 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
117 12 months to Jul 2026
117 listings
Who is active in B8?
11 agents listed homes for sale in B8; the three largest took 50% of the listings.
- Agents active
- 11
- Top three agents’ share
- 50%
- New homes among listings
- 0.0%
days_to_completion is on the registry-matched subset (sold_matched_n), not a sell-through rate.
Who owns B8?
Corporate landlords hold 78% of the 533 units in B8 whose freeholder is classified; 96% of all units are not yet classified.
- Corporate landlords78% of classified · 418 units
- Individuals (not traceable in bulk)14% of classified · 73 units
- Housing associations7.3% of classified · 39 units
- RMC0.6% of classified · 3 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 B8 rank?
B8 ranks 21st of 25 postcode districts in Birmingham for sold price per m², at £2,257/m².
Sold price per m² · postcode districts in Birmingham
B8 ranks 21st of 25 postcode districts in Birmingham for sold price per m², at £2,257/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 |
| 21 | B8 | £2,257/m² | 64 | indicative |
Full table: sold price per m² across postcode districts in Birmingham →
Gross yield, asking basis · postcode districts in Birmingham
B8 ranks 22nd of 38 postcode districts in Birmingham for gross yield, asking basis, at 5.3%.
Where next from B8?
- 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
- B36Next door, in another authority · £3,226/m²
- Homes for sale in B8Live sale listings, the same place and cohort.
- Homes to rent in B8Live lettings, the same place.
- Completed sales in B8Registered completions, newest first.
- Planning applications in B8Applications and decisions on record.
- Buildings in B8Every building with its units, parcel and freeholder.
- Land in B8Parcels, titles and adjacent ownership.
- Properties in B8Every addressable home with its floor area, tenure and last sale.
- Estate agents in B8Who actually lists here, ranked by volume over 12 months.
Questions about B8
- What is the median house price in B8?
- Homes in B8 sold for a median £197,837 over the 12 months to Mar 2026, 127 sales. Per square metre that is £2,257/m². Registered completions, not asking prices.
- How have house prices in B8 changed?
- +2.7% over the year to Dec 2025 by the house price index, which follows the same homes over time.
- What is the average rent in B8?
- Homes to let in B8 asked a median £1,054 a month over the 12 months to Jul 2026, 61 lets. Asking rent, not the rent agreed.
- What is the gross rental yield in B8?
- 5.3% 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, 95 lets. +9.4% on the previous 12 months.
- How quickly do homes sell in B8?
- 1.0% of the homes in B8 changed hands over the 12 months to Nov 2025, 133 sales.
Where these figures come from
| Figure | Dataset | Window | Last month | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sold price per m² | HM Land Registry Price Paid and portal listings, monthly rollup | 12 months to Mar 2026 | Mar 2026 | 64 sales |
| Sold price | HM Land Registry Price Paid and portal listings, monthly rollup | 12 months to Mar 2026 | Mar 2026 | 127 sales |
| Asking price | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 | 148 listings |
| Asking price per m² | the area_facts listing rollup | 12 months to Jul 2026 | Jul 2026 | 117 listings |
| Asking rent | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Jul 2026 | Jul 2026 | 61 lets |
| Gross yield, asking basis | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 | 95 lets |
| Turnover | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Nov 2025 | Nov 2025 | 133 sales |
| Completed sales | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Jan 2026 | Jan 2026 | 169 sales |
| Listings for sale | the area_facts listing rollup | 12 months to Jul 2026 | Jul 2026 | 117 listings |
| New listings | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 | 119 listings |
| Price reductions | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 | 29 listings |
| Live listings | MarketCode market evidence | on 19 Sep 2026 | 19 Sep 2026 | — |
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.