227 homes sold in B42 in the last 12 months at a median of £225,000, up 2.3% on the year before. Detached homes typically sold for £350,000, flats for £109,975.
Covers Handsworth Wood, Kingstanding, Newton & Valley, Oscott, Perry Barr.
Median sold price
Last 12 months
Change on year
From £220k
Homes sold
Last 12 months
New builds
Of recent sales
Prices
Detached
10 sales
Semi-detached
133 sales
Terraced
70 sales
Flat
14 sales
All home types
| 2016 | £141k (338 sales) |
|---|---|
| 2017 | £153k (340 sales) |
| 2018 | £162k (362 sales) |
| 2019 | £170k (371 sales) |
| 2020 | £173k (251 sales) |
| 2021 | £185k (396 sales) |
| 2022 | £200k (312 sales) |
| 2023 | £210k (221 sales) |
| 2024 | £224k (264 sales) |
| 2025 | £220k (329 sales) |
| 2026 | £227k (130 sales, year so far) |
HM Land Registry price paid data, standard sales only, to September 2026. Sales take a few weeks to be registered.
Streets
Median sold price over five years, streets with four or more sales.
Sold recently
Floor area and rooms from each home's energy certificate. Rooms counts bedrooms and living rooms, not kitchens or bathrooms.
Living here
Latest Ofsted ratings. Schools inspected since late 2025 show their report-card Achievement grade.
Reported in August 2026
Within a mile of the district centre
data.police.uk, compared with the England average for a one-mile area.
The Environment Agency issues flood alerts for these areas in and around B42. Being near one doesn't mean a home floods; check the exact address.
The median sold price in B42 over the last 12 months was £225,000, across 227 sales recorded by HM Land Registry. By type: detached £350,000, semi-detached £228,500, terraced £213,750, flat £109,975.
The median sold price was up 2.3% on the previous 12 months (£220,000). Medians move with the mix of homes sold, so treat one year's change as a signal, not a forecast.
Hobhouse Close has the highest median sold price in B42 over the last five years: £342,484 across 10 sales.
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