Feb 07, 2023 by HM

House prices in Edgbaston (B16 9)

This article reveals price per square metre data and various charts to help you understand current housing market in Edgbaston (B16 9).

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Price per square metre

Knowing the average house price in Edgbaston is not much use. However, knowing average price per square metre can be quite useful. Price per sqm allows some comparison between properties of different size. We define price per square metre as the sold price divided by the internal area of a property:

£ per sqm = price ÷ internal area

E.g. Flat 18 Edward Court, 317, Hagley Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, sold for £192,000 on Sep-2023. Given the internal area of 78 square metres, the price per sqm is £2,461.

England & Wales have been officially metric for many decades. However house price per square foot is sometimes prefered by those of sufficiently advanced age. They may want to convert metres on this page to square feet.

The chart below is called a histogram, it helps you see the distribution of this house price per sqm data. To make this chart we put the sales data into a series of £ per sqm 'buckets' (e.g. £2,350-£2,500, £2,500-£2,650, £2,650-£2,800 etc...) we then count the number of sales with within in each bucket and plot the results. The chart is based on 132 sales in Edgbaston (B16 9) that took place in the last two years.

You can see the spread of prices above. This is because although internal area is a key factor in determining valuation, it is not the only factor. Many factors other than size affect desirability; these factors could be condition, aspect, garden size, negotiating power of the vendor etc.

That said, the spread of prices will give you a feel of the typical range to expect in Edgbaston (B16 9). Of the 132 transactions, half were sold for between £2,250 and £3,090 per square metre. Notably, only 25% of properties that sold recently were valued at more than £3,090m². For anything to be valued more than this means it has to be more desireable than the clear majority of homes.

For the average, we calculate the 'median' or middle price. The median price per square metre in 'B16 9' is £2,640. The table below shows how 'B16 9' compares to neighbouring postcode sectors.

Postcode sector	Lower quartile	Middle quartile	Upper quartile
B16 0 Birmingham	£1,810m2	£2,270m2	£2,920m2
B16 8 Birmingham	£2,400m2	£2,860m2	£3,790m2
B16 9 Edgbaston	£2,250m2	£2,640m2	£3,090m2

Will Edgbaston house prices drop in 2024?

I cannot tell the future and don't believe anyone who says they can. I can however plot price trends - I have done this in the scatter plot below for B16 9 (Edgbaston). From this one could infer a range of reasonable possible future price falls or rises. In the chart below, the red dashed line is the house price trend for B16 9 and the blue dots are the individual property sales that inform this trend.

Disclaimer: The data provided throughout this website about Edgbaston and any other area, is not financial advice. Any information provided does not and cannot ever take in to account the particular financial situation, objectives or property needs of either you or anyone reading this information. Furthermore, I cannot guarantee the accuracy of any data shown. This information is based on sold prices and internal area data provided by Land Registry and other third parties - I do not verify the accuracy of the Edgbaston data or any other data I am given.

Price map for Edgbaston

I've just finished coding the map I link to below. I find it useful and I am sure it will help you in exploring Edgbaston. You can zoom in all the way to individual properties and then all the way back out to see the whole country. The colours show the current estimated property values. I will explain more about the methodology and create a key next week.

House price heatmap for Edgbaston

Street level data

Street	Avg size	Avg £/m2	Recent sales
Hagley Road, Edgbaston, B16 9L	84m2	£2,225	18
Mariner Avenue, Edgbaston, B16 9D	58m2	£3,061	14
Holly Road, Edgbaston, B16 9N	102m2	£2,171	14
Hagley Road, Edgbaston, B16 9N	86m2	£1,791	13
Manor Road, Edgbaston, B16 9N	53m2	£2,790	13
Mostyn Road, Edgbaston, B16 9D	101m2	£2,002	10
Montague Road, Edgbaston, B16 9H	85m2	£3,203	10
Melville Road, Edgbaston, B16 9N	61m2	£2,030	10

Search for your street here.

Raw data

Our analysis of Edgbaston is derived from what is essentially a big table of sold prices from Land Registry with added property size information. Below are three rows from this table to give you an idea.

Address	Paid	m2	£/m2
Flat 18 Edward Court, 317, Hagley Rd, Edgbaston, Birmingham	£192,000 Sep-2023	78	2,461
1, The Grove, Edgbaston, Birmingham	£130,000 Aug-2023	59	2,203
5, The Dell, Edgbaston, Birmingham	£155,000 Aug-2023	58	2,672

See the entire list of all sales in Edgbaston (B16 9) here.