House prices in B31 5 (Northfield)

This article reveals price per square metre data and various charts to help you understand current housing market in 'B31 5' (Northfield, Birmingham) - statistics were last calculated on 30 June 2024.

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Defining 'B31 5'

This analysis is limited to properties whose postcode starts with "B31 5", this is also called the postcode sector. It is shown in red on the map above. There are no official names for postcode sectors so I've just labelled it Northfield.

You can click on the map labels to change to a neighbouring sector, or you can enter a different postcode sector (e.g. CM23 4) below.

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FYI, a postcode sector is the full postcode without the last two letters.

Price per square metre

Knowing the average house price in Northfield 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. 39, Ash Drive, Northfield, Birmingham, sold for £130,000 on May-2024. Given the internal area of 57 square metres, the price per sqm is £2,280.

England & Wales have been officially metric since 1965. However house price per square foot is prefered by some estate agents and those of sufficiently advanced age ;-) They may want to convert square meters 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 253 sales in Northfield (B31 5) 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.

The spread of prices will give you a feel of the typical range to expect in Northfield (B31 5). Of the 253 transactions, half were sold for between £2,500 and £3,230 per square metre. The median, or 'middle', price per square metre in 'B31 5' is £2,860. Notably, only 25% of properties that sold recently were valued at more than £3,230 sqm. For anything to be valued more than this means it has to be more desireable than the clear majority of homes.

Price map for Northfield, Birmingham

Do have a look at the interactive price map I created. I find it useful and I am sure it will help you in exploring Birmingham. 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.

House price heatmap for Northfield, Birmingham

Comparison with neighbouring postcode sectors

The table below shows how 'B31 5' compares to neighbouring postcode sectors.

Postcode sector	Lower quartile	Middle quartile	Upper quartile
B31 4 Birmingham	£2,190 sqm	£2,760 sqm	£3,160 sqm
B31 5 Northfield	£2,500 sqm	£2,860 sqm	£3,230 sqm
B31 3 Birmingham	£2,270 sqm	£2,640 sqm	£3,000 sqm
B31 1 Birmingham	£2,210 sqm	£2,700 sqm	£3,050 sqm
B31 2 Northfield	£2,340 sqm	£2,800 sqm	£3,430 sqm

Will Birmingham 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 chart below for B31 5 (Northfield) compared with both the wider area B31 and inflation (CPIH from the Office of National Statistics). The dashed trend lines in the chart show the average over time.

Download time series data as CSV (paying users only).

For the most recent sales activity, rather than a summarized average, it is better to see the underlying data. This is shown in the chart below, where blue dots represent individual sales, click on them to see details. If there is an obvious trend you should be able to spot it here amid the noise from outliers.

Data from Land Registry comes in gradually over time. I update it every month but it takes about 5 months for the majority of sales for Birmingham to be recorded. Disclaimer: I do not verify and cannot guarantee the accuracy of any data shown. Outliers exist in the data, typically these are where the EPC registry records the internal area incorrectly, sometimes although very rarely the Land Registry price paid data can be wrong. The data provided throughout this website about Birmingham 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.

Street level data

Street	Avg size	Avg £sqm	Recent sales
Farren Road, Northfield, B31 5H	81 sqm	£2,616	45
Tessall Lane, Northfield, B31 5E	87 sqm	£2,785	29
Park View Road, Northfield, B31 5A	77 sqm	£2,918	28
Lower Beeches Road, Northfield, B31 5J	80 sqm	£2,855	21
West Park Avenue, Northfield, B31 5B	83 sqm	£2,811	21
Topland Grove, Northfield, B31 5J	74 sqm	£2,784	18
Lomas Drive, Northfield, B31 5L	63 sqm	£1,812	16
Frankley Beeches Road, Northfield, B31 5L	79 sqm	£2,423	15

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Raw data

Our analysis of Northfield 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	sqm	£/sqm
39, Ash Drive, Northfield, Birmingham	£130,000 May-2024	57	2,280
59, Green Park Rd, Northfield, Birmingham	£270,000 May-2024	76	3,552
39, Woodcock Close, Northfield, Birmingham	£250,000 May-2024	104	2,403

See the entire list of all sales in Northfield (B31 5) here.