Feb 07, 2023 by HM

House prices in Alcester (B49 6)

This article reveals price per square metre data and various charts to help you understand current housing market in Alcester (B49 6).

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Price per square metre

Knowing the average house price in Alcester 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. 12, Riddell Close, Alcester, sold for £290,000 on Aug-2023. Given the internal area of 72 square metres, the price per sqm is £4,027.

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. £3,800-£4,000, £4,000-£4,200, £4,200-£4,400 etc...) we then count the number of sales with within in each bucket and plot the results. The chart is based on 111 sales in Alcester (B49 6) 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 Alcester (B49 6). Of the 111 transactions, half were sold for between £3,120 and £4,060 per square metre. Notably, only 25% of properties that sold recently were valued at more than £4,060m². 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 'B49 6' is £3,610. The table below shows how 'B49 6' compares to neighbouring postcode sectors.

Postcode sector	Lower quartile	Middle quartile	Upper quartile
B49 5 Alcester	£2,630m2	£3,400m2	£4,150m2
B49 6 Alcester	£3,120m2	£3,610m2	£4,060m2

Will Alcester 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 B49 6 (Alcester). 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 B49 6 and the blue dots are the individual property sales that inform this trend.

Disclaimer: The data provided throughout this website about Alcester 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 Alcester data or any other data I am given.

Price map for Alcester

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 Alcester. 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 Alcester

Street level data

Street	Avg size	Avg £/m2	Recent sales
Kinwarton Road, Alcester, B49 6P	66m2	£1,961	9
Hertford Road, Alcester, B49 6A	82m2	£2,982	9
Kinnersley Road, Alcester, B49 6F	151m2	£3,840	9
Meadow Road, Alcester, B49 6B	81m2	£2,676	9
Seymour Road, Alcester, B49 6L	52m2	£3,654	9
Fields Park Drive, Alcester, B49 6G	67m2	£3,555	7
Ten Acres, Alcester, B49 6P	90m2	£3,158	7
Gerard Road, Alcester, B49 6Q	112m2	£3,480	7

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New build activity

Street	Avg size	Avg £/m2	New build sales
Woodland Drive, Alcester, B49 6F	114m2	£4,048	21

Woodland Drive, Alcester, B49 6F has seen 21 new build sales in the last 4 years (average price £467,550). These new build homes typically have an internal area of 114 m2, with an average price of £4,048 m2. This £sqm average is £438 above the average for B49 6. New builds typically command a £ per sqm premium so this is normal.

Raw data

Our analysis of Alcester 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
12, Riddell Close, Alcester	£290,000 Aug-2023	72	4,027
7, St Faiths Rd, Alcester	£225,000 Aug-2023	65	3,461
13, Alauna Avenue, Alcester	£280,000 Jul-2023	89	3,146

See the entire list of all sales in Alcester (B49 6) here.