House prices in B98 9 (Church Hill)

This article reveals price per square foot data and various charts to help you understand current housing market in 'B98 9' (Church Hill, Redditch) - statistics were last calculated on 30 August 2024.

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Defining 'B98 9'

This analysis is limited to properties whose postcode starts with "B98 9", 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 Church Hill.

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

Price per square foot

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

£ per sqft = price ÷ internal area

E.g. 212, Upper Field Close, Church Hill, Redditch, sold for £185,000 on Jun-2024. Given the internal area of 1,108 square feet, the price per sqft is £166.

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The chart below is called a histogram, it helps you see the distribution of this house price per sqft data. To make this chart we put the sales data into a series of £ per sqft 'buckets' (e.g. £260-£278, £278-£297, £297-£315 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 Church Hill (B98 9) that took place in the last two years.

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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 Church Hill (B98 9). Of the 111 transactions, half were sold for between £215 and £359 per square foot. The median, or 'middle', price per square foot in 'B98 9' is £297. Notably, only 25% of properties that sold recently were valued at more than £359 sqft. For anything to be valued more than this means it has to be more desireable than the clear majority of homes.

Price map for Church Hill, Redditch

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 Redditch. 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 Church Hill, Redditch

Comparison with neighbouring postcode sectors

The table below shows how 'B98 9' compares to neighbouring postcode sectors.

Postcode sector	Lower quartile	Middle quartile	Upper quartile
B98 0 Redditch	£220 sqft	£264 sqft	£327 sqft
B98 7 Redditch	£199 sqft	£243 sqft	£301 sqft
B98 8 Church Hill	£202 sqft	£249 sqft	£309 sqft
B98 9 Church Hill	£215 sqft	£297 sqft	£359 sqft

Will Redditch 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 B98 9 (Church Hill) compared with both the wider area B98 and inflation (CPIH from the Office of National Statistics). The dashed trend lines in the chart show the average over time.

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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 Redditch 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 Redditch 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 £sqft	Recent sales
Maisemore Close, Church Hill, B98 9L	936 sqft	£293	29
Upper Field Close, Church Hill, B98 9L	936 sqft	£206	19
Icknield Street, Church Hill, B98 9A	0 sqft	£293	17
Redstone Close, Church Hill, B98 9A	721 sqft	£354	16
Hither Green Lane, Church Hill, B98 9B	0 sqft	£364	16
Loxley Close, Church Hill, B98 9J	925 sqft	£177	12
Exhall Close, Church Hill, B98 9J	936 sqft	£180	11
Exhall Close, Church Hill, B98 9H	914 sqft	£185	11

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Raw data

Our analysis of Church Hill 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	sqft	£/sqft
212, Upper Field Close, Church Hill, Redditch	£185,000 Jun-2024	1,108	166
162, Loxley Close, Church Hill, Redditch	£185,000 Jun-2024	936	197
67, Maisemore Close, Church Hill, Redditch	£280,000 May-2024	1,184	236

See the entire list of all sales in Church Hill (B98 9) here.