Birmingham
B42 house prices in Birmingham
The median sold price in B42 between 19 Sept 2025 and 23 Jul 2026 was £215,625 across 250 recorded sales. B42 covers part of Birmingham around the Handsworth Wood ward. Sold prices, council tax, schools, deprivation and planning for this district — from official UK data, in one place.
Get the B42 OfferCheckTypical sold price
£215,625
Range £130,000–£294,100 · 250 real sales
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 19 Sept 2025 and 23 Jul 2026. Real recorded sales — not estimates. Scroll for the map, trend and breakdown.
The median sold price in B42, Birmingham, was £215,625 across 250 recorded sales between 19 Sept 2025 and 23 Jul 2026. Council tax on a Band D home there is £2,363 a year — Birmingham's published charge for 2026-27.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 31 July 2026. Updated monthly. Council tax: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government — Council Tax levels set by local authorities, Birmingham, 2026-27. Real recorded transactions — we never publish an estimated valuation.
On the map
Where B42 sits in Birmingham
Latest sales
The most recent sales in B42
97, DORRINGTON ROAD, BIRMINGHAM
Terraced · Freehold · 23 Jul 2026
£231,500
313, ROCKY LANE, BIRMINGHAM
Terraced · Freehold · 20 Jul 2026
£210,000
138, THORNBRIDGE AVENUE, BIRMINGHAM
Terraced · Freehold · 10 Jul 2026
£236,000
21, ASHWORTH ROAD, BIRMINGHAM
Terraced · Freehold · 7 Jul 2026
£175,000
45, HOBHOUSE CLOSE, BIRMINGHAM
Detached · Freehold · 3 Jul 2026
£350,000
Sources: HM Land Registry · postcodes.io / ONS · OpenStreetMap (© contributors)
The data, honestly
B42 sold prices at a glance
Typical price
£215,625
Lower end
£130,000
Upper end
£294,100
Sample size
250 sales
24-month trend
Typical price by quarter — B42
By property type
What each type sells for — B42
Tenure mix
Freehold vs leasehold — B42
180 freehold (72%)
70 leasehold (28%)
1 new-build sale
Across the 250 most recent recorded sales in B42. Leasehold is normal for flats; check the remaining lease term before you offer.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 31 July 2026. Updated monthly. Real transactions — never estimates. See every B42 sale.
Area data
What else the records hold on B42
Council tax, schools, area deprivation and planning activity for this district — each from the body that publishes it, with the sample it rests on stated beside it.
Council tax
What council tax costs in B42
Band D · Birmingham · 2026-27
£2,363
a year — the benchmark band every English authority is compared on.
| Band | 1991 value | A year |
|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,575 |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £1,838 |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,100 |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,363 |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £2,888 |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,413 |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £3,938 |
| H | over £320,000 | £4,726 |
These are Birmingham's charges for 2026-27, the authority B42 falls in — not an estimate for any individual home. A property's band is set by the Valuation Office Agency and we never guess it; look up a band on GOV.UK and read your row. Bands reflect what a home was worth on 1 April 1991, not today.
Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government — Council Tax levels set by local authorities · 8 of 8 bands published for Birmingham · data to 2026-27 financial year
Schools
Schools near B42
Perry Beeches Nursery School
Nursery · Local authority maintained schools · B42 2PX
676 m
Good · 2012
Beeches Junior School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · B42 2PY
802 m
Good · 2013
Priestley Smith School
Special schools · B42 2PY
802 m
Outstanding · 2015
Arena Academy
Middle deemed secondary · Academies · B42 2PY
802 m
Requires improvement · 2022
Dorrington Academy
Primary · Academies · B42 1QR
844 m
Outstanding · 2019
St Mark's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academies · B42 1NU
1.2 km
Outstanding · 2012
Calshot Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · B42 2BY
1.2 km
Good · 2017
Glenmead Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · B44 8UQ
1.2 km
Good · 2022
School data from the Department for Education “Get Information about Schools” (GIAS) and Ofsted inspection outcomes — Open Government Licence v3.0. The Ofsted grade shown is the last single overall grade on record (single grades were withdrawn in September 2024). Shows nearest schools by distance, not legal catchment areas. Distances are from the B42 district centroid, not from any address.
Source: Department for Education — Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · 8 open schools within 3 km, 8 with a grade on record
Planning applications
Planning activity around B42
Display of 1no internally illuminated SMD LED Digital Display
Received 2026-04-23
Birmingham/2026/01766/PARejected
420 m
Erection of 6 metre deep single storey rear extension. Maximum height 4 metres, eaves height 3 metres
Received 2026-03-31 · decided 2026-05-06
Birmingham/2026/01534/PAConditions
458 m
Erection of single storey front, side and rear extension and two storey side extension.
Received 2026-03-24 · decided 2026-05-20
Installation of palisade fencing and gates to front and side boundary, creation of 3no. parking spaces and erection of canopy structure over parking bays
Received 2026-03-16
Erection of two storey side and rear and single storey front and rear extensions and detached annex building to rear
Received 2026-03-04
Birmingham/2026/00955/PAConditions
381 m
Erection of two storey side and rear and single storey rear extensions, dormer window to rear elevation and rooflights in association with a loft conversion and alterations to the front.
Received 2026-02-23 · decided 2026-04-16
Applications are matched within 500 m of the B42 district centroid, so this is activity in the area, not at any one address. Register wording and status are reproduced as the local planning authority published them. Showing 6 of 20 held; run a live planning search for B42 for the current picture.
Source: Local planning authority records via PlanIt · 586 applications matched within 500 m of the district centre · data to 24 July 2026
Deprivation (IMD)
Area profile for B42
Across the 12 sampled B42 postcodes, deprivation runs decile 2 to decile 5, with a median of decile 4 of 10 — where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived.
B42 1QR, the sampled postcode sitting at that median: On the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, this postcode falls in decile 4 of 10 — where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived. It's area context for the wider neighbourhood, not a judgement on any individual home.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (English Indices of Deprivation 2025, MHCLG). Deprivation is published for small areas (LSOAs), not for postcode districts, so B42 spans several. We sampled 12 postcodes in B42 that have recorded sales and 12 returned a row. It is context for the neighbourhood, never a judgement on any individual home.
Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government — English Indices of Deprivation 2025 · 12 postcodes sampled of 12 checked · data to 2025 indices
Two sources, one table
What it costs to run a home in B42, band by band
Birmingham's council tax for 2026-27 set against the B42 median sold price of £215,625 across 250 recorded sales — the annual running cost beside the purchase price, which neither source shows on its own.
| Band | 1991 valueVOA basis | A yearBirmingham | A month÷ 12 | Of the median÷ £215,625 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,575 | £131 | 0.73% |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £1,838 | £153 | 0.85% |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,100 | £175 | 0.97% |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,363 | £197 | 1.10% |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £2,888 | £241 | 1.34% |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,413 | £284 | 1.58% |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £3,938 | £328 | 1.83% |
| H | over £320,000 | £4,726 | £394 | 2.19% |
The last column is the band's annual charge divided by the B42 median sold price — a comparison of two published figures, not a rate anyone charges. It is not a mapping from price to band: a band records what a home was worth on 1 April 1991 and is set by the Valuation Office Agency, so it cannot be worked out from a 2020s sale price. Look up a specific band on GOV.UK. Instalment counts vary by authority, so the monthly column is simply the year over twelve.
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data — HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 31 July 2026. Updated monthly. Median across 250 recorded sales. · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government — Council Tax levels set by local authorities, Birmingham, 2026-27.
Address by address
What individual homes in B42 sold for
The 24 most recently sold doors of the 235 distinct addresses in the records we hold for B42. Real recorded transactions — never estimates.
97, DORRINGTON ROAD, BIRMINGHAM
B42 1QR · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£231,500
2026-07-23
313, ROCKY LANE, BIRMINGHAM
B42 1NG · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£210,000
2026-07-20
138, THORNBRIDGE AVENUE, BIRMINGHAM
B42 2AE · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£236,000
2026-07-10
21, ASHWORTH ROAD, BIRMINGHAM
B42 2RB · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£175,000
2026-07-07
45, HOBHOUSE CLOSE, BIRMINGHAM
B42 1HB · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£350,000
2026-07-03
14, IPSWICH CRESCENT, BIRMINGHAM
B42 1LY · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£275,000
2026-07-03
78, COLERAINE ROAD, BIRMINGHAM
B42 1LW · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£202,500
2026-07-02
122, OLD WALSALL ROAD, BIRMINGHAM
B42 1UL · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£180,000
2026-06-29
100, BOOTHS FARM ROAD, BIRMINGHAM
B42 2NS · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£23,043
2026-06-29
35, CHELMORTON ROAD, BIRMINGHAM
B42 2QT · Semi-detached · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£192,500
2026-06-29
340, WALSALL ROAD, BIRMINGHAM
B42 2LY · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£400,000
2026-06-26
37, BLUEBELL CRESCENT, BIRMINGHAM
B42 2FS · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£306,000
2026-06-25
65, WENSLEYDALE ROAD, BIRMINGHAM
B42 1PR · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£185,000
2026-06-25
21, CHELMORTON ROAD, BIRMINGHAM
B42 2QT · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£185,000
2026-06-24
145, BOOTHS FARM ROAD, BIRMINGHAM
B42 2NY · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£210,000
2026-06-22
97, GRINDLEFORD ROAD, BIRMINGHAM
B42 2SQ · Semi-detached · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£225,000
2026-06-19
55, GLENDOWER ROAD, BIRMINGHAM
B42 1SY · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£284,000
2026-06-12
126, GLENDOWER ROAD, BIRMINGHAM
B42 1ST · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£230,000
2026-06-12
65, CARMODALE AVENUE, BIRMINGHAM
B42 1PN · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£210,000
2026-06-08
118, FODEN ROAD, BIRMINGHAM
B42 2EW · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£250,000
2026-06-05
14, HESTON AVENUE, BIRMINGHAM
B42 2NT · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£225,000
2026-06-05
4, BLUEBELL CRESCENT, BIRMINGHAM
B42 2FS · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£315,000
2026-05-29
88, CRAMLINGTON ROAD, BIRMINGHAM
B42 2EG · Terraced · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£244,000
2026-05-29
66, CRAMLINGTON ROAD, BIRMINGHAM
B42 2EB · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£225,000
2026-05-29
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 31 July 2026. Updated monthly. Addresses come from recorded sales since 1995, so homes that have never sold do not appear. 0 of these 24 doors resolve to a confident property record and link through; the rest are listed without a link — we match a door to a property record only where the match is certain, never by guessing.
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- HM Land RegistrySold prices
- MHCLGCouncil tax & deprivation
- Department for Education · OfstedSchools
- Local planning authoritiesPlanning applications
- Police.UKStreet-level crime
- Environment AgencyFlood risk
- postcodes.io · ONSGeography
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Nearby
Postcode districts near B42
The closest districts to B42 by straight-line distance between district centres — not the next letter of the alphabet.
- House prices in B43 (Birmingham) 1.3 miles
- House prices in B20 (Handsworth) 1.3 miles
- House prices in B44 (Birmingham) 1.4 miles
- House prices in B21 (Handsworth) 2.2 miles
- House prices in B6 (Birmingham) 2.3 miles
- House prices in B23 (Erdington) 2.4 miles
- House prices in B19 (Lozells) 2.6 miles
- House prices in WS5 (Walsall) 3 miles
Where this comes from
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government — Council Tax levels set by local authorities · Department for Education — Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government — English Indices of Deprivation 2025 · Local planning authority records via PlanIt · Police.UK · Environment Agency · postcodes.io / ONS. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 31 July 2026. Updated monthly. All figures are real, attributed and carry the sample they rest on — never estimates, never a valuation. Every B42 sale in the lookup tool · About Your Property Check.