Region · data to August 2026
House prices in West Midlands
Homes in West Midlands sold for an average £250,731, up 1.2% on a year ago. Over the last six months prices moved at +0.5% a year, slower than the +2.0% a year of the past two years.
- Average sale price
- £250,731
- Change in a year
- +1.2%
- −2.3% after inflation
West Midlands: +14.2% in 5 years
Average sale price per home, £, monthly, with the next 12 months' expected path
- West Midlands
- England
- United Kingdom
- Expected path
- 80% range
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| Month | West Midlands | England | United Kingdom |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2027 · Expected path | £253,114 (£237,774–£268,453) | £298,140 | £280,154 |
| Jul 2027 · Expected path | £252,915 (£238,384–£267,446) | £297,755 | £279,560 |
| Jun 2027 · Expected path | £252,716 (£239,012–£266,421) | £297,371 | £278,967 |
| May 2027 · Expected path | £252,518 (£239,660–£265,375) | £296,986 | £278,374 |
| Apr 2027 · Expected path | £252,319 (£240,334–£264,305) | £296,602 | £277,781 |
| Mar 2027 · Expected path | £252,121 (£241,039–£263,202) | £296,217 | £277,188 |
| Feb 2027 · Expected path | £251,922 (£241,784–£262,060) | £295,832 | £276,595 |
| Jan 2027 · Expected path | £251,724 (£242,581–£260,866) | £295,448 | £276,002 |
| Dec 2026 · Expected path | £251,525 (£243,450–£259,601) | £295,063 | £275,409 |
| Nov 2026 · Expected path | £251,327 (£244,422–£258,231) | £294,679 | £274,816 |
| Oct 2026 · Expected path | £251,128 (£245,564–£256,692) | £294,294 | £274,223 |
| Sep 2026 · Expected path | £250,930 (£247,048–£254,811) | £293,910 | £273,630 |
| Aug 2026 | £250,731 | £293,525 | £273,037 |
| Jul 2026 | £250,175 | £292,882 | £272,146 |
| Jun 2026 | £249,325 | £291,674 | £270,690 |
| May 2026 | £248,861 | £292,907 | £272,221 |
| Apr 2026 | £250,664 | £292,164 | £270,966 |
| Mar 2026 | £246,919 | £290,133 | £268,631 |
| Feb 2026 | £250,140 | £291,263 | £269,423 |
| Jan 2026 | £247,199 | £290,474 | £268,814 |
| Dec 2025 | £245,747 | £289,280 | £268,002 |
| Nov 2025 | £247,711 | £291,892 | £270,472 |
| Oct 2025 | £248,716 | £290,975 | £269,819 |
| Sep 2025 | £248,129 | £290,689 | £269,556 |
| Aug 2025 | £247,879 | £292,319 | £270,575 |
| Jul 2025 | £247,117 | £290,212 | £268,843 |
| Jun 2025 | £244,557 | £288,115 | £266,796 |
| May 2025 | £241,287 | £285,526 | £264,078 |
| Apr 2025 | £236,991 | £280,500 | £260,162 |
| Mar 2025 | £246,603 | £291,748 | £268,019 |
| Feb 2025 | £244,610 | £287,794 | £264,771 |
| Jan 2025 | £241,526 | £287,264 | £264,936 |
| Dec 2024 | £241,278 | £287,035 | £263,991 |
| Nov 2024 | £243,459 | £286,814 | £264,515 |
| Oct 2024 | £241,362 | £287,595 | £265,252 |
| Sep 2024 | £242,607 | £287,576 | £264,750 |
| Aug 2024 | £241,068 | £287,343 | £265,085 |
| Jul 2024 | £239,774 | £284,105 | £262,479 |
| Jun 2024 | £238,654 | £281,611 | £259,585 |
| May 2024 | £236,114 | £280,824 | £258,565 |
| Apr 2024 | £233,571 | £277,945 | £256,478 |
| Mar 2024 | £231,972 | £276,971 | £255,082 |
| Feb 2024 | £232,662 | £276,935 | £254,633 |
| Jan 2024 | £232,200 | £278,060 | £255,972 |
| Dec 2023 | £234,452 | £278,664 | £256,177 |
| Nov 2023 | £235,472 | £281,026 | £258,368 |
| Oct 2023 | £236,787 | £283,147 | £260,129 |
| Sep 2023 | £239,026 | £284,428 | £261,318 |
| Aug 2023 | £238,205 | £285,690 | £262,602 |
| Jul 2023 | £237,687 | £284,246 | £261,182 |
| Jun 2023 | £235,260 | £281,585 | £258,275 |
| May 2023 | £233,888 | £279,846 | £257,330 |
| Apr 2023 | £231,640 | £280,054 | £256,479 |
| Mar 2023 | £230,851 | £279,592 | £255,885 |
| Feb 2023 | £238,586 | £283,907 | £258,788 |
| Jan 2023 | £237,934 | £285,817 | £260,941 |
| Dec 2022 | £239,619 | £288,198 | £263,190 |
| Nov 2022 | £239,630 | £290,003 | £265,299 |
| Oct 2022 | £241,762 | £289,993 | £265,693 |
| Sep 2022 | £240,079 | £290,185 | £265,727 |
| Aug 2022 | £238,546 | £289,294 | £265,124 |
| Jul 2022 | £237,741 | £286,526 | £262,904 |
| Jun 2022 | £231,031 | £281,116 | £258,118 |
| May 2022 | £229,576 | £278,084 | £255,040 |
| Apr 2022 | £226,561 | £274,812 | £252,167 |
| Mar 2022 | £225,611 | £272,225 | £249,232 |
| Feb 2022 | £223,616 | £271,265 | £248,309 |
| Jan 2022 | £221,008 | £270,231 | £248,031 |
| Dec 2021 | £220,926 | £267,793 | £245,189 |
| Nov 2021 | £217,691 | £265,662 | £243,930 |
| Oct 2021 | £212,178 | £259,748 | £239,236 |
| Sep 2021 | £219,567 | £268,041 | £245,371 |
Reports for West Midlands
Each report opens the full series and the assumptions behind these figures.
Sale prices have an 80% chance of landing between £237,774 and £268,453 by August 2027.
- Expected, August 2027
- £253,114
- Chance of a rise
- 58%
At the average sale price, a home costs £250,731. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is £1,157 a month. The UK sets no cap on the payment; no more than 15% of new mortgages may lend over 4.5 times income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 19%
- Payment, one income
- 37%
Renting the average home costs less each month than owning it. Owning counts interest, running costs and the return the deposit could earn, at the average sale price; rent is the average of all private tenancies. Repaying the loan is saving, so it is left out.
- Rent per month
- £983
- Owning per month
- £1,181
16.8% fewer homes were started in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Started, 12 months
- 12,150
- Per 1,000 residents
- 2.0
Figures for United Kingdom: West Midlands has no reliable figures of its own.
Buyers living abroad bought 1.8% of the homes sold here in the four quarters to Q1 2025.
- Bought by buyers abroad, 12 months
- 1.8%
Sale prices have fallen by 3% or more 9 times since 1968. The deepest began in August 2007.
- Deepest fall
- −17.4%
- Recovery from the low
- 76 months
In 2025 the population grew by 23,968 while 11,900 homes were finished: 2.0 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2025
- 2.0
- Population change, 2025
- +23,968
4.6% of the 2,551,095 homes counted in the 2021 census had nobody usually living in them.
- Empty, 2021 census
- 4.6%
- Empty homes
- 117,040
In 2025, 11% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.
- Homes from existing buildings, 2025
- 11%
Councils in West Midlands
Average price
- £400,000 and over
- £300,000 to £400,000
- £250,000 to £300,000
- £200,000 to £250,000
- £150,000 to £200,000
- Under £150,000
- No published price
| Local authority | Average price | In a year |
|---|---|---|
| Stratford-on-Avon | £396,711 | +1.3% |
| Warwick | £370,924 | +1.5% |
| Malvern Hills | £349,550 | +4.3% |
| Lichfield | £339,176 | +2.7% |
| Bromsgrove | £332,683 | +1.2% |
| Solihull | £332,022 | +0.2% |
| Wychavon | £322,210 | −0.4% |
| South Staffordshire | £308,695 | +2.3% |
| Herefordshire | £291,495 | +1.9% |
| Rugby | £278,324 | −2.2% |
| Shropshire | £277,521 | −0.9% |
| North Warwickshire | £268,337 | +2.5% |
| Stafford | £260,446 | +3.5% |
| Worcester | £257,871 | +1.6% |
| Redditch | £247,042 | −1.7% |
| Birmingham | £234,867 | +1.5% |
| Dudley | £233,819 | +3.4% |
| Wyre Forest | £233,740 | +0.3% |
| Tamworth | £232,956 | −0.1% |
| Cannock Chase | £231,333 | −1.3% |
| East Staffordshire | £229,876 | +2.0% |
| Coventry | £227,721 | +3.8% |
| Nuneaton and Bedworth | £226,730 | −0.2% |
| Staffordshire Moorlands | £224,481 | +5.1% |
| Telford and Wrekin | £221,853 | +1.2% |
| Walsall | £216,878 | +2.6% |
| Wolverhampton | £215,801 | +2.7% |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme | £208,269 | +5.2% |
| Sandwell | £207,065 | 0.0% |
| Stoke-on-Trent | £150,112 | −0.2% |