Hamstead Road, Birmingham house prices are built from 510 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1995 and the most recent on 18 May 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £115,000. Across the 10 years from 2015 to 2025 the median moved +102.0% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +46.4%.
Median price paid
£115,000
Change in cash, 2015–2025
+102.0%
Change in real terms
+46.4%
Median per m²
£560
HM Land Registry510 sales14 with floor areaLatest sale 18 May 2026
Section 01
How Hamstead Road, Birmingham prices moved
The chart tracks the median Hamstead Road, Birmingham house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1995 to 2025. The dashed line restates each year in 2026 money, so the two lines separate exactly as much as inflation has eroded the cash figure.
| Decade | Years with sales | Median paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5 | £49,750 | £110,469 |
| 2000s | 9 | £117,000 | £213,140 |
| 2010s | 10 | £128,750 | £181,538 |
| 2020s | 6 | £171,000 | £174,717 |
The highest yearly median on record for Hamstead Road, Birmingham is £246,500 in 2025; the lowest is £40,000 in 1996. Across the full 31-year record the cash median has moved from £44,500 to £246,500.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £98,811, so the real change over the whole record is +154.9% — about +3.17% a year after inflation. Cash growth and real growth are not the same story, and the gap is the part most price reports leave out.
Over the last decade alone the difference is stark: +102.0% in cash against +46.4% once inflation is removed. A buyer who sold at the end of that decade would have needed the real figure, not the headline one, to know whether they had actually gained.
Section 02
The most recent sales
Every row is a completed sale as lodged with HM Land Registry. The right-hand column restates the price in 2026 money, which is the only fair way to compare a sale from the 1990s with one from last year.
| Address | Sold | Type | Price paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 265 | 18 May 2026 | Semi-detached | £198,500 | £198,500 |
| 71 | 23 Jan 2026 | Semi-detached | £235,000 | £235,000 |
| 162 | 9 Dec 2025 | Semi-detached | £270,000 | £275,870 |
| 258 | 5 Dec 2025 | Semi-detached | £308,000 | £314,696 |
| 62 | 7 Nov 2025 | Semi-detached | £216,000 | £220,696 |
| 67 | 8 Sep 2025 | Semi-detached | £285,000 | £291,196 |
| 119 | 22 Aug 2025 | Semi-detached | £310,000 | £316,739 |
| 19 Oatfield Court | 18 Jul 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £155,000 | £158,370 |
| 295 | 30 May 2025 | Semi-detached | £200,000 | £204,348 |
| 306a | 3 Apr 2025 | Semi-detached | £221,000 | £225,804 |
| 100 | 28 Feb 2025 | Terraced | £317,000 | £323,891 |
| 182 | 20 Jan 2025 | Detached | £223,000 | £227,848 |
| 245 | 27 Nov 2024 | Semi-detached | £270,000 | £284,104 |
| 338 | 20 Jun 2024 | Semi-detached | £229,000 | £240,963 |
| Flat 10 Penda Court, 161a | 7 Jun 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £85,000 | £89,440 |
| 288a | 24 May 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £240,000 | £252,537 |
| Flat 5 Penda Court, 161a | 10 May 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £80,000 | £84,179 |
| Flat 29 Penda Court, 159 | 3 May 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £86,500 | £91,019 |
| 176 | 1 Mar 2024 | Terraced | £223,000 | £234,649 |
| 268 | 29 Feb 2024 | Terraced | £92,000 | £96,806 |
| 6 | 8 Feb 2024 | Terraced | £171,000 | £179,933 |
| 292 | 26 Jan 2024 | Semi-detached | £226,000 | £237,806 |
| Flat 23 Penda Court, 159 | 5 Jan 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £92,500 | £97,332 |
| 284 | 20 Dec 2023 | Semi-detached | £335,000 | £361,954 |
| 2 Oatfield Court | 30 Nov 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £140,000 | £151,264 |
Section 03
Homes that sold twice
These addresses appear in the register more than once, so the same bricks are being priced twice. That makes them the strongest evidence of what actually happened to Hamstead Road, Birmingham values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 265 Hamstead Road | £124,000 (2004) | £198,500 (2026) | +2.2% | -0.7% |
| 71 Hamstead Road | £133,000 (2004) | £235,000 (2026) | +2.6% | -0.2% |
| 162 Hamstead Road | £64,400 (2001) | £270,000 (2025) | +6.2% | +3.3% |
| 258 Hamstead Road | £160,000 (2007) | £308,000 (2025) | +3.7% | +0.7% |
| 62 Hamstead Road | £80,000 (2002) | £216,000 (2025) | +4.4% | +1.6% |
| 119 Hamstead Road | £267,500 (2020) | £310,000 (2025) | +3.0% | -1.8% |
| 19 OATFIELD COURT Hamstead Road | £148,708 (2007) | £155,000 (2025) | +0.2% | -2.7% |
| 295 Hamstead Road | £140,000 (2008) | £200,000 (2025) | +2.1% | -0.8% |
| 182 Hamstead Road | £82,000 (2004) | £223,000 (2025) | +4.9% | +1.9% |
| FLAT 10 PENDA COURT, 161A Hamstead Road | £36,000 (2001) | £85,000 (2024) | +3.8% | +1.0% |
| FLAT 5 PENDA COURT, 161A Hamstead Road | £32,950 (2001) | £80,000 (2024) | +3.9% | +1.2% |
| 176 Hamstead Road | £52,000 (2000) | £223,000 (2024) | +6.3% | +3.4% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Hamstead Road, Birmingham is dominated by the type at the top of this table, so its overall median leans that way.
| Property type | Sales | Share | Median paid | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semi-detached | 237 | 46.5% | £125,000 | £15,000 – £370,000 |
| Flat or maisonette | 124 | 24.3% | £86,000 | £12,000 – £240,000 |
| Terraced | 115 | 22.5% | £105,000 | £25,000 – £380,000 |
| Detached | 34 | 6.7% | £180,000 | £48,000 – £375,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Hamstead Road, Birmingham
181 of the sales on record are leasehold and 329 freehold — 35.5% of the market. Tenure is not a detail: a leasehold flat and a freehold house are different assets, and mixing them into one median hides the difference.
The median leasehold sale is £84,500 and the median freehold sale £124,950 — a gap of +47.9%. Most of that gap is property type rather than tenure itself: leasehold here is largely flats, freehold largely houses.
| Category | Sales | Share | Median paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leasehold | 181 | 35.5% | £84,500 |
| Freehold | 329 | 64.5% | £124,950 |
| New build | 26 | 5.1% | £149,492 |
| Existing home | 484 | 94.9% | £110,000 |
New builds sold for more than the median existing home — +35.9%. A new-build premium is normal: the buyer gets a warranty and nothing to fix, and the price is set by a developer rather than negotiated between two households.
A further 68 transfers for this area are on the register but are left out of every figure above. HM Land Registry marks them as additional price paid entries: repossessions, buy-to-let portfolio moves, transfers between companies or family, and sales at a discount such as right to buy. They are real records but they are not open-market prices, and including them would drag the median somewhere no buyer ever paid.
Section 09
How Hamstead Road, Birmingham compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Hamstead Road, Birmingham sits below that national figure — -27.0%.
Within Birmingham the street ranks 3581 of 6954 by median price, and its median is below the town figure of £120,500 (-4.6%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £560 per square metre, across 14 of the 510 sales on record. Price per square metre is the only figure that compares a two-bed flat with a four-bed house honestly.
The full range on record runs from £12,000 to £380,000. Extremes usually mean something unusual — a plot sold without a house on it, a transfer between family members, or a very large property — so the median is the number to trust.
Section 10
Nearby on the record
Streets nearby
- Wood Lane£146,000 median
- Grosvenor Road£141,500 median
- Westminster Road£111,000 median
- Wellington Road£120,000 median
- Handsworth Wood Road£85,000 median
- Cherry Orchard Road£150,000 median
- Wilton Road£94,475 median
- Davey Road£73,000 median
- Cornwall Road£84,000 median
- Normandy Road£85,000 median
- Hutton Road£84,500 median
- The Broadway£100,000 median
- Tintern Road£86,000 median
- Beauchamp Avenue£149,000 median
- Leopold Avenue£178,000 median
- Bramley Drive£131,500 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 117 Hamstead Road5 sales
- FLAT 4, PENDA COURT, 161A Hamstead Road5 sales
- FLAT 21, PENDA COURT, 159 Hamstead Road4 sales
- 116 Hamstead Road4 sales
- 298 Hamstead Road4 sales
- FLAT 14, PENDA COURT, 161B Hamstead Road4 sales
- 211 Hamstead Road4 sales
- 184 Hamstead Road4 sales
- 246 Hamstead Road4 sales
- 59 Hamstead Road4 sales
- FLAT 18, PENDA COURT, 161B Hamstead Road4 sales
- 265 Hamstead Road3 sales
- 71 Hamstead Road3 sales
- 162 Hamstead Road3 sales
- 19, OATFIELD COURT Hamstead Road3 sales
- 268 Hamstead Road3 sales
- FLAT 23, PENDA COURT, 159 Hamstead Road3 sales
- 2, OATFIELD COURT Hamstead Road3 sales
- 45, LINGFIELD COURT Hamstead Road3 sales
- 7, OATFIELD COURT Hamstead Road3 sales
- 16, LINGFIELD COURT Hamstead Road3 sales
- 124 Hamstead Road3 sales
- 247 Hamstead Road3 sales
- FLAT 25, PENDA COURT, 159 Hamstead Road3 sales
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Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Hamstead Road, Birmingham?
The median price paid in Hamstead Road, Birmingham across every sale on the register is £115,000. The median is used rather than the mean because a handful of very large sales would otherwise drag the average away from what a typical buyer paid.
How many homes have sold in Hamstead Road, Birmingham?
510 sales are on record for Hamstead Road, Birmingham, the most recent completing on 18 May 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Hamstead Road, Birmingham house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +102.0% between 2015 and 2025. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +46.4%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Hamstead Road, Birmingham house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £246,500, set in 2025. That is the cash figure; measured in 2026 money the peak may fall in a different year, because inflation reshapes the series.
What is the price per square metre in Hamstead Road, Birmingham?
£560 per square metre, from the 14 sales where an EPC floor area could be matched to the address. Price per square metre strips out size, so a flat and a house can be compared on the same basis.
How current is this data?
The latest sale shown here completed on 18 May 2026. HM Land Registry publishes Price Paid Data monthly and a sale can take a month or two to appear after completion, so the most recent weeks are always incomplete.
Cite this page: Sold Price History, “Hamstead Road, Birmingham house prices”, 2026. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data © Crown copyright and database right, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Inflation adjustment: ONS CPIH.