Metchley Lane, Birmingham house prices are built from 218 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1996 and the most recent on 22 Apr 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £152,000. Across the 10 years from 2015 to 2025 the median moved -14.3% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -37.9%.
Median price paid
£152,000
Change in cash, 2015–2025
-14.3%
Change in real terms
-37.9%
Median per m²
£2,460
HM Land Registry218 sales62 with floor areaLatest sale 22 Apr 2026
Section 01
How Metchley Lane, Birmingham prices moved
The chart tracks the median Metchley Lane, Birmingham house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1996 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 | 4 | £68,000 | £150,992 |
| 2000s | 8 | £132,000 | £240,465 |
| 2010s | 7 | £197,000 | £277,770 |
| 2020s | 1 | £333,000 | £340,239 |
The highest yearly median on record for Metchley Lane, Birmingham is £405,000 in 2018; the lowest is £54,500 in 1998. Across the full 30-year record the cash median has moved from £68,000 to £333,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £147,508, so the real change over the whole record is +130.7% — about +2.92% 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: -14.3% in cash against -37.9% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | 22 Apr 2026 | Terraced | £528,000 | £528,000 |
| 75 | 5 Dec 2025 | Semi-detached | £400,000 | £408,696 |
| 71 | 24 Jul 2025 | Terraced | £233,000 | £238,065 |
| 85 | 30 Jun 2025 | Detached | £570,000 | £582,391 |
| 145b | 10 Mar 2025 | Semi-detached | £333,000 | £340,239 |
| Apartment 1 Auden Court, 33 | 21 Feb 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £190,000 | £194,130 |
| 79 | 18 Dec 2024 | Semi-detached | £440,000 | £462,985 |
| 122 | 31 Oct 2023 | Detached | £1,195,000 | £1,291,149 |
| 29 | 31 Mar 2023 | Semi-detached | £561,000 | £606,138 |
| Flat 5 127a | 10 Mar 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £78,000 | £84,276 |
| 169 | 20 Jan 2023 | Terraced | £226,000 | £244,184 |
| Flat 5 127a | 15 Dec 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £76,000 | £88,053 |
| 38 | 30 Sep 2022 | Semi-detached | £577,000 | £668,505 |
| 78 | 13 Jun 2022 | Semi-detached | £560,000 | £648,809 |
| 94 | 29 Apr 2022 | Semi-detached | £555,000 | £643,016 |
| 55 | 12 Aug 2021 | Semi-detached | £445,000 | £562,231 |
| Flat 9 Elizabeth Court, 107 | 30 Mar 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £200,000 | £252,688 |
| Flat 6 Bracebridge Court, 89 | 30 Mar 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £167,500 | £211,626 |
| 26 | 22 Feb 2021 | Detached | £505,000 | £638,038 |
| Flat 3 Ferndale Court, 109 | 30 Oct 2020 | Flat or maisonette | £195,000 | £252,479 |
| Flat 5 Bottle Cottages, 143 | 31 Jan 2019 | Flat or maisonette | £154,000 | £201,429 |
| 137 | 28 Jan 2019 | Terraced | £259,900 | £339,943 |
| 85 | 18 Jan 2019 | Detached | £512,000 | £669,685 |
| 27 | 19 Oct 2018 | Terraced | £499,000 | £665,019 |
| 88 | 12 Oct 2018 | Semi-detached | £350,000 | £466,446 |
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 Metchley Lane, Birmingham values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 Metchley Lane | £500,000 (2007) | £528,000 (2026) | +0.3% | -2.6% |
| 85 Metchley Lane | £375,500 (2015) | £570,000 (2025) | +4.3% | +1.0% |
| APARTMENT 1 AUDEN COURT, 33 Metchley Lane | £44,500 (1995) | £190,000 (2025) | +5.0% | +2.3% |
| 79 Metchley Lane | £134,000 (2001) | £440,000 (2024) | +5.3% | +2.5% |
| 122 Metchley Lane | £190,000 (1996) | £1,195,000 (2023) | +7.0% | +4.3% |
| 29 Metchley Lane | £44,000 (1997) | £561,000 (2023) | +10.3% | +7.5% |
| FLAT 5 127A Metchley Lane | £25,000 (2000) | £78,000 (2023) | +5.1% | +2.3% |
| 169 Metchley Lane | £45,000 (1996) | £226,000 (2023) | +6.2% | +3.5% |
| 38 Metchley Lane | £84,000 (1997) | £577,000 (2022) | +8.0% | +5.4% |
| 78 Metchley Lane | £57,555 (1996) | £560,000 (2022) | +9.1% | +6.5% |
| 94 Metchley Lane | £270,000 (2003) | £555,000 (2022) | +3.9% | +1.2% |
| 55 Metchley Lane | £94,950 (2000) | £445,000 (2021) | +7.6% | +5.3% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Metchley Lane, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terraced | 73 | 33.5% | £168,000 | £39,750 – £528,000 |
| Flat or maisonette | 71 | 32.6% | £83,500 | £25,000 – £345,000 |
| Semi-detached | 60 | 27.5% | £270,000 | £44,000 – £577,000 |
| Detached | 14 | 6.4% | £320,000 | £98,000 – £1,195,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Metchley Lane, Birmingham
83 of the sales on record are leasehold and 135 freehold — 38.1% 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 £83,500 and the median freehold sale £220,000 — a gap of +163.5%. 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 | 83 | 38.1% | £83,500 |
| Freehold | 135 | 61.9% | £220,000 |
| New build | 12 | 5.5% | £182,500 |
| Existing home | 206 | 94.5% | £150,000 |
New builds sold for more than the median existing home — +21.7%. 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 23 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 Metchley Lane, Birmingham compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Metchley Lane, Birmingham sits below that national figure — -3.5%.
Within Birmingham the street ranks 1987 of 6954 by median price, and its median is above the town figure of £120,500 (+26.1%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £2,460 per square metre, across 62 of the 218 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 £25,000 to £1,195,000. 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
- Northfield Road£125,375 median
- Harborne Park Road£130,000 median
- Greenfield Road£193,500 median
- Court Oak Road£148,999 median
- Portland Road£135,000 median
- Gordon Road£175,000 median
- Quinton Road£152,500 median
- Selsey Road£80,000 median
- Park Hill Road£248,000 median
- Lordswood Road£225,000 median
- Wentworth Road£226,000 median
- Hartledon Road£195,000 median
- Ravenhurst Road£230,000 median
- Regent Road£135,000 median
- War Lane£177,500 median
- Rose Road£180,000 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- FLAT 3, 127A Metchley Lane5 sales
- 47 Metchley Lane5 sales
- 27 Metchley Lane4 sales
- APARTMENT 1, AUDEN COURT, 33 Metchley Lane4 sales
- 29 Metchley Lane4 sales
- FLAT 5, 127A Metchley Lane4 sales
- 169 Metchley Lane4 sales
- 78 Metchley Lane4 sales
- 69 Metchley Lane4 sales
- 139A Metchley Lane4 sales
- 76 Metchley Lane4 sales
- 67 Metchley Lane4 sales
- 85 Metchley Lane3 sales
- 38 Metchley Lane3 sales
- FLAT 3, FERNDALE COURT, 109 Metchley Lane3 sales
- 137 Metchley Lane3 sales
- 171 Metchley Lane3 sales
- 34 Metchley Lane3 sales
- 173 Metchley Lane3 sales
- 187 Metchley Lane3 sales
- FLAT 11, BRACEBRIDGE COURT, 89 Metchley Lane3 sales
- 165 Metchley Lane3 sales
- FLAT 5, FERNDALE COURT, 109 Metchley Lane3 sales
- 199 Metchley Lane3 sales
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Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Metchley Lane, Birmingham?
The median price paid in Metchley Lane, Birmingham across every sale on the register is £152,000. 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 Metchley Lane, Birmingham?
218 sales are on record for Metchley Lane, Birmingham, the most recent completing on 22 Apr 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Metchley Lane, Birmingham house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose -14.3% between 2015 and 2025. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -37.9%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Metchley Lane, Birmingham house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £405,000, set in 2018. 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 Metchley Lane, Birmingham?
£2,460 per square metre, from the 62 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 22 Apr 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, “Metchley Lane, 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.