Shirley Road, Birmingham house prices are built from 740 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1995 and the most recent on 28 May 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £152,500. Across the 10 years from 2015 to 2025 the median moved +36.2% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -1.3%.
Median price paid
£152,500
Change in cash, 2015–2025
+36.2%
Change in real terms
-1.3%
Median per m²
£1,037
HM Land Registry740 sales5 with floor areaLatest sale 28 May 2026
Section 01
How Shirley Road, Birmingham prices moved
The chart tracks the median Shirley 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 | £57,725 | £128,177 |
| 2000s | 10 | £151,000 | £275,078 |
| 2010s | 10 | £185,000 | £260,850 |
| 2020s | 6 | £257,000 | £262,587 |
The highest yearly median on record for Shirley Road, Birmingham is £335,000 in 2023; the lowest is £50,625 in 1996. Across the full 31-year record the cash median has moved from £57,725 to £252,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £128,177, so the real change over the whole record is +100.9% — about +2.35% 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: +36.2% in cash against -1.3% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 223 | 28 May 2026 | Semi-detached | £253,000 | £253,000 |
| 445 | 15 Apr 2026 | Terraced | £258,000 | £258,000 |
| 32 | 26 Feb 2026 | Terraced | £230,500 | £230,500 |
| 324 | 18 Dec 2025 | Semi-detached | £325,200 | £332,270 |
| 85 | 12 Dec 2025 | Semi-detached | £310,000 | £316,739 |
| 30 | 22 Oct 2025 | Terraced | £245,000 | £250,326 |
| 376 | 26 Sep 2025 | Semi-detached | £280,000 | £286,087 |
| 4 | 24 Sep 2025 | Terraced | £240,000 | £245,217 |
| 649 | 22 Sep 2025 | Semi-detached | £356,000 | £363,739 |
| 42 | 29 Aug 2025 | Terraced | £252,000 | £257,478 |
| 241 | 22 Aug 2025 | Semi-detached | £40,000 | £40,870 |
| Apartment 11 53 | 20 Aug 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £150,000 | £153,261 |
| 711 | 1 Aug 2025 | Semi-detached | £455,000 | £464,891 |
| 611 | 16 Jun 2025 | Terraced | £250,000 | £255,435 |
| 620 | 20 May 2025 | Semi-detached | £420,000 | £429,130 |
| 515 | 1 Apr 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £180,000 | £183,913 |
| 521 | 28 Mar 2025 | Semi-detached | £345,000 | £352,500 |
| Apartment 8 53 | 18 Mar 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £151,125 | £154,410 |
| 446 | 17 Dec 2024 | Terraced | £356,000 | £374,597 |
| 348 | 13 Dec 2024 | Semi-detached | £285,000 | £299,888 |
| 768 | 11 Dec 2024 | Semi-detached | £302,500 | £318,302 |
| 444 | 22 Nov 2024 | Semi-detached | £365,000 | £384,067 |
| 88 | 14 Nov 2024 | Semi-detached | £285,000 | £299,888 |
| 869 | 11 Oct 2024 | Semi-detached | £405,000 | £426,157 |
| 891 | 16 Sep 2024 | Semi-detached | £273,000 | £287,261 |
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 Shirley 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 223 Shirley Road | £220,000 (2021) | £253,000 (2026) | +2.8% | -1.9% |
| 445 Shirley Road | £140,000 (2002) | £258,000 (2026) | +2.6% | -0.2% |
| 32 Shirley Road | £55,000 (2001) | £230,500 (2026) | +5.9% | +3.1% |
| 324 Shirley Road | £147,500 (2008) | £325,200 (2025) | +4.8% | +1.7% |
| 85 Shirley Road | £62,500 (1997) | £310,000 (2025) | +5.9% | +3.2% |
| 30 Shirley Road | £57,500 (2001) | £245,000 (2025) | +6.2% | +3.4% |
| 376 Shirley Road | £158,000 (2014) | £280,000 (2025) | +5.3% | +2.1% |
| 4 Shirley Road | £42,000 (1997) | £240,000 (2025) | +6.4% | +3.7% |
| 42 Shirley Road | £37,250 (1997) | £252,000 (2025) | +7.1% | +4.3% |
| 241 Shirley Road | £149,000 (2007) | £40,000 (2025) | -7.0% | -9.8% |
| APARTMENT 11 53 Shirley Road | £159,950 (2005) | £150,000 (2025) | -0.3% | -3.2% |
| 620 Shirley Road | £88,000 (1996) | £420,000 (2025) | +5.5% | +2.8% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Shirley 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 | 394 | 53.2% | £167,000 | £36,000 – £484,500 |
| Terraced | 280 | 37.8% | £135,000 | £15,000 – £406,000 |
| Detached | 36 | 4.9% | £195,000 | £57,500 – £568,000 |
| Flat or maisonette | 30 | 4.1% | £127,950 | £34,250 – £250,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Shirley Road, Birmingham
42 of the sales on record are leasehold and 698 freehold — 5.7% 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 £139,500 and the median freehold sale £155,000 — a gap of +11.1%. 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 | 42 | 5.7% | £139,500 |
| Freehold | 698 | 94.3% | £155,000 |
| New build | 12 | 1.6% | £164,104 |
| Existing home | 728 | 98.4% | £151,750 |
New builds sold for more than the median existing home — +8.1%. 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 34 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 Shirley Road, Birmingham compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Shirley Road, Birmingham sits below that national figure — -3.2%.
Within Birmingham the street ranks 1968 of 6954 by median price, and its median is above the town figure of £120,500 (+26.6%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £1,037 per square metre, across 5 of the 740 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 £15,000 to £568,000. 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
- Gospel Lane£96,000 median
- Douglas Road£125,000 median
- Francis Road£118,000 median
- Oxford Road£207,500 median
- Arden Road£149,950 median
- Yardley Road£98,500 median
- Alexander Road£94,475 median
- Shaftmoor Lane£121,000 median
- Pool Farm Road£108,100 median
- Dolphin Lane£110,000 median
- Florence Road£140,000 median
- Lincoln Road North£118,750 median
- Olton Boulevard East£136,750 median
- Vine Lane£148,998 median
- Tavistock Road£112,000 median
- Severne Road£107,750 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 32 Shirley Road8 sales
- 42 Shirley Road8 sales
- 84 Shirley Road7 sales
- 80 Shirley Road6 sales
- 68 Shirley Road6 sales
- 754 Shirley Road6 sales
- 4 Shirley Road5 sales
- 78 Shirley Road5 sales
- 16 Shirley Road5 sales
- 135 Shirley Road5 sales
- 837 Shirley Road5 sales
- 70 Shirley Road5 sales
- 30 Shirley Road4 sales
- FLAT 10, CEARL COURT, 67A Shirley Road4 sales
- 56 Shirley Road4 sales
- 36 Shirley Road4 sales
- 14 Shirley Road4 sales
- 40 Shirley Road4 sales
- 530 Shirley Road4 sales
- 756 Shirley Road4 sales
- 462 Shirley Road4 sales
- 52 Shirley Road4 sales
- 8 Shirley Road4 sales
- 382 Shirley Road4 sales
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Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Shirley Road, Birmingham?
The median price paid in Shirley Road, Birmingham across every sale on the register is £152,500. 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 Shirley Road, Birmingham?
740 sales are on record for Shirley Road, Birmingham, the most recent completing on 28 May 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Shirley Road, Birmingham house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +36.2% between 2015 and 2025. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -1.3%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Shirley Road, Birmingham house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £335,000, set in 2023. 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 Shirley Road, Birmingham?
£1,037 per square metre, from the 5 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 28 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, “Shirley 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.