Abbey Close, Bromsgrove house prices are built from 165 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1995 and the most recent on 31 Jan 2025. The median price paid across the whole record is £104,950. Across the 10 years from 1998 to 2008 the median moved +146.9% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +99.9%.
Median price paid
£104,950
Change in cash, 1998–2008
+146.9%
Change in real terms
+99.9%
Median per m²
£2,258
HM Land Registry165 sales55 with floor areaLatest sale 31 Jan 2025
Section 01
How Abbey Close, Bromsgrove prices moved
The chart tracks the median Abbey Close, Bromsgrove house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1995 to 2008. 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 | £53,375 | £118,518 |
| 2000s | 9 | £120,750 | £219,971 |
The highest yearly median on record for Abbey Close, Bromsgrove is £140,475 in 2007; the lowest is £49,750 in 1996. Across the full 14-year record the cash median has moved from £50,000 to £139,500.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £111,024, so the real change over the whole record is +110.9% — about +5.91% 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: +146.9% in cash against +99.9% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32 | 31 Jan 2025 | Terraced | £241,000 | £246,239 |
| 1 | 15 Nov 2024 | Semi-detached | £249,999 | £263,059 |
| 10 | 16 Aug 2024 | Semi-detached | £235,000 | £247,276 |
| 5 | 10 Nov 2023 | Terraced | £250,000 | £270,115 |
| 1 | 14 Feb 2023 | Semi-detached | £230,250 | £248,776 |
| 58 | 9 Dec 2022 | Terraced | £245,000 | £283,854 |
| 23 | 21 Oct 2022 | Terraced | £223,000 | £258,365 |
| 26 | 31 Mar 2022 | Terraced | £232,000 | £268,792 |
| 38 | 10 Dec 2021 | Terraced | £161,000 | £203,414 |
| 12 | 9 Apr 2021 | Semi-detached | £210,000 | £265,323 |
| 5 | 18 Dec 2020 | Terraced | £200,000 | £258,953 |
| 40 | 31 Oct 2019 | Semi-detached | £240,000 | £313,915 |
| 32 | 15 Feb 2019 | Terraced | £200,000 | £261,596 |
| 35 | 11 Feb 2019 | Terraced | £150,000 | £196,197 |
| 5 | 20 Nov 2018 | Terraced | £190,000 | £253,214 |
| 58 | 21 Sep 2018 | Terraced | £195,000 | £259,877 |
| 26 | 21 Sep 2018 | Terraced | £182,500 | £243,218 |
| 24 | 29 Jun 2018 | Semi-detached | £199,950 | £266,474 |
| 58 | 6 Mar 2017 | Terraced | £178,500 | £242,939 |
| 12 | 12 Jan 2017 | Semi-detached | £164,000 | £223,205 |
| 27 | 29 Apr 2016 | Semi-detached | £169,000 | £235,931 |
| 1 | 28 Aug 2015 | Semi-detached | £149,950 | £211,430 |
| 23 | 26 Feb 2015 | Terraced | £150,000 | £211,500 |
| 39 | 7 Nov 2014 | Semi-detached | £135,000 | £193,642 |
| 18 | 8 Aug 2014 | Terraced | £150,000 | £215,158 |
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 Abbey Close, Bromsgrove values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32 Abbey Close | £53,250 (1997) | £241,000 (2025) | +5.5% | +2.8% |
| 1 Abbey Close | £69,500 (1999) | £249,999 (2024) | +5.3% | +2.5% |
| 10 Abbey Close | £52,950 (1996) | £235,000 (2024) | +5.5% | +2.8% |
| 5 Abbey Close | £51,000 (1995) | £250,000 (2023) | +5.8% | +3.2% |
| 58 Abbey Close | £58,250 (1998) | £245,000 (2022) | +6.2% | +3.6% |
| 23 Abbey Close | £53,000 (1997) | £223,000 (2022) | +5.9% | +3.4% |
| 26 Abbey Close | £74,500 (2000) | £232,000 (2022) | +5.3% | +2.7% |
| 38 Abbey Close | £104,950 (2004) | £161,000 (2021) | +2.5% | +0.3% |
| 12 Abbey Close | £164,000 (2017) | £210,000 (2021) | +6.4% | +4.4% |
| 40 Abbey Close | £197,000 (2007) | £240,000 (2019) | +1.7% | -0.7% |
| 35 Abbey Close | £51,500 (2000) | £150,000 (2019) | +5.8% | +3.4% |
| 24 Abbey Close | £49,500 (1996) | £199,950 (2018) | +6.6% | +4.2% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Abbey Close, Bromsgrove 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 | 77 | 46.7% | £121,950 | £24,750 – £250,000 |
| Semi-detached | 65 | 39.4% | £94,000 | £41,100 – £249,999 |
| Detached | 20 | 12.1% | £92,000 | £37,000 – £155,950 |
| Flat or maisonette | 3 | 1.8% | £89,000 | £41,750 – £123,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Abbey Close, Bromsgrove
0 of the sales on record are leasehold and 165 freehold — 0.0% 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.
| Category | Sales | Share | Median paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leasehold | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Freehold | 165 | 100.0% | £104,950 |
| New build | 1 | 0.6% | £40,950 |
| Existing home | 164 | 99.4% | £105,975 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -61.4%. 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 5 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 07
Living in Abbey Close, Bromsgrove
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across Bromsgrove, 40.9% of 40,126 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 4.9% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 332 | 0.8% |
| B | 4,448 | 11.1% |
| C | 11,626 | 29.0% |
| D | 15,498 | 38.6% |
| E | 6,259 | 15.6% |
| F | 1,551 | 3.9% |
| G | 412 | 1.0% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in Bromsgrove at £982 a month as of Jun 2026 — £709 for a one-bedroom home and £1,079 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £104,950 here, that rent is a gross yield of 11.23% a year. It is a measured figure rather than an assumption: a real local rent over a real local price, before any cost of ownership.
Police forces publish every recorded street-level crime. Within a mile of the centre of B60, 122 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 62 violent, 13 burglary, 2 vehicle-related and 12 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is 1.4 times quieter.
Against the 99,183 residents the 2021 census counted in Bromsgrove, that is 1.23 recorded crimes per thousand people in the month. The count covers a mile around the district centre while the population covers the whole council, so read the rate as an order of magnitude rather than a precise figure.
A count is not a rate. A district with shops and a station records more crime than a residential one of the same size, because more people pass through it. Read this next to the median, not on its own.
Section 08
The neighbourhood around Abbey Close, Bromsgrove
The 2021 census counted 99,183 residents in Bromsgrove across 41,264 households. 78.6% of those households own their home and 21.3% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
10 state and independent schools have a B60 postcode: 7 primary, 2 secondary, 1 middle deemed secondary. Catchment areas do not follow postcodes, so treat this as what is nearby rather than what a child would be offered.
| School | Phase | Type | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Bromsgrove High | Secondary | Academy converter | 1,317 |
| North Bromsgrove High School | Secondary | Academy sponsor led | 1,140 |
| Aston Fields Middle School | Middle deemed secondary | Community school | 598 |
| Charford First School | Primary | Academy converter | 498 |
| Finstall First School | Primary | Community school | 296 |
| Blackwell First School | Primary | Academy converter | 187 |
| Stoke Prior First School | Primary | Academy converter | 149 |
| Lickey End First School | Primary | Community school | 147 |
| Hanbury CofE First School | Primary | Voluntary controlled school | 140 |
| Tardebigge CofE First School | Primary | Voluntary aided school | 138 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Bromsgrove Rail Station | Rail | 0.5 km |
| Barnt Green Rail Station | Rail | 5.7 km |
| Alvechurch Rail Station | Rail | 6.2 km |
| Redditch Rail Station | Rail | 7.5 km |
Section 09
How Abbey Close, Bromsgrove compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Abbey Close, Bromsgrove sits below that national figure — -33.4%.
Within Bromsgrove the street ranks 591 of 631 by median price, and its median is below the town figure of £173,500 (-39.5%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £2,258 per square metre, across 55 of the 165 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 £24,750 to £250,000. 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.
Abbey Close, Bromsgrove sits in Bromsgrove, in the West Midlands.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in Bromsgrove at 10.0 times median local earnings of £34,019 a year, measured to Sep 2025. Across England and Wales the same ratio is 7.6. That number, not the price alone, is what decides whether a place is within reach of the people who work in it.
Section 10
Nearby on the record
Streets nearby
- New Road£146,000 median
- Old Birmingham Road£245,000 median
- Royal Worcester Crescent£230,000 median
- Ednall Lane£87,000 median
- Alcester Road£220,000 median
- Scaife Road£106,000 median
- Railway Walk£152,995 median
- Stoke Road£150,950 median
- Shaw Lane£167,950 median
- Burcot Lane£142,975 median
- Finstall Road£213,500 median
- Housman Park£85,500 median
- Lyttleton Avenue£120,000 median
- Linthurst Newtown£250,000 median
- Hanbury Road£230,000 median
- Valencia Road£196,500 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 5 Abbey Close7 sales
- 11 Abbey Close7 sales
- 1 Abbey Close6 sales
- 42 Abbey Close6 sales
- 17 Abbey Close6 sales
- 15 Abbey Close6 sales
- 32 Abbey Close5 sales
- 10 Abbey Close5 sales
- 58 Abbey Close5 sales
- 2 Abbey Close5 sales
- 23 Abbey Close4 sales
- 26 Abbey Close4 sales
- 9 Abbey Close4 sales
- 16 Abbey Close4 sales
- 3 Abbey Close4 sales
- 36 Abbey Close4 sales
- 33 Abbey Close4 sales
- 35 Abbey Close3 sales
- 24 Abbey Close3 sales
- 18 Abbey Close3 sales
- 7 Abbey Close3 sales
- 43 Abbey Close3 sales
- 37 Abbey Close3 sales
- 66 Abbey Close3 sales
Back to Bromsgrove house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Abbey Close, Bromsgrove?
The median price paid in Abbey Close, Bromsgrove across every sale on the register is £104,950. 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 Abbey Close, Bromsgrove?
165 sales are on record for Abbey Close, Bromsgrove, the most recent completing on 31 Jan 2025. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Abbey Close, Bromsgrove house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +146.9% between 1998 and 2008. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +99.9%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Abbey Close, Bromsgrove house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £140,475, set in 2007. 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 Abbey Close, Bromsgrove?
£2,258 per square metre, from the 55 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 31 Jan 2025. 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, “Abbey Close, Bromsgrove 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.