Bowden Road, Smethwick house prices are built from 116 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1995 and the most recent on 30 Jul 2024. The median price paid across the whole record is £74,475. Across the 10 years from 2007 to 2017 the median moved +8.5% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -15.1%.
Median price paid
£74,475
Change in cash, 2007–2017
+8.5%
Change in real terms
-15.1%
Median per m²
£742
HM Land Registry116 sales30 with floor areaLatest sale 30 Jul 2024
Section 01
How Bowden Road, Smethwick prices moved
The chart tracks the median Bowden Road, Smethwick house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1995 to 2017. 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 | 3 | £35,000 | £77,717 |
| 2000s | 7 | £73,500 | £133,895 |
| 2010s | 2 | £85,750 | £120,908 |
The highest yearly median on record for Bowden Road, Smethwick is £118,000 in 2017; the lowest is £28,000 in 1995. Across the full 23-year record the cash median has moved from £28,000 to £118,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £62,173, so the real change over the whole record is +158.3% — about +4.41% 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: +8.5% in cash against -15.1% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 44 | 30 Jul 2024 | Terraced | £195,000 | £205,187 |
| 6 | 20 Sep 2023 | Terraced | £172,000 | £185,839 |
| 70 | 24 Apr 2023 | Terraced | £180,000 | £194,483 |
| 46 | 31 Oct 2022 | Terraced | £182,500 | £211,442 |
| 19 | 30 Apr 2021 | Terraced | £135,000 | £170,565 |
| 36 | 14 Jan 2021 | Terraced | £115,000 | £145,296 |
| 35 | 4 Dec 2020 | Terraced | £130,000 | £168,320 |
| 12 | 4 Nov 2020 | Terraced | £150,000 | £194,215 |
| 105 | 19 Nov 2019 | Terraced | £150,000 | £196,197 |
| 90 | 4 Sep 2019 | Semi-detached | £105,000 | £137,338 |
| 19 | 4 May 2018 | Terraced | £115,000 | £153,261 |
| 14 | 23 Mar 2018 | Terraced | £105,000 | £139,934 |
| 26 | 28 Nov 2017 | Terraced | £118,000 | £160,598 |
| 72 | 17 Nov 2017 | Terraced | £125,000 | £170,125 |
| 17 | 5 Oct 2017 | Terraced | £107,500 | £146,308 |
| 82 | 4 Apr 2017 | Terraced | £134,000 | £182,375 |
| 74 | 14 Mar 2017 | Terraced | £105,000 | £142,905 |
| 114 | 9 Nov 2016 | Terraced | £130,000 | £181,485 |
| 48 | 20 Sep 2016 | Terraced | £90,000 | £125,644 |
| 31 | 4 Apr 2014 | Terraced | £75,000 | £107,579 |
| 18 | 15 Nov 2013 | Terraced | £87,000 | £126,856 |
| 66 | 22 Aug 2013 | Semi-detached | £85,500 | £124,669 |
| 10 | 10 Jun 2013 | Terraced | £77,500 | £113,004 |
| 92 | 3 May 2013 | Terraced | £84,500 | £123,211 |
| 42 | 5 Apr 2013 | Terraced | £95,000 | £138,521 |
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 Bowden Road, Smethwick values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 44 Bowden Road | £20,000 (1995) | £195,000 (2024) | +8.2% | +5.4% |
| 6 Bowden Road | £73,000 (2003) | £172,000 (2023) | +4.4% | +1.5% |
| 70 Bowden Road | £45,000 (1999) | £180,000 (2023) | +5.9% | +3.2% |
| 46 Bowden Road | £101,000 (2004) | £182,500 (2022) | +3.3% | +0.7% |
| 19 Bowden Road | £118,000 (2012) | £135,000 (2021) | +1.5% | -0.4% |
| 35 Bowden Road | £35,000 (1998) | £130,000 (2020) | +6.1% | +3.9% |
| 90 Bowden Road | £44,250 (1997) | £105,000 (2019) | +4.0% | +1.7% |
| 14 Bowden Road | £30,000 (1999) | £105,000 (2018) | +6.8% | +4.5% |
| 26 Bowden Road | £34,000 (1999) | £118,000 (2017) | +7.2% | +4.8% |
| 17 Bowden Road | £33,000 (1998) | £107,500 (2017) | +6.4% | +4.1% |
| 82 Bowden Road | £51,000 (2001) | £134,000 (2017) | +6.2% | +3.8% |
| 74 Bowden Road | £70,000 (2004) | £105,000 (2017) | +3.2% | +0.7% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Bowden Road, Smethwick 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 | 105 | 90.5% | £74,950 | £11,500 – £195,000 |
| Semi-detached | 11 | 9.5% | £74,000 | £30,000 – £113,500 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Bowden Road, Smethwick
1 of the sales on record are leasehold and 115 freehold — 0.9% 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 £11,500 and the median freehold sale £74,950 — a gap of +551.7%. 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 | 1 | 0.9% | £11,500 |
| Freehold | 115 | 99.1% | £74,950 |
A further 10 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 Bowden Road, Smethwick compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Bowden Road, Smethwick sits below that national figure — -52.7%.
Within Smethwick the street ranks 248 of 306 by median price, and its median is below the town figure of £100,000 (-25.5%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £742 per square metre, across 30 of the 116 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 £11,500 to £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
- Park Road£135,000 median
- Galton Road£150,000 median
- Thimblemill Road£110,000 median
- Milcote Road£132,000 median
- Lightwoods Road£121,000 median
- Abbey Road£135,000 median
- Katherine Road£126,475 median
- Holly Lane£79,475 median
- Pargeter Road£121,000 median
- Wigorn Road£128,000 median
- Gladys Road£86,000 median
- Arden Road£79,000 median
- Sabell Road£75,000 median
- Rosefield Road£80,500 median
- Dibble Road£80,000 median
- Reginald Road£91,916 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 44 Bowden Road4 sales
- 14 Bowden Road4 sales
- 17 Bowden Road4 sales
- 19 Bowden Road3 sales
- 35 Bowden Road3 sales
- 18 Bowden Road3 sales
- 15 Bowden Road3 sales
- 110 Bowden Road3 sales
- 41 Bowden Road3 sales
- 97 Bowden Road3 sales
- 6 Bowden Road2 sales
- 70 Bowden Road2 sales
- 46 Bowden Road2 sales
- 90 Bowden Road2 sales
- 26 Bowden Road2 sales
- 82 Bowden Road2 sales
- 74 Bowden Road2 sales
- 31 Bowden Road2 sales
- 42 Bowden Road2 sales
- 78 Bowden Road2 sales
- 59 Bowden Road2 sales
- 23 Bowden Road2 sales
- 1 Bowden Road2 sales
- 34 Bowden Road2 sales
Back to Smethwick house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Bowden Road, Smethwick?
The median price paid in Bowden Road, Smethwick across every sale on the register is £74,475. 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 Bowden Road, Smethwick?
116 sales are on record for Bowden Road, Smethwick, the most recent completing on 30 Jul 2024. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Bowden Road, Smethwick house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +8.5% between 2007 and 2017. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -15.1%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Bowden Road, Smethwick house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £118,000, set in 2017. 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 Bowden Road, Smethwick?
£742 per square metre, from the 30 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 30 Jul 2024. 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, “Bowden Road, Smethwick 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.