Cheshire Road, Smethwick house prices are built from 166 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1995 and the most recent on 13 Apr 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £92,500. Across the 11 years from 2014 to 2025 the median moved +127.3% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +61.9%.
Median price paid
£92,500
Change in cash, 2014–2025
+127.3%
Change in real terms
+61.9%
Median per m²
£1,199
HM Land Registry166 sales28 with floor areaLatest sale 13 Apr 2026
Section 01
How Cheshire Road, Smethwick prices moved
The chart tracks the median Cheshire Road, Smethwick 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 | 4 | £38,500 | £85,488 |
| 2000s | 7 | £94,000 | £171,240 |
| 2010s | 6 | £101,250 | £142,763 |
| 2020s | 2 | £175,000 | £178,804 |
The highest yearly median on record for Cheshire Road, Smethwick is £200,000 in 2025; the lowest is £35,000 in 1996. Across the full 31-year record the cash median has moved from £38,500 to £200,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £85,488, so the real change over the whole record is +139.0% — about +2.95% 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: +127.3% in cash against +61.9% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 58 | 13 Apr 2026 | Terraced | £180,000 | £180,000 |
| 102 | 5 Dec 2025 | Terraced | £215,000 | £219,674 |
| 11 | 13 Oct 2025 | Terraced | £117,000 | £119,543 |
| 7 | 30 Sep 2025 | Terraced | £200,000 | £204,348 |
| 134 | 12 Feb 2025 | Terraced | £200,000 | £204,348 |
| 76 | 17 Jan 2025 | Terraced | £173,000 | £176,761 |
| 164 | 15 Nov 2023 | Terraced | £217,000 | £234,460 |
| 23 | 3 Nov 2023 | Terraced | £135,000 | £145,862 |
| 135 | 31 Jul 2023 | Terraced | £175,000 | £189,080 |
| 44 | 14 Jul 2023 | Terraced | £195,000 | £210,690 |
| 51 | 11 May 2023 | Terraced | £142,000 | £153,425 |
| 128 | 28 Oct 2022 | Terraced | £195,000 | £225,924 |
| 115 | 28 Jan 2022 | Semi-detached | £175,000 | £202,753 |
| 129 | 25 May 2021 | Semi-detached | £126,000 | £159,194 |
| 149 | 10 Mar 2021 | Terraced | £133,000 | £168,038 |
| 168 | 28 Aug 2020 | Terraced | £60,000 | £77,686 |
| 21 | 24 Jul 2020 | Terraced | £153,000 | £198,099 |
| 166 | 11 Dec 2019 | Terraced | £170,000 | £222,356 |
| 7 | 1 Nov 2019 | Terraced | £148,000 | £193,581 |
| 147 | 20 May 2019 | Terraced | £140,000 | £183,117 |
| 210 | 10 May 2019 | Terraced | £65,000 | £85,019 |
| 46 | 8 Feb 2019 | Terraced | £100,000 | £130,798 |
| 6 | 28 Sep 2018 | Terraced | £120,000 | £159,924 |
| 202 | 25 Jun 2018 | Terraced | £120,000 | £159,924 |
| 144 | 15 May 2018 | Terraced | £118,000 | £157,259 |
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 Cheshire 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Cheshire Road | £79,000 (2016) | £200,000 (2025) | +10.9% | +7.1% |
| 44 Cheshire Road | £55,000 (2001) | £195,000 (2023) | +5.9% | +3.1% |
| 149 Cheshire Road | £105,000 (2006) | £133,000 (2021) | +1.6% | -0.7% |
| 168 Cheshire Road | £107,000 (2005) | £60,000 (2020) | -3.8% | -5.9% |
| 166 Cheshire Road | £42,250 (2000) | £170,000 (2019) | +7.6% | +5.2% |
| 6 Cheshire Road | £114,000 (2007) | £120,000 (2018) | +0.5% | -1.9% |
| 144 Cheshire Road | £118,000 (2008) | £118,000 (2018) | 0.0% | -2.3% |
| 112 Cheshire Road | £80,000 (2014) | £123,000 (2018) | +11.4% | +9.3% |
| 98 Cheshire Road | £38,000 (1996) | £100,000 (2017) | +4.7% | +2.4% |
| 87 Cheshire Road | £95,000 (2010) | £126,000 (2017) | +4.1% | +1.8% |
| 127 Cheshire Road | £30,000 (1995) | £75,000 (2017) | +4.3% | +2.0% |
| 211 Cheshire Road | £41,000 (1995) | £120,000 (2016) | +5.2% | +2.9% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Cheshire 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 | 134 | 80.7% | £92,500 | £20,000 – £217,000 |
| Semi-detached | 32 | 19.3% | £75,000 | £29,000 – £175,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Cheshire Road, Smethwick
1 of the sales on record are leasehold and 165 freehold — 0.6% 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 £39,250 and the median freehold sale £92,500 — a gap of +135.7%. 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 | 0.6% | £39,250 |
| Freehold | 165 | 99.4% | £92,500 |
| New build | 1 | 0.6% | £100,000 |
| Existing home | 165 | 99.4% | £92,500 |
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 13 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 Cheshire Road, Smethwick compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Cheshire Road, Smethwick sits below that national figure — -41.3%.
Within Smethwick the street ranks 180 of 306 by median price, and its median is below the town figure of £100,000 (-7.5%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £1,199 per square metre, across 28 of the 166 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 £20,000 to £217,000. 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
- 109 Cheshire Road4 sales
- 7 Cheshire Road3 sales
- 44 Cheshire Road3 sales
- 6 Cheshire Road3 sales
- 100 Cheshire Road3 sales
- 22 Cheshire Road3 sales
- 208 Cheshire Road3 sales
- 40 Cheshire Road3 sales
- 165 Cheshire Road3 sales
- 173 Cheshire Road3 sales
- 18 Cheshire Road3 sales
- 54 Cheshire Road3 sales
- 149 Cheshire Road2 sales
- 168 Cheshire Road2 sales
- 166 Cheshire Road2 sales
- 144 Cheshire Road2 sales
- 112 Cheshire Road2 sales
- 98 Cheshire Road2 sales
- 87 Cheshire Road2 sales
- 127 Cheshire Road2 sales
- 211 Cheshire Road2 sales
- 137 Cheshire Road2 sales
- 106 Cheshire Road2 sales
- 1 Cheshire Road2 sales
Back to Smethwick house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Cheshire Road, Smethwick?
The median price paid in Cheshire Road, Smethwick across every sale on the register is £92,500. 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 Cheshire Road, Smethwick?
166 sales are on record for Cheshire Road, Smethwick, the most recent completing on 13 Apr 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Cheshire Road, Smethwick house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +127.3% between 2014 and 2025. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +61.9%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Cheshire Road, Smethwick house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £200,000, 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 Cheshire Road, Smethwick?
£1,199 per square metre, from the 28 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 13 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, “Cheshire 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.