Montague Road, Smethwick house prices are built from 169 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1997 and the most recent on 22 Oct 2025. The median price paid across the whole record is £91,950. Across the 10 years from 1997 to 2007 the median moved +257.3% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +193.0%.
Median price paid
£91,950
Change in cash, 1997–2007
+257.3%
Change in real terms
+193.0%
Median per m²
£920
HM Land Registry169 sales40 with floor areaLatest sale 22 Oct 2025
Section 01
How Montague Road, Smethwick prices moved
The chart tracks the median Montague Road, Smethwick house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1997 to 2007. 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 | £39,000 | £86,598 |
| 2000s | 8 | £98,250 | £178,983 |
The highest yearly median on record for Montague Road, Smethwick is £139,350 in 2007; the lowest is £37,975 in 1998. Across the full 11-year record the cash median has moved from £39,000 to £139,350.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £82,692, so the real change over the whole record is +193.0% — about +11.35% 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: +257.3% in cash against +193.0% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 265 | 22 Oct 2025 | Terraced | £270,000 | £275,870 |
| 232 | 30 May 2025 | Terraced | £145,000 | £148,152 |
| 162 | 28 Mar 2025 | Terraced | £132,000 | £134,870 |
| 114 | 3 Feb 2025 | Terraced | £188,000 | £192,087 |
| 289 | 7 Oct 2024 | Terraced | £227,000 | £238,858 |
| 114 | 19 Oct 2023 | Terraced | £168,000 | £181,517 |
| 222 | 3 Feb 2022 | Terraced | £172,500 | £199,856 |
| 236 | 25 Nov 2021 | Terraced | £145,000 | £183,199 |
| 236 | 4 Feb 2021 | Terraced | £121,500 | £153,508 |
| 272 | 20 Jul 2020 | Semi-detached | £295,000 | £381,956 |
| 132 | 9 Nov 2018 | Terraced | £125,000 | £166,588 |
| 230 | 29 Sep 2017 | Terraced | £105,000 | £142,905 |
| 210 | 17 May 2017 | Terraced | £75,000 | £102,075 |
| 163 | 6 Jan 2017 | Terraced | £117,500 | £159,918 |
| 269 | 8 Nov 2016 | Terraced | £165,000 | £230,347 |
| 140 | 28 Oct 2016 | Terraced | £70,000 | £97,723 |
| 138 | 6 May 2016 | Terraced | £115,000 | £160,545 |
| 109 | 4 Dec 2015 | Terraced | £93,000 | £131,130 |
| 177 | 7 Aug 2015 | Terraced | £110,000 | £155,100 |
| 131 | 5 Dec 2014 | Terraced | £95,000 | £136,267 |
| 153 | 24 Nov 2014 | Terraced | £120,000 | £172,126 |
| 280 | 29 Aug 2014 | Terraced | £185,000 | £265,361 |
| 254 | 25 Jun 2014 | Terraced | £182,000 | £261,058 |
| 141 | 17 May 2013 | Detached | £195,000 | £284,333 |
| 257 | 22 Oct 2012 | Terraced | £135,000 | £201,642 |
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 Montague 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 265 Montague Road | £84,950 (2001) | £270,000 (2025) | +4.9% | +2.1% |
| 232 Montague Road | £29,000 (1995) | £145,000 (2025) | +5.5% | +2.8% |
| 162 Montague Road | £132,000 (2007) | £132,000 (2025) | 0.0% | -2.9% |
| 114 Montague Road | £39,000 (1997) | £188,000 (2025) | +5.8% | +3.1% |
| 289 Montague Road | £84,950 (2000) | £227,000 (2024) | +4.2% | +1.4% |
| 222 Montague Road | £20,000 (1996) | £172,500 (2022) | +8.6% | +6.1% |
| 236 Montague Road | £121,500 (2021) | £145,000 (2021) | +19.3% | +19.3% |
| 272 Montague Road | £112,950 (2000) | £295,000 (2020) | +4.9% | +2.7% |
| 132 Montague Road | £48,500 (1998) | £125,000 (2018) | +4.8% | +2.6% |
| 230 Montague Road | £9,500 (1995) | £105,000 (2017) | +11.5% | +9.1% |
| 163 Montague Road | £117,500 (2006) | £117,500 (2017) | 0.0% | -2.4% |
| 269 Montague Road | £84,950 (2001) | £165,000 (2016) | +4.5% | +2.2% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Montague 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 | 128 | 75.7% | £85,950 | £9,500 – £270,000 |
| Semi-detached | 31 | 18.3% | £94,950 | £53,950 – £295,000 |
| Detached | 10 | 5.9% | £103,950 | £84,950 – £195,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Montague Road, Smethwick
1 of the sales on record are leasehold and 168 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 £47,000 and the median freehold sale £92,225 — a gap of +96.2%. 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% | £47,000 |
| Freehold | 168 | 99.4% | £92,225 |
| New build | 56 | 33.1% | £85,475 |
| Existing home | 113 | 66.9% | £103,405 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -17.3%. 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 Montague Road, Smethwick compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Montague Road, Smethwick sits below that national figure — -41.6%.
Within Smethwick the street ranks 185 of 306 by median price, and its median is below the town figure of £100,000 (-8.1%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £920 per square metre, across 40 of the 169 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 £9,500 to £295,000. 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
- Merrivale Road£107,000 median
- Bearwood Road£95,000 median
- St Pauls Road£90,000 median
- Doulton Drive£114,475 median
- Cape Hill£95,000 median
- Linden Road£109,275 median
- Marlborough Road£102,500 median
- Woodlands Street£65,000 median
- Salisbury Road£83,500 median
- Crocketts Lane£138,000 median
- Waterloo Road£83,000 median
- Kimberley Road£72,250 median
- Talbot Road£99,000 median
- Sandon Road£65,239 median
- Gilbert Road£86,500 median
- Edith Road£81,000 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 114 Montague Road5 sales
- 230 Montague Road5 sales
- 153 Montague Road5 sales
- 265 Montague Road4 sales
- 222 Montague Road4 sales
- 140 Montague Road4 sales
- 131 Montague Road4 sales
- 232 Montague Road3 sales
- 132 Montague Road3 sales
- 138 Montague Road3 sales
- 275 Montague Road3 sales
- 213 Montague Road3 sales
- 258 Montague Road3 sales
- 134 Montague Road3 sales
- 228 Montague Road3 sales
- 256 Montague Road3 sales
- 270 Montague Road3 sales
- 281 Montague Road3 sales
- 133 Montague Road3 sales
- 162 Montague Road2 sales
- 289 Montague Road2 sales
- 236 Montague Road2 sales
- 272 Montague Road2 sales
- 163 Montague Road2 sales
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Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Montague Road, Smethwick?
The median price paid in Montague Road, Smethwick across every sale on the register is £91,950. 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 Montague Road, Smethwick?
169 sales are on record for Montague Road, Smethwick, the most recent completing on 22 Oct 2025. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Montague Road, Smethwick house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +257.3% between 1997 and 2007. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +193.0%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Montague Road, Smethwick house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £139,350, 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 Montague Road, Smethwick?
£920 per square metre, from the 40 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 Oct 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, “Montague 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.