St Albans Road, Smethwick house prices are built from 161 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1995 and the most recent on 27 Apr 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £75,000. Across the 11 years from 2013 to 2024 the median moved +108.3% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +50.3%.
Median price paid
£75,000
Change in cash, 2013–2024
+108.3%
Change in real terms
+50.3%
Median per m²
£911
HM Land Registry161 sales31 with floor areaLatest sale 27 Apr 2026
Section 01
How St Albans Road, Smethwick prices moved
The chart tracks the median St Albans Road, Smethwick house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1995 to 2024. 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 | £28,250 | £62,728 |
| 2000s | 8 | £66,000 | £120,233 |
| 2010s | 3 | £90,000 | £126,900 |
| 2020s | 1 | £187,500 | £191,576 |
The highest yearly median on record for St Albans Road, Smethwick is £187,500 in 2024; the lowest is £25,000 in 1998. Across the full 30-year record the cash median has moved from £28,250 to £187,500.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £62,728, so the real change over the whole record is +214.5% — about +4.03% 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: +108.3% in cash against +50.3% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 78 | 27 Apr 2026 | Terraced | £180,000 | £180,000 |
| 57 | 15 Aug 2025 | Terraced | £178,500 | £182,380 |
| 43 | 21 Jan 2025 | Terraced | £227,500 | £232,446 |
| 32 | 30 Oct 2024 | Terraced | £180,000 | £189,403 |
| 14 | 19 Sep 2024 | Terraced | £208,000 | £218,866 |
| 83 | 23 Aug 2024 | Terraced | £180,000 | £189,403 |
| 41 | 16 May 2024 | Terraced | £195,000 | £205,187 |
| 59 | 24 Jan 2024 | Terraced | £135,000 | £142,052 |
| 76 | 4 Jan 2024 | Terraced | £220,000 | £231,493 |
| 24 | 23 Nov 2023 | Terraced | £150,000 | £162,069 |
| 87 | 24 Jul 2023 | Detached | £177,000 | £191,241 |
| 33 | 12 Oct 2022 | Terraced | £120,000 | £139,030 |
| 83 | 1 Aug 2022 | Terraced | £150,000 | £173,788 |
| 7 | 10 Jun 2022 | Terraced | £155,500 | £180,160 |
| 6 | 15 Oct 2021 | Terraced | £150,000 | £189,516 |
| 53 | 12 Aug 2021 | Terraced | £135,000 | £170,565 |
| 36 | 24 Feb 2021 | Terraced | £148,000 | £186,989 |
| 76 | 23 Oct 2020 | Terraced | £155,000 | £200,689 |
| 81 | 13 Oct 2020 | Terraced | £150,000 | £194,215 |
| 31 | 7 Feb 2020 | Semi-detached | £132,000 | £170,909 |
| 40 | 3 Dec 2019 | Terraced | £125,000 | £163,497 |
| 60 | 5 Jul 2019 | Terraced | £132,500 | £173,307 |
| 32 | 23 May 2019 | Terraced | £131,000 | £171,345 |
| 29 | 19 Nov 2018 | Terraced | £108,000 | £143,932 |
| 68 | 17 Aug 2018 | Terraced | £128,000 | £170,586 |
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 St Albans 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43 St Albans Road | £31,000 (1999) | £227,500 (2025) | +8.0% | +5.1% |
| 32 St Albans Road | £110,000 (2007) | £180,000 (2024) | +2.9% | -0.1% |
| 83 St Albans Road | £150,000 (2022) | £180,000 (2024) | +9.5% | +4.4% |
| 59 St Albans Road | £95,000 (2006) | £135,000 (2024) | +2.0% | -1.0% |
| 76 St Albans Road | £21,950 (1999) | £220,000 (2024) | +9.7% | +6.8% |
| 87 St Albans Road | £42,000 (2001) | £177,000 (2023) | +6.8% | +3.9% |
| 7 St Albans Road | £28,000 (1998) | £155,500 (2022) | +7.4% | +4.8% |
| 31 St Albans Road | £90,000 (2005) | £132,000 (2020) | +2.6% | +0.3% |
| 60 St Albans Road | £75,000 (2005) | £132,500 (2019) | +4.1% | +1.7% |
| 29 St Albans Road | £72,000 (2011) | £108,000 (2018) | +6.0% | +3.9% |
| 68 St Albans Road | £30,000 (2001) | £128,000 (2018) | +8.9% | +6.5% |
| 114 St Albans Road | £43,000 (2002) | £145,000 (2018) | +7.9% | +5.4% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. St Albans 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 | 142 | 88.2% | £74,950 | £17,000 – £227,500 |
| Semi-detached | 17 | 10.6% | £75,973 | £23,000 – £132,000 |
| Detached | 2 | 1.2% | £42,000 | £42,000 – £177,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in St Albans Road, Smethwick
3 of the sales on record are leasehold and 158 freehold — 1.9% 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 £17,500 and the median freehold sale £75,000 — a gap of +328.6%. 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 | 3 | 1.9% | £17,500 |
| Freehold | 158 | 98.1% | £75,000 |
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 09
How St Albans Road, Smethwick compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. St Albans Road, Smethwick sits below that national figure — -52.4%.
Within Smethwick the street ranks 241 of 306 by median price, and its median is below the town figure of £100,000 (-25.0%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £911 per square metre, across 31 of the 161 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 £17,000 to £227,500. 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
- 76 St Albans Road5 sales
- 86 St Albans Road5 sales
- 68 St Albans Road4 sales
- 114 St Albans Road4 sales
- 124 St Albans Road4 sales
- 43 St Albans Road3 sales
- 32 St Albans Road3 sales
- 7 St Albans Road3 sales
- 31 St Albans Road3 sales
- 60 St Albans Road3 sales
- 11 St Albans Road3 sales
- 1 St Albans Road3 sales
- 20 St Albans Road3 sales
- 72 St Albans Road3 sales
- 13 St Albans Road3 sales
- 46 St Albans Road3 sales
- 50 St Albans Road3 sales
- 22 St Albans Road3 sales
- 10 St Albans Road3 sales
- 95 St Albans Road3 sales
- 28 St Albans Road3 sales
- 45 St Albans Road3 sales
- 83 St Albans Road2 sales
- 59 St Albans Road2 sales
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Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in St Albans Road, Smethwick?
The median price paid in St Albans Road, Smethwick across every sale on the register is £75,000. 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 St Albans Road, Smethwick?
161 sales are on record for St Albans Road, Smethwick, the most recent completing on 27 Apr 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have St Albans Road, Smethwick house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +108.3% between 2013 and 2024. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +50.3%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were St Albans Road, Smethwick house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £187,500, set in 2024. 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 St Albans Road, Smethwick?
£911 per square metre, from the 31 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 27 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, “St Albans 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.