B1 — Birmingham
Birmingham's B1 postcode sits in Birmingham. The board behind it is assembled from 9,438 sales over 32 years of actual sales in 5 areas.
Across the recorded period the typical B1 sale went from £54,950 in 1995 to £167,500 in 2026 — 3.0× growth. If you could time-travel once, aim for just before 2000 — prices moved +186.2% that year. The one to avoid was 1999: the median moved -48.9%, the roughest year in the local record.
Median sold price in B1
| Year | Median sold price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | £54,950 | 43 |
| 2000 | £143,250 | 132 |
| 2005 | £149,265 | 335 |
| 2010 | £126,500 | 160 |
| 2015 | £151,500 | 332 |
| 2020 | £224,910 | 394 |
| 2025 | £224,000 | 248 |
| 2026 | £167,500 | 26 |
The areas on the board
5 areas make up the board, weighted by sales activity:
- Birmingham (B1 1) (46% of local sales) — busiest streets: Holliday Street, Wharfside Street, Granville Street
- Birmingham (B1 3) (30% of local sales) — busiest streets: Pope Street, Carver Street, Camden Street
- Birmingham (B1 2) (22% of local sales) — busiest streets: Paradise Street, Granville Street, Scotland Street
- Hockley (1% of local sales) — busiest streets: Newhall Hill, Century Works, Frederick Street
- Kimberley Close (0% of local sales)
Reading about 2000 is easy; surviving 1999 is the game. Play the B1 board.
Local business? Put your name on the B1 board — one sponsor per postcode.
Prices are medians of real Land Registry sales. Street lists show street names only — never individual addresses. New to the game? Start with how to play.