B16 — Birmingham
Birmingham's B16 postcode sits in Birmingham. The board behind it is assembled from 11,282 sales over 32 years of actual sales in 8 areas.
Across the recorded period the typical B16 sale went from £40,100 in 1995 to £285,000 in 2026 — 7.1× growth. If you could time-travel once, aim for just before 2001 — prices moved +48.5% that year. The one to avoid was 2022: the median moved -15.7%, the roughest year in the local record.
Median sold price in B16
| Year | Median sold price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | £40,100 | 165 |
| 2000 | £65,000 | 349 |
| 2005 | £149,725 | 402 |
| 2010 | £118,475 | 230 |
| 2015 | £144,000 | 393 |
| 2020 | £214,479 | 348 |
| 2025 | £212,500 | 226 |
| 2026 | £285,000 | 44 |
The areas on the board
8 areas make up the board, weighted by sales activity:
- Birmingham (B16 8) (41% of local sales) — busiest streets: Sheepcote Street, Ryland Street, Sherborne Street
- Birmingham (B16 0) (24% of local sales) — busiest streets: Gillott Road, Rotton Park Road, City Road
- Birmingham (B16 9) (19% of local sales) — busiest streets: Hagley Road, Mariner Avenue, Melville Road
- Edgbaston (15% of local sales) — busiest streets: Shenstone Road, Portland Road, Manor Road
- Ladywood (1% of local sales) — busiest streets: Arden Grove, Lighthorne Avenue, Oliver Road
- Erdington (0% of local sales) — busiest streets: The Limes
- Foxgrove Road (0% of local sales)
- Richmond Hill Road (0% of local sales)
Reading about 2001 is easy; surviving 2022 is the game. Play the B16 board.
Local business? Put your name on the B16 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.