B26 — Birmingham
Welcome to B26 — Birmingham, Birmingham. What follows is 16,578 sales over 32 years of real price history, the same data the game deals from, across 7 areas.
A typical B26 property sold for £48,950 in 1995; by 2026 the median was £255,500 — 5.2× over the period. Local prices had their best year in 2002: +23.7% in one calendar year. The local low point was 2009, when the median changed -12.3% — in the game, that's a down year waiting for your portfolio.
Median sold price in B26
| Year | Median sold price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | £48,950 | 378 |
| 2000 | £66,500 | 633 |
| 2005 | £133,000 | 555 |
| 2010 | £129,950 | 316 |
| 2015 | £146,000 | 557 |
| 2020 | £180,000 | 537 |
| 2025 | £240,000 | 563 |
| 2026 | £255,500 | 102 |
The areas on the board
When you spin, the reel chooses between these 7 areas — busier markets come up more often:
- Sheldon (31% of local sales) — busiest streets: Coventry Road, Barrows Lane, Brays Road
- Yardley (20% of local sales) — busiest streets: Coventry Road, Charlbury Crescent, Preston Road
- Birmingham (B26 1) (17% of local sales) — busiest streets: Gilbertstone Avenue, Clay Lane, Aldershaw Road
- Birmingham (B26 2) (16% of local sales) — busiest streets: Sheldon Heath Road, Gleneagles Road, Selby Close
- Birmingham (B26 3) (16% of local sales) — busiest streets: Cranes Park Road, Chaffcombe Road, Bantry Close
- Acocks Green (0% of local sales) — busiest streets: Bosworth Road, Woodcock Lane North
- Elmdon (0% of local sales) — busiest streets: Coventry Road
Six slots, ten years, Birmingham's real prices. Play the B26 board.
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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.