B43 — Birmingham
Birmingham's B43 postcode sits in Sandwell. The board behind it is assembled from 13,220 sales over 32 years of actual sales in 8 areas.
Across the recorded period the typical B43 sale went from £49,500 in 1995 to £235,000 in 2026 — 4.7× growth. If you could time-travel once, aim for just before 2003 — prices moved +28.1% that year. The one to avoid was 2009: the median moved -6.8%, the roughest year in the local record.
Median sold price in B43
| Year | Median sold price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | £49,500 | 283 |
| 2000 | £65,000 | 466 |
| 2005 | £135,000 | 413 |
| 2010 | £145,000 | 291 |
| 2015 | £151,422 | 486 |
| 2020 | £195,000 | 354 |
| 2025 | £250,000 | 446 |
| 2026 | £235,000 | 66 |
The areas on the board
8 areas make up the board, weighted by sales activity:
- Great Barr (48% of local sales) — busiest streets: Queslett Road, Hamstead Road, Newton Road
- Birmingham (B43 7) (33% of local sales) — busiest streets: Horseshoe Crescent, Tyndale Crescent, Chantrey Crescent
- Birmingham (B43 5) (10% of local sales) — busiest streets: Spouthouse Lane, Gorse Farm Road, Woodfort Road
- Birmingham (B43 6) (8% of local sales) — busiest streets: Chatsworth Avenue, Grove Vale Avenue, Woburn Crescent
- Hamstead (1% of local sales) — busiest streets: Tanhouse Avenue
- Pixton Way (0% of local sales) — busiest streets: Land Associated With
- Foxgrove Road (0% of local sales)
- Lordswood Road (0% of local sales)
Reading about 2003 is easy; surviving 2009 is the game. Play the B43 board.
Local business? Put your name on the B43 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.