B7 — Birmingham
Birmingham's B7 postcode sits in Birmingham. The board behind it is assembled from 746 sales over 32 years of actual sales in 5 areas.
Across the recorded period the typical B7 sale went from £30,000 in 1995 to £210,000 in 2026 — 7.0× growth. If you could time-travel once, aim for just before 1998 — prices moved +90.3% that year. The one to avoid was 1996: the median moved -30.0%, the roughest year in the local record.
Median sold price in B7
| Year | Median sold price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | £30,000 | 15 |
| 2000 | £39,750 | 18 |
| 2005 | £87,000 | 30 |
| 2010 | £89,000 | 17 |
| 2015 | £91,000 | 20 |
| 2020 | £135,000 | 25 |
| 2025 | £175,000 | 23 |
| 2026 | £210,000 | 3 |
The areas on the board
5 areas make up the board, weighted by sales activity:
- Nechells (35% of local sales) — busiest streets: Nechells Park Road, Rupert Street, Cook Street
- Birmingham (B7 4) (32% of local sales) — busiest streets: Heneage Street, Windsor Street, Great Francis Street
- Birmingham (B7 5) (32% of local sales) — busiest streets: Bloomsbury Walk, Lingard Close, Bloomsbury Street
- Vauxhall (1% of local sales) — busiest streets: Duddeston Mill Road
- Aston (0% of local sales) — busiest streets: Phoenix Business Park
Reading about 1998 is easy; surviving 1996 is the game. Play the B7 board.
Local business? Put your name on the B7 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.