B8 — Birmingham
Welcome to B8 — Birmingham, Birmingham. What follows is 10,558 sales over 32 years of real price history, the same data the game deals from, across 8 areas.
A typical B8 property sold for £32,000 in 1995; by 2026 the median was £181,500 — 5.7× over the period. Local prices had their best year in 2002: +37.8% in one calendar year. The local low point was 2009, when the median changed -16.5% — in the game, that's a down year waiting for your portfolio.
Median sold price in B8
| Year | Median sold price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | £32,000 | 347 |
| 2000 | £38,500 | 549 |
| 2005 | £108,000 | 513 |
| 2010 | £99,975 | 234 |
| 2015 | £105,000 | 224 |
| 2020 | £140,000 | 188 |
| 2025 | £182,500 | 155 |
| 2026 | £181,500 | 36 |
The areas on the board
When you spin, the reel chooses between these 8 areas — busier markets come up more often:
- Birmingham (B8 2) (38% of local sales) — busiest streets: Washwood Heath Road, Alum Rock Road, Wardend Road
- Birmingham (B8 3) (25% of local sales) — busiest streets: Alum Rock Road, Cotterills Lane, Ludlow Road
- Saltley (15% of local sales) — busiest streets: Phillimore Road, Highfield Road, St Saviours Road
- Birmingham (B8 1) (11% of local sales) — busiest streets: Wright Road, Bennetts Road, Membury Road
- Washwood Heath (6% of local sales) — busiest streets: Bromford Lane, Warren Road, Morris Road
- Ward End (3% of local sales) — busiest streets: St Margarets Road, Twyford Road, Johnson Close
- Alum Rock (2% of local sales) — busiest streets: Fernhurst Road, College Road, Parkfield Road
- Bordesley Green (1% of local sales) — busiest streets: Belchers Lane
Six slots, ten years, Birmingham's real prices. Play the B8 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.