The median home in Balsall Common sells for £455,000
That is the middle of 282 standard sales recorded by HM Land Registry from September 2023 to August 2026, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. The typical home sells for 5.1 times as much as in 1995. Below: what each type of home sells for, the spread of prices, every year since 1995, new builds, the busiest streets and the neighbours. Rents and council tax are on Cost of living.
Half of Balsall Common’s sales are detached houses
282 homes sold in three years: 143 detached houses, 65 semi-detached houses, 28 terraced houses and 46 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 3.4 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£575K
median sale · 143 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£498K–£730K
Last 12 months
£568K54 sold
Semi-detached houses£395K
median sale · 65 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£330K–£455K
Last 12 months
£430K17 sold
Terraced houses£317K
median sale · 28 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£291K–£365K
Last 12 months
£319K9 sold
Flats and maisonettes£168K
median sale · 46 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£120K–£208K
Last 12 months
£190K13 sold
The mix
Mostly detached: half of homes sold stand on their own plot
Detached houses51%
Semi-detached houses23%
Terraced houses10%
Flats and maisonettes16%
Standard sales, Sep 2023 to Aug 2026. A median needs 5 sales of a type; “middle half” is the 25th to 75th percentile of 10 or more.
Price range
Half of Balsall Common’s homes sold for between £320K and £595K
One sale in ten was under £175K and one in ten over £850K. 17% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £455,000, sits in the £400–500K band
282 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.1 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £94,500 in 1995 to £477,500 in the last 12 months (£423,750 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
93 sales in the last 12 months, against 269 in 2002, the busiest year, and 77 in 2012. Sales fell by 35% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, though the median held. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 93% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Balsall Common costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Balsall Common, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Semi-detached houses rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£118K
£220K
£340K
£398K
£406K
£548K
£568K
Semi-detached houses
£85K
£128K
£223K
£247K
£288K
£360K
£430K
Terraced houses
£67K
£106K
£182K
£212K
£223K
£235K
£319K
Flats and maisonettes
£40K
£58K
£156K
£119K
£160K
£200K
£190K
Calendar years; a year’s median needs 5 sales of the type, so gaps are years with fewer.
Prices are as paid, not adjusted for inflation. Standard (category A) sales only; Land Registry adds a sale when it is registered, so the newest months fill in later.
New builds
Hardly any new homes: 0% of sales in the last 12 months
789 new homes have been sold in Balsall Common since 1995; the share peaked at 52% in 2000.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
22% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 6.8% sold leasehold in Balsall Common. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
Streets
Kenilworth Road is Balsall Common’s busiest street, with 45 sales in three years
15 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 5 of them ten or more. A busy street is often a new estate selling its first homes, or a long road of terraces and flats.
#
Street
Postcode area
Sales
Median
Homes
1
Kenilworth Road
CV7
45
£210,000
Mixed
2
Station Road
CV7
21
£762,500
Mostly detached houses
3
Grovefield Crescent
CV7
11
£390,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
4
Meer Stones Road
CV7
11
£228,000
Mixed
5
Greenfield Avenue
CV7
10
£603,500
Mostly detached houses
6
Needlers End Lane
CV7
8
£462,500
Mostly detached houses
7
Balsall Street
CV7
8
£407,500
Mixed
8
Albany Lane
CV7
7
£410,000
Mixed
9
Drovers Close
CV7
7
£320,000
Mixed
10
Meeting House Lane
CV7
6
£892,500
Mostly detached houses
11
Drybrooks Close
CV7
6
£455,000
Mostly detached houses
12
Whitnash Close
CV7
6
£281,250
Mostly terraced houses
13
Stoneton Crescent
CV7
5
£560,000
Mostly detached houses
14
Kelsey Lane
CV7
5
£455,000
Mostly detached houses
15
Michael Blanning Place
CV7
5
£260,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
Dearest streets
Meeting House Lane: £892,500
Balsall Common median£455K
Meeting House Lane£893K
Station Road£763K
Greenfield Avenue£604K
Stoneton Crescent£560K
Needlers End Lane£463K
Cheapest streets
Kenilworth Road: £210,000
Balsall Common median£455K
Kenilworth Road£210K
Meer Stones Road£228K
Michael Blanning Place£260K
Whitnash Close£281K
Drovers Close£320K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 4.3 times the cheapest’s. Street medians mix types: a street of detached houses beats one of flats.
Standard sales with a street name, grouped by street and postcode district (Sep 2023 to Aug 2026); a name used in two districts shows the district. Medians only: we don’t list individual sales.
Across West Midlands
Balsall Common is the 2nd most expensive of 35 towns in West Midlands
Balsall Common is one of West Midlands’s dearest towns to buy in; the typical UK town’s median is £277,000.
Median: standard sales over three years (10+ needed). Since 2016: the median over three years against 2016’s. Miles: centre to centre.
Questions about property prices in Balsall Common
What is the average house price in Balsall Common?
The median home in Balsall Common sold for £455,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 282 standard sales (£477,500 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £575,000, semi-detached houses £395,000, terraced houses £317,000 and flats and maisonettes £167,750.
Are house prices going up in Balsall Common?
The median was £447,975 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£450,500), and £477,500 in the last 12 months. A town’s median moves with the mix of homes sold each year as well as with prices.
How many homes sell in Balsall Common each year?
93 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 123 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Balsall Common?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Meeting House Lane (CV7, £892,500), Station Road (CV7, £762,500) and Greenfield Avenue (CV7, £603,500).
Is Balsall Common expensive for West Midlands?
Balsall Common is the 2nd most expensive of 35 towns of 2,500 or more in West Midlands by median sale price.
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid, every standard sale since January 1995 (yearly files of 28 September 2026), inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary by postcode (ONS Postcode Directory) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.