The median home in Brierley Hill sells for £195,000
That is the middle of 933 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 4.7 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.
41% of Brierley Hill’s sales are semi-detached houses
933 homes sold in three years: 180 detached houses, 387 semi-detached houses, 263 terraced houses and 103 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.9 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£300K
median sale · 180 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£258K–£365K
Last 12 months
£316K57 sold
Semi-detached houses£207K
median sale · 387 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£175K–£240K
Last 12 months
£212K115 sold
Terraced houses£175K
median sale · 263 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£145K–£197K
Last 12 months
£183K71 sold
Flats and maisonettes£103K
median sale · 103 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£76K–£130K
Last 12 months
£105K32 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 41% of sales
Detached houses19%
Semi-detached houses41%
Terraced houses28%
Flats and maisonettes11%
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 Brierley Hill’s homes sold for between £155K and £250K
One sale in ten was under £115K and one in ten over £310K. 74% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £195,000, sits in the £150–200K band
933 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 4.7 times as much as in 1995, a slower rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £44,000 in 1995 to £205,000 in the last 12 months (£146,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
275 sales in the last 12 months, against 632 in 2004, the busiest year, and 243 in 2012. Sales fell by 59% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, though the median held. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 37% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Brierley Hill costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Brierley Hill, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Terraced houses rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£67K
£88K
£178K
£180K
£200K
£243K
£316K
Semi-detached houses
£47K
£58K
£116K
£117K
£132K
£156K
£212K
Terraced houses
£38K
£43K
£96K
£116K
£112K
£125K
£183K
Flats and maisonettes
£34K
£32K
£85K
£95K
£85K
£88K
£105K
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
New builds have slowed: 0% of sales in the last 12 months, after 39% in 2016
1,151 new homes have been sold in Brierley Hill since 1995; the share peaked at 39% in 2016.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
16% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 6.1% sold leasehold in Brierley Hill. 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
Gayfield Avenue is Brierley Hill’s busiest street, with 23 sales in three years
61 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 19 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
Gayfield Avenue
DY5
23
£247,000
Mixed
2
Dadford View
DY5
22
£125,000
Mixed
3
Foxdale Drive
DY5
22
£113,750
Mixed
4
Hawbush Road
DY5
17
£168,000
Mixed
5
Moor Street
DY5
16
£130,775
Mixed
6
The Breeze
DY5
14
£200,000
Mostly terraced houses
7
Woodland Avenue
DY5
14
£182,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
8
High Street
DY5
14
£148,500
Mostly terraced houses
9
Mousehall Farm Road
DY5
13
£243,000
Mixed
10
Amblecote Road
DY5
12
£222,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
11
Acres Road
DY5
11
£295,000
Mixed
12
Brompton Drive
DY5
11
£230,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
13
Coppice Lane
DY5
11
£230,000
Mixed
14
Bottle Kiln Rise
DY5
11
£220,000
Mixed
15
Victoria Road
DY5
11
£150,000
Mostly terraced houses
Dearest streets
Borrowdale Close: £370,000
Brierley Hill median£195K
Borrowdale Close£370K
Sandringham Way£368K
Dunns Bank£321K
Acres Road£295K
Brayford Avenue£293K
Cheapest streets
Waterfront West: £76,750
Brierley Hill median£195K
Waterfront West£77K
Bagleys Road£93K
Bisell Way£110K
Foxdale Drive£114K
Columbus Avenue£118K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 4.8 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
Brierley Hill is the 33rd most expensive of 35 towns in West Midlands
Brierley Hill is one of West Midlands’s cheapest 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 Brierley Hill
What is the average house price in Brierley Hill?
The median home in Brierley Hill sold for £195,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 933 standard sales (£205,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £300,000, semi-detached houses £207,000, terraced houses £175,000 and flats and maisonettes £102,500.
Are house prices going up in Brierley Hill?
The median was £200,000 in 2025, up 5% on 2024 (£190,000), and £205,000 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 Brierley Hill each year?
275 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 393 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Brierley Hill?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Borrowdale Close (DY5, £370,000), Sandringham Way (DY5, £367,500) and Dunns Bank (DY5, £320,500).
Is Brierley Hill expensive for West Midlands?
Brierley Hill is the 31st 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.