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Housing in Smethwick · HM Land Registry

The median home in Smethwick sells for £210,000

That is the middle of 852 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 5.8 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.

25thmost expensive of 35 in West Midlands+58%since 2016
Median sale
£210K
852 sales in 3 years
Middle half: £170K to £250K
Sold in 12 months
223
Sep 2025 to Aug 2026
Median £210,000
New builds
0.1%
of sales in 3 years
In 10 years
+58%
median, 2016 to the last 12 months
£133K → £210K
What sells · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026

Two thirds of Smethwick’s sales are terraced houses

852 homes sold in three years: 29 detached houses, 247 semi-detached houses, 542 terraced houses and 34 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 3.5 times what a flat does.

Detached houses£400K

median sale · 29 sold in 3 years

Middle half
£305K–£450K
Last 12 months
£344K6 sold
Semi-detached houses£245K

median sale · 247 sold in 3 years

Middle half
£205K–£276K
Last 12 months
£245K65 sold
Terraced houses£195K

median sale · 542 sold in 3 years

Middle half
£165K–£233K
Last 12 months
£198K144 sold
Flats and maisonettes£114K

median sale · 34 sold in 3 years

Middle half
£86K–£125K
Last 12 months
£91K8 sold
The mix

A terraced town: two thirds of homes sold are terraced

Detached houses3%
Semi-detached houses29%
Terraced houses64%
Flats and maisonettes4%

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 Smethwick’s homes sold for between £170K and £250K

One sale in ten was under £130K and one in ten over £305K. 73% sold for under £250K.

Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026

The median, £210,000, sits in the £200–250K band

085171256Under £100K: 30 sold<£100K£100–150K: 99 sold£100–150K£150–200K: 236 sold£150–200K£200–250K: 256 sold£200–250K£250–300K: 130 sold£250–300K£300–400K: 72 sold£300–400K£400–500K: 19 sold£400–500K£500–750K: 10 sold£500–750K

852 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.

Since 1995

The typical home costs 5.8 times as much as in 1995, in step with England

Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £36,000 in 1995 to £210,000 in the last 12 months (£163,000 in 2019).

31 years of sales

Fewer homes sell than in most years

223 sales in the last 12 months, against 943 in 2001, the busiest year, and 285 in 2024. Sales fell by 61% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 6%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 45% more sales than 2020.

Homes soldMedian sale price
0237475712950£75K£150K£225K£300K1996: 563 sold, typical £37K’961997: 709 sold, typical £39K1998: 682 sold, typical £41K’981999: 674 sold, typical £42K2000: 905 sold, typical £50K’002001: 943 sold, typical £54K2002: 921 sold, typical £65K’022003: 884 sold, typical £83K2004: 835 sold, typical £100K’042005: 737 sold, typical £109K2006: 856 sold, typical £120K’062007: 854 sold, typical £125K2008: 494 sold, typical £120K’082009: 335 sold, typical £118K2010: 399 sold, typical £110K’102011: 383 sold, typical £110K2012: 329 sold, typical £108K’122013: 376 sold, typical £109K2014: 492 sold, typical £116K’142015: 508 sold, typical £125K2016: 501 sold, typical £133K’162017: 475 sold, typical £140K2018: 529 sold, typical £154K’182019: 477 sold, typical £163K2020: 287 sold, typical £166K’202021: 417 sold, typical £179K2022: 366 sold, typical £188K’222023: 291 sold, typical £195K2024: 285 sold, typical £210K’242025: 339 sold, typical £216KLast 12 months: 223 sold, typical £210KNow
Against England

Smethwick costs less than England as a whole

Median sale price each calendar year: Smethwick, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).

£100K£200K£300K£400K1995200020052010201520202025Smethwick 1995: £36,000Smethwick 1996: £37,000Smethwick 1997: £39,000Smethwick 1998: £41,000Smethwick 1999: £41,500Smethwick 2000: £49,950Smethwick 2001: £54,000Smethwick 2002: £64,950Smethwick 2003: £82,950Smethwick 2004: £99,950Smethwick 2005: £109,000Smethwick 2006: £120,000Smethwick 2007: £125,000Smethwick 2008: £120,000Smethwick 2009: £118,000Smethwick 2010: £110,000Smethwick 2011: £110,000Smethwick 2012: £108,000Smethwick 2013: £108,500Smethwick 2014: £116,000Smethwick 2015: £124,600Smethwick 2016: £132,500Smethwick 2017: £140,000Smethwick 2018: £153,950Smethwick 2019: £163,000Smethwick 2020: £166,000Smethwick 2021: £179,000Smethwick 2022: £188,250Smethwick 2023: £195,000Smethwick 2024: £210,000Smethwick 2025: £216,000England 1995: £55,000England 1996: £57,500England 1997: £60,000England 1998: £66,000England 1999: £74,000England 2000: £82,000England 2001: £92,000England 2002: £114,000England 2003: £132,000England 2004: £152,000England 2005: £159,950England 2006: £168,000England 2007: £178,000England 2008: £174,000England 2009: £170,000England 2010: £185,000England 2011: £180,000England 2012: £183,250England 2013: £188,000England 2014: £198,000England 2015: £212,995England 2016: £224,950England 2017: £235,000England 2018: £240,000England 2019: £245,000England 2020: £263,000England 2021: £281,500England 2022: £295,000England 2023: £292,500England 2024: £299,000England 2025: £300,000Typical UK town 1995: £52,000Typical UK town 1996: £53,142Typical UK town 1997: £56,973Typical UK town 1998: £59,973Typical UK town 1999: £65,500Typical UK town 2000: £74,375Typical UK town 2001: £83,995Typical UK town 2002: £104,750Typical UK town 2003: £128,250Typical UK town 2004: £148,000Typical UK town 2005: £155,000Typical UK town 2006: £161,000Typical UK town 2007: £171,500Typical UK town 2008: £166,000Typical UK town 2009: £156,725Typical UK town 2010: £166,500Typical UK town 2011: £160,500Typical UK town 2012: £164,575Typical UK town 2013: £167,000Typical UK town 2014: £176,000Typical UK town 2015: £187,000Typical UK town 2016: £200,000Typical UK town 2017: £212,500Typical UK town 2018: £224,250Typical UK town 2019: £229,950Typical UK town 2020: £240,000Typical UK town 2021: £255,000Typical UK town 2022: £275,000Typical UK town 2023: £274,500Typical UK town 2024: £275,000Typical UK town 2025: £280,000England £300KTypical UK town £280KSmethwick £216K
By type

Semi-detached houses rose the most since 1995

£125K£250K£375K£500K1995200020052010201520202025Detached houses 1996: £59,000Detached houses 1997: £74,600Detached houses 1998: £92,000Detached houses 1999: £91,950Detached houses 2000: £101,475Detached houses 2001: £119,975Detached houses 2002: £116,500Detached houses 2003: £150,000Detached houses 2004: £189,950Detached houses 2005: £206,250Detached houses 2006: £232,000Detached houses 2007: £227,500Detached houses 2008: £249,950Detached houses 2009: £180,000Detached houses 2010: £197,475Detached houses 2011: £184,995Detached houses 2012: £173,000Detached houses 2013: £180,000Detached houses 2014: £181,500Detached houses 2015: £219,950Detached houses 2016: £198,950Detached houses 2017: £267,995Detached houses 2018: £247,500Detached houses 2019: £254,997Detached houses 2020: £300,000Detached houses 2021: £260,000Detached houses 2022: £350,000Detached houses 2023: £327,500Detached houses 2024: £425,000Detached houses 2025: £388,500Semi-detached houses 1995: £42,000Semi-detached houses 1996: £45,000Semi-detached houses 1997: £46,500Semi-detached houses 1998: £48,500Semi-detached houses 1999: £53,950Semi-detached houses 2000: £59,997Semi-detached houses 2001: £61,500Semi-detached houses 2002: £75,250Semi-detached houses 2003: £92,500Semi-detached houses 2004: £115,000Semi-detached houses 2005: £122,475Semi-detached houses 2006: £130,000Semi-detached houses 2007: £138,000Semi-detached houses 2008: £130,000Semi-detached houses 2009: £140,000Semi-detached houses 2010: £125,000Semi-detached houses 2011: £129,950Semi-detached houses 2012: £122,500Semi-detached houses 2013: £129,000Semi-detached houses 2014: £145,000Semi-detached houses 2015: £143,950Semi-detached houses 2016: £150,500Semi-detached houses 2017: £152,000Semi-detached houses 2018: £185,000Semi-detached houses 2019: £192,950Semi-detached houses 2020: £180,000Semi-detached houses 2021: £200,000Semi-detached houses 2022: £220,000Semi-detached houses 2023: £220,000Semi-detached houses 2024: £248,000Semi-detached houses 2025: £241,000Terraced houses 1995: £34,375Terraced houses 1996: £35,000Terraced houses 1997: £35,000Terraced houses 1998: £38,000Terraced houses 1999: £38,500Terraced houses 2000: £40,000Terraced houses 2001: £48,000Terraced houses 2002: £59,950Terraced houses 2003: £76,950Terraced houses 2004: £95,000Terraced houses 2005: £101,000Terraced houses 2006: £112,000Terraced houses 2007: £120,000Terraced houses 2008: £115,000Terraced houses 2009: £110,000Terraced houses 2010: £112,000Terraced houses 2011: £102,000Terraced houses 2012: £100,000Terraced houses 2013: £100,000Terraced houses 2014: £111,000Terraced houses 2015: £118,750Terraced houses 2016: £125,000Terraced houses 2017: £130,000Terraced houses 2018: £141,250Terraced houses 2019: £145,500Terraced houses 2020: £155,000Terraced houses 2021: £168,425Terraced houses 2022: £180,750Terraced houses 2023: £190,000Terraced houses 2024: £191,500Terraced houses 2025: £205,000Flats and maisonettes 1995: £32,000Flats and maisonettes 1996: £32,475Flats and maisonettes 1997: £34,000Flats and maisonettes 1998: £25,000Flats and maisonettes 1999: £38,250Flats and maisonettes 2000: £34,750Flats and maisonettes 2001: £34,000Flats and maisonettes 2002: £46,625Flats and maisonettes 2003: £66,000Flats and maisonettes 2004: £64,750Flats and maisonettes 2005: £79,950Flats and maisonettes 2006: £118,500Flats and maisonettes 2007: £92,000Flats and maisonettes 2008: £93,052Flats and maisonettes 2009: £70,000Flats and maisonettes 2010: £80,000Flats and maisonettes 2011: £80,000Flats and maisonettes 2012: £73,000Flats and maisonettes 2013: £87,750Flats and maisonettes 2014: £83,000Flats and maisonettes 2015: £72,475Flats and maisonettes 2016: £83,000Flats and maisonettes 2017: £93,250Flats and maisonettes 2018: £120,750Flats and maisonettes 2019: £115,000Flats and maisonettes 2020: £138,000Flats and maisonettes 2021: £112,500Flats and maisonettes 2022: £105,000Flats and maisonettes 2023: £115,000Flats and maisonettes 2024: £109,500Flats and maisonettes 2025: £118,000Detached houses £389KSemi-detached houses £241KTerraced houses £205KFlats and maisonettes £118K
199520002005201020152020Last 12 months
Detached houses—£101K£206K£197K£220K£300K£344K
Semi-detached houses£42K£60K£122K£125K£144K£180K£245K
Terraced houses£34K£40K£101K£112K£119K£155K£198K
Flats and maisonettes£32K£35K£80K£80K£72K£138K£91K

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 29% in 2018

1,437 new homes have been sold in Smethwick since 1995; the share peaked at 29% in 2018.

New-build share of sales1996: 4.1%’961997: 4.5%1998: 9.1%1999: 5.8%’992000: 12%2001: 11%2002: 2%’022003: 1.5%2004: 4.6%2005: 4.2%’052006: 7.2%2007: 9.5%2008: 12%’082009: 14%2010: 26%2011: 11%’112012: 9.7%2013: 11%2014: 15%’142015: 14%2016: 6.8%2017: 6.9%’172018: 29%2019: 20%2020: 10%’202021: 0.2%2022: 0%2023: 0.3%’232024: 0%2025: 0%Last 12 months: 0%Now

Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.

New builds and tenure · 3 years

6% of sales were leasehold

Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 1.6% sold leasehold in Smethwick. 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

Galton Road is Smethwick’s busiest street, with 25 sales in three years

66 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 14 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.

#StreetPostcode areaSalesMedianHomes
1Galton RoadB6725£287,500Mostly terraced houses
2Park RoadB6725£235,000Mostly terraced houses
3Thimblemill RoadB6724£224,500Mixed
4Katherine RoadB6719£226,500Mostly terraced houses
5Wigorn RoadB6714£241,250Mostly terraced houses
6Abbey RoadB6713£255,050Mixed
7Reginald RoadB6713£187,500Mostly terraced houses
8John Brooks AvenueB6612£251,250Mixed
9Lightwoods RoadB6712£247,500Mostly terraced houses
10Rosefield RoadB6712£190,000Mostly terraced houses
11St Albans RoadB6711£180,000Mostly terraced houses
12St Pauls RoadB6610£197,000Mostly terraced houses
13Beakes RoadB6710£191,000Mostly terraced houses
14Rawlings RoadB6710£182,500Mostly terraced houses
15Barclay RoadB679£400,000Mixed
Dearest streets

Piddock Road: £425,000

Smethwick median£210K
Piddock Road£425K
Lightwoods Hill£409K
Barclay Road£400K
Pitcairn Road£378K
Woodbourne Road£313K
Cheapest streets

Harden Keep: £116,000

Smethwick median£210K
Harden Keep£116K
Holly Lane (B66)£121K
Salisbury Road£150K
Edward Road£150K
Crocketts Lane£151K

Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 3.7 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

Smethwick is the 26th most expensive of 35 towns in West Midlands

Smethwick is in the middle of West Midlands’s towns to buy in; the typical UK town’s median is £277,000.

Median sale, Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
1Knowle and Dorridge£565K2Balsall Common£455K3Royal Sutton Coldfield£368K
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24Rowley Regis£215K25Walsall£210K26Smethwick£210K27Cradley Heath£205K28Bloxwich£200K
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34Blackheath£194K35Darlaston£185K

Towns of 2,500 or more in West Midlands with 10+ standard sales; each links to its own Housing page.

Smethwick’s neighbours

The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries.

All towns in West Midlands →
OldburyBlackheathRowley RegisWest BromwichBirminghamHalesowenCradley HeathOldburyBlackheathRowley RegisWest BromwichBirminghamHalesowenCradley HeathSmethwick
Prices next door
TownMilesMedianSold, 12 moSince 2016
Smethwick—£210K223+58%
Oldbury1.6£225K285+70%
Blackheath2.9£194K59+70%
Rowley Regis3.2£215K253+65%
West Bromwich3.3£230K533+66%
Birmingham3.9£225K6,677+54%
Halesowen4.3£249K596+52%
Cradley Heath4.3£205K143+64%

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 Smethwick

What is the average house price in Smethwick?

The median home in Smethwick sold for £210,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 852 standard sales (£210,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £400,000, semi-detached houses £245,000, terraced houses £195,000 and flats and maisonettes £113,750.

Are house prices going up in Smethwick?

The median was £216,000 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£210,000), and £210,000 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 Smethwick each year?

223 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 407 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.

What are the most expensive streets in Smethwick?

Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Piddock Road (B66, £425,000), Lightwoods Hill (B67, £408,750) and Barclay Road (B67, £400,000).

Is Smethwick expensive for West Midlands?

Smethwick is the 25th 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.

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