Local-authority profile · E08000025

Birmingham

West Midlands · England

Comparative position

What stands out in Birmingham

These are statistical positions, not causal claims. A high or low percentile says where the latest published value sits among comparable UK local authorities.

Short stays93rd

Observed short-stay density

5,018.7 / 100 km² · UK median 582.8 / 100 km²

Returns92nd

Gross yield proxy

5.6% · UK median 4.4%

Long lets35th

Annual rent growth

3.3% · UK median 4.1%

Observed change

Two years in context

Average sale price+2.8%
August 2024£234,867August 2026
Average monthly rent+8.5%
September 2024£1,106 / monthSeptember 2026

Release history

How the observation layer changed

This compares approved observation releases for Birmingham. It describes movement in the evidence system, not verified additions to or removals from local housing stock.

Current allocation13,440

22 Oct 2026

Release-to-release change+1,923

+16.7%

Search completion100%

+0 percentage points

Allocated current records5 approved releases
9 Sept 2026+1,923 records22 Oct 2026

Property size

Average private rent by bedroom count

Official modelled monthly rent levels. The four-bedroom band includes properties with four or more bedrooms.

01£834

One bedroom

02£1,009

Two bedrooms

03£1,141

Three bedrooms

04£1,587

Four or more

Interpretation boundary

What the profile measures—and what it does not

Prices and sales

Mix-adjusted local price indices. Registered-sale counts show provisional source records and must not be read as final market activity.

Private rents

A modelled stock measure covering new and existing tenancies. Scotland and Northern Ireland use rental geographies that do not map directly to local-authority boundaries, so those values remain blank here.

Gross yield proxy

Average annual rent divided by average sale price for the same month. The source populations cover different homes and no costs are deducted.

Short-stay observations

13,440 aggregate records allocated from 8 intersecting observation cells. The value is not complete inventory or a count of unique dwellings.

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Source and citation

Suggested citation

Upgraded Intelligence (2026), “Birmingham property profile”, UK Property Atlas release 2026.10, updated 22 Oct 2026.