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 stays94th

Observed short-stay density

4,300.6 / 100 km² · UK median 410.5 / 100 km²

Returns93rd

Gross yield proxy

5.6% · UK median 4.4%

Long lets32nd

Annual rent growth

3.0% · UK median 3.9%

Observed change

Two years in context

Average sale price+3.2%
July 2024£234,257July 2026
Average monthly rent+8.6%
August 2024£1,099 / monthAugust 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 allocation11,517

12 Oct 2026

Release-to-release change+6,200

+116.6%

Search completion100%

+0 percentage points

Allocated current records4 approved releases
9 Sept 2026+6,200 records12 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£830

One bedroom

02£1,003

Two bedrooms

03£1,134

Three bedrooms

04£1,578

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

11,517 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 12 Oct 2026.