Local-authority profile · E08000028

Sandwell

West Midlands · England

Comparative position

What stands out in Sandwell

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

Long lets93rd

Annual rent growth

7.8% · UK median 3.8%

Returns90th

Gross yield proxy

5.5% · UK median 4.4%

Short stays79th

Observed short-stay density

503.5 / 100 km² · UK median 159.4 / 100 km²

Observed change

Two years in context

Average sale price+4.8%
June 2024£205,743June 2026
Average monthly rent+13.0%
July 2024£947 / monthJuly 2026

Release history

How the observation layer changed

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

Current allocation431

6 Sept 2026

Release-to-release changeNot available

Comparable history is still accumulating

Search completion100%

No preceding comparison

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£677

One bedroom

02£846

Two bedrooms

03£1,008

Three bedrooms

04£1,397

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

431 aggregate records allocated from 3 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), “Sandwell property profile”, UK Property Atlas release 2026.09, updated 6 Sept 2026.