District market report

B18 property market

£1,200/mo typical 2-bed flat rent

134 days typical time on market

£180k median asking price

Based on 111 listings on the market · B18 district · as at 10 Oct 2026

Market temperature

134 daystypical time on the market 59% slower than West Midlands

29%of homes already sale agreed 15pp fewer than West Midlands

10%cut their asking price in the last 28 days 5pp fewer than West Midlands

6.1%typical cut, when sellers reduce

Compared with West Midlands. "Sale agreed" means the seller has accepted an offer (shown as Sold STC on portals); the sale hasn't completed yet.

How each kind of property is selling

Segment	On market	Under offer	Days on market	Stale >90d	Sample
1 bed flat	20	25%	140	67%	n=20
2 bed flat	44	14%	142	61%	n=44

Buying here? The Good Buy Guide for B18 ranks these segments and shows negotiating room.

Rents

Home	Typical rent	Range	Confidence	Sample
Studio flat	£836/mo	£664–£989	medium confidence	n=14
1 bed flat	£996/mo	£850–£1,174	high confidence	n=39
2 bed flat	£1,200/mo	£1,000–£1,413	high confidence	n=85
3 bed flat	£1,666/mo	£1,104–£1,874	medium confidence	n=11
2 bed house	£1,100/mo	£907–£1,157	medium confidence	n=22
3 bed house	£1,410/mo	£1,109–£1,895	medium confidence	n=31
4 bed house	£1,300/mo	£1,300–£1,387	low confidence	n=3
5+ bed house	£2,500/mo	£2,040–£2,580	low confidence	n=3

Confidence reflects the listings behind each figure: High 30+, Medium 10–29, Low under 10 recent listings for that exact size and area.

Check a specific home in the Rent Checker.

Yields and long-term growth

Segment	Gross yield	Rent	Price basis
4 bed house	15.0%	£1,889/mo	£151k
3 bed house	11.1%	£1,351/mo	£146k
2 bed house	8.9%	£1,123/mo	£152k
2 bed flat	8.7%	£1,151/mo	£159k

Type	5 yrs	10 yrs	20 yrs
Terraced	+21.9%	+46.8%	+67.8%

Investing round here? Open the Area Workbench for sector-by-sector rents and yields.

The housing stock

35%built pre–1919

29%built 1945–1979

17%built 2000+

143 m²typical registered plot (houses)

What does this era of housing typically need? The Good Buy Guide covers condition by era.

Buying here?Which kinds of property are the good buys the Good Buy Guide. Investing here?Sector-by-sector rents, yields and letting speed in the Workbench. Renting or letting?What a specific home rents for, in the Rent Checker.

About these figures. Statistics are aggregate figures from the uSurv Listings Index, compiled from publicly advertised residential listings across the UK, aggregated from multiple online sources, together with HM Land Registry price paid data, the EPC register and ONS statistics (Open Government Licence v3.0). Small samples are suppressed rather than published. No individual listing content is reproduced.