Postcode District:
B14
Postcode District Name:
Birmingham
Location:
The B14 postcode district lies within or includes part of the following towns, counties, localities, electoral wards and stations: Billesley, Birmingham, Bournville, Brandwood, Drakes Cross and Walkers Heath, Highters Heath, Hollywood and Majors Green, Kings Heath, Kings Norton, Maypole, Moseley, Moseley and Kings Heath, Shirley West, Worcestershire, Yardley Wood.
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Notes:
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Old area guide:
The commentary below was written for the mouseprice.com website in 2006, please be aware that the comments below might be out of date. We recommend disregarding these comments in favour of the data that can be found either above or in the other sections of this website.
Market trends:
 The size of the property market in B14 is 18143 homes.
Given that the nominal growth rate in this postcode district (B14) has been about 12.4% over the last 5 years, it would be reasonable to assume that this isa dynamic local economy and housing market. Property price growth in this area has significantly exceeded growth in earnings and the national average house price growth, and so the likelihood of it continuing will be dependent upon price earnings ratio, as well as investment by developers and local authorities in continually upgrading local infrastructure, schools, in addition to the continued strength of the local and national economies and any other economies upon which the area depends.
During the last 3 months, property in this postcode district has averaged a value of £143871.
Price earnings ratio is an indicator of the affordability of property for someone on the average salary in the area. Price Earnings Ratio in this postcode district is 7.
New transactions as a percentage of overall sales are 2.5%.
Housing stock:
If you are specifically looking to buy Semi- Detached Houses, this would be an excellent area for you to explore, with 37.4% of properties being this type.
For those buyers keen to purchase Detached Houses, this would not be an ideal area, because only 7.5% are this type.
A high proportion of property in this area is socially rented.
The majority of property in this area is owner occupied.
The average price of a two bed property in this area is less that the national average of £187894 at £138976.
Who lives here:
Total population in this area is 41457.
The average age in this area is 36.
Single people make up 35.3% of the population in this postcode district.
Average working hours in this area for men are 41 and for women are 32.
This area has 44.9 people per square kilometre.
The largest source of work in this area is Health & Social Work (16% of workers), followed by Wholesale & Retail (15%).
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