Postcode District:
B17
Postcode District Name:
Birmingham
Location:
The B17 postcode district lies within or includes part of the following towns, counties, localities, electoral wards and stations: Birmingham, Edgbaston, Harborne, Quinton, Soho.
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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commentary below was written for the mouseprice.com website in 2006, please be aware that the comments below might be out of date.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 B17 is 10885 homes.
When compared against a national average compound annual growth rate (CAGR) over the last 5 years of 12.5%, the growth in this postcode district has been 12.4%. This could well be because this is a 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.
Over the last 3 months, the average property value for this postcode district has been £210494.
When examining the ability of consumers to further extend themselves in the face of increasing property prices, many commentators pay close attention to the price earnings ratio. Price Earnings Ratio in this postcode district is 6.2.
New transactions as a percentage of overall sales are 3.8%.
Housing stock:
The most readily available type of property in the area are Terraced Houses, making up 32.6% of the total.
For those buyers keen to purchase Detached Houses, this would not be an ideal area, because only 14.7% are this type.
Socially rented accommodation represents a significant percentage of the total rented accommodation in the area at 15.4%.
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 £156725.
Who lives here:
Total population in this area is 23641.
The average age in this area is 36.
Single people make up 39.7% of the population in this postcode district.
Average working hours in this area for men are 43 and for women are 35.
This area has 38.2 people per square kilometre.
The largest source of work in this area is Real Estate (19.2% of workers), followed by Financial Intermediation (18.5%).
This area has one of the highest proportions of degree educated people in the country, at 40.5%.
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