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B32 (Birmingham) area guide
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Postcode District:
B32
Postcode District Name:
Birmingham
Location:
The B32 postcode district lies within or includes part of the following towns, counties, localities, electoral wards and stations: Bartley Green, Birmingham, Frankley, Harborne, Quinton, Uffdown, Woodgate, Woodgate Valley, Worcestershire.
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Present Day:
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Notes:
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A Mouseprice property guide for B32 Birmingham is coming soon. In the meantime, please have a look at the raw data and statistics about B32 that can be found by click the relevant links on the left hand side.
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commentary below was written for the mouseprice.com website in 2006, please be aware that the comments below might be out of date.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 B32 is 16880 homes.
Given that the nominal growth rate in this postcode district (B32) 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 £128424.
Since most banks lend money to buy property using their customers’ salary as a indicator of affordability, the price earnings ratio is a useful guide as to whether property in an area is expensive or not. Price Earnings Ratio in this postcode district is 7.3.
New transactions as a percentage of overall sales are 2.9%.
Housing stock:
Semi- Detached Houses make up the most significant portion of the housing stock, representing 39.7% of the total.
Detached Houses account for the lowest percentage of the housing stock in this district, at only 8%.
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 £166076.
Who lives here:
The average age in this area is 36.
Single people make up 34.6% of the population in this postcode district.
Average working hours in this area for men are 41 and for women are 31.
This area has 23.8 people per square kilometre.
The largest source of work in this area is Health & Social Work (16.8% of workers), followed by Wholesale & Retail (14.5%).
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