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Do the numbers work? Rents and yields, the HMO planning rules, growth and what owners made, and the council's letting picture.
| Typical private rent in Birmingham | A month | A year |
|---|---|---|
| All homes | £1,099 | £13,188 |
| 1 bedroom | £830 | £9,960 |
| 2 bedrooms | £1,003 | £12,036 |
| 3 bedrooms | £1,134 | £13,608 |
| 4+ bedrooms | £1,578 | £18,936 |
The council's typical rent against the typical home here (£182k): a gross yield of about 7.2%.
| Saltley East | Birmingham | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Housing allowance yield (%) | 5.1 | 3.9 | 3.2 |
| Rented privately | 23% | 23% | 20% |
| Homes ever let | 26% | 23% | 18% |
| Residents per home | 3.8 | 2.7 | 2.3 |
| Homes owned by companies | 3% | 4% | 4% |
| Homes bought by companies since 2021 | 28 | 36 | 34 |
ONS private rents (council, 2026-08); Local Housing Allowance (VOA). Gross yields are before costs, voids and tax.
Birmingham has HMO Article 4 areas. 100% of its postcodes are inside one, where turning a house into a small HMO (3 to 6 sharers) needs planning permission.
| Saltley East | Birmingham | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Postcodes under an Article 4 direction | 100% | 100% | 16% |
planning.data.gov.uk (Article 4 directions). Whether one address is inside an HMO area is on its postcode's Investing page. HMO Article 4 map · About HMOs
| Saltley East | Birmingham | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population change, 2021–2024 | +3% | +4% | +4% |
| Homes added, 2021–2024 | +1% | +2% | +3% |
| People added per new home, 2021–2024 | 8.6 | 8.2 | 5.1 |
| Housing pressure vs region | -2.5 | -0.7 | -0.3 |
Like-for-like (repeat-sales) index, HM Land Registry. What owners made when they sold, by area and how long they held.
MHCLG council tax base (England), Ministry of Justice repossessions, ONS short-term lets.
Yields, prices, growth, renting and Article 4 cover, side by side.
| Five Ways North | 7.6 | £157k | +5% | 47% | 100% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aston Park | 5.5 | £154k | +77% | 26% | 100% |
| Winson Green & Gib Heath | 5.5 | £183k | +73% | 32% | 100% |
| Saltley West | 5.4 | £146k | +47% | 24% | 100% |
| Handsworth South | 5.3 | £181k | +39% | 28% | 100% |
| Attwood Green & Park Central | 5.2 | £215k | +16% | 48% | 100% |
| Brookvale | 5.2 | £180k | +49% | 37% | 100% |
| Saltley East (this one) | 5.1 | £182k | +78% | 23% | 100% |
| Lozells East | 5.1 | £171k | +61% | 14% | 100% |
| Sparkhill South | 5.1 | £173k | +73% | 40% | 100% |
| Bordesley Green North | 5.0 | £200k | +76% | 30% | 100% |
| Middlemore | 5.0 | £203k | +67% | 26% | 100% |
| Balsall Heath East | 5.0 | £194k | +43% | 27% | 100% |
| Washwood Heath | 5.0 | £178k | +100% | 20% | 100% |
| Sparkbrook South | 5.0 | £181k | +63% | 21% | 100% |
| Sparkhill North | 5.0 | £214k | +41% | 29% | 100% |
| Greet & Mid Sparkhill | 4.9 | £177k | +74% | 30% | 100% |
| Birchfield East | 4.8 | £178k | +38% | 30% | 100% |
| Nechells | 4.8 | £190k | – | 10% | 100% |
| Handsworth East | 4.8 | £195k | +37% | 35% | 100% |
| Handsworth West | 4.7 | £188k | +67% | 31% | 100% |
| Belchers Lane & Eastfield Road | 4.7 | £192k | +84% | 20% | 100% |
| Moseley | 4.7 | £193k | +36% | 32% | 100% |
| Turves Green | 4.7 | £199k | +79% | 13% | 100% |
| Small Heath Park | 4.7 | £174k | +51% | 34% | 100% |
| Kingstanding South East | 4.6 | £207k | +100% | 19% | 100% |
| Gravelly Hill & South Erdington | 4.6 | £187k | +47% | 34% | 100% |
| Hockley & Jewellery Quarter | 4.6 | £194k | +32% | 27% | 100% |
| Kitts Green | 4.6 | £189k | +83% | 16% | 100% |
| Woodgate Valley | 4.6 | £187k | +76% | 14% | 100% |
| Frankley | 4.6 | £204k | +64% | 10% | 100% |
| Central | 4.6 | £197k | +12% | 67% | 100% |
| Allens Cross | 4.6 | £207k | +79% | 16% | 100% |
| Stockland Green - Marsh Hill | 4.5 | £222k | +60% | 25% | 100% |
| Little Bromwich | 4.5 | £197k | +71% | 28% | 100% |
| Hawkesley | 4.5 | £216k | +82% | 11% | 100% |
| Castle Vale | 4.5 | £216k | +65% | 10% | 100% |
| Perry Common - College Road | 4.4 | £206k | +62% | 16% | 100% |
| Glebe Farm | 4.4 | £217k | +91% | 20% | 100% |
| Summerfield | 4.4 | £223k | +72% | 28% | 100% |
| Bordesley | 4.3 | £188k | +73% | 28% | 100% |
| Hay Mills & Tyseley | 4.3 | £208k | +80% | 32% | 100% |
| Yardley Fields | 4.3 | £196k | +89% | 20% | 100% |
| Kingstanding South West | 4.3 | £219k | +70% | 23% | 100% |
| Short Heath | 4.3 | £217k | +77% | 20% | 100% |
| Upper Witton | 4.3 | £216k | +88% | 20% | 100% |
| Ward End & Bromford West | 4.3 | £206k | +80% | 26% | 100% |
| Shard End & Kingfisher | 4.3 | £215k | +80% | 13% | 100% |
| Weoley Castle | 4.3 | £224k | +95% | 18% | 100% |
| Acocks Green West | 4.2 | £229k | +78% | 25% | 100% |
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Local Housing Allowance, Birmingham rental area, 2026-27, a month: Shared room £342 · 1 bed £695 · 2 beds £750 · 3 beds £825 · 4 beds £1,100. The most a tenant on Universal Credit or Housing Benefit gets towards rent here, set at the cheapest 30% of local rents in 2023 and frozen since April 2024.
Gross LHA yields at this neighbourhood's 2025 prices: 2-bed vs terraced houses 5.33% · 3-bed vs semis 4.52%.