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Buying at B25 8YA

Before you offer on a home at B25 8YA: the checks to raise with your surveyor and conveyancer, whether an asking price stands up against what sold nearby, how prices here have moved since 1995, what it costs to run a home, and a buyer's report for every home on the postcode.

Nothing at this postcode stands out to raise before an offer, and a street where the typical sale was £187k. In Yardley.

5 clear£187k typical on St Edburghs Road

The checklist

Before you make an offer

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Article 4 directionSome work normally allowed without planning permission needs it here (CITY WIDE HMO).
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14 listed buildings within 200 mIf the home itself is listed, most changes inside and out need consent: check the National Heritage List.
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Busy road: A4040, 890 m awayAbout 16,940 vehicles a day in 2025 (DfT traffic counts).
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No coal mining riskOutside the Coal Authority's coalfield.
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Low ground hazardsBGS rates the wider area low for subsidence, landslides and sinkholes.
Clear
No river or sea flood risk recordedNot in the Environment Agency's high or medium risk areas. Surface water isn't included: check the exact address on GOV.UK.
Clear
Quiet by WHO standardsRoad traffic about 52 dB (24-hour average), under the WHO guideline of 53.
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Gigabit broadband100% of premises in the postcode can get it (Ofcom).

Xoserve, UKHSA/BGS radon atlas, BGS GeoSure, Coal Authority, Environment Agency (© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026), Defra noise maps, Historic England, Ofcom, council planning registers (OGL). For a particular home, its buyer's report (below) adds tenure, energy rating, age and extensions.

Price

Is the asking price fair?

£187ktypical sale on St Edburghs Road, last 10 years

£2,722typical price per m² in Yardley

£1,990–£2,470per m² for homes at B25 8YA sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £2,722 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £245k. Homes at B25 8YA have sold below it. Check an asking price.

HM Land Registry sold prices; floor areas from energy certificates.

Trend

Prices in Yardley

Yardley

+56% over ten years (2015 to 2025).

Typical (median) sale price each year, all home types, HM Land Registry.

Comparables

What sold nearby in the last two years

Type	Sales	Typical	Range
Detached	12	£365k	£220k – £405k
Semi-detached	65	£278k	£120k – £450k
Terraced	43	£210k	£93k – £500k
Flat	25	£124k	£50k – £236k

Standard sales in Yardley. Every recent sale.

Running costs

What it costs to live here

A home's own band, energy rating and typical bills are in its buyer's report.

MHCLG council tax; Xoserve gas connections.

Supply

How often homes come up

0sales on St Edburghs Road in the last two years

145sales in Yardley in the last two years

HM Land Registry standard sales.

Check a home

Buyer's reports for homes at B25 8YA

Home	Last sold	Floor area
7, St Edburghs RoadSemi-detached	£59,950, Mar 1999	87 m²	Buyer's report →
9, St Edburghs RoadSemi-detached	£165,000, Dec 2019	83 m²	Buyer's report →
11, St Edburghs RoadSemi-detached	£66,500, Oct 2001	–	Buyer's report →
15, St Edburghs RoadSemi-detached	£100,000, Jan 2004	100 m²	Buyer's report →
17, St Edburghs RoadSemi-detached	£47,000, Apr 1999	164 m²	Buyer's report →
19, St Edburghs RoadSemi-detached	£68,000, Aug 2001	97 m²	Buyer's report →
21, St Edburghs RoadSemi-detached	£186,500, Jan 2022	83 m²	Buyer's report →
23, St Edburghs RoadSemi-detached	£70,000, Aug 1998	125 m²	Buyer's report →
33, St Edburghs RoadSemi-detached	£230,000, Dec 2022	93 m²	Buyer's report →

Each report: sale history, today's estimate, energy rating, running costs and the questions for your solicitor.

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Buying at B25 8YA

Nothing at this postcode stands out to raise before an offer, and a street where the typical sale was £187k. In Yardley.

5 clear£187k typical on St Edburghs Road

Before you make an offer

Note

Article 4 directionSome work normally allowed without planning permission needs it here (CITY WIDE HMO).

Note

14 listed buildings within 200 mIf the home itself is listed, most changes inside and out need consent: check the National Heritage List.

Note

Busy road: A4040, 890 m awayAbout 16,940 vehicles a day in 2025 (DfT traffic counts).

Clear

No coal mining riskOutside the Coal Authority's coalfield.

Clear

Low ground hazardsBGS rates the wider area low for subsidence, landslides and sinkholes.

Clear

No river or sea flood risk recordedNot in the Environment Agency's high or medium risk areas. Surface water isn't included: check the exact address on GOV.UK.

Clear

Quiet by WHO standardsRoad traffic about 52 dB (24-hour average), under the WHO guideline of 53.

Clear

Gigabit broadband100% of premises in the postcode can get it (Ofcom).

Is the asking price fair?

£187ktypical sale on St Edburghs Road, last 10 years

£2,722typical price per m² in Yardley

£1,990–£2,470per m² for homes at B25 8YA sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £2,722 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £245k. Homes at B25 8YA have sold below it. Check an asking price.

HM Land Registry sold prices; floor areas from energy certificates.

What homes cost and rent in Yardley, by size

Size	Typical value today	Cheaper quarter	Estimated rent	Gross yield
1 bed	£110k	£100k	£810 a month	8.8%
2 beds	£181k	£137k	£980 a month	6.5%
3 beds	£266k	£228k	£1,170 a month	5.3%
4+ beds	£349k	£302k	£1,490 a month	5.1%
All homes	£255k	£198k	£1,120 a month	5.3%

Values: sales since 2021 of homes with an energy certificate (bedrooms estimated from its rooms), carried to today on the local price index; the cheaper quarter is what a quarter of them go for under. Rents are estimates: the council's typical private rent (ONS) adjusted for how values here compare. Gross yield = a year's rent ÷ value, before costs. Compare it with other places