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Buying at B26 1DX

Before you offer on a home at B26 1DX: 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 £211k. In Yardley South.

4 clear£211k typical on Clay Lane

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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Noise above WHO guidelines: road 59 dB24-hour averages from Defra's 2022 noise maps (England). Visit at rush hour and at night.
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Busy road: A45, 340 m awayAbout 43,620 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.
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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.
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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?

£211ktypical sale on Clay Lane, last 10 years

£2,936typical price per m² in Yardley South

£2,000–£3,730per m² for homes at B26 1DX sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £2,936 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £264k. Check an asking price.

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

Trend

Prices in Yardley South

Yardley South

+63% 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	2	£325k	£110k – £325k
Semi-detached	77	£255k	£145k – £380k
Terraced	40	£210k	£100k – £307k
Flat	15	£135k	£90k – £226k

Standard sales in Yardley South. 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

18sales on Clay Lane in the last two years

134sales in Yardley South in the last two years

HM Land Registry standard sales.

Check a home

Buyer's reports for homes at B26 1DX

Home	Last sold	Floor area
8, Clay LaneTerraced	£330,000, Oct 2025	116 m²	Buyer's report →
14, Clay LaneSemi-detached	£41,000, May 1996	–	Buyer's report →
16, Clay LaneTerraced	£237,000, Oct 2025	77 m²	Buyer's report →
20, Clay LaneSemi-detached	£137,000, Jun 2007	–	Buyer's report →
26, Clay LaneTerraced	£190,000, Apr 2023	95 m²	Buyer's report →
28, Clay LaneSemi-detached	£67,970, Apr 1999	83 m²	Buyer's report →
30, Clay LaneSemi-detached	£175,000, Nov 2015	81 m²	Buyer's report →
32, Clay LaneSemi-detached	£108,000, Sept 2010	68 m²	Buyer's report →
34, Clay LaneSemi-detached	£225,000, Sept 2021	75 m²	Buyer's report →
36, Clay LaneSemi-detached

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Buying at B26 1DX

Nothing at this postcode stands out to raise before an offer, and a street where the typical sale was £211k. In Yardley South.

4 clear£211k typical on Clay Lane

Before you make an offer

Note

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

Note

Noise above WHO guidelines: road 59 dB24-hour averages from Defra's 2022 noise maps (England). Visit at rush hour and at night.

Note

Busy road: A45, 340 m awayAbout 43,620 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

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

Is the asking price fair?

£211ktypical sale on Clay Lane, last 10 years

£2,936typical price per m² in Yardley South

£2,000–£3,730per m² for homes at B26 1DX sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £2,936 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £264k. Check an asking price.

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

What homes cost and rent in Yardley South, by size

Size	Typical value today	Cheaper quarter	Estimated rent	Gross yield
1 bed *	£117k	£89k	£830 a month	8.5%
2 beds	£224k	£183k	£1,070 a month	5.7%
3 beds	£260k	£223k	£1,160 a month	5.4%
4+ beds	£312k	£247k	£1,420 a month	5.5%
All homes	£251k	£208k	£1,120 a month	5.4%

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. * Too few sales here, so the council's figure. 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