Buying in Birmingham · England

Birmingham house prices & mortgage calculator

Turn a local house price into a deposit target and a monthly repayment estimate. Compare property types, then adjust the numbers for the home you have in mind.

Average property price

£234,150

Annual price change

+2.2%

Price period

June 2026

UK House Price Index · provisional · checked 6 September 2026. View the published figures.

Put a home price into perspective

Start from a local average

Property price (£)Deposit (%)Annual interest rate (%)Mortgage term (years)

The 5% rate and 25-year term are illustrative. Replace them with your quote. Results update as you type; the published price tables below stay fixed.

Monthly principal and interest only. Stamp duty, legal and lender fees, insurance, maintenance, Council Tax and any leasehold service charges are additional.

Your repayment estimate · GBP

£1,231.94per month

Cash deposit: £23,415.00
Amount borrowed: £210,735.00
Loan-to-value: 90%
Interest over the full term: £158,845.75

If the rate were 7% from the start, the same loan and term would cost £1,489.43 a month. This is a sensitivity check, not a rate forecast or a mid-loan reset.

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Compare deposits at your price

Deposit options using your entered price, rate and term
Deposit	Cash	Monthly
5%	£11,708	£1,300.38
10%	£23,415	£1,231.94
15%	£35,123	£1,163.49
20%	£46,830	£1,095.05

The same rate is used to isolate the deposit effect. These scenarios do not imply a lender offers a mortgage at every deposit level.

What does the Birmingham average cover?

Birmingham here means Birmingham local authority. It is not the entire West Midlands conurbation; neighbouring authorities such as Solihull are measured separately.

The semi-detached benchmark sits above the overall Birmingham average. If that is the home you are looking for, selecting the semi-detached preset gives a more relevant deposit starting point than using the headline figure alone.

A worked mortgage example

At the published £234,150 average, a 10% deposit is £23,415.00 and the loan is £210,735.00. At an illustrative 5% annual rate over 25 years, a repayment mortgage costs £1,231.94 per month.

This fixed example excludes other costs and assumes the rate stays unchanged for the whole term. It is not a mortgage offer, an affordability assessment or a valuation. A UK fixed-rate deal may end well before the mortgage term does.

Birmingham prices by property type

Published June 2026 averages, rounded by ONS to the nearest £1,000. Deposit and repayment columns are our calculations at 10% deposit, 5% interest and 25 years.

Birmingham property types and illustrative borrowing costs
Property type	Average price	10% deposit	Monthly repayment
Detached	£442,000	£44,200	£2,325.50
Semi-detached	£274,000	£27,400	£1,441.60
Terraced	£221,000	£22,100	£1,162.75
Flats and maisonettes	£146,000	£14,600	£768.15

How much deposit should I budget?

At this all-property average, 5% is £11,707.50, 10% is £23,415.00 and 20% is £46,830.00. A larger deposit reduces borrowing at the same purchase price. The calculator holds the rate constant when comparing deposits; real quotes may use different rates.

Keep money available for purchase costs and ongoing bills as well as the deposit. Lenders also assess your circumstances, income and commitments. The average price cannot tell you what you can borrow.

Read the deposit comparison guide →

Data, assumptions and limitations

Source: HM Land Registry and ONS UK House Price Index. All-property prices use the published England local-authority table; property-type values use the ONS Birmingham housing page. Geography code: E08000025. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

These are historical, provisional index estimates, subject to revision. They are not live asking prices or neighbourhood valuations. The snapshot was checked on 6 September 2026; it does not refresh automatically. The all-property average is not calculated by averaging the four property-type figures.

Monthly repayments use M = P × r ÷ (1 − (1 + r)⁻ⁿ), with monthly rate r = annual rate ÷ 1,200 and n = years × 12. At 0%, M = P ÷ n. We retain precision until display. Lender rounding, daily interest, fees and future rate changes can change actual payments.

For wider budgeting, see MoneyHelper’s mortgage calculators. Built with AI assistance and automated calculation checks; no independent adviser review is claimed. Report a data or calculation error.

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