Is it a buyers or sellers market?

...has since sat consistently within the balanced market range. This points to steady conditions where neither buyers nor sellers have had a decisive advantage.   These percentage figures are an average of the Sutton Coldfield postcodes (as noted above). For interest, if I break down the August 2025 figure by individual Sutton Coldfield postcodes, it actually tells an even more interesting story… ·      B72 – 24% ·      B73 – 41% ·      B74 – 37% ·      B75 – 47% ·      B76 – 43% Look at the difference between the postcodes! So, what does a 38% "Sold STC to total stock" ratio mean for Sutton Coldfield right now?...

What Could Happen to Sutton Coldfield House Prices in 2026?

...What Could Happen to Sutton Coldfield House Prices in 2026? As we enter a new year, many local homeowners are facing a familiar question. Should they bring their Sutton Coldfield home to market in January, or wait until the late spring?   In recent conversations I have had with Sutton Coldfield buyers, sellers, and buy-to-let landlords in the run-up to Christmas, one question kept cropping up in relation to that decision to move or not.   ‘What will happen to Sutton Coldfield house prices in 2026?’   Some buyers, especially first-time buyers, worry they are about to purchase just before a potential downturn. Some homeowners want to know whether the...

Is the Gap Between Sutton Coldfield 2-Bed & 3-Bed Homes Really Stopping People Moving?

...room home sat at £269,780 creating a gap of £70,190 (which represented a difference of 35%).                   Fast forward to 2026, and those figures have moved to £233,610 for a 2-bedroom home and £423,400 for a 3-bedroom home. The gap is now £189,790 equating to a difference of 81%.   On the face of it, that is a significant widening. It would be easy to conclude that this alone is making it harder for Sutton Coldfield homeowners to move up the ladder. Yet that conclusion only tells part of the story.   Why the Headline Gap Does Not Tell the Whole Story   Property is often discussed in terms of price, but in reality, most buyers make...

The Sutton Coldfield Asking Price Trap

...The Sutton Coldfield Asking Price Trap There is a quiet unspoken problem sitting inside the Sutton Coldfield property market. In the last two years, only 53.77% of the homes that came on the market have ended up selling. Meanwhile, the remaining 46.23% of Sutton Coldfield homes, they didn’t sell. They simply sat, drifted, reduced, and eventually disappeared from the market unsold. That gap is not usually caused by greed. It is caused by hope, emotion and, sometimes, poor advice. For most Sutton Coldfield homeowners, their home is not just bricks and mortar, bedrooms and square footage. It is where their children were raised, Christmas mornings happened, ex...