Solihull Property Market: House Prices, Sold Data & Development Finance, Q3 2026 Edition

Solihull: Affluent South Birmingham area with HS2 Interchange station creating major development opportunities.

The Solihull property market recorded 3,239 residential sales in the 12 months to 31 May 2026, with a median sale price of £328,000. This places Solihull £108k above the West Midlands county median of £220,000, and £43k above the approximate UK median of £285,000.

Prices in Solihull have shown modest growth, a year-on-year change of +2.5%. Within West Midlands, Solihull ranks 2nd by price out of 8 principal towns, and 4th by transaction volume.

On a quarterly view, Solihull median prices moved from £322,000 in Q4 2024 to £323,500 in Q1 2026, a change of +0.5% over 5 quarters.

Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council, the local planning authority covering Solihull, approved 126 residential planning applications and refused 28 in the last 12 months, with 73 still awaiting a decision. That is an approval rate of 82%.

Those applications propose around 3,623 homes, an estimated £1.2bn of development value at local sale prices. Treat the unit total as an upper bound, since an outline permission and its reserved-matters application both count.

Property prices in Solihull vary significantly by type. The table below compares Solihull prices with West Midlands county averages and UK national figures.

Detached homes in Solihull command £590,000, while flat properties are most accessible at £173,000. The £417k spread between the most and least expensive types indicates a diverse market with opportunities across the development spectrum.

HM Land Registry has so far registered 45 new-build sales in Solihull for the past 12 months, 1.4% of registered transactions. New-build sales are typically registered 6 to 18 months after completion, so this understates current delivery and is not a completions figure.

On those registered sales, new builds in Solihull sold at a premium of 21.6% to existing stock.

Across the wider West Midlands market, 757 new-build sales have registered so far. See our West Midlands property market report for the full county picture.

The table below shows the most recently registered residential sales in Solihull, evidence of achieved prices for buyers, sellers and developers:

These transactions are sourced from HM Land Registry Price Paid data and represent completed, registered sales. The range from £272,000 to £800,000 illustrates the breadth of the Solihull market.

For developers considering Solihull, the local market data translates directly into finance structuring. With a median value of £328,000 and detached homes at £590,000, lenders can assess scheme viability with confidence.

A typical development finance facility for a scheme in Solihull with a GDV of £590,000 would attract senior debt of approximately £383,500 at 65% LTGDV. Mezzanine finance can stretch total borrowing to 85-90% of costs, while bridging loans enable rapid site acquisitions completing in as little as 5 working days.

With prices rising 2.5% year-on-year, Solihull presents a supportive environment for new development. Lenders view positive price momentum favourably when assessing loan applications.

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To put Solihull's market in context, the table below compares it with similarly-priced towns across West Midlands:

For the full West Midlands town-by-town breakdown, see our comprehensive West Midlands property market report.