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

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

The Solihull property market recorded 3,281 residential sales in the 12 months to 30 June 2026, with a median sale price of £328,000. This places Solihull £107k above the West Midlands county median of £221,250, and £43k above the approximate UK median of £285,000.

Prices in Solihull have shown modest growth, a year-on-year change of +1.9%. 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 £320,498 in Q1 2025 to £320,000 in Q2 2026, a change of -0.2% over 5 quarters. Solihull has now recorded 2 consecutive quarters of price falls.

The local planning authority for Solihull approved 33 residential planning applications and refused 14 in Q3 2026 (1 July to 30 September 2026), with 80 still awaiting a decision. That is an approval rate of 70%. Planning figures come from local planning authority records compiled by Landstack, retrieved on 3 October 2026. Councils and Landstack can take several days to publish decisions, so decisions made in the final days of Q3 2026 may not all be included yet.

Schemes approved in Q3 2026, together with those still awaiting a decision, propose around 3,993 homes, an estimated £1.3bn 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 £171,250. The £419k 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 33 new-build sales in Solihull for the past 12 months, 1.0% 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 21.3% to existing stock.

Across the wider West Midlands market, 717 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 £275,000 to £725,000 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 1.9% 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.