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What type of properties are sold in Birch? Detached houses

Detached houses are the most common type of property sold in Birch, at 46.7% of sales over the past two years. Semi-detached houses are next, at 40.0%.

Share of sales: 46.7%
Average price: £530,000
Data up to: August 2026

Sold prices from HM Land Registry, not asking prices. How we calculate this

All house prices in Birch

Which type of property sells most in Birch?

Houses make up 100.0% of sales in Birch, and flats 0.0%. Shares cover the past two years.

Share of sales by property type in Birch
Property type	Share of sales
Detached housesMost common	46.7%
Semi-detached houses	40.0%
Terraced houses	13.3%
Flats	0.0%

How much does each type of property cost in Birch?

Average sold price by property type, and each type's share of recent sales.

Detached

£530,000

14% above the Birch average

46.7% of sales

Semi-detached

£412,416

11% below the Birch average

40.0% of sales

What else do people ask about Birch?

More quick answers on house prices, sales, areas, green space and crime in Birch.

Where does this data come from?

Price information is from HM Land Registry, location boundaries are from OpenStreetMap, and households and population are from Nomis Census 2021 postcode estimates (21 March 2021). Parks and green space are from OS Open Greenspace. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Crime is from police.uk street-level data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: police.uk.

Last updated 6 November 2026 at 00:26 with the latest Land Registry data (August 2026). The Birch dataset covers 41 postcodes.

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