Landlords say residents are flocking in their droves to the city suburb due to a property trend that’s seen in English capital
We visited the area of Birmingham where house prices fell sharper here than anywhere else in the city(Image: )
Take a 12-minute drive west of Birmingham city centre, and you’ll find a suburb where people are ‘flocking to’ in a scenario that’s been likened to ‘London’.
Property prices in Rotton Park fell sharply than anywhere else in Birmingham within the 12 months from 2024 to 2025.
Here, the average price went from £350,000 to £241,000 – an overall drop of 31.1%.
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However, while some may interpret the data as indicating that the area is becoming less desirable, it turns out that residents are ‘turning up in their droves’ to take advantage of the lower prices.
The suburb, located in the North Edgbaston ward, features the large Summerfield Park and is situated next to the picturesque Edgbaston Reservoir.
We visited the Rotton Park area of Birmingham where house prices fell sharper here than anywhere else in the city(Image: )
A landlord in Rotton Park, a 76-year-old man, said the housing situation in Rotton Park was similar to that of England’s capital, where people can’t afford to live in the city centre.
“What we are hearing and seeing as landlords, particularly around the top end by Gillot Road, everybody is buying up there,” he told BirminghamLive.
“One thing we have heard, it’s like London.
“People are going to the city centre and can’t afford it, so they are going a bit further out.
“People are just gobbling up properties around here. This particular area is desirable for rent.”
Meanwhile, a 36-year-old delivery man called Liam Bourke, from Yardley, believed the drop in prices was down to people splitting larger houses into smaller houses of multiple occupation (HMO) in Rotton Park
Walking around the suburb, streets were lined with large houses oozing character.
We visited the Rotton Park area of Birmingham where house prices fell sharper here than anywhere else in the city(Image: )
Liam said: “There are big houses, they split them into smaller HMOs.
“Black bags get left outside, sticking out like a sore thumb.
“I think I would be scared to buy a house here.”
He added: “It’s not like a rough area, you don’t see trouble.
“But people see that (rubbish outside), it brings the image down.”
We visited the Rotton Park area of Birmingham where house prices fell sharper here than anywhere else in the city (Image: )
Elsewhere, a man in his 50s, who’s a long-term resident on Selwyn Road, believed the suburb has improved in recent decades.
He said houses were ‘going up in price’, aided by the fact that people were adding extensions.
“There’s a lot of multiple occupancies on Gillot Road but it’s nothing new,” he said.
“There’s actually less crime here than there was 20 years ago.
“There used to be prostitution on the corner, that’s all gone.
“We also have the beautiful reservoir, which is getting stronger, great parks.
“I have been here 20 years and it’s actually better here than 20 years ago.”