142 Dial Lane, West Bromwich, B70 0EQ

142 Dial Lane is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in West Bromwich (B70 0EQ). It has a recorded floor area of 85 m² (around 915 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (March 2021) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump.

It hasn't traded since June 2008, a hold of 18 years that's notably long for the area. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 15% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £187,000 sits 62.6% above the 2008 sale of £115,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£126/sq ft) was about 42.3% below the postcode norm. At 85 m² it's 25% larger than the typical home in the postcode (68 m² median across 15 EPCs).