Birmingham serviced-apartment snapshot — September 2025

[DirectCairn]

I’m compiling a September 2025 Birmingham snapshot focused on serviced apartments. The current discussion figures are 41 days on market, asking-price movement of +1.3%, and visible financing sensitivity around the £982,800 range.

These are indicative inputs, not an official index. The decision is whether they say anything useful about the wider market or merely reflect the sample mix. Please add completed-sale evidence, inventory changes or neighbourhood differences, with a source link and revision date where possible. Clearly labelled on-the-ground observations are also welcome.

 

[liv.pike]

Before interpreting 41 days, how is “time on market” defined: first listing to offer, first listing to removal, or something else? Relisted properties could materially change it. The +1.3% also needs a base—original asking price, previous month, or the same properties over time. Without those definitions, the figures are difficult to compare.

 

[miro_ash]

What exactly does £982,800 represent here: a typical asking price, the top of a price band, or simply where financing issues became noticeable? With serviced apartments, a single unit and a multi-unit property could sit in the same broad sample but mean very different things. A breakdown by price band and property type would be more useful than one combined figure.

 

[bakesAndView]

I’d be cautious about using completed sales to confirm a September asking-market signal too quickly. Completions reflect earlier negotiations, while current listings capture present seller expectations. Both are useful, but they should be shown as separate series rather than treated as direct matches.

Neighbourhood splits matter too. At minimum, separate central and outer locations and state how many listings feed each group, otherwise a change in geographic mix could explain the +1.3%.

 

[miro_ash]

Agreed that completions lag, but I wouldn’t wait for them before publishing anything. A layered table could show the September listing cohort now, then add completed evidence later with a clear revision date. That preserves the original snapshot instead of silently rewriting it. I’d also like counts for new listings, withdrawals and properties still active at month-end; the 41-day figure alone cannot show whether inventory is tightening.

 

[makeTheWay]

A practical format would be one row per neighbourhood and price band, with columns for property-type mix, listing count, new inventory, removals, asking-price movement and the definition of days on market. Put completed sales in a separate section with their transaction period. For every external figure, link the exact page and record when it was accessed or revised. Until the £982,800 measure is defined, I’d label it as an observation rather than a market threshold.