Rent increases in Sandwell
The average rent in Sandwell is £947 a month, up 7.7% over twelve months. Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents, July 2026.
What homes cost here
By size
| Size | Average rent | Year |
|---|---|---|
| One bedroom | £677 | +7.8% |
| Two bedrooms | £846 | +7.9% |
| Three bedrooms | £1,008 | +8.2% |
| Four or more | £1,397 | +7.3% |
By property type
| Type | Average rent | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Detached houses | £1,242 | +7.3% |
| Flats | £760 | +7.5% |
| Semi-detached houses | £1,020 | +8.1% |
| Terraced houses | £940 | +8.0% |
What the tribunal decided here
We hold 13 published decisions for Sandwell where the tribunal set a rent. In 7 of them the rent it set was below what the landlord had proposed.
| Case | Where | Property | Proposed | Determined | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BIR/00CN/MNR/2025/07574 March 2026 | B66 | 4+-bed semi detached | £1,225 | £1,225 | 0.0% |
| BIR/00CS/MNR/2024/016623 September 2024 | B71 | 3-bed semi detached | — | £850 | — |
| BIR/00CS/MNR/2024/019712 February 2025 | B66 | 4+-bed terraced | £1,500 | £1,000 | -33.3% |
| BIR/00CS/MNR/2024/061713 March 2025 | WS5 | 3-bed detached | £1,150 | £1,150 | 0.0% |
| BIR/00CS/MNR/2025/060929 August 2025 | B67 | 3-bed terraced | £975 | £950 | -2.6% |
| BIR/00CS/MNR/2025/074412 May 2026 | B66 | 2-bed terraced | £1,000 | £750 | -25.0% |
| BIR/00CS/MNR/2025/080918 June 2026 | B69 | 2-bed flat | £950 | £825 | -13.2% |
| BIR/00CS/MNR/2025/08277 May 2026 | WS10 | 3-bed terraced | £995 | £600 | -39.7% |
| BIR/00CS/MNR/2026/005227 May 2026 | B66 | 2-bed flat | £825 | £825 | 0.0% |
| BIR/00CS/MNR/2026/01002 July 2026 | B69 | 3-bed semi detached | £1,300 | £1,300 | 0.0% |
| BIR/00CS/MNR/2026/01297 July 2026 | DY4 | 4+-bed semi detached | £1,525 | £1,450 | -4.9% |
| BIR/00CS/MNR/2026/01502 July 2026 | B71 | 2-bed semi detached | £1,275 | £1,275 | 0.0% |
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Check your rentRents from the ONS Price Index of Private Rents. Decisions published by the First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) and placed in this area by the postcode on the decision — a small number carry no postcode we can resolve and are not counted here.