Overview
Shipways is an estate and letting agent based at 905 Walsall Road, Great Barr, Birmingham, B42 1TN. It is part of Connells Group, one of 1,382 Connells Group offices on the register. The registered business name is Sequence (UK) Limited. It belongs to The Property Ombudsman redress scheme.
In 2025 home.co.uk recorded Shipways in 3 local agent league tables on 3 occasions. At its best it ranked 8th of 20+ agents in B20 (September 2025), with 3 homes for sale of 114 in the area (3% share). In the most recent capture (February 2025) it was 13th of 38 in Sandwell with 2 homes, a 3% share.
Homes in the B42 postcode district sold for a median £225,000 across 232 sales in the last 12 months. Across Birmingham the average price is £234,257 (July 2026), +48.2% over ten years and 5.4× its January 1995 level. 16 estate and letting agent offices on the register are based in B42.
Market position and ranking
How Shipways has ranked against every other agent advertising homes in the same towns, from home.co.uk league tables captured by the Internet Archive between 2025 and 2025.
Homes for sale over time
Homes this branch was advertising, by town league table
Share of local stock
Its homes as a share of all homes for sale in the town
League position
Rank among all agents in the town (1 = most homes)
Ranking by location, latest capture
| Location | Captured | Rank | Homes for sale | Share of local stock |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sandwell | 2025-02 | 13of 38 | 2of 73 | 3% |
| B20 | 2025-09 | 8of 20+ | 3of 114 | 3% |
| B71 | 2025-03 | 15of 20+ | 2of 147 | 1% |
The Sandwell market it trades in
38 agents advertising 73 homes, average asking price £217,919, 6 new in the previous 14 days. home.co.uk, 2025-02-12.
All homes for sale in Sandwell
Total advertised by every agent, each capture
Average asking price in Sandwell
All agents’ homes for sale
| # | Agent | Homes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Virdee Estates235-237 Rookery Road, Handsworth, Birmingham, B21 9PU | 10 | 14% |
| 2 | Connells122 Poplar Road, Edgbaston, Smethwick, B66 4AP | 6 | 8% |
| 3 | PurplebricksGB & Overseas, 650 The Crescent, Colchester Business Park, CO4 9YQ, Colchester | 5 | 7% |
| 4 | ConnellsAstle Park, West Bromwich, B70 8NS | 3 | 4% |
| 5 | Connells907 Walsall Road, Great Barr, Birmingham, B42 1TN | 3 | 4% |
| 6 | Henley CharlesRookery Road, Handsworth, Birmingham, B21 9QG | 3 | 4% |
| 7 | Hunters304 Rookery Road, Handsworth, Birmingham, B21 9QG | 3 | 4% |
| 8 | Pam Estates187 Rookery Road Handsworth, Birmingham, West Midlands, B21 9QZ | 3 | 4% |
| 9 | DixonsBearwood 127-8 Poplar Road, Bearwood West Midlands B66 4AP | 2 | 3% |
| 10 | Humberstones787 / 789 Hagley Road West, Quinton, Birmingham, B32 1AJ | 2 | 3% |
| 11 | InnovateBirmingham Street, Oldbury, B69 4DS | 2 | 3% |
| 12 | Robert Oulsnam & Co517 Hagley Road, Bearwood, B66 4AX | 2 | 3% |
| 13 | Shipways905 Walsall Road, BIRMINGHAM, West Midlands, B42 1TN | 2 | 3% |
| 14 | TKI Property Group5th Floor, 2 Wellington Street, Leeds, LS1 4AP | 2 | 3% |
| 15 | Angel Estates Ltd251-253 Rookery Road, Handsworth, Birmingham, B21 9PU | 1 | 1% |
| 16 | Apollo UK EstatesSt. Pauls Road, Smethwick, B66 1EG | 1 | 1% |
| 17 | Brian McG Real EstateOffice 203, Eastlands Court Business Centre, St. Peters Road, Rugby, CV21 3QP | 1 | 1% |
| 18 | Concept HomesOld Walsall Road, Great Barr, Birmingham, B42 1NN | 1 | 1% |
| 19 | Connells145, Great Charles Street Queensway, Birmingham, B3 3LP | 1 | 1% |
| 20 | Genie Rooms, Birmingham1668, Bristol Road South, Rubery, Rednal, Birmingham, B45 9TY | 1 | 1% |
Stock on the market
Stock breakdown coming
Homes for sale by price, bedrooms, property type, time on the market and postcode appear here once our crawler has read sequencehome.co.uk. Agents can speed this up by claiming the profile.
Sales performance
Asking price achieved and time to sell
We match each home an agent lists to its HM Land Registry completion to measure the price achieved against asking and the time from listing to completion. Results appear here once enough of this branch’s listings have completed, usually three to six months after we first read its website.
Reviews
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Online presence
Profiles are found by reading the links on the agent’s own website. Follower counts and posting activity will be added as they are collected.
The local market
Average prices across Birmingham since January 1995, and what has sold in B42 in the last year. Birmingham averages £234,257 in July 2026, +12.8% over five years and +48.2% over ten.
Average house price, Birmingham
UK House Price Index, monthly
Homes sold each year, Birmingham
Completed sales recorded in the House Price Index
Sales per month in B42
HM Land Registry completions, last 12 months
What sold in B42
Completions by property type, last 12 months
| Median sold price, B42 | £225,000 | Sales, last 12 months | 232 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | £352,500 | Semi-detached | £228,000 |
| Terraced | £214,250 | Flat | £109,950 |
Other agents in B42
| Office | Type and group | Homes for sale |
|---|---|---|
| Connells | Estate and letting agentConnells Group | 64home.co.uk 2025 |
| Apple Property Solutions | Estate and letting agentIndependent | 26today |
| Acres | Estate agentIndependent | 8home.co.uk 2025 |
| Paul Carr Estate Agents | Estate and letting agentIndependent | 4home.co.uk 2025 |
| Concept Homes (Birmingham) Ltd | Letting agentIndependent | 2home.co.uk 2025 |
| Green & Company | Estate and letting agentIndependent | 2home.co.uk 2025 |
| Midland Residential | Estate and letting agentIndependent | 1home.co.uk 2025 |
| B2BInvestments Ltd T/A Endwoods | Letting agentIndependent | — |
| Bairstow Eves | Estate agentConnells Group | — |
| Fulwood Housing | Estate agentIndependent | — |
| Henley Charles Estate Agents | Estate agentIndependent | — |
| Landscape Property Agents | Estate agentIndependent | — |
| Principal Homes Great Barr Ltd | Letting agentIndependent | — |
| Rodderz and property | Letting agentIndependent | — |
| VS Property Solutions LTD | Letting agentIndependent | — |
All agents in Birmingham · Demographics and area data on Property Data
Other Shipways offices
280 other offices share the website sequencehome.co.uk. Connells Group has 1,382 offices on the register in total.
- Fox & SonsAdur BN43 5ZA
- Fox & SonsAdur BN15 9AE
- Fox & SonsArun PO21 1RX
- William H BrownBabergh CO10 2EN
- Barnard MarcusBarnet N20 9HS
- Barnard MarcusBarnet N12 9QY
- William H BrownBarnsley S70 2QE
- William H BrownBassetlaw S80 1JA
- William H BrownBassetlaw DN22 6JR
- Allen & HarrisBath and North East Somerset BA1 6QA
- Allen & HarrisBath and North East Somerset BA1 2ED
- William H BrownBedford MK40 1LN
- ShipwaysBirmingham B17 9PP
- William H BrownBoston PE21 6RH
- Fox & SonsBournemouth, Christchurch and Poole BH15 1SJ
- Fox & SonsBournemouth, Christchurch and Poole BH9 2AQ
- William H BrownBradford BD18 3QB
- William H BrownBradford BD6 1QN
- William H BrownBraintree CO6 1TS
- William H BrownBraintree CO9 2AF
- William H BrownBraintree CM7 1JX
- William H BrownBreckland NR17 2AB
- William H BrownBreckland PE37 7LA
- William H BrownBreckland IP24 2AU
- William H BrownBreckland IP25 6AB
- William H BrownBreckland NR19 2AW
- William H BrownBrentwood CM14 4AZ
- Fox & SonsBrighton and Hove BN2 1AP
- Fox & SonsBrighton and Hove BN2 7HF
- Fox & SonsBrighton and Hove BN2 3LA
- Fox & SonsBrighton and Hove BN1 6SA
- Fox & SonsBrighton and Hove BN3 2AD
- Fox & SonsBrighton and Hove BN1 2AD
- Allen & HarrisBristol, City of BS8 4HW
- William H BrownBroadland NR6 5AD
- William H BrownBroadland NR11 6EL
- William H BrownBroadland NR10 4LD
- ShipwaysBromsgrove DY9 0NG
- William H BrownBroxbourne EN10 7HX
- William H BrownBroxbourne EN11 8TD
- William H BrownBroxtowe NG16 2NG
- Brown & MerryBuckinghamshire HP20 2PN
- Brown & MerryBuckinghamshire HP22 6DU
- Brown & MerryBuckinghamshire HP23 5AB
- Roger PlattBuckinghamshire SL1 7JZ
- William H BrownCalderdale HX6 2AE
- William H BrownCalderdale HX1 5AB
- Barnard MarcusCamden WC2H 9AJ
- Allen & HarrisCardiff CF11 9AJ
- Allen & HarrisCardiff CF14 1DJ
- Allen & HarrisCardiff CF24 3RS
- Allen & HarrisCardiff CF11 9PN
- Brown & MerryCentral Bedfordshire LU7 1DT
- William H BrownCharnwood LE11 5BL
- William H BrownChelmsford CM1 1HL
- Jones & ChapmanCheshire West and Chester CH66 3RG
- SwetenhamsCheshire West and Chester CH1 1RS
- SwetenhamsCheshire West and Chester WA6 7AB
- SwetenhamsCheshire West and Chester CW9 5BU
- SwetenhamsCheshire West and Chester CW7 1BA
Questions and answers
Is Shipways a leading agent in Sandwell?
home.co.uk ranked it 13th of 38 agents in Sandwell by homes for sale in February 2025, with 3% of local stock.
Who owns Shipways?
It is part of Connells Group.
Which redress scheme is Shipways a member of?
The Property Ombudsman.
What do homes sell for near Shipways?
A median £225,000 in B42 over the last 12 months (HM Land Registry, 232 sales).
Sources and freshness
| Source | Coverage |
|---|---|
| home.co.uk agent league tables, via the Internet Archive | 3 snapshots, 2025–2025 |
| UK House Price Index, HM Land Registry (OGL) | Birmingham, January 1995 to July 2026 |
| HM Land Registry Price Paid Data (OGL) | B42, last 12 months |
| The Property Ombudsman and Property Redress Scheme registers | Office details, February 2026 |
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