Overview
Shipways is an estate and letting agent based at 172 High Street, Harborne, Birmingham, B17 9PP. 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 4 local agent league tables on 4 occasions. At its best it ranked 10th of 31 agents in Warley (September 2025), with 3 homes for sale of 93 in the area (3% share). In the most recent capture (February 2025) it was 17th of 105 in Smethwick with 7 homes, a 1% share.
Homes in the B17 postcode district sold for a median £350,000 across 214 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. 30 estate and letting agent offices on the register are based in B17.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smethwick | 2025-02 | 17of 105 | 7of 503 | 1% |
| B38 | 2025-09 | 19of 20+ | 1of 100 | 1% |
| Warley | 2025-09 | 10of 31 | 3of 93 | 3% |
| B12 | 2025-03 | 13of 20+ | 3of 141 | 2% |
The Smethwick market it trades in
105 agents advertising 503 homes, average asking price £261,268, 67 new in the previous 14 days. home.co.uk, 2025-02-19.
All homes for sale in Smethwick
Total advertised by every agent, each capture
Average asking price in Smethwick
All agents’ homes for sale
| # | Agent | Homes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Connells122 Poplar Road, Edgbaston, Smethwick, B66 4AP | 54 | 11% |
| 2 | Robert Oulsnam & Co517 Hagley Road, Bearwood, B66 4AX | 41 | 8% |
| 3 | Hunters304 Rookery Road, Handsworth, Birmingham, B21 9QG | 22 | 4% |
| 4 | Oakmans Estate AgentsHigh Street High Street, Harborne, Birmingham, B17 9NR | 21 | 4% |
| 5 | ConnellsAstle Park, West Bromwich, B70 8NS | 20 | 4% |
| 6 | PurplebricksGB & Overseas, 650 The Crescent, Colchester Business Park, CO4 9YQ, Colchester | 20 | 4% |
| 7 | DixonsBearwood 127-8 Poplar Road, Bearwood West Midlands B66 4AP | 19 | 4% |
| 8 | Connells70/76 Birmingham Street, Oldbury, B69 4EB | 16 | 3% |
| 9 | Humberstones787 / 789 Hagley Road West, Quinton, Birmingham, B32 1AJ | 14 | 3% |
| 10 | Virdee Estates235-237 Rookery Road, Handsworth, Birmingham, B21 9PU | 14 | 3% |
| 11 | InnovateBirmingham Street, Oldbury, B69 4DS | 13 | 3% |
| 12 | Paul Dubberley & Co290 High Street West Bromwich B70 8EN | 13 | 3% |
| 13 | YOPAMeridian House, Wheatfield Way, Hinckley, LE10 1YG | 11 | 2% |
| 14 | Henley CharlesRookery Road, Handsworth, Birmingham, B21 9QG | 10 | 2% |
| 15 | Connells907 Walsall Road, Great Barr, Birmingham, B42 1TN | 9 | 2% |
| 16 | haart107 High Street, Harborne, Birmingham, B17 9NR | 9 | 2% |
| 17 | Shipways172 High Street, BIRMINGHAM, West Midlands, B17 9PP | 7 | 1% |
| 18 | Davidson EstatesFrederick Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 1JD | 6 | 1% |
| 19 | Pam Estates187 Rookery Road Handsworth, Birmingham, West Midlands, B21 9QZ | 6 | 1% |
| 20 | Profectus Estates128 Alcester Road, Moseley, Birmingham, B13 8EE | 6 | 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
Being collected: Google, Trustpilot, ESTAS, allAgents, Facebook. Ratings refresh every week.
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 B17 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 B17
HM Land Registry completions, last 12 months
What sold in B17
Completions by property type, last 12 months
| Median sold price, B17 | £350,000 | Sales, last 12 months | 214 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | £530,000 | Semi-detached | £405,000 |
| Terraced | £346,000 | Flat | £155,000 |
Other agents in B17
| Office | Type and group | Homes for sale |
|---|---|---|
| Oakmans Estate Agents | Estate and letting agentIndependent | 135home.co.uk 2025 |
| Marcon Properties Ltd T/A Wentworth & Rose | Letting agentIndependent | 80home.co.uk 2025 |
| haart | Estate and letting agentLeaders Romans Group | 71home.co.uk 2025 |
| Cottons | Estate and letting agentIndependent | 1home.co.uk 2025 |
| Hadleigh | Estate agentIndependent | 1home.co.uk 2025 |
| MECS Sales & Lettings | Estate and letting agentIndependent | 1home.co.uk 2025 |
| Carters P M Ltd | Letting agentIndependent | — |
| Carters Surveyors Lettings | Letting agentIndependent | — |
| Chamberlains | Estate agentIndependent | — |
| Connells | Estate and letting agentConnells Group | — |
| Dixons | Estate agentConnells Group | — |
| Douglas Smartmove | Estate agentIndependent | — |
| Edgbaston Lettings Limited | Letting agentIndependent | — |
| Elite Property Associates Ltd | Letting agentIndependent | — |
| Englands (Harborne) ltd | Letting agentIndependent | — |
| Fishers | Letting agentIndependent | — |
| Hunters – Harborne | Estate and letting agentThe Property Franchise Group | — |
| Ildiko Property | Letting agentIndependent | — |
| Jack Dixon & Company | Estate agentIndependent | — |
| Martin & Co (Birmingham Harborne) | Estate and letting agentThe Property Franchise Group | — |
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 B42 1TN
- 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 Smethwick?
home.co.uk ranked it 17th of 105 agents in Smethwick by homes for sale in February 2025, with 1% 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 £350,000 in B17 over the last 12 months (HM Land Registry, 214 sales).
Sources and freshness
| Source | Coverage |
|---|---|
| home.co.uk agent league tables, via the Internet Archive | 4 snapshots, 2025–2025 |
| UK House Price Index, HM Land Registry (OGL) | Birmingham, January 1995 to July 2026 |
| HM Land Registry Price Paid Data (OGL) | B17, last 12 months |
| The Property Ombudsman and Property Redress Scheme registers | Office details, February 2026 |
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