Birmingham
Property research · England
Know before you move.
Sold prices, schools, planning, flood risk and connectivity, every signal that matters about a place, gathered into one considered report.
Choose a suggestion to add that place to your comparison.
- HM Land Registry
- Ofsted
- Ofcom
- Environment Agency
- ONS
The signals
Ten signals. One clear picture.
Every place is read the same way, against the same evidence, so places compare fairly.
Affordability
Local price-to-income ratios that say what “stretch” really means here.
Check affordability →Crime
Recent recorded crime and longer-term context for the places you're considering.
Check crime →Local business
Shops, services and everyday amenities around the places you're considering.
Explore local businesses →Jobs
Online job-advert activity for the local area, using the nearest published geography available.
Check local job demand →Transport
Bus, rail and metro stops mapped around a place, with how far away they are.
Check transport →The report
One report. A clear verdict.
Every search ends in a decision report, a verdict, the evidence behind it, and the follow-ups that still matter.
The path
From shortlist to keys, in order.
A move is a sequence of decisions. BeforeYouMove keeps them in the right order, and keeps the evidence attached.
Start with a comparison →-
Compare
Put the places you’re already considering side by side, and let the trade-offs surface.
Compare places → -
Research
Go deep on the areas that earn it, postcode by postcode, signal by signal.
Research an area → -
Plan
Price the move properly, mortgage, rent, stamp duty and the cash you’ll need on the day.
Open the plan tools → -
Learn
Understand the terms and trade-offs before they cost you, in plain English.
Browse the guides →
Ready when you are.
Start with the places you’re already thinking about. The evidence takes it from there.