WV1 1 house prices are built from 67 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1999 and the most recent on 17 May 2024. The median price paid across the whole record is £72,500. Across the 11 years from 1999 to 2010 the median moved +6.0% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -17.0%.
Median price paid
£72,500
Change in cash, 1999–2010
+6.0%
Change in real terms
-17.0%
Median per m²
£879
HM Land Registry67 sales8 with floor areaLatest sale 17 May 2024
Section 01
How WV1 1 prices moved
The chart tracks the median WV1 1 house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1999 to 2010. The dashed line restates each year in 2026 money, so the two lines separate exactly as much as inflation has eroded the cash figure.
| Decade | Years with sales | Median paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1 | £67,000 | £148,772 |
| 2000s | 2 | £56,250 | £102,471 |
| 2010s | 1 | £71,000 | £100,110 |
The highest yearly median on record for WV1 1 is £73,750 in 2003; the lowest is £56,250 in 2001. Across the full 12-year record the cash median has moved from £67,000 to £71,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £136,517, so the real change over the whole record is -17.0% — about -1.67% a year after inflation. Cash growth and real growth are not the same story, and the gap is the part most price reports leave out.
Over the last decade alone the difference is stark: +6.0% in cash against -17.0% once inflation is removed. A buyer who sold at the end of that decade would have needed the real figure, not the headline one, to know whether they had actually gained.
Section 02
The most recent sales
Every row is a completed sale as lodged with HM Land Registry. The right-hand column restates the price in 2026 money, which is the only fair way to compare a sale from the 1990s with one from last year.
| Address | Sold | Type | Price paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29A North Road | 17 May 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £75,000 | £78,918 |
| 109 Lock Street | 23 Mar 2023 | Semi-detached | £119,500 | £129,115 |
| 110 Lock Street | 22 Nov 2022 | Semi-detached | £113,333 | £131,306 |
| APARTMENT 2 PRINCESS LOFTS, 33 Princess Street | 21 Jun 2019 | Flat or maisonette | £78,500 | £102,676 |
| FLAT 10 BIRCH COURT Boscobel Crescent | 9 Nov 2018 | Flat or maisonette | £51,500 | £68,634 |
| FLAT 24 BIRCH COURT Boscobel Crescent | 5 Feb 2016 | Flat or maisonette | £48,000 | £67,010 |
| FLAT 2 BIRCH COURT Boscobel Crescent | 22 Jan 2016 | Flat or maisonette | £33,000 | £46,069 |
| 174A Stafford Street | 11 Jan 2013 | Terraced | £171,000 | £249,338 |
| 17 Broad Street | 16 Jul 2012 | Terraced | £100,000 | £149,364 |
| FLAT 10 BIRCH COURT Boscobel Crescent | 22 Dec 2010 | Flat or maisonette | £46,025 | £73,494 |
| STUDIO 5 40 Princess Alley | 10 Aug 2010 | Terraced | £160,000 | £255,493 |
| 37 – 38 Thornley Street | 15 Jun 2010 | Terraced | £81,000 | £129,343 |
| FLAT 5 BIRCH COURT Boscobel Crescent | 9 Jun 2010 | Flat or maisonette | £30,000 | £47,905 |
| 35 Berry Street | 20 Apr 2010 | Terraced | £71,000 | £113,375 |
| FLAT 40 BIRCH COURT Boscobel Crescent | 30 Nov 2007 | Flat or maisonette | £65,000 | £113,009 |
| 31 Broad Street | 20 Aug 2007 | Terraced | £65,000 | £113,009 |
| 29 Lichfield Street | 7 Nov 2006 | Terraced | £337,500 | £600,852 |
| 35 Thornley Street | 4 Jul 2006 | Terraced | £160,000 | £284,848 |
| 48 Thornley Street | 7 Mar 2006 | Terraced | £220,000 | £391,667 |
| 47 Thornley Street | 7 Mar 2006 | Terraced | £220,000 | £391,667 |
| APARTMENT 4 PRINCESS LOFTS, 33 Princess Street | 16 Dec 2005 | Flat or maisonette | £142,500 | £259,593 |
| 29 – 31 Broad Street | 7 Dec 2005 | Terraced | £55,000 | £100,194 |
| FLAT FIRST FLOOR, 36 Thornley Street | 9 Nov 2004 | Terraced | £85,000 | £157,697 |
| 35 Broad Street | 3 Aug 2004 | Terraced | £165,000 | £306,118 |
| 31 Thornley Street | 11 Jun 2004 | Terraced | £165,000 | £306,118 |
Section 03
Homes that sold twice
These addresses appear in the register more than once, so the same bricks are being priced twice. That makes them the strongest evidence of what actually happened to WV1 1 values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APARTMENT 2 PRINCESS LOFTS, 33 Princess Street | £105,000 (2001) | £78,500 (2019) | -1.6% | -3.8% |
| FLAT 10 BIRCH COURT Boscobel Crescent | £46,025 (2010) | £51,500 (2018) | +1.4% | -0.9% |
| 174A Stafford Street | £67,000 (1999) | £171,000 (2013) | +6.9% | +4.4% |
| STUDIO 5 40 Princess Alley | £40,000 (2000) | £160,000 (2010) | +14.9% | +12.3% |
| 29 Lichfield Street | £175,000 (2004) | £337,500 (2006) | +38.9% | +36.0% |
| APARTMENT 4 PRINCESS LOFTS, 33 Princess Street | £122,000 (2002) | £142,500 (2005) | +5.3% | +3.3% |
| 29 – 31 Broad Street | £45,000 (1997) | £55,000 (2005) | +2.5% | +0.6% |
| 35 Broad Street | £96,500 (2002) | £165,000 (2004) | +30.8% | +28.2% |
| 31 Thornley Street | £42,000 (1996) | £165,000 (2004) | +18.7% | +16.4% |
| 8 Broad Street | £65,000 (1995) | £120,000 (2003) | +8.0% | +5.8% |
| FLAT 28A Broad Street | £67,000 (1998) | £59,000 (2003) | -2.5% | -4.3% |
| 26 – 28 Lichfield Street | £165,000 (1999) | £225,000 (2003) | +8.1% | +6.1% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. WV1 1 is dominated by the type at the top of this table, so its overall median leans that way.
| Property type | Sales | Share | Median paid | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terraced | 46 | 68.7% | £67,000 | £27,000 – £337,500 |
| Flat or maisonette | 15 | 22.4% | £65,000 | £30,000 – £142,500 |
| Semi-detached | 5 | 7.5% | £113,333 | £57,500 – £135,000 |
| Detached | 1 | 1.5% | £96,000 | £96,000 – £96,000 |
Section 05
How big homes are in WV1 1
Energy Performance Certificates record a floor area for every home that has been surveyed, sold or let — far more homes than have changed hands. 306 certificates cover WV1 1, and their median floor area is 30 m².
The median across the whole register is 76 m², so homes here are smaller than average — -61.2%. Size explains a large part of why one area's median price sits above another's, which is why the price per square metre further up this page is the fairer comparison.
| Measure | Floor area | Sample |
|---|---|---|
| Median floor area | 30 m² | about 318 sq ft |
| Smaller quarter, up to | 24 m² | about 258 sq ft |
| Larger quarter, from | 57 m² | about 608 sq ft |
| Under 60 m² | 76.8% | 235 homes |
| 150 m² and over | 1.6% | 5 homes |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in WV1 1
18 of the sales on record are leasehold and 49 freehold — 26.9% of the market. Tenure is not a detail: a leasehold flat and a freehold house are different assets, and mixing them into one median hides the difference.
The median leasehold sale is £65,000 and the median freehold sale £75,000 — a gap of +15.4%. Most of that gap is property type rather than tenure itself: leasehold here is largely flats, freehold largely houses.
| Category | Sales | Share | Median paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leasehold | 18 | 26.9% | £65,000 |
| Freehold | 49 | 73.1% | £75,000 |
| New build | 3 | 4.5% | £105,000 |
| Existing home | 64 | 95.5% | £69,000 |
New builds sold for more than the median existing home — +52.2%. A new-build premium is normal: the buyer gets a warranty and nothing to fix, and the price is set by a developer rather than negotiated between two households.
A further 66 transfers for this area are on the register but are left out of every figure above. HM Land Registry marks them as additional price paid entries: repossessions, buy-to-let portfolio moves, transfers between companies or family, and sales at a discount such as right to buy. They are real records but they are not open-market prices, and including them would drag the median somewhere no buyer ever paid.
Section 09
How WV1 1 compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. WV1 1 sits below that national figure — -54.0%.
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £879 per square metre, across 8 of the 67 sales on record. Price per square metre is the only figure that compares a two-bed flat with a four-bed house honestly.
The full range on record runs from £27,000 to £337,500. Extremes usually mean something unusual — a plot sold without a house on it, a transfer between family members, or a very large property — so the median is the number to trust.
Section 10
Nearby on the record
Other sectors in WV1
The wider district is WV1.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in WV1 1?
The median price paid in WV1 1 across every sale on the register is £72,500. The median is used rather than the mean because a handful of very large sales would otherwise drag the average away from what a typical buyer paid.
How many homes have sold in WV1 1?
67 sales are on record for WV1 1, the most recent completing on 17 May 2024. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have WV1 1 house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +6.0% between 1999 and 2010. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -17.0%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were WV1 1 house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £73,750, set in 2003. That is the cash figure; measured in 2026 money the peak may fall in a different year, because inflation reshapes the series.
What is the price per square metre in WV1 1?
£879 per square metre, from the 8 sales where an EPC floor area could be matched to the address. Price per square metre strips out size, so a flat and a house can be compared on the same basis.
How current is this data?
The latest sale shown here completed on 17 May 2024. HM Land Registry publishes Price Paid Data monthly and a sale can take a month or two to appear after completion, so the most recent weeks are always incomplete.
Cite this page: Sold Price History, “WV1 1 house prices”, 2026. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data © Crown copyright and database right, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Inflation adjustment: ONS CPIH.