DY5 house prices are built from 16,973 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1995 and the most recent on 19 Jun 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £104,950. Across the 10 years from 2016 to 2026 the median moved +59.7% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +14.4%.
Median price paid
£104,950
Change in cash, 2016–2026
+59.7%
Change in real terms
+14.4%
Median per m²
£1,613
HM Land Registry16,973 sales3,822 with floor areaLatest sale 19 Jun 2026
Section 01
How DY5 prices moved
The chart tracks the median DY5 house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1995 to 2026. 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 | 5 | £48,000 | £106,583 |
| 2000s | 10 | £106,000 | £193,101 |
| 2010s | 10 | £123,950 | £174,770 |
| 2020s | 7 | £185,000 | £189,022 |
The highest yearly median on record for DY5 is £200,000 in 2025; the lowest is £42,725 in 1995. Across the full 32-year record the cash median has moved from £42,725 to £198,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £94,870, so the real change over the whole record is +108.7% — about +2.40% 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: +59.7% in cash against +14.4% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 83 Fenton Street | 19 Jun 2026 | Semi-detached | £177,500 | £177,500 |
| 18 Bickon Drive | 12 Jun 2026 | Terraced | £265,000 | £265,000 |
| 10 Brythill Drive | 10 Jun 2026 | Semi-detached | £240,000 | £240,000 |
| FLAT 4 65 – 73 Brierley Hill Road | 10 Jun 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £105,000 | £105,000 |
| 77 Mousehall Farm Road | 5 Jun 2026 | Semi-detached | £270,000 | £270,000 |
| 48 North Street | 5 Jun 2026 | Terraced | £260,000 | £260,000 |
| 109 Woodland Avenue | 5 Jun 2026 | Semi-detached | £197,000 | £197,000 |
| 72B Coppice Lane | 29 May 2026 | Detached | £318,000 | £318,000 |
| APARTMENT 38 LANDMARK Waterfront West | 28 May 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £45,000 | £45,000 |
| 21 Montgomery Crescent | 27 May 2026 | Semi-detached | £150,000 | £150,000 |
| 19 Ambleside Drive | 22 May 2026 | Detached | £375,000 | £375,000 |
| 17 Stockwell Avenue | 22 May 2026 | Detached | £250,000 | £250,000 |
| 5 Carder Drive | 22 May 2026 | Terraced | £142,500 | £142,500 |
| 6A Renown Close | 15 May 2026 | Detached | £288,000 | £288,000 |
| 256 Gayfield Avenue | 15 May 2026 | Semi-detached | £218,000 | £218,000 |
| 52 Bower Lane | 15 May 2026 | Terraced | £180,000 | £180,000 |
| 27D Cressett Lane | 15 May 2026 | Terraced | £179,500 | £179,500 |
| 257 Gayfield Avenue | 13 May 2026 | Detached | £250,000 | £250,000 |
| 35 Charlton Street | 11 May 2026 | Semi-detached | £170,000 | £170,000 |
| 21 Gratham Close | 8 May 2026 | Detached | £370,000 | £370,000 |
| 53 Derwent Close | 8 May 2026 | Semi-detached | £245,000 | £245,000 |
| 20 Evers Street | 8 May 2026 | Semi-detached | £180,000 | £180,000 |
| 77 Swan Street | 5 May 2026 | Semi-detached | £232,500 | £232,500 |
| 19 Sandringham Way | 1 May 2026 | Detached | £370,000 | £370,000 |
| 21 Bittern Walk | 1 May 2026 | Detached | £280,000 | £280,000 |
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 DY5 values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 83 Fenton Street | £62,950 (2002) | £177,500 (2026) | +4.4% | +1.6% |
| 18 Bickon Drive | £169,950 (2007) | £265,000 (2026) | +2.4% | -0.6% |
| FLAT 4 65 – 73 Brierley Hill Road | £32,000 (2003) | £105,000 (2026) | +5.3% | +2.4% |
| 10 Brythill Drive | £159,995 (2014) | £240,000 (2026) | +3.4% | +0.4% |
| 77 Mousehall Farm Road | £50,000 (1996) | £270,000 (2026) | +5.8% | +3.1% |
| 109 Woodland Avenue | £120,000 (2019) | £197,000 (2026) | +7.3% | +3.3% |
| 48 North Street | £150,000 (2011) | £260,000 (2026) | +3.7% | +0.8% |
| 72B Coppice Lane | £167,000 (2008) | £318,000 (2026) | +3.6% | +0.7% |
| APARTMENT 38 LANDMARK Waterfront West | £80,950 (2016) | £45,000 (2026) | -5.7% | -8.8% |
| 21 Montgomery Crescent | £147,000 (2020) | £150,000 (2026) | +0.3% | -3.9% |
| 17 Stockwell Avenue | £135,000 (2013) | £250,000 (2026) | +4.9% | +1.9% |
| 19 Ambleside Drive | £176,000 (2004) | £375,000 (2026) | +3.5% | +0.6% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. DY5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semi-detached | 7,430 | 43.8% | £109,000 | £10,000 – £393,500 |
| Terraced | 4,219 | 24.9% | £89,950 | £5,450 – £300,000 |
| Detached | 3,516 | 20.7% | £167,000 | £8,500 – £700,000 |
| Flat or maisonette | 1,808 | 10.7% | £75,000 | £7,000 – £300,000 |
Section 05
How big homes are in DY5
Energy Performance Certificates record a floor area for every home that has been surveyed, sold or let — far more homes than have changed hands. 7,311 certificates cover DY5, and their median floor area is 69 m².
The median across the whole register is 76 m², so homes here are smaller than average — -9.2%. 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 | 69 m² | about 743 sq ft |
| Smaller quarter, up to | 51 m² | about 549 sq ft |
| Larger quarter, from | 79 m² | about 850 sq ft |
| Under 60 m² | 32.3% | 2,360 homes |
| 150 m² and over | 0.8% | 55 homes |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in DY5
2,950 of the sales on record are leasehold and 14,023 freehold — 17.4% 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 £77,500 and the median freehold sale £114,000 — a gap of +47.1%. 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 | 2,950 | 17.4% | £77,500 |
| Freehold | 14,023 | 82.6% | £114,000 |
| New build | 1,429 | 8.4% | £102,000 |
| Existing home | 15,544 | 91.6% | £104,998 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -2.9%. 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 1,258 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 07
Living in DY5
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across Dudley, 38.7% of 144,533 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 3.9% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 357 | 0.2% |
| B | 9,337 | 6.5% |
| C | 46,274 | 32.0% |
| D | 62,082 | 43.0% |
| E | 20,870 | 14.4% |
| F | 4,301 | 3.0% |
| G | 1,312 | 0.9% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in Dudley at £852 a month as of Jun 2026 — £607 for a one-bedroom home and £935 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £104,950 here, that rent is a gross yield of 9.74% a year. It is a measured figure rather than an assumption: a real local rent over a real local price, before any cost of ownership.
Police forces publish every recorded street-level crime. Within a mile of the centre of DY5, 302 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 131 violent, 13 burglary, 12 vehicle-related and 5 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is 1.8 times busier.
Against the 323,486 residents the 2021 census counted in Dudley, that is 0.93 recorded crimes per thousand people in the month. The count covers a mile around the district centre while the population covers the whole council, so read the rate as an order of magnitude rather than a precise figure.
A count is not a rate. A district with shops and a station records more crime than a residential one of the same size, because more people pass through it. Read this next to the median, not on its own.
Section 08
The neighbourhood around DY5
The 2021 census counted 323,486 residents in Dudley across 137,069 households. 66.9% of those households own their home and 32.8% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
12 state and independent schools have a DY5 postcode: 11 primary, 1 secondary. Catchment areas do not follow postcodes, so treat this as what is nearby rather than what a child would be offered.
| School | Phase | Type | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thorns Collegiate Academy | Secondary | Academy sponsor led | 861 |
| Peters Hill Primary School | Primary | Community school | 722 |
| Brockmoor Primary School | Primary | Community school | 439 |
| Withymoor Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 439 |
| Quarry Bank Primary School | Primary | Community school | 358 |
| Mount Pleasant Primary School | Primary | Community school | 356 |
| St Mark's CofE Primary School | Primary | Voluntary controlled school | 336 |
| The Bromley-Pensnett Primary School | Primary | Academy sponsor led | 243 |
| Hawbush Primary School | Primary | Academy sponsor led | 214 |
| Brierley Hill Primary School | Primary | Community school | 199 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Lye (West Midlands) Rail Station | Rail | 2.4 km |
| Cradley Heath Rail Station | Rail | 2.6 km |
| Stourbridge Junction Rail Station | Rail | 3.7 km |
| Flood Street (West Midlands Metro) | Metro or underground | 4.2 km |
Section 09
How DY5 compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. DY5 sits below that national figure — -33.4%.
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £1,613 per square metre, across 3,822 of the 16,973 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 £5,450 to £700,000. 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.
DY5 sits in Dudley, in the West Midlands.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in Dudley at 6.8 times median local earnings of £35,281 a year, measured to Sep 2025. Across England and Wales the same ratio is 7.6. That number, not the price alone, is what decides whether a place is within reach of the people who work in it.
Section 10
Nearby on the record
Sectors inside DY5
The closest districts
- DY83.1 km · £142,500
- DY63.4 km · £153,500
- B634.9 km · £124,250
- DY95.3 km · £175,000
- DY35.6 km · £134,000
- B626.7 km · £146,500
- DY47.4 km · £93,500
- B688.3 km · £115,000
This district mostly covers Brierley Hill.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in DY5?
The median price paid in DY5 across every sale on the register is £104,950. 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 DY5?
16,973 sales are on record for DY5, the most recent completing on 19 Jun 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have DY5 house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +59.7% between 2016 and 2026. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +14.4%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were DY5 house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £200,000, set in 2025. 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 DY5?
£1,613 per square metre, from the 3,822 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 19 Jun 2026. 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, “DY5 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.