Waterways Drive, Oldbury house prices are built from 191 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1996 and the most recent on 23 Jan 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £69,000. Across the 12 years from 2007 to 2019 the median moved +8.8% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -18.1%.
Median price paid
£69,000
Change in cash, 2007–2019
+8.8%
Change in real terms
-18.1%
Median per m²
£1,623
HM Land Registry191 sales43 with floor areaLatest sale 23 Jan 2026
Section 01
How Waterways Drive, Oldbury prices moved
The chart tracks the median Waterways Drive, Oldbury house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1996 to 2019. 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 | 4 | £36,900 | £81,935 |
| 2000s | 8 | £68,500 | £124,787 |
| 2010s | 4 | £94,000 | £132,540 |
The highest yearly median on record for Waterways Drive, Oldbury is £111,000 in 2019; the lowest is £34,750 in 1997. Across the full 24-year record the cash median has moved from £36,900 to £111,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £80,045, so the real change over the whole record is +81.4% — about +2.62% 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: +8.8% in cash against -18.1% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 23 Jan 2026 | Terraced | £115,000 | £115,000 |
| 29 | 19 Dec 2025 | Terraced | £140,000 | £143,043 |
| 72 | 19 Dec 2023 | Semi-detached | £195,000 | £210,690 |
| 65 | 30 Nov 2023 | Semi-detached | £197,500 | £213,391 |
| 2 | 28 Feb 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £74,000 | £79,954 |
| 27 | 30 Sep 2022 | Terraced | £172,000 | £199,277 |
| 68 | 1 Jul 2022 | Terraced | £175,000 | £202,753 |
| 5 | 2 Aug 2021 | Semi-detached | £93,000 | £117,500 |
| 6 | 2 Jul 2021 | Terraced | £97,000 | £122,554 |
| 15 | 30 Jun 2020 | Flat or maisonette | £93,000 | £120,413 |
| 30 | 26 Jun 2020 | Terraced | £128,500 | £166,377 |
| 44 | 14 Feb 2020 | Semi-detached | £142,500 | £184,504 |
| 5 | 12 Feb 2020 | Semi-detached | £85,000 | £110,055 |
| 72 | 16 Dec 2019 | Semi-detached | £136,750 | £178,866 |
| 39 | 26 Nov 2019 | Terraced | £120,000 | £156,957 |
| 14 | 18 Nov 2019 | Semi-detached | £95,000 | £124,258 |
| 73 | 9 Jul 2019 | Semi-detached | £136,250 | £178,212 |
| 19 | 17 May 2019 | Terraced | £114,000 | £149,109 |
| 46 | 29 Apr 2019 | Semi-detached | £117,500 | £153,687 |
| 6 | 4 Apr 2019 | Terraced | £82,500 | £107,908 |
| 5 | 22 Mar 2019 | Semi-detached | £80,000 | £104,638 |
| 30 | 15 Feb 2019 | Terraced | £108,000 | £141,262 |
| 42 | 31 Jan 2019 | Terraced | £93,500 | £122,296 |
| 22 | 14 Dec 2018 | Detached | £100,000 | £133,270 |
| 37 | 16 Nov 2018 | Semi-detached | £120,001 | £159,926 |
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 Waterways Drive, Oldbury values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Waterways Drive | £32,000 (1997) | £115,000 (2026) | +4.5% | +1.8% |
| 29 Waterways Drive | £30,000 (1996) | £140,000 (2025) | +5.5% | +2.8% |
| 72 Waterways Drive | £47,950 (1998) | £195,000 (2023) | +5.8% | +3.0% |
| 65 Waterways Drive | £99,500 (2004) | £197,500 (2023) | +3.7% | +0.8% |
| 27 Waterways Drive | £41,000 (2000) | £172,000 (2022) | +6.7% | +4.1% |
| 68 Waterways Drive | £48,000 (1998) | £175,000 (2022) | +5.5% | +3.0% |
| 5 Waterways Drive | £30,500 (1997) | £93,000 (2021) | +4.8% | +2.5% |
| 15 Waterways Drive | £31,500 (1995) | £93,000 (2020) | +4.4% | +2.2% |
| 30 Waterways Drive | £37,500 (1999) | £128,500 (2020) | +6.0% | +3.8% |
| 44 Waterways Drive | £33,500 (1996) | £142,500 (2020) | +6.2% | +4.0% |
| 39 Waterways Drive | £44,950 (2001) | £120,000 (2019) | +5.6% | +3.3% |
| 14 Waterways Drive | £36,000 (1997) | £95,000 (2019) | +4.5% | +2.2% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Waterways Drive, Oldbury 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 | 86 | 45.0% | £62,000 | £25,000 – £175,000 |
| Semi-detached | 75 | 39.3% | £81,000 | £30,500 – £197,500 |
| Flat or maisonette | 22 | 11.5% | £57,500 | £9,400 – £93,000 |
| Detached | 8 | 4.2% | £59,950 | £39,000 – £100,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Waterways Drive, Oldbury
34 of the sales on record are leasehold and 157 freehold — 17.8% 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 £62,750 and the median freehold sale £70,000 — a gap of +11.6%. 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 | 34 | 17.8% | £62,750 |
| Freehold | 157 | 82.2% | £70,000 |
| New build | 16 | 8.4% | £47,950 |
| Existing home | 175 | 91.6% | £75,000 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -36.1%. 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 7 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 Waterways Drive, Oldbury compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Waterways Drive, Oldbury sits below that national figure — -56.2%.
Within Oldbury the street ranks 460 of 500 by median price, and its median is below the town figure of £110,000 (-37.3%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £1,623 per square metre, across 43 of the 191 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 £9,400 to £197,500. 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
Streets nearby
- Titford Road£100,000 median
- Elm Terrace£95,500 median
- Regent Road£106,000 median
- Tower Road£100,000 median
- Newbury Lane£99,000 median
- City Road£94,500 median
- Birmingham Road£80,000 median
- Bhullar Way£210,000 median
- Birch Crescent£99,500 median
- Oakthorpe Gardens£53,000 median
- Ashes Road£103,000 median
- Mallard Drive£66,500 median
- New Birmingham Road£111,475 median
- Ashtree Road£114,000 median
- Dudley Road East£77,000 median
- Swan Crescent£115,000 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 44 Waterways Drive6 sales
- 6 Waterways Drive5 sales
- 5 Waterways Drive5 sales
- 30 Waterways Drive5 sales
- 39 Waterways Drive5 sales
- 14 Waterways Drive5 sales
- 41 Waterways Drive5 sales
- 40 Waterways Drive5 sales
- 72 Waterways Drive4 sales
- 27 Waterways Drive4 sales
- 68 Waterways Drive4 sales
- 42 Waterways Drive4 sales
- 64 Waterways Drive4 sales
- 78 Waterways Drive4 sales
- 38 Waterways Drive4 sales
- 34 Waterways Drive4 sales
- 59 Waterways Drive4 sales
- 15 Waterways Drive3 sales
- 73 Waterways Drive3 sales
- 46 Waterways Drive3 sales
- 22 Waterways Drive3 sales
- 37 Waterways Drive3 sales
- 79 Waterways Drive3 sales
- 33 Waterways Drive3 sales
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Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Waterways Drive, Oldbury?
The median price paid in Waterways Drive, Oldbury across every sale on the register is £69,000. 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 Waterways Drive, Oldbury?
191 sales are on record for Waterways Drive, Oldbury, the most recent completing on 23 Jan 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Waterways Drive, Oldbury house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +8.8% between 2007 and 2019. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -18.1%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Waterways Drive, Oldbury house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £111,000, set in 2019. 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 Waterways Drive, Oldbury?
£1,623 per square metre, from the 43 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 23 Jan 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, “Waterways Drive, Oldbury 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.