Howden Way, Wakefield house prices are built from 290 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1995 and the most recent on 21 Nov 2025. The median price paid across the whole record is £57,750. Across the 11 years from 2014 to 2025 the median moved +52.2% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +8.4%.
Median price paid
£57,750
Change in cash, 2014–2025
+52.2%
Change in real terms
+8.4%
HM Land Registry290 salesLatest sale 21 Nov 2025
Section 01
How Howden Way, Wakefield prices moved
The chart tracks the median Howden Way, Wakefield house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1995 to 2025. 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 | £39,950 | £88,708 |
| 2000s | 8 | £71,450 | £130,161 |
| 2010s | 5 | £92,000 | £129,720 |
| 2020s | 2 | £72,000 | £73,565 |
The highest yearly median on record for Howden Way, Wakefield is £119,500 in 2025; the lowest is £39,000 in 1997. Across the full 31-year record the cash median has moved from £39,500 to £119,500.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £87,709, so the real change over the whole record is +39.2% — about +1.11% 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: +52.2% in cash against +8.4% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 21 Nov 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £75,000 | £76,630 |
| 119 | 31 Oct 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £74,000 | £75,609 |
| 175 | 22 Oct 2025 | Terraced | £92,000 | £94,000 |
| 46 | 15 Sep 2025 | Terraced | £120,000 | £122,609 |
| 78 | 20 Jun 2025 | Semi-detached | £175,000 | £178,804 |
| 86 | 19 Jun 2025 | Semi-detached | £119,000 | £121,587 |
| 35 | 2 Apr 2025 | Semi-detached | £150,000 | £153,261 |
| 16a | 18 Feb 2025 | Semi-detached | £249,000 | £254,413 |
| 28 | 19 Dec 2024 | Semi-detached | £170,000 | £178,881 |
| 191 | 9 Aug 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £88,000 | £92,597 |
| 5 | 11 Mar 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £133,000 | £139,948 |
| 50 | 29 Jan 2024 | Semi-detached | £94,000 | £98,910 |
| 126 | 4 Dec 2023 | Semi-detached | £92,000 | £99,402 |
| 54 | 4 Aug 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £90,000 | £97,241 |
| 25 | 25 Feb 2023 | Terraced | £95,000 | £102,644 |
| 159 | 20 Feb 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £84,995 | £91,834 |
| 151 | 18 Feb 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £74,000 | £85,735 |
| 189 | 11 Feb 2022 | Semi-detached | £78,000 | £90,370 |
| 45 | 10 Dec 2021 | Semi-detached | £140,500 | £177,513 |
| 173 | 30 Nov 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £77,000 | £97,285 |
| 29 | 8 Jun 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £60,000 | £75,806 |
| 67 | 26 Feb 2021 | Semi-detached | £129,000 | £162,984 |
| 167 | 17 Dec 2020 | Flat or maisonette | £72,000 | £93,223 |
| 137 | 11 Dec 2020 | Terraced | £73,500 | £95,165 |
| 177 | 16 Oct 2020 | Flat or maisonette | £67,000 | £86,749 |
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 Howden Way, Wakefield values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 Howden Way | £44,800 (2002) | £75,000 (2025) | +2.3% | -0.5% |
| 119 Howden Way | £33,000 (1999) | £74,000 (2025) | +3.2% | +0.5% |
| 175 Howden Way | £41,000 (2001) | £92,000 (2025) | +3.4% | +0.7% |
| 46 Howden Way | £75,000 (2003) | £120,000 (2025) | +2.2% | -0.7% |
| 78 Howden Way | £122,000 (2007) | £175,000 (2025) | +2.0% | -0.9% |
| 86 Howden Way | £46,950 (1999) | £119,000 (2025) | +3.6% | +0.9% |
| 191 Howden Way | £33,100 (1997) | £88,000 (2024) | +3.7% | +1.0% |
| 5 Howden Way | £36,000 (1998) | £133,000 (2024) | +5.2% | +2.4% |
| 50 Howden Way | £45,600 (2002) | £94,000 (2024) | +3.3% | +0.5% |
| 126 Howden Way | £92,500 (2005) | £92,000 (2023) | 0.0% | -2.9% |
| 54 Howden Way | £55,000 (2003) | £90,000 (2023) | +2.5% | -0.3% |
| 25 Howden Way | £43,500 (1995) | £95,000 (2023) | +2.8% | +0.2% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Howden Way, Wakefield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat or maisonette | 120 | 41.4% | £48,750 | £23,000 – £133,000 |
| Semi-detached | 114 | 39.3% | £72,000 | £34,950 – £249,000 |
| Terraced | 50 | 17.2% | £65,000 | £27,500 – £120,000 |
| Detached | 6 | 2.1% | £52,950 | £46,950 – £144,500 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Howden Way, Wakefield
202 of the sales on record are leasehold and 88 freehold — 69.7% 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 £52,975 and the median freehold sale £74,500 — a gap of +40.6%. 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 | 202 | 69.7% | £52,975 |
| Freehold | 88 | 30.3% | £74,500 |
A further 11 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 Howden Way, Wakefield
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across Wakefield, 42.4% of 207,299 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 2.6% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 1,703 | 0.8% |
| B | 21,377 | 10.3% |
| C | 64,757 | 31.2% |
| D | 92,936 | 44.8% |
| E | 21,178 | 10.2% |
| F | 4,191 | 2.0% |
| G | 1,157 | 0.6% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in Wakefield at £797 a month as of Jun 2026 — £570 for a one-bedroom home and £859 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £57,750 here, that rent is a gross yield of 16.56% 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 WF1, 629 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 244 violent, 16 burglary, 21 vehicle-related and 69 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is 3.8 times busier.
Against the 353,368 residents the 2021 census counted in Wakefield, that is 1.78 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 Howden Way, Wakefield
The 2021 census counted 353,368 residents in Wakefield across 153,075 households. 63.4% of those households own their home and 36.5% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
15 state and independent schools have a WF1 postcode: 10 primary, 2 16 plus, 2 secondary, 1 nursery. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Outwood Grange Academy | Secondary | Academy sponsor led | 1,900 |
| Outwood Academy City Fields | Secondary | Academy converter | 928 |
| CAPA College | 16 plus | Free schools 16 to 19 | 502 |
| Outwood Primary Academy Ledger Lane | Primary | Academy converter | 456 |
| Outwood Primary Academy Park Hill | Primary | Academy sponsor led | 452 |
| Rooks Nest Academy | Primary | Academy converter | 368 |
| Wakefield Pinders Primary (JIN) School | Primary | Community school | 359 |
| Newton Hill Community School | Primary | Community school | 338 |
| St Austin's Catholic Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 306 |
| Sandal Magna Community Academy | Primary | Academy sponsor led | 255 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Wakefield Westgate Rail Station | Rail | 1.0 km |
| Wakefield Kirkgate Rail Station | Rail | 1.0 km |
| Sandal & Agbrigg Rail Station | Rail | 2.8 km |
| Outwood Rail Station | Rail | 3.3 km |
Section 09
How Howden Way, Wakefield compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Howden Way, Wakefield sits below that national figure — -63.3%.
Within Wakefield the street ranks 2073 of 2147 by median price, and its median is below the town figure of £123,000 (-53.0%).
No EPC floor areas could be matched to these sales, so no price per square metre is published here. An estimate would be a guess, and the archive does not publish guesses.
The full range on record runs from £23,000 to £249,000. 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.
Howden Way, Wakefield sits in Wakefield, in the Yorkshire and The Humber.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in Wakefield at 5.6 times median local earnings of £35,838 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
Streets nearby
- Bradford Road£139,950 median
- George Street£94,000 median
- Park Avenue£95,000 median
- Ings Road£151,250 median
- Tuke Grove£124,000 median
- Chaloner Grove£106,000 median
- Woodlands Village£110,000 median
- Agbrigg Road£85,000 median
- Parkinson Close£105,000 median
- Rooks Nest Road£125,000 median
- Meadow Vale£135,500 median
- Coach Road£100,000 median
- Regent Street£80,000 median
- Royal Troon Mews£120,000 median
- St Johns Square£131,250 median
- First Avenue£140,250 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 31 Howden Way6 sales
- 54 Howden Way5 sales
- 91 Howden Way5 sales
- 145 Howden Way5 sales
- 9 Howden Way4 sales
- 175 Howden Way4 sales
- 86 Howden Way4 sales
- 29 Howden Way4 sales
- 83 Howden Way4 sales
- 81 Howden Way4 sales
- 110 Howden Way4 sales
- 22 Howden Way4 sales
- 24 Howden Way4 sales
- 121 Howden Way4 sales
- 37 Howden Way4 sales
- 68 Howden Way4 sales
- 15 Howden Way4 sales
- 12 Howden Way4 sales
- 107 Howden Way4 sales
- 133 Howden Way4 sales
- 191 Howden Way3 sales
- 5 Howden Way3 sales
- 50 Howden Way3 sales
- 25 Howden Way3 sales
Back to Wakefield house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Howden Way, Wakefield?
The median price paid in Howden Way, Wakefield across every sale on the register is £57,750. 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 Howden Way, Wakefield?
290 sales are on record for Howden Way, Wakefield, the most recent completing on 21 Nov 2025. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Howden Way, Wakefield house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +52.2% between 2014 and 2025. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +8.4%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Howden Way, Wakefield house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £119,500, 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 Howden Way, Wakefield?
No EPC floor areas could be matched to these sales, so no price per square metre is published for this area. Nothing is estimated to fill the gap.
How current is this data?
The latest sale shown here completed on 21 Nov 2025. 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, “Howden Way, Wakefield 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.