Essington Way, Wolverhampton house prices are built from 130 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 2002 and the most recent on 27 Feb 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £99,950. Across the 10 years from 2007 to 2017 the median moved -13.0% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -31.9%.
Median price paid
£99,950
Change in cash, 2007–2017
-13.0%
Change in real terms
-31.9%
Median per m²
£1,534
HM Land Registry130 sales43 with floor areaLatest sale 27 Feb 2026
Section 01
How Essington Way, Wolverhampton prices moved
The chart tracks the median Essington Way, Wolverhampton house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 2002 to 2017. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 6 | £99,950 | £182,079 |
| 2010s | 1 | £100,000 | £141,000 |
The highest yearly median on record for Essington Way, Wolverhampton is £128,000 in 2006; the lowest is £82,950 in 2002. Across the full 16-year record the cash median has moved from £82,950 to £100,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £159,999, so the real change over the whole record is -14.9% — about -1.07% 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: -13.0% in cash against -31.9% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 55 | 27 Feb 2026 | Semi-detached | £150,000 | £150,000 |
| 144 | 30 Jan 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £108,000 | £108,000 |
| 162 | 27 Nov 2024 | Terraced | £180,000 | £189,403 |
| 18 | 25 Oct 2024 | Semi-detached | £230,000 | £242,015 |
| 86 | 22 Jul 2024 | Terraced | £184,000 | £193,612 |
| 96 | 5 Jul 2024 | Terraced | £225,000 | £236,754 |
| 81a | 22 Sep 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £67,500 | £72,931 |
| 48 | 9 Jan 2023 | Semi-detached | £195,000 | £210,690 |
| 55 | 14 Oct 2022 | Semi-detached | £156,000 | £180,740 |
| 128 | 8 Mar 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £85,000 | £98,480 |
| 8 | 7 Mar 2022 | Semi-detached | £140,000 | £162,202 |
| 37 | 17 Mar 2021 | Semi-detached | £129,500 | £163,616 |
| 79a | 17 Sep 2020 | Flat or maisonette | £66,000 | £85,455 |
| 2 | 19 Dec 2019 | Semi-detached | £150,000 | £196,197 |
| 154 | 8 Nov 2019 | Flat or maisonette | £85,000 | £111,178 |
| 61a | 11 Sep 2019 | Flat or maisonette | £64,500 | £84,365 |
| 26 | 28 Mar 2019 | Semi-detached | £183,500 | £240,014 |
| 128 | 3 Oct 2018 | Flat or maisonette | £74,000 | £98,620 |
| 44 | 28 Sep 2018 | Semi-detached | £129,000 | £171,919 |
| 25 | 25 Apr 2018 | Semi-detached | £138,000 | £183,913 |
| 113 | 27 Nov 2017 | Terraced | £125,000 | £170,125 |
| 88 | 24 Nov 2017 | Terraced | £126,000 | £171,486 |
| 114 | 31 Jul 2017 | Flat or maisonette | £72,000 | £97,992 |
| 35a | 13 Apr 2017 | Flat or maisonette | £69,000 | £93,909 |
| 82 | 31 Mar 2017 | Terraced | £125,000 | £170,125 |
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 Essington Way, Wolverhampton values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 55 Essington Way | £156,000 (2022) | £150,000 (2026) | -1.0% | -4.6% |
| 144 Essington Way | £91,950 (2003) | £108,000 (2026) | +0.7% | -2.0% |
| 162 Essington Way | £121,950 (2003) | £180,000 (2024) | +1.9% | -0.9% |
| 86 Essington Way | £74,950 (2002) | £184,000 (2024) | +4.2% | +1.3% |
| 96 Essington Way | £119,950 (2002) | £225,000 (2024) | +2.9% | +0.1% |
| 48 Essington Way | £50,000 (2011) | £195,000 (2023) | +12.0% | +8.8% |
| 128 Essington Way | £103,950 (2004) | £85,000 (2022) | -1.1% | -3.7% |
| 79A Essington Way | £60,500 (2005) | £66,000 (2020) | +0.6% | -1.7% |
| 2 Essington Way | £90,000 (2011) | £150,000 (2019) | +6.6% | +4.5% |
| 154 Essington Way | £89,950 (2003) | £85,000 (2019) | -0.4% | -2.6% |
| 26 Essington Way | £55,000 (1998) | £183,500 (2019) | +5.9% | +3.6% |
| 44 Essington Way | £93,500 (2014) | £129,000 (2018) | +8.4% | +6.4% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Essington Way, Wolverhampton 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 | 47 | 36.2% | £89,950 | £15,200 – £108,950 |
| Terraced | 46 | 35.4% | £121,950 | £71,500 – £225,000 |
| Semi-detached | 36 | 27.7% | £109,950 | £15,000 – £230,000 |
| Detached | 1 | 0.8% | £117,950 | £117,950 – £117,950 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Essington Way, Wolverhampton
47 of the sales on record are leasehold and 83 freehold — 36.2% 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 £89,950 and the median freehold sale £119,950 — a gap of +33.4%. 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 | 47 | 36.2% | £89,950 |
| Freehold | 83 | 63.8% | £119,950 |
| New build | 44 | 33.8% | £95,950 |
| Existing home | 86 | 66.2% | £107,000 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -10.3%. 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 12 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 Essington Way, Wolverhampton compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Essington Way, Wolverhampton sits below that national figure — -36.5%.
Within Wolverhampton the street ranks 1840 of 2560 by median price, and its median is below the town figure of £124,950 (-20.0%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £1,534 per square metre, across 43 of the 130 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 £15,000 to £230,000. 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.
Section 10
Nearby on the record
Streets nearby
- Willenhall Road£99,950 median
- Albion Street£128,500 median
- Tettenhall Road£103,000 median
- Deans Road£70,000 median
- Bright Street£62,995 median
- Stowheath Lane£82,750 median
- Helming Drive£97,000 median
- Laburnum Road£113,000 median
- Newhampton Road East£122,750 median
- Lower Vauxhall£50,000 median
- Waterloo Road£49,300 median
- Sherwood Street£60,000 median
- Old Heath Road£70,250 median
- Brooklands Parade£92,750 median
- East Park Way£110,000 median
- Dunkley Street£57,000 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 48 Essington Way4 sales
- 162 Essington Way3 sales
- 86 Essington Way3 sales
- 128 Essington Way3 sales
- 79A Essington Way3 sales
- 88 Essington Way3 sales
- 142 Essington Way3 sales
- 100 Essington Way3 sales
- 106 Essington Way3 sales
- 168 Essington Way3 sales
- 17 Essington Way3 sales
- 80 Essington Way3 sales
- 55 Essington Way2 sales
- 144 Essington Way2 sales
- 96 Essington Way2 sales
- 2 Essington Way2 sales
- 154 Essington Way2 sales
- 26 Essington Way2 sales
- 44 Essington Way2 sales
- 114 Essington Way2 sales
- 35A Essington Way2 sales
- 82 Essington Way2 sales
- 140 Essington Way2 sales
- 110 Essington Way2 sales
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Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Essington Way, Wolverhampton?
The median price paid in Essington Way, Wolverhampton across every sale on the register is £99,950. 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 Essington Way, Wolverhampton?
130 sales are on record for Essington Way, Wolverhampton, the most recent completing on 27 Feb 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Essington Way, Wolverhampton house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose -13.0% between 2007 and 2017. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -31.9%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Essington Way, Wolverhampton house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £128,000, set in 2006. 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 Essington Way, Wolverhampton?
£1,534 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 27 Feb 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, “Essington Way, Wolverhampton 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.