Waterloo Road, Wolverhampton house prices are built from 74 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1997 and the most recent on 29 Mar 2019. The median price paid across the whole record is £49,300. Across the 9 years from 1997 to 2006 the median moved +548.0% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +444.1%.
Median price paid
£49,300
Change in cash, 1997–2006
+548.0%
Change in real terms
+444.1%
Median per m²
£845
HM Land Registry74 sales13 with floor areaLatest sale 29 Mar 2019
Section 01
How Waterloo Road, Wolverhampton prices moved
The chart tracks the median Waterloo Road, Wolverhampton house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1997 to 2006. 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 | 2 | £25,000 | £55,512 |
| 2000s | 5 | £43,000 | £78,333 |
The highest yearly median on record for Waterloo Road, Wolverhampton is £162,000 in 2006; the lowest is £25,000 in 1997. Across the full 10-year record the cash median has moved from £25,000 to £162,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £53,008, so the real change over the whole record is +444.1% — about +20.71% 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: +548.0% in cash against +444.1% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 Wrekin View | 29 Mar 2019 | Flat or maisonette | £39,999 | £52,318 |
| 14 Wrekin View | 9 Jan 2019 | Flat or maisonette | £46,000 | £60,167 |
| 121 | 26 Jan 2018 | Semi-detached | £170,000 | £226,560 |
| 123 | 16 Nov 2017 | Semi-detached | £185,000 | £251,786 |
| 7 Wrekin View | 13 Jan 2017 | Flat or maisonette | £51,000 | £69,411 |
| 186 | 10 Jan 2017 | Semi-detached | £105,000 | £142,905 |
| 186 | 9 Sep 2016 | Semi-detached | £100,000 | £139,604 |
| 6 Wrekin View | 6 May 2016 | Flat or maisonette | £36,500 | £50,955 |
| 19 Wrekin View | 21 Dec 2015 | Flat or maisonette | £46,000 | £64,860 |
| 7 Wrekin View | 18 Aug 2015 | Flat or maisonette | £42,500 | £59,925 |
| 101 | 14 Aug 2015 | Terraced | £130,000 | £183,300 |
| 14 Wrekin View | 15 May 2015 | Flat or maisonette | £41,500 | £58,515 |
| 24 | 12 Aug 2009 | Terraced | £245,000 | £402,622 |
| 22 Wrekin View | 4 Mar 2008 | Flat or maisonette | £66,000 | £110,786 |
| 9 Wrekin View | 16 Nov 2007 | Flat or maisonette | £85,000 | £147,781 |
| 111 | 30 Jul 2007 | Semi-detached | £175,000 | £304,254 |
| 115 | 1 Jun 2007 | Semi-detached | £168,000 | £292,084 |
| 30 | 15 Feb 2007 | Terraced | £310,000 | £538,964 |
| 3 Wrekin View | 15 Dec 2006 | Flat or maisonette | £72,500 | £129,072 |
| 36 | 3 Nov 2006 | Detached | £242,500 | £431,723 |
| 121 | 7 Sep 2006 | Semi-detached | £162,000 | £288,409 |
| 23 Wrekin View | 31 Jul 2006 | Flat or maisonette | £79,500 | £141,534 |
| 26 | 8 Feb 2006 | Semi-detached | £280,000 | £498,485 |
| 53 | 2 Sep 2005 | Semi-detached | £525,000 | £956,395 |
| 38 | 12 May 2005 | Terraced | £260,000 | £473,643 |
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 Waterloo Road, Wolverhampton values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 WREKIN VIEW Waterloo Road | £26,000 (1999) | £39,999 (2019) | +2.2% | -0.1% |
| 14 WREKIN VIEW Waterloo Road | £26,750 (2000) | £46,000 (2019) | +2.9% | +0.6% |
| 121 Waterloo Road | £88,000 (2001) | £170,000 (2018) | +3.9% | +1.6% |
| 7 WREKIN VIEW Waterloo Road | £59,000 (2000) | £51,000 (2017) | -0.9% | -3.1% |
| 186 Waterloo Road | £100,000 (2016) | £105,000 (2017) | +5.0% | +2.4% |
| 6 WREKIN VIEW Waterloo Road | £26,500 (2000) | £36,500 (2016) | +2.0% | -0.2% |
| 19 WREKIN VIEW Waterloo Road | £29,995 (2002) | £46,000 (2015) | +3.3% | +0.9% |
| 24 Waterloo Road | £165,000 (2004) | £245,000 (2009) | +8.2% | +5.6% |
| 22 WREKIN VIEW Waterloo Road | £27,950 (1996) | £66,000 (2008) | +7.4% | +5.2% |
| 111 Waterloo Road | £46,500 (1998) | £175,000 (2007) | +15.9% | +13.6% |
| 115 Waterloo Road | £148,000 (2004) | £168,000 (2007) | +4.3% | +2.1% |
| 3 WREKIN VIEW Waterloo Road | £23,500 (1997) | £72,500 (2006) | +13.3% | +11.2% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Waterloo Road, 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 | 39 | 52.7% | £39,999 | £18,500 – £85,000 |
| Semi-detached | 19 | 25.7% | £105,000 | £12,000 – £525,000 |
| Terraced | 13 | 17.6% | £155,000 | £25,000 – £310,000 |
| Detached | 3 | 4.1% | £27,950 | £26,000 – £242,500 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Waterloo Road, Wolverhampton
43 of the sales on record are leasehold and 31 freehold — 58.1% 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 £37,158 and the median freehold sale £155,000 — a gap of +317.1%. 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 | 43 | 58.1% | £37,158 |
| Freehold | 31 | 41.9% | £155,000 |
| New build | 1 | 1.4% | £88,500 |
| Existing home | 73 | 98.6% | £48,600 |
New builds sold for more than the median existing home — +82.1%. 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 35 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 Waterloo Road, Wolverhampton compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Waterloo Road, Wolverhampton sits below that national figure — -68.7%.
Within Wolverhampton the street ranks 2523 of 2560 by median price, and its median is below the town figure of £124,950 (-60.5%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £845 per square metre, across 13 of the 74 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 £12,000 to £525,000. 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
- Essington Way£99,950 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
- 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
- 9, WREKIN VIEW Waterloo Road3 sales
- 14, WREKIN VIEW Waterloo Road3 sales
- 121 Waterloo Road3 sales
- 7, WREKIN VIEW Waterloo Road3 sales
- 3, WREKIN VIEW Waterloo Road3 sales
- 23, WREKIN VIEW Waterloo Road3 sales
- 1, WREKIN VIEW Waterloo Road3 sales
- 5, WREKIN VIEW Waterloo Road3 sales
- 15, WREKIN VIEW Waterloo Road3 sales
- 186 Waterloo Road2 sales
- 6, WREKIN VIEW Waterloo Road2 sales
- 19, WREKIN VIEW Waterloo Road2 sales
- 24 Waterloo Road2 sales
- 22, WREKIN VIEW Waterloo Road2 sales
- 111 Waterloo Road2 sales
- 115 Waterloo Road2 sales
- 38 Waterloo Road2 sales
- 17, WREKIN VIEW Waterloo Road2 sales
- 12, WREKIN VIEW Waterloo Road2 sales
- 4, WREKIN VIEW Waterloo Road2 sales
- 10, WREKIN VIEW Waterloo Road2 sales
- 124 Waterloo Road2 sales
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Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Waterloo Road, Wolverhampton?
The median price paid in Waterloo Road, Wolverhampton across every sale on the register is £49,300. 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 Waterloo Road, Wolverhampton?
74 sales are on record for Waterloo Road, Wolverhampton, the most recent completing on 29 Mar 2019. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Waterloo Road, Wolverhampton house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +548.0% between 1997 and 2006. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +444.1%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Waterloo Road, Wolverhampton house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £162,000, 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 Waterloo Road, Wolverhampton?
£845 per square metre, from the 13 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 29 Mar 2019. 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, “Waterloo Road, 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.