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Alverthorpe market report WF2 6, Wakefield
The standing WF2 6 (Alverthorpe) property market report, rebuilt from the full public record every month. This page is built from the public record and nothing else: 4,359 completed sales registered with HM Land Registry in WF2 6 (Wakefield) since 1995, plus current ONS rental figures. There are no valuations, estimates or asking prices in it.
Sales data to 2026. Rents: ONS, May 2026. Regenerated with every monthly data refresh.
In short: the middle 2026 sale in WF2 6 (Wakefield) came in at £297,500, out of 29 registered, up 3% on five years earlier, and the mean stands at £346,300, and by floor area homes here have averaged about £3,110 per square metre over the last five years. The record behind it is 4,359 completed sales lodged with HM Land Registry since 1995, monthly refreshed, with no valuations or asking prices anywhere in the figures.
WF2 6 is a postcode sector: one group of streets inside WF2 (Wakefield). This is as local as the public record gets, but sector medians move on fewer sales than a district's, so expect the lines to be lumpier.
Where WF2 6 sits
Shaded by median price on the same scale as the average prices map. Click any shape to open it on the live map with every sale plotted at its address, or zoom in past street level to see the sold homes right here.
WF2 6 sold prices: where the market stands
Across 29 registered 2026 sales, the typical (median) WF2 6 home went for £297,500. The mean is £346,300, well above it, the signature of a heavy top tail: a handful of expensive sales lifting the average.
Price per square metre in WF2 6
Per square metre, WF2 6 homes have averaged around £3,110 over the last five years of sales. The floor areas behind the figure come from Energy Performance Certificates, and the by-the-metre view is the fair comparison across home sizes.
Against a national (England and Wales) median of £285,000, WF2 6 runs 4% above it.
The price of a typical WF2 6 home, 1995 to 2026
The cash median beside its inflation-adjusted twin (ONS CPIH). The adjusted line answers the harder question, whether homes really got dearer. Hover for the figures; the legend toggles each series.
See this chart as a table
| Year | Median (cash) | Median (today's £) | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | £297,500 | £297,500 | 29 |
| 2025 | £363,500 | £372,192 | 156 |
| 2024 | £362,500 | £385,412 | 112 |
| 2023 | £325,000 | £357,096 | 87 |
| 2022 | £275,000 | £322,469 | 144 |
| 2021 | £290,000 | £367,177 | 215 |
| 2020 | £262,500 | £340,599 | 143 |
| 2019 | £255,000 | £334,244 | 155 |
| 2018 | £265,000 | £353,250 | 160 |
| 2017 | £270,000 | £368,253 | 154 |
| 2016 | £238,200 | £333,244 | 152 |
| 2015 | £234,000 | £330,642 | 126 |
| 2014 | £199,000 | £282,316 | 140 |
| 2013 | £209,000 | £300,730 | 114 |
| 2012 | £220,000 | £323,813 | 92 |
| 2011 | £225,000 | £339,663 | 95 |
| 2010 | £195,500 | £306,594 | 90 |
| 2009 | £200,000 | £321,502 | 83 |
| 2008 | £235,000 | £385,215 | 67 |
| 2007 | £227,000 | £385,055 | 159 |
| 2006 | £235,000 | £407,930 | 137 |
| 2005 | £192,800 | £343,106 | 142 |
| 2004 | £194,000 | £352,342 | 140 |
| 2003 | £146,000 | £268,967 | 154 |
| 2002 | £117,200 | £220,511 | 138 |
| 2001 | £100,000 | £192,245 | 183 |
| 2000 | £109,500 | £214,894 | 192 |
| 1999 | £76,000 | £151,464 | 164 |
| 1998 | £88,000 | £177,634 | 164 |
| 1997 | £79,200 | £162,423 | 176 |
| 1996 | £77,500 | £163,444 | 160 |
| 1995 | £74,700 | £162,386 | 136 |
In cash terms the typical WF2 6 home went from £74,700 in 1995 to £297,500 in 2026, roughly 4.0 times the price. Inflation explains only part of it: in today's money the rise is still about 83%, a genuine increase in what a home here costs. The real-terms peak came in 2006, and today's median remains roughly 27% under it: a 2006 buyer is still waiting to get that price back in today's money.
Year-on-year change in the WF2 6 median
Each bar is the change on the year before, in cash. The zero line is the boundary between rising and falling.
The strongest year on record here is 2000 (+44.1% on the year before); the weakest, 2026 (−18.2%). Single-year swings like these are why the annualised table below matters more than any one year's headline.
What WF2 6 has returned, per year
| Period | Cash, per year | Real terms, per year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 years (since 2025) | −18.2% | −20.1% |
| 5 years (since 2021) | +0.5% | −4.1% |
| 10 years (since 2016) | +2.2% | −1.1% |
| 20 years (since 2006) | +1.2% | −1.6% |
The table annualises median growth over each period, with the real column deflated by ONS CPIH. Smoothing hides the cycle (see the chart above for it), and none of this forecasts: it is the record.
Transaction volumes
Sales per year, counted
Each bar is a year's recorded sales. 2008's dip is the financial crisis, and the newest bar always grows for a while as late registrations arrive.
The register shows 29 WF2 6 sales across the most recent twelve months of data. Like most of England and Wales, turnover never fully recovered from 2008: the market here averaged 156 sales a year before the financial crisis and 106 a year over the last five. Watch the volume as closely as the price. Thin years make jumpy medians, where one street's sales can move the figure, and the newest year is always incomplete because registrations trail completions by weeks or months.
What homes rent for around WF2 6
The local authority for WF2 6 is Wakefield, and its ONS average private rent currently stands at £794 a month (May 2026 figures). The spread runs from £567 a month for a typical one-bed to £1,200 at four-plus bedrooms, which is size doing most of the pricing.
Average monthly rent by size, Wakefield
ONS Price Index of Private Rents, May 2026.
Against the £297,500 median purchase price, a rent of £794 a month (£9,528 a year) works out at a 3.2% gross yield, a ceiling figure that ignores letting costs, voids, maintenance and tax. Because rents are local-authority statistics, districts sharing the authority share the figure.
Reading the WF2 6 market
Only 29 sales completed here in the last twelve months of data, which makes WF2 6 a thin market. Each figure rests on few transactions, so single streets can swing the median and the charts deserve a sceptical squint. Expect volatility in the annual figures: swings past ten per cent show up repeatedly above, and they usually reflect the mix of homes sold in a given year rather than genuine repricing. Within WF2, this sector trades 32% above the district median: one of the dearer corners of its district.
Asked and answered: WF2 6 (Alverthorpe)
Are property prices falling in WF2 6 (Alverthorpe)?
Is WF2 6 (Alverthorpe) a good place to buy a house?
How much did a house sell for in WF2 6 (Alverthorpe)?
Will WF2 6 prices rise from here?
That question has no honest answer, only evidence. The evidence: the median is up 3% over five years in cash but down 19% after inflation. Weigh the volume chart alongside the price one before deciding anything, and bear in mind every figure is a completed sale that reached the register weeks after completion.
What is for sale in WF2 right now
This is what you could actually buy today: 122 homes currently on the market from 9 agents publishing to HomesIndex.
These cover the whole WF2 district, not just WF2 6: live asking prices are collected per district.
36% of what is on the market here is asking below what comparable homes actually sold for. Each listing is compared with recent recorded sales of similar homes nearby.
- Castle View, Wakefield
- Walton, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, Wakefield
- Kirkhamgate, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, Wakefield
The "under comparable sales" label measures each asking price against real nearby sales of similar homes: an opening position for a conversation rather than a valuation. The home itself still needs looking at.
See every WF2 home for sale on the map →
These asking prices come live from estate agents publishing feeds to HomesIndex, refreshed each Monday and Thursday. They are a sample of the market rather than its entirety, and an asking price is not a sale price.
Bedroom by bedroom: WF prices by size
Real sold prices by size across the WF area, straight from the Land Registry record. Size steps are fiercely local. A third bedroom adds a quarter to the price in some areas and close to four fifths in others, which is why no national rule of thumb survives contact with a real market.
| Type | 1 bed | 2 bed | 3 bed | 4 bed | 5 bed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | — | £242,000 | £332,000 (+37%) | £473,725 (+43%) | £650,000 (+37%) |
| Semi-detached | £170,000 | £184,000 (+8%) | £228,000 (+24%) | £282,000 (+24%) | £362,500 (+29%) |
| Terraced | £125,000 | £144,000 (+15%) | £171,000 (+19%) | £225,250 (+32%) | £291,000 (+29%) |
| Flat | £92,500 | £125,000 (+35%) | £165,000 (+32%) | — | — |
Built from the last four years of recorded sales by form and bedroom count. Bedroom counts are estimated from EPC records (the register carries none), so expect a small number of homes one size adrift. Sizes with too few homes to be meaningful are left blank.
The risers and the fallers
The spread across the WF area is the point: the same five years treated these districts very differently.
Winners and losers across the WF area, five years
The districts that gained and lost most in cash terms, each row linking through to its own report.
Other sectors in WF2
A few minutes' walk can separate two very different markets. Here are WF2's other sectors, each with its own report:
| Sector | Median (latest) | Sales that year |
|---|---|---|
| WF2 0 | £228,000 | 65 |
| WF2 7 | £205,000 | 20 |
| WF2 8 | £207,500 | 38 |
| WF2 9 | £195,000 | 47 |
Zoom out to the full WF2 district report for the type split, monthly volumes and how WF2 compares with its neighbours.
Selling a home in WF2 6? Price it on the evidence
The sold record beats any estimate as a starting point. Before a house valuation or flat valuation in WF2 6, open the average prices map and zoom from the WF2 6 shading down to the sold homes on your own street. Every recorded WF2 6 sale is on this page; the same Land Registry record is what agents price from, and it is now in your hands.
Local estate agents: one agent per district gets the featured spot on this report, free for founding agents. Claim WF2 6.
Keep digging
The AI answers from the same Land Registry data this report is built on, already scoped to WF2 6. Free after a one click sign in.
See every individual WF2 6 sale on the live map, mapped to the exact address, or zoom the average prices map from neighbourhood shading down to single homes. The report tool writes a custom answer to a specific question, and the mortgage and rent calculator on any sale runs the numbers on a real purchase.
About the numbers: everything is computed from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data (Crown copyright, OGL v3.0), geocoded to the address; today's-money figures use the ONS CPIH index, and rents are the ONS Price Index of Private Rents by local authority. These are medians of recorded sales, not valuations, and none of it is financial advice.