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Alverthorpe market report WF2 7, Wakefield
The WF2 7 (Alverthorpe) house price history in full, 1995 to 2026, in cash and in today's money. This page is built from the public record and nothing else: 2,708 completed sales registered with HM Land Registry in WF2 7 (Wakefield) since 1995, plus current ONS rental figures. There are no valuations, estimates or asking prices in it.
Covers registered sales to 2026 and ONS rents for May 2026. Refreshed monthly as new sales reach the register.
In short: the middle 2026 sale in WF2 7 (Wakefield) came in at £205,000, out of 20 registered, up 17% on five years earlier, and the mean stands at £255,200, and by floor area homes here have averaged about £2,440 per square metre over the last five years. The record behind it is 2,708 completed sales lodged with HM Land Registry since 1995, monthly refreshed, with no valuations or asking prices anywhere in the figures.
WF2 7 is one sector of WF2 (Wakefield): a handful of streets, and the most local view the sold record can give. The price of that locality is lumpier charts, because each year's median rests on fewer sales.
Where WF2 7 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.
What buyers actually paid in WF2 7
Across 20 registered 2026 sales, the typical (median) WF2 7 home went for £205,000. The mean is £255,200, well above it, the signature of a heavy top tail: a handful of expensive sales lifting the average.
Price per square metre in WF2 7
By floor space, homes in WF2 7 have sold for about £2,440 per square metre on average over the last five years: the like-for-like measure that lets you compare a small flat with a large house, from the Energy Performance Certificate floor areas behind each sale.
The national median for England and Wales is £285,000, which puts WF2 7 28% below the country at large.
WF2 7's median sold price, 1995 to 2026
Year by year: the median as it was recorded, and the same figure brought into today's money with ONS CPIH, which is where "did homes get dearer" actually gets answered. Hover shows each year; the legend isolates a series.
See this chart as a table
| Year | Median (cash) | Median (today's £) | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | £205,000 | £205,000 | 20 |
| 2025 | £205,000 | £209,902 | 75 |
| 2024 | £190,000 | £202,009 | 90 |
| 2023 | £181,000 | £198,875 | 77 |
| 2022 | £212,500 | £249,180 | 102 |
| 2021 | £175,000 | £221,573 | 109 |
| 2020 | £177,800 | £230,699 | 68 |
| 2019 | £141,000 | £184,817 | 138 |
| 2018 | £168,500 | £224,614 | 102 |
| 2017 | £205,000 | £279,599 | 102 |
| 2016 | £190,000 | £265,812 | 124 |
| 2015 | £142,500 | £201,353 | 98 |
| 2014 | £141,500 | £200,742 | 68 |
| 2013 | £105,000 | £151,085 | 63 |
| 2012 | £111,000 | £163,378 | 50 |
| 2011 | £118,500 | £178,889 | 56 |
| 2010 | £105,000 | £164,667 | 41 |
| 2009 | £130,000 | £208,976 | 43 |
| 2008 | £120,000 | £196,705 | 57 |
| 2007 | £121,000 | £205,250 | 118 |
| 2006 | £137,500 | £238,682 | 106 |
| 2005 | £124,500 | £221,560 | 84 |
| 2004 | £102,500 | £186,160 | 91 |
| 2003 | £124,500 | £229,359 | 101 |
| 2002 | £72,800 | £136,973 | 108 |
| 2001 | £66,500 | £127,843 | 99 |
| 2000 | £49,000 | £96,163 | 81 |
| 1999 | £59,500 | £118,580 | 98 |
| 1998 | £63,500 | £128,179 | 95 |
| 1997 | £78,200 | £160,372 | 138 |
| 1996 | £58,500 | £123,374 | 56 |
| 1995 | £50,000 | £108,692 | 50 |
In cash terms the typical WF2 7 home went from £50,000 in 1995 to £205,000 in 2026, roughly 4 times the price. Inflation explains only part of it: in today's money the rise is still about 89%, a genuine increase in what a home here costs. In inflation-adjusted terms the high-water mark was 2017. The market now sits about 27% below it, so a peak-time purchase has yet to recover its real value.
Year-on-year change in the WF2 7 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 2003 (+71.0% on the year before); the weakest, 2010 (−19.2%). Single-year swings like these are why the annualised table below matters more than any one year's headline.
What WF2 7 has returned, per year
| Period | Cash, per year | Real terms, per year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 years (since 2025) | 0.0% | −2.3% |
| 5 years (since 2021) | +3.2% | −1.5% |
| 10 years (since 2016) | +0.8% | −2.6% |
| 20 years (since 2006) | +2.0% | −0.8% |
Each row is compound annual growth of the median; ONS CPIH supplies the real-terms deflator. Annualising irons out the cycle, which the chart above shows in full, and past growth records what happened rather than predicting anything.
How many homes change hands in WF2 7
How many homes change hands
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.
WF2 7 recorded 20 sales in the last twelve months of data. Like most of England and Wales, turnover never fully recovered from 2008: the market here averaged 99 sales a year before the financial crisis and 73 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 tenants pay around WF2 7
For renting purposes WF2 7 sits in Wakefield. The ONS average private rent there is £794 a month (May 2026). Size sets most of the rent: one-beds average £567 a month here against £1,200 for four or more bedrooms.
Average monthly rent by size, Wakefield
ONS Price Index of Private Rents, May 2026.
£794 a month is £9,528 a year, which against the £205,000 median sold price makes a gross yield of 4.6%. Gross means before letting costs, voids, maintenance and tax: treat it as a ceiling. The ONS publishes rents by local authority, so neighbouring districts under the same authority share these numbers.
What kind of market WF2 7 is
This is a thin market: 20 sales in the last twelve months of data. With that few transactions, one street selling well (or one block of cheap transfers) can move the median, so read the year lines as a range rather than a verdict. 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 9% below the district median: one of its district's cheaper corners.
Asked and answered: WF2 7 (Alverthorpe)
How much did a house sell for in WF2 7 (Alverthorpe)?
Are property prices falling in WF2 7 (Alverthorpe)?
Is WF2 7 (Alverthorpe) a good place to buy a house?
Will WF2 7 prices rise from here?
The record answers a different question than "what happens next": the median is up 17% over five years in cash but down 7% after inflation. Put the volume chart beside the price chart before drawing conclusions, and allow for the register's lag behind actual completions.
What you could buy in WF2 now
Turning to what is actually available: 122 homes on the market right now, from 9 agents publishing to HomesIndex.
These cover the whole WF2 district, not just WF2 7: live asking prices are collected per district.
36% of what is on the market here is asking below what comparable homes actually sold for. Every listing is measured against recent recorded sales of similar nearby homes.
- Castle View, Wakefield
- Walton, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, Wakefield
- Kirkhamgate, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, Wakefield
"Under comparable sales" means the asking price sits below what similar homes nearby actually fetched. Treat it as the start of a conversation, never a valuation, and always view the home.
See every WF2 home for sale on the map →
Live asking prices from estate agents who publish a feed to HomesIndex, refreshed every Monday and Thursday: a sample of the market, not every home for sale. Asking prices are not sale prices.
What another bedroom costs in WF
What homes of each size actually sold for across the WF area, from the Land Registry record. How much a size step costs is a local fact: the third-bedroom premium runs from about a quarter to nearly four fifths depending on the area, and national rules of thumb miss it.
| 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%) | — | — |
Four years of recorded sales, split by built form and bedroom count. The register does not state bedrooms, so sizes come from each home's EPC record and a few homes will land one size out. Blank cells mean too few homes for the figure to mean anything.
The risers and the fallers
The spread across the WF area is the point: the same five years treated these districts very differently.
WF area districts: five years of change
Cash-terms risers and fallers across the area; click any row for that district's full 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 6 | £297,500 | 29 |
| 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.
Thinking of selling in WF2 7? Get a rough value first
The sold record beats any estimate as a starting point. Before a house valuation or flat valuation in WF2 7, open the average prices map and zoom from the WF2 7 shading down to the sold homes on your own street. Every recorded WF2 7 sale is on this page; the same Land Registry record is what agents price from, and it is now in your hands.
For local estate agents: each district report carries one featured-agent spot, free while founding places last. Claim WF2 7.
Take it further
The AI answers from the same Land Registry data this report is built on, already scoped to WF2 7. Free after a one click sign in.
See every individual WF2 7 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.
How this page is made: the statistics are computed from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data (Crown copyright, OGL v3.0), geocoded to address level; inflation adjustment uses the ONS CPIH index; rents are the ONS Price Index of Private Rents at local-authority level. Medians of recorded sales, not valuations. Nothing on this page is financial advice.