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Ackworth Moor Top market report WF7 7, Pontefract

The WF7 7 (Ackworth Moor Top) house price history in full, 1995 to 2026, in cash and in today's money. Everything below comes from 4,309 sales recorded by HM Land Registry in WF7 7 (Pontefract) since 1995, real completion prices from real purchases, alongside the ONS's current rent figures. No valuations, no estimates, no asking prices.

Covers registered sales to 2026 and ONS rents for May 2026. Refreshed monthly as new sales reach the register.

In short: a typical WF7 7 (Pontefract) home changed hands for £213,500 in 2026 (median of 38 registered sales, up 1% on five years earlier), with the mean at £228,100, and by floor area homes here have averaged about £2,520 per square metre over the last five years. Source: 4,309 completed sales on the HM Land Registry record since 1995, updated with each monthly release. No valuations, no asking prices.

WF7 7 is a postcode sector: one group of streets inside WF7 (Pontefract). 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 WF7 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.

£213,5002026 median sold price
£2,520/m²per square metre, 5-year average
+1%change over five years, cash
38homes sold, last 12 months
4.5%estimated gross yield

WF7 7 sold prices: where the market stands

In the WF7 7 property market, the 2026 median sale price is £213,500, from 38 registered sales; the mean, the "average house price" most sites quote, is £228,100, sitting a little above it, the familiar pattern where pricier homes stretch the average.

What a square metre costs in WF7 7

Averaged across five years of sales, floor space in WF7 7 costs about £2,520 per square metre. Each sale's Energy Performance Certificate supplies the floor area, and pricing by the metre is what lets flats and houses share one scale.

The national median for England and Wales is £285,000, which puts WF7 7 25% below the country at large.

A typical WF7 7 home, priced year by year (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.

Price at the timeIn today's money (CPIH)
£125k£250k£375k£500k1995200020052010201520202026 1995: £53,500 at the time · £116,301 in today's money · 108 sales1996: £58,000 at the time · £122,319 in today's money · 125 sales1997: £70,000 at the time · £143,556 in today's money · 125 sales1998: £58,000 at the time · £117,077 in today's money · 106 sales1999: £57,800 at the time · £115,192 in today's money · 116 sales2000: £61,200 at the time · £120,105 in today's money · 108 sales2001: £79,400 at the time · £152,642 in today's money · 156 sales2002: £80,000 at the time · £150,519 in today's money · 163 sales2003: £96,000 at the time · £176,855 in today's money · 175 sales2004: £126,000 at the time · £228,841 in today's money · 174 sales2005: £149,500 at the time · £266,050 in today's money · 133 sales2006: £143,000 at the time · £248,230 in today's money · 171 sales2007: £147,000 at the time · £249,353 in today's money · 204 sales2008: £138,600 at the time · £227,195 in today's money · 90 sales2009: £150,000 at the time · £241,126 in today's money · 77 sales2010: £160,000 at the time · £250,921 in today's money · 108 sales2011: £125,000 at the time · £188,702 in today's money · 85 sales2012: £153,000 at the time · £225,197 in today's money · 94 sales2013: £155,000 at the time · £223,030 in today's money · 138 sales2014: £158,000 at the time · £224,151 in today's money · 183 sales2015: £155,000 at the time · £219,015 in today's money · 135 sales2016: £165,000 at the time · £230,837 in today's money · 155 sales2017: £185,000 at the time · £252,321 in today's money · 184 sales2018: £180,000 at the time · £239,943 in today's money · 171 sales2019: £195,000 at the time · £255,598 in today's money · 160 sales2020: £212,500 at the time · £275,723 in today's money · 149 sales2021: £212,000 at the time · £268,419 in today's money · 201 sales2022: £239,000 at the time · £280,255 in today's money · 121 sales2023: £228,800 at the time · £251,395 in today's money · 104 sales2024: £235,000 at the time · £249,853 in today's money · 113 sales2025: £238,000 at the time · £243,691 in today's money · 139 sales2026: £213,500 at the time · £213,500 in today's money · 38 sales
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YearMedian (cash)Median (today's £)Sales
2026£213,500£213,50038
2025£238,000£243,691139
2024£235,000£249,853113
2023£228,800£251,395104
2022£239,000£280,255121
2021£212,000£268,419201
2020£212,500£275,723149
2019£195,000£255,598160
2018£180,000£239,943171
2017£185,000£252,321184
2016£165,000£230,837155
2015£155,000£219,015135
2014£158,000£224,151183
2013£155,000£223,030138
2012£153,000£225,19794
2011£125,000£188,70285
2010£160,000£250,921108
2009£150,000£241,12677
2008£138,600£227,19590
2007£147,000£249,353204
2006£143,000£248,230171
2005£149,500£266,050133
2004£126,000£228,841174
2003£96,000£176,855175
2002£80,000£150,519163
2001£79,400£152,642156
2000£61,200£120,105108
1999£57,800£115,192116
1998£58,000£117,077106
1997£70,000£143,556125
1996£58,000£122,319125
1995£53,500£116,301108

In cash terms the typical WF7 7 home went from £53,500 in 1995 to £213,500 in 2026, roughly 4.0 times the price. Inflation explains only part of it: in today's money the rise is still about 84%, a genuine increase in what a home here costs. Measured in today's money the market peaked in 2022; the current median sits about 24% below that. Someone who bought at the 2022 peak has not yet seen that price back in real terms.

Year-on-year change in the WF7 7 median

Each bar is the change on the year before, in cash. The zero line is the boundary between rising and falling.

+50% -25% 0% 1996 · +8.4% on the year before1997 · +20.7% on the year before1998 · −17.1% on the year before1999 · −0.3% on the year before2000 · +5.9% on the year before2001 · +29.7% on the year before2002 · +0.8% on the year before2003 · +20.0% on the year before2004 · +31.3% on the year before2005 · +18.7% on the year before2006 · −4.3% on the year before2007 · +2.8% on the year before2008 · −5.7% on the year before2009 · +8.2% on the year before2010 · +6.7% on the year before2011 · −21.9% on the year before2012 · +22.4% on the year before2013 · +1.3% on the year before2014 · +1.9% on the year before2015 · −1.9% on the year before2016 · +6.5% on the year before2017 · +12.1% on the year before2018 · −2.7% on the year before2019 · +8.3% on the year before2020 · +9.0% on the year before2021 · −0.2% on the year before2022 · +12.7% on the year before2023 · −4.3% on the year before2024 · +2.7% on the year before2025 · +1.3% on the year before2026 · −10.3% on the year before200020052010201520202026

The strongest year on record here is 2004 (+31.3% on the year before); the weakest, 2011 (−21.9%). Single-year swings like these are why the annualised table below matters more than any one year's headline.

Growth per year, over one to twenty years

PeriodCash, per yearReal terms, per year
1 years (since 2025)−10.3%−12.4%
5 years (since 2021)+0.1%−4.5%
10 years (since 2016)+2.6%−0.8%
20 years (since 2006)+2.0%−0.8%

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.

Sales activity in WF7 7

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.

63125188250 1995: 108 sales1996: 125 sales1997: 125 sales1998: 106 sales1999: 116 sales2000: 108 sales2001: 156 sales2002: 163 sales2003: 175 sales2004: 174 sales2005: 133 sales2006: 171 sales2007: 204 sales2008: 90 sales2009: 77 sales2010: 108 sales2011: 85 sales2012: 94 sales2013: 138 sales2014: 183 sales2015: 135 sales2016: 155 sales2017: 184 sales2018: 171 sales2019: 160 sales2020: 149 sales2021: 201 sales2022: 121 sales2023: 104 sales2024: 113 sales2025: 139 sales2026: 38 sales1995200020052010201520202026

Over the last twelve months of data, 38 sales completed in WF7 7. Like most of England and Wales, turnover never fully recovered from 2008: the market here averaged 161 sales a year before the financial crisis and 103 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.

The rental side of WF7 7

WF7 7 falls under Wakefield, where the ONS puts the average private rent at £794 a month (May 2026 figures). 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.

1 bed: £567 a month£5671 bed2 bed: £715 a month£7152 bed3 bed: £855 a month£8553 bed4+ bed: £1,200 a month£1,2004+ bed

Against the £213,500 median purchase price, a rent of £794 a month (£9,528 a year) works out at a 4.5% 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 WF7 7 market

This is a thin market: 38 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 WF7, this sector trades 14% above the district median: one of the dearer corners of its district.

What people ask about WF7 7 (Ackworth Moor Top)

How much did a house sell for in WF7 7 (Ackworth Moor Top)?
Land Registry recorded 38 sales in WF7 7 (Ackworth Moor Top) in 2026, with a median sold price of £213,500. Every one is free to view at its exact address on the HomesIndex map.
Are property prices falling in WF7 7 (Ackworth Moor Top)?
In WF7 7 (Ackworth Moor Top) the median moved down 10% year on year; over five years it is up 1%. The full year-by-year table since 1995 is on this page.
Is WF7 7 (Ackworth Moor Top) a good place to buy a house?
WF7 7 (Ackworth Moor Top) sold prices are up 1% over five years. This report weighs growth, affordability and volume against neighbouring areas using only recorded sales.

Where do WF7 7 prices go next?

Prediction is not this page's business. Its business is the record, which says: the median is roughly flat over five years in cash but down 20% after inflation. Read the volume chart with the price chart before acting on either, remembering that registrations trail the deals themselves by weeks.

What you could buy in WF7 now

This is what you could actually buy today: 68 homes currently on the market from 11 agents publishing to HomesIndex.

These cover the whole WF7 district, not just WF7 7: live asking prices are collected per district.

£220,000Typical asking price now (WF7 district)
15 below what sold nearby25 in line with nearby sales17 above nearby sales6 well above nearby sales

24% of current listings sit under the prices comparable homes actually fetched. Each listing is compared with recent recorded sales of similar homes nearby.

"Under comparable sales" compares each asking price with what similar homes nearby actually sold for. It is a starting point for a conversation, not a valuation. Always look at the home itself.

See every WF7 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

The Land Registry record, split by size: what each kind of home actually sold for across the WF area. 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.

Type1 bed2 bed3 bed4 bed5 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%)

Medians of recorded sales over the last four years, by built form and bedroom count. Sold homes carry no advertised bedroom count, so sizes are estimated from their EPC records; a small number of homes will sit 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.

Other sectors in WF7

Sector boundaries hide real price steps. The rest of WF7, one report each:

SectorMedian (latest)Sales that year
WF7 5£203,80040
WF7 6£176,50032

Zoom out to the full WF7 district report for the type split, monthly volumes and how WF7 compares with its neighbours.

Thinking of selling in WF7 7? Get a rough value first

The sold record beats any estimate as a starting point. Before a house valuation or flat valuation in WF7 7, open the average prices map and zoom from the WF7 7 shading down to the sold homes on your own street. Every recorded WF7 7 sale is on this page; the same Land Registry record is what agents price from, and it is now in your hands.

Estate agents working WF7 7: the featured spot on this report is free for founding agents, one per district. Claim WF7 7.

Dig further

Behind the answers sits the same Land Registry record as this page, with WF7 7 already set as the subject. Free, one click sign in.

The live map plots every individual WF7 7 sale at its exact address, and the average prices map zooms from neighbourhood shading to single homes. For a specific question, the report tool writes a custom answer, and any sale's mortgage and rent calculator runs the numbers on a real purchase.

Method, briefly: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data (Crown copyright, OGL v3.0) supplies every sale, geocoded to address level; CPIH from the ONS restates prices in today's money; ONS local-authority figures supply the rents. Medians of real sales, not valuations. No part of this page is financial advice.