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Bescot market report WS5 3, Walsall

The WS5 3 (Bescot) house price history in full, 1995 to 2026, in cash and in today's money. Everything below comes from 3,950 sales recorded by HM Land Registry in WS5 3 (Walsall) since 1995, real completion prices from real purchases, alongside the ONS's current rent figures. No valuations, no estimates, no asking prices.

Sales recorded to 2026; rents are ONS figures for May 2026. The page rebuilds with each monthly release.

In short: the typical home in WS5 3 (Walsall) sold for £421,200 in 2026, the median of 32 registered sales, up 20% on five years earlier. The mean was £445,600, and by floor area homes here have averaged about £3,340 per square metre over the last five years. The figures cover 3,950 sales recorded by HM Land Registry since 1995 and refresh with each monthly release: completed sale prices, not valuations or asking prices.

WS5 3 is one sector of WS5 (Walsall): 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.

What buyers actually paid in WS5 3

Across 32 registered 2026 sales, the typical (median) WS5 3 home went for £421,200. The mean is £445,600, a little above it, the familiar pattern where pricier homes stretch the average.

Price per square metre in WS5 3

Measured by floor area, the last five years of WS5 3 sales average about £3,340 per square metre. Price per square metre is the fair way to compare a one-bed flat with a four-bed house, and it comes from the Energy Performance Certificate on each sold home.

Set against the £285,000 England and Wales median, WS5 3 sits 48% above the national market.

In cash terms the typical WS5 3 home went from £81,000 in 1995 to £421,200 in 2026, roughly 5 times the price. Adjusted for inflation it still comes to a real rise of roughly 139%, so homes here got dearer in substance, not only in cash. In inflation-adjusted terms the high-water mark was 2021. The market now sits about 5% below it, so a peak-time purchase has yet to recover its real value.

The strongest year on record here is 2002 (+30.1% on the year before); the weakest, 2024 (−10.2%). Single-year swings like these are why the annualised table below matters more than any one year's headline.

What WS5 3 has returned, per year

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

Over the last twelve months of data, 32 sales completed in WS5 3. Like most of England and Wales, turnover never fully recovered from 2008: the market here averaged 153 sales a year before the financial crisis and 94 a year over the last five. Volume matters as much as price: when few homes change hands, the median gets jumpy and a single street can move the figure. The most recent year is always still filling in, because sales appear in the Land Registry weeks or months after completion.

Reading the WS5 3 market

Only 32 sales completed here in the last twelve months of data, which makes WS5 3 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. Against the WS5 district median, WS5 3 sits 35% higher, marking it as a dearer pocket of the district.

What tenants pay around WS5 3

WS5 3 falls under Walsall, where the ONS puts the average private rent at £908 a month (May 2026 figures). Size sets most of the rent: one-beds average £642 a month here against £1,305 for four or more bedrooms.

£908 a month is £10,896 a year, which against the £421,200 median sold price makes a gross yield of 2.6%. 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.

WS5 3 (Bescot): the questions that come up

What happens to WS5 3 prices now?

That question has no honest answer, only evidence. The evidence: the median is up 20% over five years in cash but down 5% 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.

WS5's current homes for sale

Moving up a bedroom in WS: the cost

The risers and the fallers

The spread across the WS area is the point: the same five years treated these districts very differently.

Other sectors in WS5

A few minutes' walk can separate two very different markets. Here are WS5's other sectors, each with its own report:

Zoom out to the full WS5 district report for the type split, monthly volumes and how WS5 compares with its neighbours.

Before you sell in WS5 3: what the record supports

Take it further

The AI answers from the same Land Registry data this report is built on, already scoped to WS5 3. Free after a one click sign in.

See every individual WS5 3 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.