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Penn market report WV4 4, Wolverhampton
The standing WV4 4 (Penn) property market report, rebuilt from the full public record every month. This page is built from the public record and nothing else: 4,722 completed sales registered with HM Land Registry in WV4 4 (Wolverhampton) 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 WV4 4 (Wolverhampton) came in at £260,000, out of 35 registered, up 18% on five years earlier, and the mean stands at £290,500, and by floor area homes here have averaged about £2,670 per square metre over the last five years. The record behind it is 4,722 completed sales lodged with HM Land Registry since 1995, monthly refreshed, with no valuations or asking prices anywhere in the figures.
WV4 4 is a postcode sector: one group of streets inside WV4 (Wolverhampton). 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 WV4 4 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 WV4 4 homes really sell for
The 2026 median for WV4 4 is £260,000, taken from 35 registered sales. The mean, which is what most sites call the "average house price", is £290,500, somewhat above it, as happens wherever a market carries an expensive tail.
Price per square metre in WV4 4
The last five years of sales put WV4 4 at roughly £2,670 per square metre. That figure, built from each sale's Energy Performance Certificate floor area, is the one that makes a small flat and a big house comparable.
The national median for England and Wales is £285,000, which puts WV4 4 9% below the country at large.
The price of a typical WV4 4 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 | £260,000 | £260,000 | 35 |
| 2025 | £250,000 | £255,978 | 135 |
| 2024 | £245,000 | £260,485 | 113 |
| 2023 | £252,000 | £276,886 | 99 |
| 2022 | £250,000 | £293,154 | 143 |
| 2021 | £220,000 | £278,548 | 168 |
| 2020 | £190,000 | £246,529 | 118 |
| 2019 | £185,000 | £242,491 | 126 |
| 2018 | £177,500 | £236,611 | 131 |
| 2017 | £177,000 | £241,410 | 165 |
| 2016 | £162,200 | £226,919 | 138 |
| 2015 | £161,000 | £227,493 | 163 |
| 2014 | £146,500 | £207,836 | 140 |
| 2013 | £138,200 | £198,856 | 124 |
| 2012 | £136,500 | £200,911 | 109 |
| 2011 | £149,500 | £225,688 | 130 |
| 2010 | £140,000 | £219,556 | 118 |
| 2009 | £136,000 | £218,621 | 121 |
| 2008 | £148,000 | £242,603 | 115 |
| 2007 | £157,500 | £267,164 | 185 |
| 2006 | £152,500 | £264,721 | 193 |
| 2005 | £131,000 | £233,127 | 176 |
| 2004 | £131,000 | £237,922 | 199 |
| 2003 | £118,200 | £217,753 | 210 |
| 2002 | £95,200 | £179,118 | 166 |
| 2001 | £85,500 | £164,369 | 197 |
| 2000 | £71,500 | £140,319 | 175 |
| 1999 | £62,500 | £124,559 | 206 |
| 1998 | £58,000 | £117,077 | 141 |
| 1997 | £56,000 | £114,845 | 161 |
| 1996 | £51,000 | £107,557 | 181 |
| 1995 | £51,000 | £110,866 | 141 |
In cash terms the typical WV4 4 home went from £51,000 in 1995 to £260,000 in 2026, roughly 5 times the price. Inflation explains only part of it: in today's money the rise is still about 135%, a genuine increase in what a home here costs. The real-terms peak came in 2022, and today's median remains roughly 11% under it: a 2022 buyer is still waiting to get that price back in today's money.
Year-on-year change in the WV4 4 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 (+24.2% on the year before); the weakest, 2012 (−8.7%). Single-year swings like these are why the annualised table below matters more than any one year's headline.
What WV4 4 has returned, per year
| Period | Cash, per year | Real terms, per year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 years (since 2025) | +4.0% | +1.6% |
| 5 years (since 2021) | +3.4% | −1.4% |
| 10 years (since 2016) | +4.8% | +1.4% |
| 20 years (since 2006) | +2.7% | −0.1% |
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
The year-by-year sales count
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.
WV4 4 recorded 35 sales in the last twelve months of data. Like most of England and Wales, turnover never fully recovered from 2008: the market here averaged 188 sales a year before the financial crisis and 105 a year over the last five. Price without volume misleads: a median built on few sales jumps around, and one street can tilt it. Keep in mind too that the latest year is still filling in, since sales reach the register weeks or months after completion.
Rents around WV4 4
For renting purposes WV4 4 sits in Wolverhampton. The ONS average private rent there is £934 a month (May 2026). Size sets most of the rent: one-beds average £666 a month here against £1,427 for four or more bedrooms.
Average monthly rent by size, Wolverhampton
ONS Price Index of Private Rents, May 2026.
£934 a month is £11,208 a year, which against the £260,000 median sold price makes a gross yield of 4.3%. 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.
How WV4 4 trades
This is a thin market: 35 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.
Common questions on WV4 4 (Penn)
Is WV4 4 (Penn) a good place to buy a house?
How much did a house sell for in WV4 4 (Penn)?
Are property prices falling in WV4 4 (Penn)?
Will WV4 4 prices rise from here?
That question has no honest answer, only evidence. The evidence: the median is up 18% over five years in cash but down 7% 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.
WV4's current homes for sale
This is what you could actually buy today: 68 homes currently on the market from 8 agents publishing to HomesIndex.
These cover the whole WV4 district, not just WV4 4: live asking prices are collected per district.
16% of current listings sit under the prices comparable homes actually fetched. Each listing is compared with recent recorded sales of similar homes nearby.
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- Bevan Avenue, Lanesfield, Wolverhampton, WV4, West Midlands
"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 WV4 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.
Bedroom by bedroom: WV prices by size
The Land Registry record, split by size: what each kind of home actually sold for across the WV 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.
| Type | 1 bed | 2 bed | 3 bed | 4 bed | 5 bed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | — | £265,000 | £365,000 (+38%) | £550,000 (+51%) | £820,000 (+49%) |
| Semi-detached | £191,500 | £215,000 (+12%) | £247,750 (+15%) | £315,000 (+27%) | £395,000 (+25%) |
| Terraced | £170,000 | £180,000 (+6%) | £200,000 (+11%) | £260,000 (+30%) | — |
| Flat | £100,000 | £125,000 (+25%) | £240,750 (+93%) | — | — |
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 WV area is the point: the same five years treated these districts very differently.
WV 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 WV4
Sector boundaries hide real price steps. The rest of WV4, one report each:
| Sector | Median (latest) | Sales that year |
|---|---|---|
| WV4 5 | £295,000 | 46 |
| WV4 6 | £206,000 | 31 |
Zoom out to the full WV4 district report for the type split, monthly volumes and how WV4 compares with its neighbours.
Thinking of selling in WV4 4? Get a rough value first
The sold record beats any estimate as a starting point. Before a house valuation or flat valuation in WV4 4, open the average prices map and zoom from the WV4 4 shading down to the sold homes on your own street. Every recorded WV4 4 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 WV4 4.
Dig further
The AI answers from the same Land Registry data this report is built on, already scoped to WV4 4. Free after a one click sign in.
Two maps carry on from here: every WV4 4 sale at its exact address, and the average prices map from area shading down to single homes. The report tool answers a specific question in writing, and each sale's mortgage and rent calculator prices 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.