That is the middle of 452 standard sales recorded by HM Land Registry from September 2023 to August 2026, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. The typical home sells for 5.9 times as much as in 1995. Below: what each type of home sells for, the spread of prices, every year since 1995, new builds, the busiest streets and the neighbours. Rents and council tax are on Cost of living.
Half of Wednesbury’s sales are semi-detached houses
452 homes sold in three years: 53 detached houses, 235 semi-detached houses, 113 terraced houses and 51 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.3 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£278K
median sale · 53 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£242K–£335K
Last 12 months
£290K14 sold
Semi-detached houses£225K
median sale · 235 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£195K–£250K
Last 12 months
£230K53 sold
Terraced houses£204K
median sale · 113 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£173K–£241K
Last 12 months
£231K32 sold
Flats and maisonettes£120K
median sale · 51 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£100K–£125K
Last 12 months
£115K13 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 52% of sales
Detached houses12%
Semi-detached houses52%
Terraced houses25%
Flats and maisonettes11%
Standard sales, Sep 2023 to Aug 2026. A median needs 5 sales of a type; “middle half” is the 25th to 75th percentile of 10 or more.
Price range
Half of Wednesbury’s homes sold for between £175K and £252K
One sale in ten was under £124K and one in ten over £290K. 71% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £215,000, sits in the £200–250K band
452 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.9 times as much as in 1995, a faster rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £38,725 in 1995 to £228,750 in the last 12 months (£145,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
112 sales in the last 12 months, against 362 in 2006, the busiest year, and 115 in 2020. Sales fell by 55% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 6%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 105% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Wednesbury costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Wednesbury, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Terraced houses rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£60K
£88K
£202K
£181K
£152K
£202K
£290K
Semi-detached houses
£41K
£49K
£115K
£115K
£115K
£159K
£230K
Terraced houses
£33K
£40K
£94K
£98K
£104K
£155K
£231K
Flats and maisonettes
£29K
£33K
£98K
£86K
£84K
£86K
£115K
Calendar years; a year’s median needs 5 sales of the type, so gaps are years with fewer.
Prices are as paid, not adjusted for inflation. Standard (category A) sales only; Land Registry adds a sale when it is registered, so the newest months fill in later.
New builds
Hardly any new homes: 2.7% of sales in the last 12 months
547 new homes have been sold in Wednesbury since 1995; the share peaked at 43% in 2008.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
A new home sold for a median £310,000
against £215,000 for a home sold on, 44% more, over three years. New homes are often a different mix from the homes sold on, so part of the gap is size and type.
13% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 2% sold leasehold in Wednesbury. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
Streets
Brunswick Park Road is Wednesbury’s busiest street, with 13 sales in three years
32 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 8 of them ten or more. A busy street is often a new estate selling its first homes, or a long road of terraces and flats.
#
Street
Postcode area
Sales
Median
Homes
1
Brunswick Park Road
WS10
13
£230,000
Mixed
2
Collins Road
WS10
13
£225,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
3
Old College Drive
WS10
12
£270,000
Mixed
4
Woden Road East
WS10
11
£282,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
5
Vicarage Road
WS10
11
£190,000
Mostly terraced houses
6
Darby Road
WS10
10
£222,250
Mostly semi-detached houses
7
Wedgbury Close
WS10
10
£122,750
Mostly flats
8
Holyhead Road
WS10
10
£119,000
Mostly flats
9
Coronation Road
WS10
9
£190,000
Mixed
10
Windmill Street
WS10
9
£160,000
Mostly terraced houses
11
Manor House Road
WS10
8
£207,500
Mixed
12
Kent Road
WS10
8
£203,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
13
Woden Road South
WS10
7
£285,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
14
Chestnut Road
WS10
7
£265,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
15
Hobs Road
WS10
7
£265,000
Mixed
Dearest streets
Woden Road South: £285,000
Wednesbury median£215K
Woden Road South£285K
Woden Road East£283K
Hydes Road£280K
Melia Drive£271K
Old College Drive£270K
Cheapest streets
Holyhead Road: £119,000
Wednesbury median£215K
Holyhead Road£119K
Wedgbury Close£123K
Meeting Street£125K
Windmill Street£160K
Corporation Street£165K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 2.4 times the cheapest’s. Street medians mix types: a street of detached houses beats one of flats.
Standard sales with a street name, grouped by street and postcode district (Sep 2023 to Aug 2026); a name used in two districts shows the district. Medians only: we don’t list individual sales.
Across West Midlands
Wednesbury is the 23rd most expensive of 35 towns in West Midlands
Wednesbury is in the middle of West Midlands’s towns to buy in; the typical UK town’s median is £277,000.
Median: standard sales over three years (10+ needed). Since 2016: the median over three years against 2016’s. Miles: centre to centre.
Questions about property prices in Wednesbury
What is the average house price in Wednesbury?
The median home in Wednesbury sold for £215,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 452 standard sales (£228,750 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £277,500, semi-detached houses £225,000, terraced houses £204,000 and flats and maisonettes £120,000.
Are house prices going up in Wednesbury?
The median was £223,000 in 2025, up 12% on 2024 (£200,000), and £228,750 in the last 12 months. A town’s median moves with the mix of homes sold each year as well as with prices.
How many homes sell in Wednesbury each year?
112 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 184 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Wednesbury?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Woden Road South (WS10, £285,000), Woden Road East (WS10, £282,500) and Hydes Road (WS10, £280,000).
How much does a new build cost in Wednesbury?
New homes sold for a median £310,000 over three years, against £215,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 1.1% of sales.
Is Wednesbury expensive for West Midlands?
Wednesbury is the 23rd most expensive of 35 towns of 2,500 or more in West Midlands by median sale price.
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid, every standard sale since January 1995 (yearly files of 28 September 2026), inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary by postcode (ONS Postcode Directory) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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