The median home in Wolverhampton sells for £220,000
That is the middle of 5,720 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 5.3 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 Wolverhampton’s sales are semi-detached houses
5,720 homes sold in three years: 1,129 detached houses, 2,694 semi-detached houses, 1,331 terraced houses and 566 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 3.1 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£330K
median sale · 1,129 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£272K–£430K
Last 12 months
£330K304 sold
New build
£310K
Semi-detached houses£226K
median sale · 2,694 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£191K–£261K
Last 12 months
£234K731 sold
New build
£245K
Terraced houses£185K
median sale · 1,331 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£151K–£220K
Last 12 months
£197K349 sold
New build
£194K
Flats and maisonettes£107K
median sale · 566 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£85K–£130K
Last 12 months
£115K144 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 47% of sales
Detached houses20%
Semi-detached houses47%
Terraced houses23%
Flats and maisonettes10%
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 Wolverhampton’s homes sold for between £174K and £275K
One sale in ten was under £120K and one in ten over £363K. 65% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £220,000, sits in the £200–250K band
5,720 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.3 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £43,500 in 1995 to £230,000 in the last 12 months (£155,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
1,528 sales in the last 12 months, against 3,582 in 2003, the busiest year, and 1,616 in 2009. Sales fell by 54% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 4%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 37% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Wolverhampton costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Wolverhampton, 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
£74K
£98K
£207K
£220K
£220K
£265K
£330K
Semi-detached houses
£43K
£55K
£117K
£118K
£130K
£167K
£234K
Terraced houses
£34K
£38K
£88K
£96K
£109K
£140K
£197K
Flats and maisonettes
£29K
£38K
£114K
£75K
£81K
£90K
£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: 0.5% of sales in the last 12 months
5,044 new homes have been sold in Wolverhampton since 1995; the share peaked at 10% in 2005.
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 £269,997
against £220,000 for a home sold on, 23% 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.
12% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 2% sold leasehold in Wolverhampton. 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
Cannock Road is Wolverhampton’s busiest street, with 40 sales in three years
396 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 107 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
Cannock Road
WV10
40
£220,000
Mixed
2
Penn Road (WV4)
WV4
40
£201,500
Mixed
3
Aldersley Road
WV6
30
£167,500
Mixed
4
Blackthorn Drive
WV10
29
£219,995
Mostly semi-detached houses · new builds
5
Mount Road (WV4)
WV4
28
£289,000
Mixed
6
Douglas Fir Drive
WV10
26
£264,995
Mostly semi-detached houses · new builds
7
Northwood Park Road
WV10
26
£239,995
Mixed · new builds
8
Stafford Road
WV10
24
£229,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
9
Castlecroft Road
WV3
23
£253,400
Mixed
10
Dovedale Road
WV4
23
£249,999
Mostly semi-detached houses
11
Wood Road
WV6
22
£252,500
Mostly flats
12
Goodwood Drive
WV10
22
£242,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
13
Griffiths Drive
WV11
22
£180,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
14
Broad Lane South
WV11
20
£270,000
Mixed
15
Juniper Avenue
WV10
20
£236,495
Mostly semi-detached houses · new builds
Dearest streets
Perton Road: £916,500
Wolverhampton median£220K
Perton Road£917K
Woodthorne Road£743K
Keepers Lane£630K
Wrottesley Road£630K
Highlands Road£585K
Cheapest streets
Grosvenor Park: £38,500
Wolverhampton median£220K
Grosvenor Park£39K
Okement Drive£55K
Lennox Gardens£62K
Sutton Court£77K
Brunslow Close£85K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 23.8 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
Wolverhampton is the 21st most expensive of 35 towns in West Midlands
Wolverhampton 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 Wolverhampton
What is the average house price in Wolverhampton?
The median home in Wolverhampton sold for £220,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 5,720 standard sales (£230,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £330,000, semi-detached houses £226,497, terraced houses £185,000 and flats and maisonettes £107,250.
Are house prices going up in Wolverhampton?
The median was £225,000 in 2025, up 5% on 2024 (£215,000), and £230,000 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 Wolverhampton each year?
1,528 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 2,385 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Wolverhampton?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Perton Road (WV6, £916,500), Woodthorne Road (WV6, £742,500) and Keepers Lane (WV6, £630,000).
How much does a new build cost in Wolverhampton?
New homes sold for a median £269,997 over three years, against £220,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 3% of sales.
Is Wolverhampton expensive for West Midlands?
Wolverhampton is the 20th 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.