marketcodeSold price per m²
£2,547/m² 12 months to Apr 2026
374 sales
+2.1% over the year to Dec 2025 by the house price index, which follows the same homes over time.
Postcode district
WF1 property market
Sold £2,547/m² · Median sold £226,001 (374 sales) · Index +2.1% y/y · Turnover 2.0% · 12 months, sales to Apr 2026, listings to Aug 2026
What is WF1?
- Buildings
- 12,158
- Mixed-use buildings
- 2.2%
- HMO-shaped units
- 45%
What does WF1 cost?
WF1: sold price per m² £2,547/m² (12 months to Apr 2026, 374 sales). +2.1% over the year to Dec 2025 by the house price index, which follows the same homes over time.
Sold price
£226,001 12 months to Apr 2026
374 sales
+2.1% over the year to Dec 2025 by the house price index, which follows the same homes over time.
Sample is the matched completed sales behind the latest month. A month in which this cohort recorded no sale of its own carries the parent area's price rather than a measurement, and is not published with no sample.
Asking price
£240,417 12 months to Aug 2026
1,194 listings
+0.3% on the previous 12 months.
Sample is the dated listings that came to market in the latest month (added and reduced cohorts).
Settled months to Dec 2025; the dashed tail is the pipeline's projection of the index 12 months ahead, inside its 80% band. A projection of the index, not a forecast of any home's price.
ObservedForecast with intervalIndex points, not property prices
What does WF1 earn?
WF1: asking rent £892 a month (12 months to Jul 2026, 625 lets).
Asking rent
£892 a month 12 months to Jul 2026
625 lets
Gross yield, asking basis
4.3% 12 months to Aug 2026
1,170 lets
+2.3% on the previous 12 months.
Sample is the dated lettings behind the latest month's rent cell.
How does WF1 vary by home size?
Asking price in WF1 runs from £82,245 for 1 bedroom to £460,290 for 5+ bedrooms.
| Homes | Asking price | Window | Change | Listings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 bedroom | £82,245 | 12 months to Aug 2026 | -20.6% on the previous 12 months | 114 |
| 2 bedrooms | £146,997 | 12 months to Aug 2026 | -1.1% on the previous 12 months | 327 |
| 3 bedrooms | £257,911 | 12 months to Aug 2026 | +2.7% on the previous 12 months | 441 |
| 4 bedrooms | £385,640 | 12 months to Aug 2026 | +2% on the previous 12 months | 282 |
| 5+ bedrooms | £460,290 | 12 months to Jul 2026 | — | 67 |
Asking price by bedroom band: the monthly medians of sale listings that came to market, weighted by their dated listings, over the last 12 observed months, from portal listings. A band with fewer than 30 dated listings in the year is not published.
How liquid is WF1?
WF1: turnover 2.0% (12 months to Jan 2026, 409 sales). -19.8% on the previous 12 months.
Turnover
2.0% 12 months to Jan 2026
409 sales
-19.8% on the previous 12 months.
Sample is the matched completed sales behind the latest month. A month in which this cohort recorded no sale of its own has a rate of zero by arithmetic rather than a measured rate, and is not published with no sample.
Completed sales
637 12 months to Jan 2026
637 sales
-3.2% on the previous 12 months.
Sample is the registry count itself; months within six months of the last ingest are still filling.
Listings for sale
669 12 months to Jul 2026
669 listings
Who is active in WF1?
34 agents listed homes for sale in WF1; the three largest took 45% of the listings.
- Agents active
- 34
- Top three agents’ share
- 45%
- New homes among listings
- 11%
days_to_completion is on the registry-matched subset (sold_matched_n), not a sell-through rate.
Who owns WF1?
Corporate landlords hold 87% of the 1,215 units in WF1 whose freeholder is classified; 95% of all units are not yet classified.
- Corporate landlords87% of classified · 1,063 units
- Individuals (not traceable in bulk)8.0% of classified · 97 units
- Housing associations3.9% of classified · 47 units
- RMC0.7% of classified · 8 units
Freeholder class per addressable unit, from HM Land Registry CCOD/OCOD matched to the title and Companies House. Individuals are counted, never itemised.
Where does WF1 rank?
WF1 ranks 5th of 10 postcode districts in Wakefield for sold price per m², at £2,547/m².
Sold price per m² · postcode districts in Wakefield
WF1 ranks 5th of 10 postcode districts in Wakefield for sold price per m², at £2,547/m².
| # | Area | Sold price per m² | Sample | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | WF3 | £2,980/m² | 440 | measured |
| 2 | WF2 | £2,773/m² | 463 | measured |
| 3 | WF5 | £2,766/m² | 216 | measured |
| 4 | WF4 | £2,714/m² | 481 | measured |
| 5 | WF1 | £2,547/m² | 374 | measured |
Full table: sold price per m² across postcode districts in Wakefield →
Gross yield, asking basis · postcode districts in Wakefield
WF1 ranks 4th of 10 postcode districts in Wakefield for gross yield, asking basis, at 4.3%.
| # | Area | Gross yield, asking basis | Sample | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | WF10 | 4.9% | 565 | measured |
| 2 | WF9 | 4.6% | 320 | measured |
| 3 | WF6 | 4.3% | 259 | measured |
| 4 | WF1 | 4.3% | 1,170 | measured |
| 5 | WF4 | 4.2% | 298 | measured |
Full table: gross yield, asking basis across postcode districts in Wakefield →
Turnover · postcode districts in Wakefield
WF1 ranks 10th of 10 postcode districts in Wakefield for turnover, at 2.0%.
| # | Area | Turnover | Sample | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | WF3 | 3.4% | 534 | measured |
| 2 | WF7 | 2.7% | 286 | measured |
| 3 | WF4 | 2.6% | 526 | measured |
| 4 | WF8 | 2.5% | 431 | measured |
| 5 | WF9 | 2.5% | 480 | measured |
| 10 | WF1 | 2.0% | 409 | measured |
Full table: turnover across postcode districts in Wakefield →
Where next from WF1?
- WakefieldThe wider market this area sits in.
- WF10Neighbouring postcode district · £2,227/m²
- WF2Neighbouring postcode district · £2,869/m²
- WF3Neighbouring postcode district · £3,260/m²
- WF4Neighbouring postcode district · £3,950/m²
- WF5Neighbouring postcode district · £3,419/m²
- WF6Neighbouring postcode district · £2,402/m²
- WF7Neighbouring postcode district · £2,456/m²
- WF8Neighbouring postcode district · £2,736/m²
- LS26Next door, in another authority · £3,093/m²
Questions about WF1
- What is the median house price in WF1?
- Homes in WF1 sold for a median £226,001 over the 12 months to Apr 2026, 374 sales. Per square metre that is £2,547/m². Registered completions, not asking prices.
- How have house prices in WF1 changed?
- +2.1% over the year to Dec 2025 by the house price index, which follows the same homes over time.
- What is the average rent in WF1?
- Homes to let in WF1 asked a median £892 a month over the 12 months to Jul 2026, 625 lets. Asking rent, not the rent agreed.
- What is the gross rental yield in WF1?
- 4.3% on the asking basis: the asking rent times twelve over the asking sale price in the same listing cell, before costs, voids and finance, over the 12 months to Aug 2026, 1,170 lets. +2.3% on the previous 12 months.
- How quickly do homes sell in WF1?
- 2.0% of the homes in WF1 changed hands over the 12 months to Jan 2026, 409 sales.
Everything else about WF1
- Properties in WF1Every addressable home with its floor area, tenure and last recorded sale.
- Buildings in WF1Footprints, heights and the units inside them.
- Land and plots in WF1Registered parcels with their area, tenure and what stands on them.
- Homes for sale in WF1What is on the market right now, with the evidence beside each asking price.
- Homes to rent in WF1What is available to rent, with the recorded rent and yield beside each asking price.
- Recent house sales in WF1Registered completions from Price Paid, newest first.
- Planning applications in WF1What was proposed, who decided it and whether it was approved.
- Estate agents active in WF1Who actually lists here, ranked by volume over 12 months.
Where these figures come from
| Figure | Dataset | Window | Latest | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sold price per m² | HM Land Registry Price Paid and portal listings, monthly rollup | 12 months to Apr 2026 | Apr 2026 | 374 sales |
| Sold price | HM Land Registry Price Paid and portal listings, monthly rollup | 12 months to Apr 2026 | Apr 2026 | 374 sales |
| Asking price | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 | 1,194 listings |
| Asking price per m² | the area_facts listing rollup | 12 months to Jul 2026 | Jul 2026 | 669 listings |
| Asking to sold | Portal listings, monthly rollup | 12 months to Feb 2024 | Feb 2024 | 49 matched sales |
| Asking rent | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Jul 2026 | Jul 2026 | 625 lets |
| Gross yield, asking basis | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 | 1,170 lets |
| Turnover | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Jan 2026 | Jan 2026 | 409 sales |
| Completed sales | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Jan 2026 | Jan 2026 | 637 sales |
| Listings for sale | the area_facts listing rollup | 12 months to Jul 2026 | Jul 2026 | 669 listings |
| New listings | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 | 706 listings |
| Price reductions | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 | 488 listings |
| Live listings | MarketCode market evidence | on 21 Sep 2026 | 21 Sep 2026 | — |
| Days to completion | first listing to registered completion, over the registry-matched subset; not a sell-through rate | 12 months to Feb 2024 | Feb 2024 | 49 matched sales |
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