How to check the sold price history of any UK address

1. Start with the outward postcode (the part before the space, like B17) to see the district's recorded sales and the spread of prices.
2. Narrow to the full postcode to get the immediate street rather than the whole district.
3. Read the property type alongside the price. A district median mixes flats and detached houses, so a raw median is not "what a house here costs".
4. Check the sale date against the data date shown on the page — recent months are always incomplete because registration lags completion.
5. Note anything odd: a price far below the street pattern is often an excluded-category transfer or a sale between connected parties, not a bargain the market missed.

What this evidence is and is not: it is a record of prices actually paid, which makes it far stronger than an asking price. It is not a valuation of the specific house you are looking at — condition, extensions and outlook are invisible in the dataset.

• GOV.UK — About the Price Paid Data