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Typical sold price, WF1
£196,500
250 real sales, 9 February 2026 to 24 August 2026. A rough cash guide is shown below, not a quote.
- Sales in sample
- 250
- Cash guide, 70%
- £138,000
- Cash guide, 85%
- £167,000
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data
Our take · opinion, not advice
Our take on selling in City centre: steady sales, so price from the evidence
Roughly 39 homes a month change hands in City centre, so there is a fair body of evidence, but not enough of it for a trustworthy twelve-month trend.
Before you accept anything, the spread in City centre is wide, with most sales between £97,850 and £370,000, so the closest sold homes of your type say much more than the middle; roughly 39 sales a month is enough for buyers to compare, so evidence beats optimism.
Compare optionsSelling here takes some patience, so a cash buyer appeals mostly to people who cannot spare it; 70–85% of market value is the usual cash range, so about £138,000 to £167,000 on a typical £196,500 home (a rough guide, not a quote), and any offer should be weighed against real sales.
Ahead of any viewing or offer, gather gas and electrical safety certificates; the title details (and any boundary or access paperwork); and a list of what stays and what goes with the home; your conveyancer can add anything specific to your home.
To see what a quicker sale would look like, ask a cash buyer to contact you; it costs you nothing and you do not have to accept.
Get Cash OfferOur opinion, drawn from the figures on this page: not advice and not a forecast. We earn from OfferCheck reports and from introducing sellers to cash buyers, so weigh it with that in mind (see our disclosure). We are not authorised or regulated by the FCA.
Key figures
City centre at a glance
Sourced figures for the district, each one dated.
Most sell between
£97,850 to £370,000
Middle 80% of 250 sales
Gross yield
4.9%
gross, before costs, illustrative
Average rent
£806 a month
Wakefield, August 2026
Planning applications
1,028
Within 500 m of the centre
Local data
What City centre homes sell for
Real Land Registry sold prices for WF1, each chart with its table underneath.
Price by type
What each type sells for in WF1
Detached homes had the highest typical price in WF1 at £360,000, from 46 sales; flats came to £100,500.
- Detached19%
- Semi-detached35%
- Terraced31%
- Flats14%
See the figures
| Type | Typical (median) | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £360,000 | 46 |
| Semi-detached | £210,000 | 84 |
| Terraced | £168,000 | 73 |
| Flats | £100,500 | 34 |
HM Land Registry, 9 February 2026 to 24 August 2026. Types with fewer than 10 sales are left out.
Rent by size
What Wakefield homes rent for
Average private rent in Wakefield was £806 a month in August 2026, a gross yield of 4.9% on the WF1 median price (gross, before costs, illustrative).
See the figures
1 bed £576, 2 bed £726, 3 bed £869, 4+ bed £1,217 a month. ONS source
ONS Price Index of Private Rents, August 2026. The rent covers the whole local area, not just WF1.
Planning activity
Planning near City centre
1,028 planning applications within 500 m of the WF1 centre. Of the 20 most recent, 7 are still undecided.
- Decided65%
- Undecided35%
Planning detail
Planning activity near City centre
1,028 planning applications within 500 m of the WF1 district centre
That count covers every date PlanIt holds. The 20 most recent were received between 23 Oct 2025 and 14 Jul 2026, and 7 of them are still undecided.
Source: PlanIt (planit.org.uk), which gathers local council planning registers. Checked 22 July 2026. This is activity in the area, not at any one address, and coverage and council update speed vary.
View applicationsPlanIt, from local council planning registers. Area activity, not one address.
Contains HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
More affordable central market.
Whatever the reason you need to move on in City centre (Wakefield), a cash sale can be quicker and simpler than the open market, though cash buyers usually offer below market value. Want to know what homes in City centre actually sell for first? See real Land Registry sold prices for WF1.
Rent: ONS Price Index of Private Rents, August 2026 (published 16 September 2026): the average monthly rent for all private rented homes in Wakefield, up 5.9% on a year earlier. It covers the whole area, not just WF1. Official statistics in development. By size: 1 bed £576, 2 bed £726, 3 bed £869, 4+ bed £1,217.
Gross yield is 12 months of that average rent divided by the WF1 median sale price. It is gross, before costs such as void periods, agent and management fees, repairs, insurance, tax and mortgage interest, and illustrative only: the rent covers a whole local area and every property type, while the price is for WF1, so the two are not a like-for-like pair.
Price spread and sales volume are from HM Land Registry sold prices. Liquidity (sales volume) is a rough guide to how many homes change hands, not a forecast.
Explore sold prices
What actually sold in WF1
Filter by property type and radius around the WF1 centre. Distances use each sale's postcode centroid, so they are approximate.
250 sales match · page 1 of 13
| Address | Price | Date | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 46, SUGAR LANE, WAKEFIELDWF1 5LF | £220,000 | 2026-08-24 | Semi-detached | Freehold |
| 46, WHITAKER DRIVE, WAKEFIELDWF1 2UR | £260,000 | 2026-08-24 | Semi-detached | Freehold |
| 14, BARNES AVENUE, WAKEFIELDWF1 2BH | £216,000 | 2026-08-10 | Terraced | Freehold |
| 63, REGENT STREET, WAKEFIELDWF1 5HR | £130,000 | 2026-08-07 | Terraced | Freehold |
| 55, MEADOW VALE, WAKEFIELDWF1 3TD | £318,000 | 2026-08-05 | Detached | Freehold |
| 81, COACH ROAD, WAKEFIELDWF1 3ED | £190,000 | 2026-08-05 | Semi-detached | Freehold |
| 16, LEEDS ROAD, WAKEFIELDWF1 3JL | £210,000 | 2026-08-04 | Semi-detached | Freehold |
| 24, CONISTON CRESCENT, WAKEFIELDWF1 4BJ | £115,000 | 2026-08-04 | Flat / maisonette | Leasehold |
| 2, BROOMHALL AVENUE, WAKEFIELDWF1 2BB | £530,000 | 2026-08-03 | Detached | Freehold |
| 16, HEATH VIEW, WAKEFIELDWF1 5FU | £400,000 | 2026-08-03 | Detached | Freehold |
| 7, DENSTONE STREET, WAKEFIELDWF1 4LD | £120,000 | 2026-07-31 | Terraced | Freehold |
| 139, HOWDEN WAY, WAKEFIELDWF1 4PL | £88,500 | 2026-07-31 | Terraced | Leasehold |
| 60, BARNES AVENUE, WAKEFIELDWF1 2BJ | £250,000 | 2026-07-31 | Terraced | Freehold |
| 1, STAITHES DRIVE, WAKEFIELDWF1 5FG | £238,000 | 2026-07-31 | Semi-detached | Freehold |
| 545A, LEEDS ROAD, WAKEFIELDWF1 2PN | £240,000 | 2026-07-31 | Semi-detached | Freehold |
| 9, VICARAGE CLOSE, WAKEFIELDWF1 2LX | £250,000 | 2026-07-30 | Semi-detached | Freehold |
| 12, FEWSTON AVENUE, WAKEFIELDWF1 4RY | £185,000 | 2026-07-28 | Semi-detached | Freehold |
| 82, ROYAL TROON MEWS, WAKEFIELDWF1 4JL | £210,000 | 2026-07-28 | Terraced | Leasehold |
| 191, LEEDS ROAD, WAKEFIELDWF1 2PS | £152,500 | 2026-07-24 | Terraced | Freehold |
| 16, ANNIE STREET, WAKEFIELDWF1 2PL | £140,000 | 2026-07-24 | Terraced | Freehold |
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