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Property Market Insights – WF42

Property price trends, transaction volumes and rolling 12-month market signals for postcode sector WF42 using Land Registry data.

Property market insights

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Signals currently stored for WF42

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Unexpected Hotspot

63 transactions

31 Jan 2025 to 30 Jan 2026

Median property prices in postcode sector WF42 rose 25.7% over the past 12 months, significantly outperforming the UK average increase of 1.8%. Despite this surge, the sector's median price remains below the national average.

Insight Trigger

Rolling 12-Month Price Change That Triggered Insight

Previous window median price

31 Jan 2024 to 30 Jan 2025

£169,000

Current window median price

31 Jan 2025 to 30 Jan 2026

£212,500

Percentage change

31 Jan 2024 to 30 Jan 2025 vs 31 Jan 2025 to 30 Jan 2026

+25.7%

Data based on Land Registry Category A transactions (standard sales), excluding new build properties. Postcode sectors must have at least 20 transactions to generate an insight.

Rolling 12-Month Chart

Rolling 12-Month Sales

Each data point represents the previous 12 months of Land Registry transactions ending in that year. For example, the 2026 point represents Feb 2025 – Jan 2026.

Rolling 12-Month Chart

Rolling 12-Month Median Price

Each data point represents the previous 12 months of Land Registry transactions ending in that year. For example, the 2026 point represents Feb 2025 – Jan 2026.

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Sales per year

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Median price per year

Historical Data - Complete years only

Land Registry yearly summary

Year Sales Median price
1995 52 £39,250
1996 77 £33,000
1997 57 £45,000
1998 75 £41,950
1999 82 £36,500
2000 82 £47,248
2001 113 £39,000
2002 119 £49,000
2003 131 £70,000
2004 130 £102,475
2005 98 £99,973
2006 124 £102,475
2007 118 £110,000
2008 69 £112,000
2009 54 £107,000
2010 58 £115,000
2011 43 £95,500
2012 60 £100,750
2013 66 £104,000
2014 74 £115,500
2015 79 £100,000
2016 88 £100,000
2017 83 £110,000
2018 66 £117,500
2019 105 £120,000
2020 74 £127,500
2021 116 £135,000
2022 87 £145,655
2023 76 £148,275
2024 82 £168,000
2025 67 £211,000