HouseMarketBook

WF8 2, Wakefield

Postcode sector in Wakefield · 431 sales in the last 24 months, 371 with a floor area counted

Median price per square metre, last 24 months£2,400371 sales · £223 per sq ft · up 4.1% on a year ago

Prices per square metre in WF8 2 are up 4.1% on a year ago, at a median of £2,400 (£223 per sq ft).

Half of the 371 counted sales were between £1,950 and £2,840 per square metre, and the median price paid was £195,000. HM Land Registry records 7,209 sales in this postcode sector since 1995.

Median price, 24 months£195,000
£ per m², middle half£1,950 to £2,840
Sales, 24 months431371 with a floor area counted
Typical floor area84 m²

By property type

TypeSales£ / m²Middle halfMedian price
Detached93£2,910£2,500–3,140£307,000
Flat or maisonette5———
Semi-detached220£2,340£1,860–2,680£185,000
Terraced53£2,000£1,690–2,710£170,000
Counted sales over the last 24 months. A type needs 12 sales for a median; each type's median is what the fair-value check compares against in a sector.

The trend

Median £ per m² in WF8 2 by quarter, up 4.1% on a year ago
2,2802,5152,750£2,7502024 Q42026 Q3
Median £ per m² by year since 1995
5501,4802,410£2,39019952026
Each point is the median of the counted sales in that period. Older sales use the floor area on the latest certificate.

Busiest streets in WF8 2

By sales in the last 24 months
A street needs 12 counted sales for a median of its own; a dash means it has fewer.

Year by year

Counted sales
YearSalesMedian priceMedian £ / m²
2026101£200,000£2,390
2025209£195,000£2,410
2024197£185,000£2,350
2023193£183,000£2,210
2022255£191,000£2,220
2021329£185,000£2,170
2020209£155,000£1,960
2019288£160,000£2,060
2018309£155,000£2,020
2017287£160,000£1,860
2016222£128,000£1,640
2015188£119,500£1,450
The last 12 years; the chart above runs from 1995.

Postcodes in WF8 2

300 · median £ / m² where there are 12 counted sales

Sales to September 2026 · HM Land Registry price paid data · MHCLG energy certificates · ONS postcode directory · medians of counted sales over 24 months · typical floor area 84 m² · change on a year ago +4.1% · An index-based comparison of sold prices, not a valuation.