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WF16 house prices and market activity

Typical price £180,000 In the 12 months to June 2026, 8.4% up on the year before. Source: Land Registry.

Busier Yes: more homes are coming to market here than in most of WF (Wakefield).

1 of its 2 postcode sectors is busier than most of WF. Updated September 2026.

What homes sell for in WF16

Homes in WF16 sold for a typical £180,000 in the 12 months to June 2026, 8.4% up on the year before. Half of all sales were between £140,000 and £222,250. That is 12% below the typical price across WF (Wakefield), £205,000. It is the 15th most expensive of 17 districts in WF.

Type Share of sales Typical price
Detached 21% (24 sales) £236,250
Semi-detached 45% (51 sales) £181,000
Terraced 29% (33 sales) £145,000
Flats 4% (5 sales) £52,500

Semi-detached homes made up the biggest share of sales (45%). 7% of sales were leasehold and 0% were new build.

The typical price is the median: half the homes sold for more, half for less. It moves with the mix of homes that sold, so a change does not mean every home in WF16 is worth that much more or less. The figures for a single street can be very different, which is what the report for one home is for.

Is WF16 getting busier? Street by street: the postcode sectors in WF16

Each sector is ranked against every other sector in WF (Wakefield). Busier means more homes to choose from over the next three to six months. Quieter means fewer. This is about how many homes come up for sale, not about prices.

WF16 0 Quieter Quieter than most of WF: homes are coming to market more slowly here than in 55% of WF postcode sectors (EPC certificates lodged: 14% down on a year ago). Weak
WF16 9 Busier Busier than most of WF: homes are coming to market faster here than in 71% of WF postcode sectors (EPC certificates lodged: 19% up on a year ago). Strong

How we know

A home needs an energy certificate (EPC) before it can be sold or let. When more certificates are lodged in a sector than usual, more homes tend to come to market there in the months that follow. We count them every month for every postcode sector in England and rank each sector against the rest of its postcode area.

Updated: September 2026. Refreshed every month.

Source: EPC register (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero / MHCLG), Open Government Licence v3.0; Salet analysis.

Sold prices: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data (standard sales), Open Government Licence v3.0; Salet analysis. Standard open-market sales only, July 2025 to June 2026.

How accurate is this? Tested on Coventry (CV) and Birmingham (B) postcode sectors, May 2011 to Feb 2025: this call picked the busier sectors 55 times in 100 over the next six months, against 49 for assuming last year's trend carries on. A useful lean, not a certainty.

This is a view on how many homes come to market. It says nothing about where prices will go.