WF9 — Pontefract
WF9 is Pontefract's patch in Wakefield — this page and its game board are built from 18,455 sales over 32 years of recorded sales in 8 areas.
From £36,000 in 1995 to £160,000 in 2026: the WF9 median multiplied 4.4× across the dataset. The best vintage to have bought was around 2004, when the local median jumped +34.5% in a single year. Worst year on the board: 2011, at -6.5%. The simulation does not soften it.
Median sold price in WF9
| Year | Median sold price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | £36,000 | 412 |
| 2000 | £42,000 | 555 |
| 2005 | £89,950 | 669 |
| 2010 | £93,000 | 239 |
| 2015 | £108,000 | 620 |
| 2020 | £125,000 | 537 |
| 2025 | £165,000 | 664 |
| 2026 | £160,000 | 99 |
The areas on the board
These are the 8 areas on the board, ranked by how much of the local market they carry:
- South Elmsall (28% of local sales) — busiest streets: Cambridge Street, Harrow Street, Barnsley Road
- Hemsworth (24% of local sales) — busiest streets: Victoria Street, Conisborough Way, Barnsley Road
- South Kirkby (18% of local sales) — busiest streets: Mill Lane, Brooksfield, Barnsley Road
- Upton (17% of local sales) — busiest streets: Smeaton Road, Tom Wood Ash Lane, Richmond Road
- Fitzwilliam (5% of local sales) — busiest streets: Prince Drive, Newstead View, Newstead Terrace
- Kinsley (5% of local sales) — busiest streets: Tombridge Crescent, Wakefield Road, Sharp Way
- Badsworth (2% of local sales) — busiest streets: Saddlers Grove, Main Street, High Farm Meadow
- Dorchester Close (1% of local sales)
The data is real and so are the down years. Draft six properties on the WF9 board.
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Prices are medians of real Land Registry sales. Street lists show street names only — never individual addresses. New to the game? Start with how to play.