WS5 — Walsall
Walsall's WS5 postcode sits in Walsall. The board behind it is assembled from 8,660 sales over 32 years of actual sales in 4 areas.
Across the recorded period the typical WS5 sale went from £60,000 in 1995 to £300,000 in 2026 — 5.0× growth. If you could time-travel once, aim for just before 2003 — prices moved +39.8% that year. The one to avoid was 2011: the median moved -9.2%, the roughest year in the local record.
Median sold price in WS5
| Year | Median sold price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | £60,000 | 275 |
| 2000 | £69,000 | 293 |
| 2005 | £143,750 | 286 |
| 2010 | £180,000 | 214 |
| 2015 | £174,975 | 300 |
| 2020 | £245,000 | 231 |
| 2025 | £285,000 | 211 |
| 2026 | £300,000 | 36 |
The areas on the board
4 areas make up the board, weighted by sales activity:
- Walsall (WS5 4) (49% of local sales) — busiest streets: Walstead Road, Delamere Drive, Mistletoe Drive
- Walsall (WS5 3) (46% of local sales) — busiest streets: Sutton Road, Birmingham Road, Camborne Road
- Tamebridge (4% of local sales) — busiest streets: Woodruff Way, Pimpernel Drive, Wolfsbane Drive
- Yew Tree Estate (0% of local sales) — busiest streets: Almond Avenue
Reading about 2003 is easy; surviving 2011 is the game. Play the WS5 board.
Local business? Put your name on the WS5 board — one sponsor per postcode.
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.