WV2 — Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton's WV2 postcode sits in Wolverhampton. The board behind it is assembled from 5,655 sales over 32 years of actual sales in 8 areas.
Across the recorded period the typical WV2 sale went from £30,000 in 1995 to £191,000 in 2026 — 6.4× growth. If you could time-travel once, aim for just before 2003 — prices moved +42.5% that year. The one to avoid was 1998: the median moved -19.7%, the roughest year in the local record.
Median sold price in WV2
| Year | Median sold price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | £30,000 | 121 |
| 2000 | £30,000 | 155 |
| 2005 | £84,000 | 207 |
| 2010 | £88,000 | 87 |
| 2015 | £117,995 | 207 |
| 2020 | £149,950 | 184 |
| 2025 | £148,500 | 162 |
| 2026 | £191,000 | 25 |
The areas on the board
8 areas make up the board, weighted by sales activity:
- Wolverhampton (WV2 2) (34% of local sales) — busiest streets: Tangmere Road, Banstead Close, Carshalton Grove
- Wolverhampton (WV2 3) (27% of local sales) — busiest streets: Dudley Road, Fowler Street, Wanderers Avenue
- Wolverhampton (WV2 1) (18% of local sales) — busiest streets: Vicarage Road, Granville Street, Raby Street
- Wolverhampton (WV2 4) (14% of local sales) — busiest streets: Church Street, Goldthorn Hill, Chetwynd Road
- Ettingshall (5% of local sales) — busiest streets: George Street, Pembroke Avenue, Thorne Street
- Blakenhall (2% of local sales) — busiest streets: Goldthorn Road, Knox Road, Shaw Road
- Penn (0% of local sales) — busiest streets: Waverley Crescent
- Dorchester Close (0% of local sales)
Reading about 2003 is easy; surviving 1998 is the game. Play the WV2 board.
Local business? Put your name on the WV2 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.