WV5 — Wolverhampton
WV5 is Wolverhampton's patch in South Staffordshire — this page and its game board are built from 6,810 sales over 32 years of recorded sales in 8 areas.
From £72,250 in 1995 to £325,000 in 2026: the WV5 median multiplied 4.5× across the dataset. The best vintage to have bought was around 2002, when the local median jumped +25.9% in a single year. Worst year on the board: 2012, at -7.3%. The simulation does not soften it.
Median sold price in WV5
| Year | Median sold price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | £72,250 | 212 |
| 2000 | £89,995 | 235 |
| 2005 | £168,500 | 189 |
| 2010 | £185,000 | 157 |
| 2015 | £187,500 | 225 |
| 2020 | £247,500 | 216 |
| 2025 | £325,000 | 205 |
| 2026 | £325,000 | 47 |
The areas on the board
These are the 8 areas on the board, ranked by how much of the local market they carry:
- Wombourne (87% of local sales) — busiest streets: Common Road, Penleigh Gardens, Wombourne Park
- Claverley (6% of local sales) — busiest streets: Danesbrook, The Wold, High Street
- Seisdon (4% of local sales) — busiest streets: Post Office Road, Ebstree Road, Lower Lanes Meadow
- Trysull (3% of local sales) — busiest streets: Feiashill Road, Seisdon Road, Bell Road
- Gatacre (1% of local sales) — busiest streets: Spring Gorse
- Draycott (0% of local sales)
- Heathton (0% of local sales)
- Hopstone (0% of local sales)
The data is real and so are the down years. Draft six properties on the WV5 board.
Local business? Put your name on the WV5 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.