WV8 — Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton's WV8 postcode sits in South Staffordshire. The board behind it is assembled from 6,353 sales over 32 years of actual sales in 8 areas.
Across the recorded period the typical WV8 sale went from £65,000 in 1995 to £280,000 in 2026 — 4.3× growth. If you could time-travel once, aim for just before 2002 — prices moved +37.8% that year. The one to avoid was 2008: the median moved -13.7%, the roughest year in the local record.
Median sold price in WV8
| Year | Median sold price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | £65,000 | 177 |
| 2000 | £80,000 | 222 |
| 2005 | £178,000 | 205 |
| 2010 | £166,000 | 126 |
| 2015 | £189,950 | 205 |
| 2020 | £255,000 | 190 |
| 2025 | £300,000 | 185 |
| 2026 | £280,000 | 35 |
The areas on the board
8 areas make up the board, weighted by sales activity:
- Codsall (83% of local sales) — busiest streets: Birches Road, Bilbrook Road, Lane Green Road
- Wolverhampton (WV8 1) (8% of local sales) — busiest streets: Eastney Crescent, Ryefield, Barnwood Road
- Pendeford (2% of local sales) — busiest streets: Catisfield Crescent, Fallowfield, Duffield Close
- Codsall Wood (2% of local sales) — busiest streets: Whitehouse Lane, Codsall Wood Road, The Limes
- Bilbrook (2% of local sales) — busiest streets: Brindley Gardens, Bencroft, Lane Green Road
- Wolverhampton (WV8 2) (1% of local sales) — busiest streets: Wergs Hall Road
- Oaken (1% of local sales) — busiest streets: Shop Lane, Oaken Lane, Middle Lane
- Wrottesley Park (0% of local sales) — busiest streets: Cranmoor, Wrottesley Park Road
Reading about 2002 is easy; surviving 2008 is the game. Play the WV8 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.