District market report

WV1 property market

£1,001/mo typical 2-bed flat rent

102 days typical time on market

£188k median asking price

Based on 103 listings on the market · WV1 district · as at 31 Aug 2026

Market temperature

102 daystypical time on the market 15% slower than West Midlands

36%of homes already sale agreed 9pp fewer than West Midlands

23%cut their asking price in the last 28 days 13pp more than West Midlands

4.4%typical cut, when sellers reduce

Compared with West Midlands. "Sale agreed" means the seller has accepted an offer (shown as Sold STC on portals); the sale hasn't completed yet.

How each kind of property is selling

Segment	On market	Under offer	Days on market	Stale >90d	Sample
2 bed flat	23	43%	167	62%	n=23
3 bed semi-detached	22	27%	85	44%	n=22

Buying here? The Good Buy Guide for WV1 ranks these segments and shows negotiating room.

Rents

Home	Typical rent	Range	Confidence	Sample
Studio flat	£633/mo	£520–£725	medium confidence	n=17
1 bed flat	£862/mo	£652–£1,026	high confidence	n=40
2 bed flat	£1,001/mo	£812–£1,267	medium confidence	n=38
2 bed house	£970/mo	£935–£1,023	low confidence	n=7
3 bed house	£1,118/mo	£957–£1,204	medium confidence	n=17
4 bed house	£1,173/mo	£1,057–£1,319	low confidence	n=4

Confidence reflects the listings behind each figure: High 30+, Medium 10–29, Low under 10 recent listings for that exact size and area.

Check a specific home in the Rent Checker.

Yields and long-term growth

Segment	Gross yield	Rent	Price basis
1 bed flat	15.7%	£862/mo	£66k
2 bed flat	10.6%	£1,001/mo	£113k
3 bed house	7.7%	£1,118/mo	£175k

Type	5 yrs	10 yrs	20 yrs
Terraced	+20.0%	+66.7%	+49.2%

Investing round here? Open the Area Workbench for sector-by-sector rents and yields.

The housing stock

42%built 1945–1979

26%built pre–1919

14%built 2000+

237 m²typical registered plot (houses)

What does this era of housing typically need? The Good Buy Guide covers condition by era.

Buying here?Which kinds of property are the good buys the Good Buy Guide. Investing here?Sector-by-sector rents, yields and letting speed in the Workbench. Renting or letting?What a specific home rents for, in the Rent Checker.

About these figures. Statistics are aggregate figures from the uSurv Listings Index, compiled from publicly advertised residential listings across the UK, aggregated from multiple online sources, together with HM Land Registry price paid data, the EPC register and ONS statistics (Open Government Licence v3.0). Small samples are suppressed rather than published. No individual listing content is reproduced.