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WF8 house prices & rental yield

Homes in WF8 sell for a median of £215,000 across 581 sales over two years (HM Land Registry), which is +5% against the Wakefield median of £205,000. Set against the local average rent of £800 a month (ONS), that implies a 4.5% gross yield here versus 4.7% for Wakefield as a whole.

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Implied gross yield
4.5%
Median sold
£215,000
vs Wakefield
+5%
Sales, 2 yrs
581

Rents are published per district, not per postcode, so the yield above applies the Wakefield average rent to WF8 prices. It's the right way to compare postcodes on entry price, but rents do vary street by street, and gross yield ignores costs, voids and mortgage interest.

What renters pay across Wakefield
All sizes
£800
1-bed
£572
2-bed
£721
3-bed
£863
4+ bed
£1,209
Office for National Statistics averages for Wakefield, what tenants actually pay rather than asking rents.
Cheaper entry points near WF8
WF9674 sales5.6% yield£172,750WF11325 sales5.2% yield£185,000WF10820 sales5.2% yield£185,000WF7398 sales4.8% yield£200,000WF6361 sales4.8% yield£200,000WF1569 sales4.7% yield£205,000WF5343 sales4.4% yield£220,000WF4719 sales4.3% yield£225,000
Averages don't buy houses

WF8 averages tell you where to look, not whether one particular flat stacks up. Paste a listing and gemhome runs the actual numbers: yield, cash flow, the lender stress test, EPC work and what the public records say about that specific address.

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