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WV1 house prices & rental yield

Homes in WV1 sell for a median of £177,500 across 98 sales over two years (HM Land Registry), which is -20% against the Wolverhampton median of £222,000. Set against the local average rent of £942 a month (ONS), that implies a 6.4% gross yield here versus 5.1% for Wolverhampton as a whole.

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Implied gross yield
6.4%
Median sold
£177,500
vs Wolverhampton
-20%
Sales, 2 yrs
98

Rents are published per district, not per postcode, so the yield above applies the Wolverhampton average rent to WV1 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 Wolverhampton
All sizes
£942
1-bed
£671
2-bed
£839
3-bed
£1,006
4+ bed
£1,437
Office for National Statistics averages for Wolverhampton, what tenants actually pay rather than asking rents.
Cheaper entry points near WV1
WV2116 sales5.9% yield£190,500WV14476 sales5.5% yield£205,000WV10578 sales5.3% yield£215,000WV11421 sales4.9% yield£230,000WV3362 sales4.7% yield£241,000WV9108 sales4.6% yield£245,000WV4396 sales4.5% yield£250,000WV6701 sales4.3% yield£260,000
Averages don't buy houses

WV1 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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