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Sowood Avenue, WF5

Sold prices, £/m² and street profile from HM Land Registry records.

Median sold price
£123,000
all recorded sales
£ per m²
£2,114
from EPC floor areas
Recorded sales
91
Distinct homes
49
Price range
£24,500 – £315,000
Sales recorded
2000 → 2025
first to latest sale
The street in brief

Sowood Avenue is a mix of semi-detached houses and terraced houses. The median sale price is £123,000, about 35% below the typical WF5 sale. Per square metre of floor space it comes to about £2,114, below the district's £2,335. The street has been outpacing the WF5 trend. With 91 sales across 49 homes since 2000, homes here come to market only rarely.

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Sowood Avenue prices over time

Median sold price on the street by year, from 91 HM Land Registry records. Years with no recorded sales are left blank rather than joined up.

This street — yearly medianWF5 district trend
£0£100k£200k£300k2000200520102015202020252000: £36,000 median · 1 sale2001: £55,000 median · 7 sales2002: £76,975 median · 4 sales2003: £89,475 median · 4 sales2004: £109,100 median · 8 sales2005: £119,950 median · 3 sales2006: £85,000 median · 2 sales2007: £122,500 median · 7 sales2008: £146,500 median · 3 sales2010: £116,500 median · 3 sales2011: £93,500 median · 2 sales2012: £120,000 median · 1 sale2013: £120,000 median · 1 sale2014: £140,750 median · 4 sales2015: £122,500 median · 3 sales2016: £127,500 median · 2 sales2017: £125,000 median · 5 sales2018: £125,000 median · 5 sales2019: £155,000 median · 3 sales2020: £139,000 median · 4 sales2021: £172,500 median · 4 sales2022: £178,750 median · 4 sales2023: £160,000 median · 4 sales2024: £200,000 median · 3 sales2025: £211,250 median · 4 sales

Median sold price by year vs the WF5 district trend. Street medians on thin years reflect few sales — hover a dot for the exact figure.

How Sowood Avenue compares

Sowood Avenue against the WF5 district's busiest streets, the district itself, and the official UK House Price Index for the wider area.

Kingsway£270k · 47
Queens Drive£270k · 37
New Street£217k · 55
Towngate£214k · 40
Healey Road£178k · 30
Manor Road£170k · 43
Sowood Avenue£170k · 27
South Parade£163k · 35
Springstone Avenue£145k · 35
Dewsbury Road£145k · 30

Median sold price and sale count over the last 8years for the district's busiest streets.

This street
£123,000
median · all recorded sales
WF5 district
£189,950
median · last 8 years · street -35%
England
£291,445
average price (UK House Price Index), Apr 2026 · +3.9% in 12 months

Sowood Avenue's £123,000 median sits about 35% below WF5's £189,950; on floor space it runs £2,114/m² against the district's £2,335/m² (-9%).

Street and WF5 figures are medians of HM Land Registry sales; the England figures are the UK House Price Index mix-adjusted average — a different basis, so compare direction rather than levels between the two.

Prices by property type

Median sold price by property type on Sowood Avenue.

Semi-detached
£126,950
45 sales
Terraced
£119,000
45 sales
Detached
£155,000
1 sale

Every recorded sale on Sowood Avenue

Individual transactions as recorded by HM Land Registry, newest first.

DateAddressTypeNew buildPrice
16 Dec 202530 · WF5 0DDTerraced—£315,000
10 Oct 202570 · WF5 0DBTerraced—£170,000
12 Sept 20255 · WF5 0DDSemi-detached—£202,500
23 May 202556 · WF5 0DDSemi-detached—£220,000
29 Nov 2024102 · WF5 0DBTerraced—£245,000
22 Mar 202482 · WF5 0DBTerraced—£200,000
15 Feb 202418 · WF5 0DDSemi-detached—£200,000
17 Oct 202364 · WF5 0DBnon-standardTerraced—£110,000
3 Jul 202310 · WF5 0DDSemi-detached—£165,000
2 May 202342 · WF5 0DDTerraced—£150,000
28 Apr 2023118 · WF5 0DBTerraced—£155,000
22 Feb 202388 · WF5 0DBTerraced—£175,000
16 Dec 202242 · WF5 0DDnon-standardTerraced—£160,000
25 Nov 202237 · WF5 0DBSemi-detached—£155,000
9 Sept 202274 · WF5 0DBTerraced—£167,500
18 Jul 202276 · WF5 0DBTerraced—£190,000
30 Jun 202231 · WF5 0DBSemi-detached—£193,000
3 Dec 2021102 · WF5 0DBTerraced—£175,000
30 Sept 202117 · WF5 0DDnon-standardSemi-detached—£152,250
4 May 20215 · WF5 0DDSemi-detached—£172,500
29 Jan 202182 · WF5 0DBTerraced—£172,500
8 Jan 202148 · WF5 0DDTerraced—£103,000
20 Nov 20208 · WF5 0DDSemi-detached—£125,000
25 Sept 202013 · WF5 0DDSemi-detached—£160,000
21 Aug 202042 · WF5 0DDTerraced—£101,000
28 May 202015 · WF5 0DDSemi-detached—£153,000
24 Sept 2019120 · WF5 0DBDetached—£155,000
24 May 201915 · WF5 0DDSemi-detached—£145,000
13 Mar 201930 · WF5 0DDTerraced—£179,000
14 Dec 201818 · WF5 0DDSemi-detached—£160,000
13 Jul 201845 · WF5 0DBSemi-detached—£135,000
11 Jun 201818 · WF5 0DDnon-standardSemi-detached—£105,000
12 Apr 201838 · WF5 0DDTerraced—£125,000
23 Mar 201871 · WF5 0DBSemi-detached—£115,000
16 Feb 201884 · WF5 0DBTerraced—£39,000
3 Nov 201746 · WF5 0DDnon-standardTerraced—£135,000
3 Nov 201746 · WF5 0DDTerraced—£125,000
6 Oct 201716 · WF5 0DDnon-standardSemi-detached—£105,000
30 Jun 2017112 · WF5 0DBTerraced—£130,000
9 Jun 2017102 · WF5 0DBTerraced—£119,000
5 Jun 201784 · WF5 0DBTerraced—£96,000
26 May 20175 · WF5 0DDSemi-detached—£142,000
26 Oct 201658 · WF5 0DBTerraced—£135,000
14 Jul 201632 · WF5 0DDTerraced—£120,000
30 Nov 201576 · WF5 0DBTerraced—£118,500
10 Jul 201521 · WF5 0DDSemi-detached—£123,000
19 Jun 201560 · WF5 0DBTerraced—£122,500
29 Oct 201430 · WF5 0DDTerraced—£148,000
3 Oct 201423 · WF5 0DDSemi-detached—£136,500
18 Jul 201451 · WF5 0DBnon-standardSemi-detached—£105,500

Sales marked non-standardare Land Registry “additional price paid” entries — bulk purchases, repossessions, right-to-buy and similar transfers. They're listed for completeness but excluded from every median and comparison figure on this page.

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Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, including the UK House Price Index. EPC data © Crown copyright. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures summarise recorded sales on the street and are not a valuation of any individual home.