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The Balk, WF17

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

Median sold price
£258,750
all recorded sales
£ per m²
£3,120
from EPC floor areas
Recorded sales
8
Distinct homes
5
Price range
£134,000£550,000
Sales recorded
2001 → 2024
first to latest sale
The street in brief

The Balk is a street almost entirely of detached houses. Homes here typically change hands around £258,750 — roughly 73% above the WF17 norm. On floor area that works out near £3,120 per square metre, above the district's £1,944. Too few recent sales to read a street-level trend, but across WF17 prices have been rising over the last few years. With 8 sales across 5 homes since 2001, homes here come to market only rarely.

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The Balk prices over time

Median sold price on the street by year, from 8 HM Land Registry records. Years with no recorded sales are left blank rather than joined up.

This street — yearly medianWF17 district trend
£0£200k£400k£600k200520102015202020252001: £134,000 median · 1 sale2002: £177,500 median · 1 sale2010: £250,000 median · 1 sale2016: £282,500 median · 2 sales2017: £267,500 median · 1 sale2023: £550,000 median · 1 sale2024: £365,000 median · 1 sale

Median sold price by year vs the WF17 district trend. Street medians on thin years reflect few sales — hover a dot for the exact figure.

How The Balk compares

The Balk against the WF17 district's busiest streets, the district itself, and the official UK House Price Index for the wider area.

The Balk£259k · 8*
White Lee Road£182k · 56
Raikes Lane£173k · 33
Carlinghow Lane£159k · 49
Soothill Lane£148k · 57
Bradford Road£144k · 94
High Street£138k · 47
Commonside£109k · 58
Lowood Lane£108k · 32
Healey Lane£103k · 42

Median sold price and sale count over the last 8years for the district's busiest streets. *This street's figures cover all recorded sales (fewer than 3 in the last 8 years).

This street
£258,750
median · all recorded sales
WF17 district
£150,000
median · last 8 years · street +73%
England
£291,445
average price (UK House Price Index), Apr 2026 · +3.9% in 12 months

The Balk's £258,750 median sits about 73% above WF17's £150,000; on floor space it runs £3,120/m² against the district's £1,944/m² (+60%).

Street and WF17 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.

Every recorded sale on The Balk

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

DateAddressTypeNew buildPrice
28 Jun 20241 · WF17 0AHDetached£365,000
27 Jul 2023Hare House · WF17 0AHDetached£550,000
1 Sept 20173 · WF17 0AHDetached£267,500
24 Mar 20162 · WF17 0AHDetached£315,000
25 Jan 20161 · WF17 0AHDetached£250,000
25 Jan 20104 · WF17 0AHDetached£250,000
11 Mar 20022 · WF17 0AHDetached£177,500
23 Jan 20014 · WF17 0AHDetached£134,000
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More streets in WF17

Sold-price profiles for nearby streets, and the wider WF17 area guide.

Bradford RoadCommonsideSoothill LaneCarlinghow LaneHigh StreetHealey LaneWhite Lee RoadGrange RoadBlakeridge LaneRaikes LaneLeeds RoadUpper Batley Lane
WF17 house prices & area guide →

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.