Wakefield property prices and rental yields

Area of Yorkshire and the Humber, United Kingdom

Home prices in Wakefield rose 4.7% a year on average from 2016 to 2025, the 3rd fastest of 11 areas in Yorkshire and the Humber. Renting out on 12-month lets earned a gross yield of 4.8% of the price a year. A square metre cost €2,106 in 2025 (5% below the Yorkshire and the Humber level of €2,213).

Updated 2026-10-28 · Data 2015–2026 so far

Price growth
+4.7%
a year, 2016–2025
Rental yield
4.8%
12-month lets, gross, 2016–2025 average
Price per m²
€2,106
2025
Price growth in 2026 so far
+3.3%
on the same months of 2025

Price growth by year

% change on the year before

201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026

How Wakefield compares

Wakefield
Price growth+4.7%
Rental yield4.8%
Price per m²€2,106
Yorkshire and the Humber
Price growth+4.3%
Rental yield4.8%
Price per m²€2,213

Questions

What is the average property price per m² in Wakefield?

€2,106 per m² in 2025, from HM Land Registry and ONS.

How much have property prices risen in Wakefield?

+4.7% a year on average from 2016 to 2025, and +3.3% in 2026 so far.

What rental yield can you get in Wakefield?

4.8% of the price a year on average for 12-month lets in 2016–2025, and 4.7% in 2025. These are gross figures, before costs, fees, empty months and tax.

Sources

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