Loading…
These only choose where you start. Every page and every lens is still one tap away.
Sign in to keep them on every device →Loading…
Do the numbers work? Rents and yields, the HMO planning rules, growth and what owners made, and the council's letting picture.
| Typical private rent in Wolverhampton | A month | A year |
|---|---|---|
| All homes | £945 | £11,340 |
| 1 bedroom | £674 | £8,088 |
| 2 bedrooms | £842 | £10,104 |
| 3 bedrooms | £1,011 | £12,132 |
| 4+ bedrooms | £1,442 | £17,304 |
The council's typical rent against the typical home here (£207k): a gross yield of about 5.5%.
| East Park | Wolverhampton | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Housing allowance yield (%) | 3.8 | 3.5 | 3.2 |
| Rented privately | 15% | 19% | 20% |
| Homes ever let | 25% | 19% | 18% |
| Residents per home | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.3 |
| Homes owned by companies | 5% | 5% | 4% |
| Homes bought by companies since 2021 | 45 | 31 | 34 |
ONS private rents (council, 2026-08); Local Housing Allowance (VOA). Gross yields are before costs, voids and tax.
HMO planning rules: unknown here. Wolverhampton has not published HMO Article 4 areas to the national planning data platform, so we cannot tell whether HMOs need planning permission here. Ask the council's planning team.
| East Park | Wolverhampton | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Postcodes under an Article 4 direction | 0% | 0% | 16% |
planning.data.gov.uk (Article 4 directions). Whether one address is inside an HMO area is on its postcode's Investing page. HMO Article 4 map · About HMOs
| East Park | Wolverhampton | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population change, 2021–2024 | +6% | +6% | +4% |
| Homes added, 2021–2024 | 0% | +2% | +3% |
| Housing pressure vs region | -1.3 | -0.5 | -0.3 |
Like-for-like (repeat-sales) index, HM Land Registry. What owners made when they sold, by area and how long they held.
MHCLG council tax base (England), Ministry of Justice repossessions, ONS short-term lets.
Yields, prices, growth, renting and Article 4 cover, side by side.
| Wolverhampton Central | 5.4 | £149k | +65% | 41% | 0% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waterloo Road | 5.3 | £136k | +68% | 35% | 0% |
| Whitmore Reans & Dunstall Hill | 4.3 | £172k | +67% | 27% | 0% |
| Low Hill | 4.3 | £191k | +63% | 13% | 0% |
| Heath Town | 4.0 | £180k | +77% | 21% | 0% |
| Blakenhall | 4.0 | £187k | +86% | 31% | 0% |
| Pendeford | 3.9 | £203k | +82% | 15% | 0% |
| East Park (this one) | 3.8 | £207k | +77% | 15% | 0% |
| Park Lane | 3.8 | £199k | +91% | 24% | 0% |
| Bilston North East | 3.8 | £234k | +89% | 15% | 0% |
| Woodcross | 3.7 | £179k | +95% | 12% | 0% |
| Bilston Lunt & Loxdale | 3.7 | £190k | +91% | 22% | 0% |
| Bradley | 3.7 | £199k | +79% | 15% | 0% |
| West Park | 3.6 | £228k | +51% | 45% | 0% |
| Ashmore Park | 3.6 | £223k | +88% | 12% | 0% |
| Bilston North West | 3.4 | £211k | +76% | 15% | 0% |
| Ettingshall | 3.4 | £218k | +68% | 22% | 0% |
| Ettingshall Park | 3.4 | £247k | +67% | 13% | 0% |
| Wednesfield North East | 3.4 | £225k | +76% | 11% | 0% |
| Bushbury | 3.3 | £236k | +71% | 12% | 0% |
| Bushbury Hill | 3.3 | £221k | +88% | 10% | 0% |
| Oxley Park | 3.3 | £252k | +58% | 16% | 0% |
| Fordhouses | 3.2 | £235k | +81% | 15% | 0% |
| Wood End | 3.2 | £253k | +77% | 14% | 0% |
| Wednesfield Town | 3.2 | £247k | +73% | 17% | 0% |
| Bradmore | 3.0 | £255k | +72% | 17% | 0% |
| Merryhill South | 3.0 | £267k | +80% | 11% | 0% |
| Tettenhall North | 2.9 | £294k | +69% | 16% | 0% |
| Upper Penn | 2.7 | £310k | +59% | 13% | 0% |
| Tettenhall South | 2.7 | £305k | +52% | 13% | 0% |
| Goldthorn Park | 2.7 | £274k | +72% | 20% | 0% |
| Castlecroft | 2.6 | £303k | +69% | 14% | 0% |
| Compton & Merryhill North | 2.5 | £302k | +59% | 13% | 0% |
Sort by any column; open a neighbourhood for the same view.
Deal calculator (buy-to-let, HMO, flip, BRRR) · Opportunity finder · What owners made · Councils compared · Strategy guides
Local Housing Allowance, Black Country rental area, 2026-27, a month: Shared room £320 · 1 bed £495 · 2 beds £625 · 3 beds £750 · 4 beds £925. The most a tenant on Universal Credit or Housing Benefit gets towards rent here, set at the cheapest 30% of local rents in 2023 and frozen since April 2024.
Gross LHA yields at this neighbourhood's 2025 prices: 1-bed rate vs flats 5.33% · 2-bed vs terraced houses 4.23% · 3-bed vs semis 4.29%.