23, FOREST CLOSE, WAKEFIELD, WF1 4TL - £56,050

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23 FOREST CLOSE is a very small detached house of 70m², built sometime between 1983 and 1990, which could now be worth an estimated £244,205. It was last sold for £56,050 in December 1995, which was around 22% below the average December 1995 detached price in the Wakefield local authority area. The most recent EPC inspection was August 2012, where the current energy rating was C, and the potential energy rating was B.

23 FOREST CLOSE Sold Prices

Land registry data shows one sale for 23 FOREST CLOSE since 1^st January 1995. The below table shows the price paid for the one sale, along with the average detached price in the Wakefield local authority area for the corresponding sale date. The average price is sourced from the Office for National Statistics' House Price Index (HPI).

Date	Price	HPI Price	Variation from HPI
1995 12 DEC	£56,050	£71,734	22% below HPI

What might 23 FOREST CLOSE be worth now?

23 FOREST CLOSE might now be worth an estimated £244,205.

This is based on house price inflation of 335.7%, between December 1995 and May 2026, for detached houses, in the Wakefield local authority area, as calculated by the Office for National Statistics and published in their UK House Price Index (HPI).

The 335.7% inflationary increase is applied to the most recent sale price for 23 FOREST CLOSE of £56,050 on 12th December 1995. For the value to have increased from £56,050 to £244,205 over the 31 years and seven months to May 2026, the following assumptions must hold true:

• The value of 23 FOREST CLOSE has moved in line with the HPI for detached houses in the Wakefield local authority area.
• The December 1995 sale price of £56,050 represented a fair market value for the property.
• The size, condition, and specification of 23 FOREST CLOSE has not materially changed since December 1995.

How Large is 23 FOREST CLOSE?

23 FOREST CLOSE is 70m² according to the EPC inspection conducted in August 2012. This puts it in the smallest 10% of detached houses in Wakefield, based on EPC data. The below chart shows the distribution of detached houses by size in Wakefield, and where 23 FOREST CLOSE lies on this distribution: 5% of detached houses are smaller than 23 FOREST CLOSE, and 94% of detached houses are larger. Note that EPC data is not available for all properties in Wakefield.

23 FOREST CLOSE: Plot

23 FOREST CLOSE sits on a plot of roughly 0.064 of an acre, or 260m².

Where is 23 FOREST CLOSE?

23 FOREST CLOSE is located in WAKEFIELD, in the WF1 postcode district.