Postcode district

W1B property market

Name: W1B
Address: GB

Index +1% y/y · Asking rent £6,441 a month · Gross yield 4.1% · 12 months, listings to Jul 2026

What is W1B?

Buildings: 189
Mixed-use buildings: 6.3%
HMO-shaped units: 0.0%

What does W1B cost?

W1B: asking price £2,265,729 (12 months to Jun 2026, 96 listings). -53.4% on the previous 12 months.

Asking price

£2,265,729 12 months to Jun 2026

96 listings

-53.4% on the previous 12 months.

Sample is the dated listings that came to market in the latest month (added and reduced cohorts).

Sold price

Not published

Only 2 observed months: the 12-month figure needs 6; the monthly line is drawn.

Asking price per m²

Not published

Fewer than 30 listings over 12 months: the 12-month figure is not published; the monthly line is drawn.

Sold price: £1,725,000 in Aug 2020 to £5,185,000 in Mar 2021.

Asking price: £3,995,000 in Jan 2022 to £2,500,000 in Jun 2026.

Asking price per m²: £9,282/m² in Sep 2025 to £10,553/m² in Jul 2026.

Settled months to Dec 2025; the dashed tail is the pipeline's projection of the index 12 months ahead, inside its 80% band. A projection of the index, not a forecast of any home's price.

ObservedForecast with intervalIndex points, not property prices

Asking price index: 100.4 in Jan 2022 to 85.9 in Aug 2026.

What does W1B earn?

W1B: asking rent £6,441 a month (12 months to Jul 2026, 64 lets).

Asking rent

£6,441 a month 12 months to Jul 2026

64 lets

Gross yield, asking basis

4.1% 12 months to Jun 2026

173 lets

+126.3% on the previous 12 months.

Sample is the dated lettings behind the latest month's rent cell.

Asking rent: £3,077 pcm in Aug 2025 to £5,595 pcm in Jul 2026.

Gross yield, asking basis: 2.3% in Jan 2022 to 2.7% in Jun 2026.

How liquid is W1B?

W1B: completed sales 19 (12 months to Aug 2025, 19 sales). -32.1% on the previous 12 months.

Completed sales

19 12 months to Aug 2025

19 sales

-32.1% on the previous 12 months.

Sample is the registry count itself; months within six months of the last ingest are still filling.

New listings

64 12 months to Jun 2026

64 listings

+16.4% on the previous 12 months.

Never-reduced cohort: undercounts new listings by the reduction share.

Price reductions

32 12 months to Jun 2026

32 listings

+18.5% on the previous 12 months.

Reductions dated by the last reduction; several reductions of one listing count once.

Turnover: 1.8% in Aug 2020 to 1.2% in Mar 2021.

Who is active in W1B?

8 agents listed homes for sale in W1B; the three largest took 62% of the listings.

Agents active: 8
Top three agents’ share: 62%
New homes among listings: 0.0%

days_to_completion is on the registry-matched subset (sold_matched_n), not a sell-through rate.

Who owns W1B?

Corporate landlords hold 61% of the 28 units in W1B whose freeholder is classified; 99% of all units are not yet classified.

Corporate landlords61% of classified · 17 units
Individuals (not traceable in bulk)32% of classified · 9 units
RMC7.1% of classified · 2 units

Freeholder class per addressable unit, from HM Land Registry CCOD/OCOD matched to the title and Companies House. Individuals are counted, never itemised.

Where does W1B rank?

W1B ranks 10th of 24 postcode districts in City of Westminster for gross yield, asking basis, at 4.0%.

Sold price per m² · postcode districts in City of Westminster

Sold price per m² across postcode districts in City of Westminster, 12 months to Apr 2026. Sample and confidence tier beside every value.
#	Area	Sold price per m²	Sample	Tier
1	W2	£11,859/m²	155	measured
2	SW1V	£10,732/m²	86	indicative
3	SW1P	£10,049/m²	66	indicative
4	W9	£9,887/m²	171	measured
5	NW8	£8,139/m²	163	measured

Full table: sold price per m² across postcode districts in City of Westminster →

Gross yield, asking basis · postcode districts in City of Westminster