Residential dwellings
7,123
Addressable residential units in the area (OS AddressBase).
WC1H house prices
Index -6% y/y · Asking £11,468/m² · Asking rent £2,417/month · Gross yield 6.9% · 12 months, listings to Sep 2026
What is WC1H?
WC1H: residential dwellings 7,123.
HMO-shaped dwellings
28%
WC1H ranks 3rd of 16 neighbouring postcode districts for HMO-shaped dwellings.
Share of dwellings OS AddressBase classifies RH01/RH02/RH03: laid out as a house in multiple occupation. A statement about built form, not about a licence.
- Buildings
- 478
- Mixed-use buildings
- 19%
- HMO-shaped units
- 25%
- EPC A or B
- 5.2%
- EPC D or worse
- 32%
What does WC1H cost?
WC1H: asking price £414,796 (12 months to Sep 2026, 204 listings). -1.1% on the previous 12 months.
Asking price
£414,796 12 months to Sep 2026
204 listings
-1.1% on the previous 12 months.
Median ASKING price of residential sale listings that came to market in the month, from portal listings. Asking, not achieved. 12-month figure: the monthly medians weighted by their sample, 12 months to Sep 2026, 204 listings.
Sample is the dated listings that came to market in the latest month (added and reduced cohorts).
Asking price per m²
£11,468/m² 12 months to Sep 2026
43 listings
Median asking price per square metre of residential sale listings in the month, from portal listings. 12-month figure: the monthly medians weighted by their sample, 12 months to Sep 2026, 43 listings. Observations cover 9 of 12 months in this window.
Sold price per m²
Not published
Empirical-Bayes smoothed median of UPRN-matched completed sales per square metre (HM Land Registry Price Paid), monthly.
Only 4 observed months: the 12-month figure needs 6; the monthly line is drawn.
Settled months to Jul 2026; the dashed tail is the published projection of the index 8 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
What does WC1H earn?
WC1H: asking rent £2,417/month (12 months to Sep 2026, 128 lets).
Asking rent
£2,417/month 12 months to Sep 2026
128 lets
Median asking rent per calendar month of residential lettings in the month, from portal listings. Asking, not achieved. 12-month figure: the monthly medians weighted by their sample, 12 months to Sep 2026, 128 lets.
Gross yield, asking basis
6.9% 12 months to Sep 2026
810 lets
+3.2% on the previous 12 months.
Cell asking rent × 12 over the same cell's asking sale price, before costs, voids and finance (cells with fewer than 5 dated listings are not built). 12-month figure: the monthly medians weighted by their sample, 12 months to Sep 2026, 810 lets.
Sample is the dated lettings behind the latest month's rent cell.
How liquid is WC1H?
WC1H: completed sales 61 (12 months to Mar 2026, 61 sales). -21.8% on the previous 12 months.
Completed sales
61 12 months to Mar 2026
61 sales
-21.8% on the previous 12 months.
Count of HM Land Registry Price Paid completions in the month for the postcode district, straight off the registry; the newest months are still registering. 12-month figure: the months added, 12 months to Mar 2026, 61 sales.
Sample is the registry count itself; months within six months of the last ingest are still filling.
New listings
97 12 months to Sep 2026
97 listings
+1% on the previous 12 months.
Listings first seen in the month and never reduced; undercounts new listings by the reduction share, by construction. 12-month figure: the months added, 12 months to Sep 2026, 97 listings.
Never-reduced cohort: undercounts new listings by the reduction share.
Price reductions
107 12 months to Sep 2026
107 listings
-2.7% on the previous 12 months.
Listings whose last price reduction was in the month; `share` is reductions over added plus reduced. 12-month figure: the months added, 12 months to Sep 2026, 107 listings.
Reductions dated by the last reduction; several reductions of one listing count once.
Who is active in WC1H?
8 agents listed homes for sale in WC1H; the three largest took 65% of the listings.
- Agents active
- 8
- Top three agents’ share
- 65%
- New homes among listings
- 0.0%
Days to completion is on the listings matched to a registered sale, not a sell-through rate.
Who owns WC1H?
Corporate landlords hold 57% of the 96 units in WC1H whose freeholder is classified; 99% of all units are not yet classified.
- Corporate landlords57% of classified · 55 units
- Individuals (not traceable in bulk)29% of classified · 28 units
- Housing associations9.4% of classified · 9 units
- RMC4.2% of classified · 4 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 WC1H rank?
WC1H ranks 1st of 12 postcode districts in Camden for gross yield, asking basis, at 6.9%.
Sold price per m² · postcode districts in Camden
| # | Area | Sold price per m² | Period | Sample | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NW3 | £12,888/m² | 12 months to Jun 2026 · from monthly figures | 224 | measured |
| 2 | NW1 | £10,408/m² | 12 months to Jun 2026 · from monthly figures | 175 | measured |
| 3 | NW5 | £10,120/m² | 12 months to Jun 2026 · from monthly figures | 108 | measured |
Gross yield, asking basis · postcode districts in Camden
WC1H ranks 1st of 12 postcode districts in Camden for gross yield, asking basis, at 6.9%.
| # | Area | Gross yield, asking basis | Period | Sample | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | WC1H | 6.9% | 12 months to Sep 2026 · from monthly figures | 810 | measured |
| 2 | N1C | 6.2% | 12 months to Sep 2026 · from monthly figures · 11 of 12 months observed | 909 | measured |
| 3 | WC1X | 5.2% | 12 months to Sep 2026 · from monthly figures | 972 | measured |
| 4 | NW1 | 4.8% | 12 months to Sep 2026 · from monthly figures | 6,900 | measured |
| 5 | WC1N | 4.6% | 12 months to Sep 2026 · from monthly figures · 11 of 12 months observed | 432 | measured |
Full table: gross yield, asking basis across postcode districts in Camden
Turnover · postcode districts in Camden
Where next from WC1H?
- CamdenThe wider market this area sits in.
- EC1NNeighbouring postcode district · Asking £3,767/m² · Jul 2026
- N1CNeighbouring postcode district · Asking £38,460/m² · Sep 2026
- NW1Neighbouring postcode district · Asking £14,458/m² · Sep 2026
- NW3Neighbouring postcode district · Asking £12,111/m² · Sep 2026
- NW5Neighbouring postcode district · Asking £9,926/m² · Sep 2026
- W1TNeighbouring postcode district · Asking £20,567/m² · Sep 2026
- WC1ANeighbouring postcode district · Asking £16,418/m² · Aug 2026
- WC1BNeighbouring postcode district · Asking £11,607/m² · Jul 2026
- N1Next door, in another authority · Asking £11,226/m² · Sep 2026
- EC1RNext door, in another authority · Asking £14,559/m² · Sep 2026
- W1WNext door, in another authority · Asking £11,948/m² · Sep 2026
- W1DNext door, in another authority · Asking £13,812/m² · May 2026
- W1FNext door, in another authority · Asking £39,405/m² · Sep 2026
- WC2ANext door, in another authority · Asking £9,668/m² · Sep 2026
Questions about WC1H
- What is the average rent in WC1H?
- Homes to let in WC1H asked a median £2,417/month over the 12 months to Sep 2026, 128 lets. Asking rent, not the rent agreed.
- What is the gross rental yield in WC1H?
- 6.9% on the asking basis: the asking rent times twelve over the asking sale price in the same listing cell, before costs, voids and finance, over the 12 months to Sep 2026, 810 lets. +3.2% on the previous 12 months.
- What kind of homes are in WC1H?
- WC1H has 7,123 homes, 28% laid out as houses in multiple occupation.
Construction costs Context for residential research
Sector and regional evidence. These figures are not a quote for an individual property.
Reading the cost index and the regional factors…
Everything else about WC1H
- Property values in WC1HEvery addressable home with its floor area, tenure and last recorded sale.
- Land and development sites in WC1HRegistered land with its area, tenure and what stands on it.
- Houses and flats for sale in WC1HWhat is on the market right now, with the evidence beside each asking price.
- Flats and houses to rent in WC1HWhat is available to rent, with the recorded rent and yield beside each asking price.
- Sold house prices in WC1HRegistered completions from Price Paid, newest first.
- Planning applications in WC1HWhat was proposed, who decided it and whether it was approved.
- Estate agents in WC1HWho actually lists here, ranked by volume over 12 months.
Where these figures come from, and what is not published
| Figure | Dataset | Window | Latest | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Residential dwellings | HM Land Registry Price Paid and the address register, 12-month rollup | Latest published | — | — |
| HMO-shaped dwellings | HM Land Registry Price Paid and the address register, 12-month rollup | Latest published | — | — |
| Asking price | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Sep 2026 | Sep 2026 | 204 listings |
| Asking price per m² | Portal listings | 12 months to Sep 2026 | Sep 2026 | 43 listings |
| Asking rent | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Sep 2026 | Sep 2026 | 128 lets |
| Gross yield, asking basis | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Sep 2026 | Sep 2026 | 810 lets |
| Completed sales | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Mar 2026 | Mar 2026 | 61 sales |
| New listings | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Sep 2026 | Sep 2026 | 97 listings |
| Price reductions | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Sep 2026 | Sep 2026 | 107 listings |
| Live listings | MarketCode market evidence | on 6 Nov 2026 | 6 Nov 2026 | — |
- Sold price per m²
- Only 4 observed months: the 12-month figure needs 6; the monthly line is drawn.
- Sold price
- Only 4 observed months: the 12-month figure needs 6; the monthly line is drawn.
- Turnover
- Only 5 observed months: the 12-month figure needs 12; the monthly line is drawn.
- Listings for sale
- Only 9 observed months: the 12-month figure needs 12; the monthly line is drawn.
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