marketcodeAsking price
£1,213,060 12 months to Aug 2026
138 listings
-5.6% on the previous 12 months.
Sample is the dated listings that came to market in the latest month (added and reduced cohorts).
Postcode district
WC2B property market
Index +1% y/y · Asking £22,821/m² · Asking rent £3,746 a month · Gross yield 4.1% · 12 months, listings to Aug 2026
What is WC2B?
- Buildings
- 231
- Mixed-use buildings
- 26%
- HMO-shaped units
- 27%
What does WC2B cost?
WC2B: asking price £1,213,060 (12 months to Aug 2026, 138 listings). -5.6% on the previous 12 months.
Asking price per m²
£22,821/m² 12 months to Jun 2026
34 listings
Sold price per m²
Not published
Only 3 observed months: the 12-month figure needs 6; the monthly line is drawn.
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
What does WC2B earn?
WC2B: asking rent £3,746 a month (12 months to Jul 2026, 64 lets).
Asking rent
£3,746 a month 12 months to Jul 2026
64 lets
Gross yield, asking basis
4.1% 12 months to Aug 2026
322 lets
+9.5% on the previous 12 months.
Sample is the dated lettings behind the latest month's rent cell.
How liquid is WC2B?
WC2B: completed sales 27 (12 months to Jul 2025, 27 sales). +3.8% on the previous 12 months.
Completed sales
27 12 months to Jul 2025
27 sales
+3.8% on the previous 12 months.
Sample is the registry count itself; months within six months of the last ingest are still filling.
New listings
94 12 months to Aug 2026
94 listings
+84.3% on the previous 12 months.
Never-reduced cohort: undercounts new listings by the reduction share.
Price reductions
44 12 months to Aug 2026
44 listings
-10.2% on the previous 12 months.
Reductions dated by the last reduction; several reductions of one listing count once.
Who is active in WC2B?
6 agents listed homes for sale in WC2B; the three largest took 70% of the listings.
- Agents active
- 6
- Top three agents’ share
- 70%
- New homes among listings
- 60%
days_to_completion is on the registry-matched subset (sold_matched_n), not a sell-through rate.
Who owns WC2B?
Corporate landlords hold 82% of the 56 units in WC2B whose freeholder is classified; 98% of all units are not yet classified.
- Corporate landlords82% of classified · 46 units
- Individuals (not traceable in bulk)14% of classified · 8 units
- RMC1.8% of classified · 1 units
- Housing associations1.8% of classified · 1 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 WC2B rank?
WC2B ranks 10th of 14 postcode districts in Camden for gross yield, asking basis, at 4.1%.
Sold price per m² · postcode districts in Camden
Gross yield, asking basis · postcode districts in Camden
WC2B ranks 10th of 14 postcode districts in Camden for gross yield, asking basis, at 4.1%.
| # | Area | Gross yield, asking basis | Sample | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | WC1H | 6.8% | 810 | measured |
| 2 | N1C | 5.9% | 978 | measured |
| 3 | WC1X | 5.1% | 1,014 | measured |
| 4 | EC1N | 5.0% | 295 | measured |
| 5 | NW1 | 4.8% | 6,951 | measured |
| 10 | WC2B | 4.1% | 322 | measured |
Full table: gross yield, asking basis across postcode districts in Camden →
Turnover · postcode districts in Camden
Where next from WC2B?
- CamdenThe wider market this area sits in.
- EC1NNeighbouring postcode district · £6,206/m²
- N1CNeighbouring postcode district · £19,380/m²
- NW1Neighbouring postcode district · £13,245/m²
- NW3Neighbouring postcode district · £11,191/m²
- NW5Neighbouring postcode district · £9,601/m²
- W1TNeighbouring postcode district · £13,497/m²
- WC1ANeighbouring postcode district · £10,606/m²
- WC1BNeighbouring postcode district · £11,673/m²
- WC2ANext door, in another authority · £20,644/m²
- WC2ENext door, in another authority · £31,606/m²
- WC2RNext door, in another authority · £37,446/m²
- EC4YNext door, in another authority · £11,538/m²
- EC4ANext door, in another authority · £17,685/m²
- WC2NNext door, in another authority · £12,716/m²
Questions about WC2B
- What is the average rent in WC2B?
- Homes to let in WC2B asked a median £3,746 a month over the 12 months to Jul 2026, 64 lets. Asking rent, not the rent agreed.
- What is the gross rental yield in WC2B?
- 4.1% 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 Aug 2026, 322 lets. +9.5% on the previous 12 months.
Everything else about WC2B
- Properties in WC2BEvery addressable home with its floor area, tenure and last recorded sale.
- Buildings in WC2BFootprints, heights and the units inside them.
- Land and plots in WC2BRegistered parcels with their area, tenure and what stands on them.
- Homes for sale in WC2BWhat is on the market right now, with the evidence beside each asking price.
- Homes to rent in WC2BWhat is available to rent, with the recorded rent and yield beside each asking price.
- Recent house sales in WC2BRegistered completions from Price Paid, newest first.
- Planning applications in WC2BWhat was proposed, who decided it and whether it was approved.
- Estate agents active in WC2BWho actually lists here, ranked by volume over 12 months.
Where these figures come from, and what is not published
| Figure | Dataset | Window | Latest | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asking price | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 | 138 listings |
| Asking price per m² | the area_facts listing rollup | 12 months to Jun 2026 | Jun 2026 | 34 listings |
| Asking rent | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Jul 2026 | Jul 2026 | 64 lets |
| Gross yield, asking basis | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 | 322 lets |
| Completed sales | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Jul 2025 | Jul 2025 | 27 sales |
| New listings | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 | 94 listings |
| Price reductions | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 | 44 listings |
| Live listings | MarketCode market evidence | on 21 Sep 2026 | 21 Sep 2026 | — |
- Sold price per m²
- Only 3 observed months: the 12-month figure needs 6; the monthly line is drawn.
- Sold price
- Only 1 observed month: the 12-month figure needs 6; the monthly line is drawn.
- Turnover
- Only 4 observed months: the 12-month figure needs 12; the monthly line is drawn.
- Listings for sale
- Only 8 observed months: the 12-month figure needs 12; the monthly line is drawn.
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