What is the median house price in WC2R?

Homes in WC2R sold for a median £2,272,395 over the 12 months to Dec 2017, 140 sales. Registered completions, not asking prices.

What is the average rent in WC2R?

Homes to let in WC2R asked a median £5,380 a month over the 12 months to Jul 2026, 118 lets. Asking rent, not the rent agreed.

What is the gross rental yield in WC2R?

3.1% 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, 405 lets. -27.4% on the previous 12 months.

Postcode district

WC2R property market

Median sold £2,272,395 (140 sales) · Index +1% y/y · 12 months, sales to Dec 2017, listings to Aug 2026

What is WC2R?

Buildings: 125
Mixed-use buildings: 13%
HMO-shaped units: 0.0%

What does WC2R cost?

WC2R: sold price £2,272,395 (12 months to Dec 2017, 140 sales).

Sold price

£2,272,395 12 months to Dec 2017

140 sales

Sample is the matched completed sales behind the latest month. A month in which this cohort recorded no sale of its own carries the parent area's price rather than a measurement, and is not published with no sample.

Asking price

£2,453,478 12 months to Aug 2026

115 listings

+32.3% on the previous 12 months.

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

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: £1,789,545 in Sep 2015 to £1,770,000 in Apr 2018.

Asking price: £2,350,000 in Mar 2022 to £1,125,000 in Aug 2026.

Asking price per m²: £32,136/m² in Aug 2025 to £37,446/m² in Jun 2026.

House price index (whole area): 369.2 in Dec 2015 to 519.9 in Dec 2025.

Asking price index: 93.5 in Jan 2022 to 71.8 in Aug 2026.

What does WC2R earn?

WC2R: asking rent £5,380 a month (12 months to Jul 2026, 118 lets).

Asking rent

£5,380 a month 12 months to Jul 2026

118 lets

Gross yield, asking basis

3.1% 12 months to Aug 2026

405 lets

-27.4% on the previous 12 months.

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

Asking rent: £4,295 pcm in Aug 2025 to £5,771 pcm in Jul 2026.

Gross yield, asking basis: 2.0% in Mar 2022 to 6.4% in Aug 2026.

How liquid is WC2R?

WC2R: completed sales 20 (12 months to May 2025, 20 sales). 0% on the previous 12 months.

Completed sales

20 12 months to May 2025

20 sales

0% on the previous 12 months.

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

New listings

55 12 months to Aug 2026

55 listings

-16.7% on the previous 12 months.

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

Price reductions

60 12 months to Aug 2026

60 listings

+9.1% on the previous 12 months.

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

Turnover: 1.1% in Sep 2015 to 2.4% in Apr 2018.

Who is active in WC2R?

7 agents listed homes for sale in WC2R; the three largest took 50% of the listings.

Agents active: 7
Top three agents’ share: 50%
New homes among listings: 25%

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

Who owns WC2R?

Corporate landlords hold 56% of the 39 units in WC2R whose freeholder is classified; 97% of all units are not yet classified.

Corporate landlords56% of classified · 22 units
Individuals (not traceable in bulk)44% of classified · 17 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 WC2R rank?

WC2R ranks 21st of 24 postcode districts in City of Westminster for gross yield, asking basis, at 3.1%.

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