marketcodeAsking rent
£874 a month 12 months to Jul 2026
187 lets
Postcode district
WS1 rental market
Asking rent £874 a month · Gross yield 4.7% · 12 months, listings to Aug 2026
What is WS1?
- Buildings
- 8,079
- Mixed-use buildings
- 2.5%
- HMO-shaped units
- 9.0%
What does WS1 earn?
WS1: asking rent £874 a month (12 months to Jul 2026, 187 lets).
Gross yield, asking basis
4.7% 12 months to Aug 2026
448 lets
-2.5% on the previous 12 months.
Sample is the dated lettings behind the latest month's rent cell.
Homes to rent
87 on 19 Sep 2026
How does WS1 vary by home size?
Asking rent in WS1 runs from £693 a month for 1 bedroom to £1,044 a month for 3 bedrooms.
| Homes | Asking rent | Window | Change | Listings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 bedroom | £693 a month | 12 months to Aug 2026 | +5.5% on the previous 12 months | 195 |
| 2 bedrooms | £836 a month | 12 months to Aug 2026 | -1.4% on the previous 12 months | 183 |
| 3 bedrooms | £1,044 a month | 12 months to Aug 2026 | — | 67 |
| 4 bedrooms | Not published | — | — | — |
| 5+ bedrooms | Not published | — | — | — |
Asking rent per calendar month by bedroom band: the monthly medians of lettings that came to market, weighted by their dated listings, over the last 12 observed months, from portal listings. A band with fewer than 30 dated listings in the year is not published.
Who owns WS1?
Corporate landlords hold 89% of the 758 units in WS1 whose freeholder is classified; 95% of all units are not yet classified.
- Corporate landlords89% of classified · 678 units
- Individuals (not traceable in bulk)6.3% of classified · 48 units
- Housing associations3.7% of classified · 28 units
- RMC0.5% 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 WS1 rank?
WS1 ranks 8th of 9 postcode districts in Walsall for asking rent, at £874 a month.
Asking rent · postcode districts in Walsall
WS1 ranks 8th of 9 postcode districts in Walsall for asking rent, at £874 a month.
| # | Area | Asking rent | Sample | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | WS9 | £1,161 a month | 93 | measured |
| 2 | WS5 | £1,146 a month | 80 | indicative |
| 3 | WS4 | £1,013 a month | 114 | measured |
| 4 | WV12 | £998 a month | 115 | measured |
| 5 | WS8 | £977 a month | 67 | indicative |
| 8 | WS1 | £874 a month | 187 | measured |
Full table: asking rent across postcode districts in Walsall →
Gross yield, asking basis · postcode districts in Walsall
WS1 ranks 6th of 9 postcode districts in Walsall for gross yield, asking basis, at 4.7%.
Where next from WS1?
- WalsallThe wider market this area sits in.
- WS2Neighbouring postcode district · £2,030/m²
- WS3Neighbouring postcode district · £3,104/m²
- WS4Neighbouring postcode district · £2,811/m²
- WS5Neighbouring postcode district · £3,532/m²
- WS8Neighbouring postcode district · £2,795/m²
- WS9Neighbouring postcode district · £3,442/m²
- WV12Neighbouring postcode district · £2,808/m²
- WV13Neighbouring postcode district · £2,677/m²
- WS10Next door, in another authority · £2,717/m²
- B43Next door, in another authority · £3,309/m²
- B71Next door, in another authority · £3,289/m²
- Homes for sale in WS1Live sale listings, the same place and cohort.
- Homes to rent in WS1Live lettings, the same place.
- Completed sales in WS1Registered completions, newest first.
- Planning applications in WS1Applications and decisions on record.
- Buildings in WS1Every building with its units, parcel and freeholder.
- Land in WS1Parcels, titles and adjacent ownership.
- Properties in WS1Every addressable home with its floor area, tenure and last sale.
Questions about WS1
- What is the average rent in WS1?
- Homes to let in WS1 asked a median £874 a month over the 12 months to Jul 2026, 187 lets. Asking rent, not the rent agreed.
- What is the gross rental yield in WS1?
- 4.7% 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, 448 lets. -2.5% on the previous 12 months.
Where these figures come from
| Figure | Dataset | Window | Last month | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asking rent | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Jul 2026 | Jul 2026 | 187 lets |
| Gross yield, asking basis | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 | 448 lets |
| Homes to rent | portal listings; observed forwards from 5 Sep 2026 | on 19 Sep 2026 | 19 Sep 2026 | — |