District market report

ST1 property market

£819/mo typical 2-bed flat rent

62 days typical time on market

£140k median asking price

Based on 258 listings on the market · ST1 district · as at 31 Aug 2026

Market temperature

62 daystypical time on the market 30% quicker than West Midlands

58%of homes already sale agreed 13pp more than West Midlands

9%cut their asking price in the last 28 days in line with West Midlands

5.6%typical cut, when sellers reduce

Compared with West Midlands. "Sale agreed" means the seller has accepted an offer (shown as Sold STC on portals); the sale hasn't completed yet.

How each kind of property is selling

Segment	On market	Under offer	Days on market	Stale >90d	Sample
2 bed terraced	74	64%	52	26%	n=74
3 bed terraced	38	63%	78	43%	n=38
3 bed semi-detached	40	63%	46	13%	n=40
2 bed flat	26	42%	76	47%	n=26

Buying here? The Good Buy Guide for ST1 ranks these segments and shows negotiating room.

Rents

Home	Typical rent	Range	Confidence	Sample
Studio flat	£642/mo	£504–£879	medium confidence	n=22
1 bed flat	£758/mo	£535–£910	medium confidence	n=50
2 bed flat	£819/mo	£691–£967	medium confidence	n=26
1 bed house	£459/mo	£450–£627	low confidence	n=7
2 bed house	£752/mo	£698–£876	high confidence	n=49
3 bed house	£900/mo	£725–£1,117	medium confidence	n=24
4 bed house	£1,235/mo	£1,086–£1,553	low confidence	n=8
5+ bed house	£650/mo	£620–£1,668	low confidence	n=7

Confidence reflects the listings behind each figure: High 30+, Medium 10–29, Low under 10 recent listings for that exact size and area.

Check a specific home in the Rent Checker.

Yields and long-term growth

Segment	Gross yield	Rent	Price basis
1 bed flat	16.8%	£758/mo	£54k
2 bed flat	10.4%	£819/mo	£94k
3 bed house	9.8%	£900/mo	£111k
4 bed house	9.4%	£1,235/mo	£158k
2 bed house	7.3%	£752/mo	£124k

Type	5 yrs	10 yrs	20 yrs
Detached	+20.8%	+37.2%	+52.9%
Semi-Detached	+35.2%	+69.1%	+72.4%
Terraced	+22.9%	+44.5%	+51.1%

Investing round here? Open the Area Workbench for sector-by-sector rents and yields.

The housing stock

39%built pre–1919

29%built 1945–1979

14%built 1919–1944

150 m²typical registered plot (houses)

What does this era of housing typically need? The Good Buy Guide covers condition by era.

Buying here?Which kinds of property are the good buys the Good Buy Guide. Investing here?Sector-by-sector rents, yields and letting speed in the Workbench. Renting or letting?What a specific home rents for, in the Rent Checker.

About these figures. Statistics are aggregate figures from the uSurv Listings Index, compiled from publicly advertised residential listings across the UK, aggregated from multiple online sources, together with HM Land Registry price paid data, the EPC register and ONS statistics (Open Government Licence v3.0). Small samples are suppressed rather than published. No individual listing content is reproduced.