District market report

WC1N property market

£3,501/mo typical 2-bed flat rent

87 days typical time on market

£700k median asking price

Based on 76 listings on the market · WC1N district · as at 10 Oct 2026

Market temperature

87 daystypical time on the market 7% quicker than London

16%of homes already sale agreed 18pp fewer than London

41%cut their asking price in the last 28 days 26pp more than London

6.7%typical cut, when sellers reduce

Compared with London. "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 flat	35	14%	107	57%	n=35

Buying here? The Good Buy Guide for WC1N ranks these segments and shows negotiating room.

Rents

Home	Typical rent	Range	Confidence	Sample
Studio flat	£2,001/mo	£1,405–£2,525	medium confidence	n=39
1 bed flat	£2,777/mo	£2,235–£3,445	medium confidence	n=40
2 bed flat	£3,501/mo	£3,003–£4,011	medium confidence	n=43
3 bed flat	£4,160/mo	£3,419–£6,925	medium confidence	n=11
1 bed house	£3,011/mo	£2,603–£3,169	low confidence	n=3

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
2 bed flat	5.5%	£3,354/mo	£727k

Type	5 yrs	10 yrs	20 yrs
Flat/Maisonette	-4.4%	-7.7%	+102.5%

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

The housing stock

51%built pre–1919

30%built 1945–1979

11%built 1919–1944

138 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.