Analysis of recent property sales -- official HM Land Registry data
The average house price in WC1B (WC1B 3AA) is £1,966,766, based on 30 transactions recorded by HM Land Registry. The median price is £642,500, giving a price range from £230,000 to £33,955,200.
| Date | Price | Type | Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-28 | £230,000 | F | 18.0 m² |
| 2026-01-16 | £1,610,000 | O | — |
| 2026-01-15 | £859,800 | F | 76.0 m² |
| 2026-01-13 | £283,000 | F | 26.0 m² |
| 2025-12-19 | £505,000 | F | 36.0 m² |
Standard residential rates for primary residence. Does not include surcharges for additional properties or non-UK residents.
Market Overview: WC1B
Land Registry records 30 residential transactions in WC1B across the last twelve months — a middle-of-the-road volume that supports broad price indications without pinning a specific street. Individual sales ranged from £230k to £33.96m, which is a normal spread for a postcode of this size.
The local market is dominated by flats, which made up 87% of all sales in the sample. That flats-heavy composition is typical of central and inner-London postcodes where purpose-built blocks and converted period buildings dominate.
The WC1B 3AA dataset is a reasonable baseline, but decisions at the individual-property level should still lean on matched comparables rather than the area median alone. On the rental side, the estimated gross yield on a median-priced property here is around 3.4%, based on ONS regional rents.