Analysis of recent property sales -- official HM Land Registry data
The average house price in WC1E (WC1E 6AA) is £662,214, based on 34 transactions recorded by HM Land Registry. The median price is £560,000, giving a price range from £230,000 to £2,350,000.
| Date | Price | Type | Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-28 | £230,000 | F | 18.0 m² |
| 2026-01-21 | £860,000 | F | 64.0 m² |
| 2026-01-15 | £859,800 | F | 76.0 m² |
| 2026-01-13 | £283,000 | F | 26.0 m² |
| 2026-01-08 | £570,000 | F | 63.0 m² |
Standard residential rates for primary residence. Does not include surcharges for additional properties or non-UK residents.
Market Overview: WC1E
WC1E recorded 34 residential sales in the twelve-month window, enough to ground the median but not so many that property-type or street-level differences wash out. Individual sales ranged from £230k to £2.35m, which is a normal spread for a postcode of this size.
The local market is dominated by flats, which made up 94% 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 WC1E 6AA 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 3.9%, based on ONS regional rents.