WC2N 5 house prices

WC2N 5 house prices are built from 120 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1998 and the most recent on 21 Jan 2025. The median price paid across the whole record is £524,700. Across the 10 years from 2004 to 2014 the median moved +173.5% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +111.5%.

HM Land Registry120 sales28 with floor areaLatest sale 21 Jan 2025

The chart tracks the median WC2N 5 house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1998 to 2014. The dashed line restates each year in 2026 money, so the two lines separate exactly as much as inflation has eroded the cash figure.

The highest yearly median on record for WC2N 5 is £1,365,000 in 2014; the lowest is £212,500 in 1999. Across the full 17-year record the cash median has moved from £220,000 to £1,365,000.

In 2026 money that first median is worth £456,176, so the real change over the whole record is +329.2% — about +9.53% a year after inflation. Cash growth and real growth are not the same story, and the gap is the part most price reports leave out.

Over the last decade alone the difference is stark: +173.5% in cash against +111.5% once inflation is removed. A buyer who sold at the end of that decade would have needed the real figure, not the headline one, to know whether they had actually gained.

Every row is a completed sale as lodged with HM Land Registry. The right-hand column restates the price in 2026 money, which is the only fair way to compare a sale from the 1990s with one from last year.

These addresses appear in the register more than once, so the same bricks are being priced twice. That makes them the strongest evidence of what actually happened to WC2N 5 values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.

The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. WC2N 5 is dominated by the type at the top of this table, so its overall median leans that way.

106 of the sales on record are leasehold and 14 freehold — 88.3% of the market. Tenure is not a detail: a leasehold flat and a freehold house are different assets, and mixing them into one median hides the difference.

The median leasehold sale is £482,750 and the median freehold sale £1,387,500 — a gap of +187.4%. Most of that gap is property type rather than tenure itself: leasehold here is largely flats, freehold largely houses.

New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -59.2%. A new-build premium is normal: the buyer gets a warranty and nothing to fix, and the price is set by a developer rather than negotiated between two households.

A further 17 transfers for this area are on the register but are left out of every figure above. HM Land Registry marks them as additional price paid entries: repossessions, buy-to-let portfolio moves, transfers between companies or family, and sales at a discount such as right to buy. They are real records but they are not open-market prices, and including them would drag the median somewhere no buyer ever paid.

The median across the whole archive is £157,500. WC2N 5 sits above that national figure — +233.1%.

Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £8,100 per square metre, across 28 of the 120 sales on record. Price per square metre is the only figure that compares a two-bed flat with a four-bed house honestly.

The full range on record runs from £120,000 to £5,800,000. Extremes usually mean something unusual — a plot sold without a house on it, a transfer between family members, or a very large property — so the median is the number to trust.

Other sectors in WC2N

• WC2N 4£540,000 median
• WC2N 6£487,500 median

The wider district is WC2N.

What is the average house price in WC2N 5?

The median price paid in WC2N 5 across every sale on the register is £524,700. The median is used rather than the mean because a handful of very large sales would otherwise drag the average away from what a typical buyer paid.

How many homes have sold in WC2N 5?

120 sales are on record for WC2N 5, the most recent completing on 21 Jan 2025. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.

Have WC2N 5 house prices actually risen?

In cash, the median rose +173.5% between 2004 and 2014. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +111.5%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.

When were WC2N 5 house prices at their highest?

The highest yearly median on record is £1,365,000, set in 2014. That is the cash figure; measured in 2026 money the peak may fall in a different year, because inflation reshapes the series.

What is the price per square metre in WC2N 5?

£8,100 per square metre, from the 28 sales where an EPC floor area could be matched to the address. Price per square metre strips out size, so a flat and a house can be compared on the same basis.

How current is this data?

The latest sale shown here completed on 21 Jan 2025. HM Land Registry publishes Price Paid Data monthly and a sale can take a month or two to appear after completion, so the most recent weeks are always incomplete.

Cite this page: Sold Price History, “WC2N 5 house prices”, 2026. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data © Crown copyright and database right, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Inflation adjustment: ONS CPIH.