WC2R 3 house prices are built from 50 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 2016 and the most recent on 17 Apr 2023. The median price paid across the whole record is £2,062,500.
Median price paid
£2,062,500
Median per m²
£19,600
HM Land Registry50 sales3 with floor areaLatest sale 17 Apr 2023
Section 01
How WC2R 3 prices moved
The chart tracks the median WC2R 3 house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 2016 to 2018. The dashed line restates each year in 2026 money, so the two lines separate exactly as much as inflation has eroded the cash figure.
| Decade | Years with sales | Median paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 3 | £2,125,000 | £2,996,250 |
The highest yearly median on record for WC2R 3 is £2,851,200 in 2018; the lowest is £1,750,000 in 2016. Across the full 3-year record the cash median has moved from £1,750,000 to £2,851,200.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £2,443,069, so the real change over the whole record is +55.5% — about +24.71% 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.
Section 02
The most recent sales
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.
| Address | Sold | Type | Price paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APARTMENT 4 TEMPLE HOUSE, 13 Arundel Street | 17 Apr 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £2,050,000 | £2,214,943 |
| APARTMENT 8 29 Essex Street | 9 Feb 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £870,000 | £940,000 |
| APARTMENT 1 29 Essex Street | 11 Nov 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £2,380,000 | £2,757,436 |
| APARTMENT 3 TEMPLE HOUSE, 13 Arundel Street | 14 Sep 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £1,950,000 | £2,259,244 |
| APARTMENT 1 29 Essex Street | 23 Sep 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £2,050,000 | £2,590,054 |
| APARTMENT 4 29 Essex Street | 22 May 2018 | Flat or maisonette | £1,380,000 | £1,839,130 |
| 16 Milford Lane | 9 Apr 2018 | Flat or maisonette | £1,922,500 | £2,562,122 |
| APARTMENT 21 TEMPLE HOUSE, 13 Arundel Street | 26 Jan 2018 | Flat or maisonette | £4,733,600 | £6,308,484 |
| 11 Arundel Street | 16 Jan 2018 | Flat or maisonette | £3,095,000 | £4,124,716 |
| 9 Arundel Street | 16 Jan 2018 | Flat or maisonette | £2,851,200 | £3,799,803 |
| APARTMENT 17 TEMPLE HOUSE, 13 Arundel Street | 19 Dec 2017 | Flat or maisonette | £15,000,000 | £20,415,058 |
| 7 Arundel Street | 14 Dec 2017 | Flat or maisonette | £2,775,000 | £3,776,786 |
| APARTMENT 2 TEMPLE HOUSE, 13 Arundel Street | 6 Dec 2017 | Flat or maisonette | £2,046,000 | £2,784,614 |
| APARTMENT 22 TEMPLE HOUSE, 13 Arundel Street | 28 Nov 2017 | Flat or maisonette | £6,293,000 | £8,564,797 |
| APARTMENT 3 29 Essex Street | 24 Nov 2017 | Flat or maisonette | £1,508,400 | £2,052,938 |
| APARTMENT 19 TEMPLE HOUSE, 13 Arundel Street | 16 Nov 2017 | Flat or maisonette | £2,180,000 | £2,966,988 |
| APARTMENT 20 TEMPLE HOUSE, 13 Arundel Street | 14 Nov 2017 | Flat or maisonette | £1,675,000 | £2,279,681 |
| APARTMENT 11 TEMPLE HOUSE, 13 Arundel Street | 14 Nov 2017 | Flat or maisonette | £1,441,125 | £1,961,377 |
| APARTMENT 1 TEMPLE HOUSE, 13 Arundel Street | 10 Nov 2017 | Flat or maisonette | £1,670,500 | £2,273,557 |
| APARTMENT 3 TEMPLE HOUSE, 13 Arundel Street | 31 Oct 2017 | Flat or maisonette | £2,075,000 | £2,824,083 |
| APARTMENT 13 TEMPLE HOUSE, 13 Arundel Street | 26 Oct 2017 | Flat or maisonette | £2,046,400 | £2,785,158 |
| APARTMENT 6 TEMPLE HOUSE, 13 Arundel Street | 25 Oct 2017 | Flat or maisonette | £1,954,000 | £2,659,402 |
| APARTMENT 16 TEMPLE HOUSE, 13 Arundel Street | 17 Oct 2017 | Flat or maisonette | £2,135,000 | £2,905,743 |
| APARTMENT 9 TEMPLE HOUSE, 13 Arundel Street | 16 Oct 2017 | Flat or maisonette | £2,168,000 | £2,950,656 |
| APARTMENT 8 TEMPLE HOUSE, 13 Arundel Street | 13 Oct 2017 | Flat or maisonette | £1,395,000 | £1,898,600 |
Section 03
Homes that sold twice
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 WC2R 3 values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APARTMENT 4 TEMPLE HOUSE, 13 Arundel Street | £2,125,000 (2017) | £2,050,000 (2023) | -0.6% | -4.3% |
| APARTMENT 8 29 Essex Street | £980,000 (2016) | £870,000 (2023) | -1.7% | -5.2% |
| APARTMENT 1 29 Essex Street | £1,785,000 (2016) | £2,380,000 (2022) | +4.9% | +1.7% |
| APARTMENT 3 TEMPLE HOUSE, 13 Arundel Street | £2,075,000 (2017) | £1,950,000 (2022) | -1.2% | -4.4% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. WC2R 3 is dominated by the type at the top of this table, so its overall median leans that way.
| Property type | Sales | Share | Median paid | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat or maisonette | 49 | 98.0% | £2,075,000 | £870,000 – £15,000,000 |
| Terraced | 1 | 2.0% | £700,000 | £700,000 – £700,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in WC2R 3
49 of the sales on record are leasehold and 1 freehold — 98.0% 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 £2,075,000 and the median freehold sale £700,000 — a gap of -66.3%. Most of that gap is property type rather than tenure itself: leasehold here is largely flats, freehold largely houses.
| Category | Sales | Share | Median paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leasehold | 49 | 98.0% | £2,075,000 |
| Freehold | 1 | 2.0% | £700,000 |
| New build | 43 | 86.0% | £2,125,000 |
| Existing home | 7 | 14.0% | £1,950,000 |
New builds sold for more than the median existing home — +9.0%. 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 25 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.
Section 09
How WC2R 3 compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. WC2R 3 sits above that national figure — +1,209.5%.
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £19,600 per square metre, across 3 of the 50 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 £700,000 to £15,000,000. 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.
Section 10
Nearby on the record
Other sectors in WC2R
The wider district is WC2R.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in WC2R 3?
The median price paid in WC2R 3 across every sale on the register is £2,062,500. 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 WC2R 3?
50 sales are on record for WC2R 3, the most recent completing on 17 Apr 2023. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
When were WC2R 3 house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £2,851,200, set in 2018. 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 WC2R 3?
£19,600 per square metre, from the 3 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 17 Apr 2023. 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, “WC2R 3 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.