Typical 2-bedroom flat£729kmost £605k–£1.03m
Sold last year528 in five years
Prices in Camden-10.1%on a year ago
A typical 2-bedroom flat in WC1A sold for £729,391 over the last five years, in today's money; most went for between £605,000 and £1,034,171, for about 63 m² of space.
5 homes sold here in the last year: a small market where few homes come up, so it pays to set alerts and be patient. Flats start at around £513k for one bedroom.
Across Camden, prices are down 10.1% on a year ago and down 5.2% over five years. Renting a similar home there costs about £2,621 a month; a 90% mortgage on the typical price would be around £3,326 a month at 4.5% over 30 years. Lenders would typically want a household income of about £146,000 for that mortgage: what £150,000 buys.
Questions about WC1A
Is WC1A a good area to buy a home?
What the numbers say: prices in Camden are down 10.1% on a year ago; the best state primary nearby is above the England average (100% against 64%); the best secondary is above it (79% against 43.8%); 5 homes sold here last year. Whether it suits you depends on your budget and what you need nearby, so compare it with the districts around it below.
How much is a 2-bedroom flat in WC1A?
A typical 2-bedroom flat in WC1A sold for £729,391 over the last five years, in today's money. Most sold between £605,000 and £1,034,171.
How many homes sell in WC1A each year?
5 homes sold in the last year and 28 in five years: a small market where few homes come up, so it pays to set alerts and be patient.
What are the schools like near WC1A?
The best-performing state primary within 2 km is St Clement Danes CofE Primary School, where 100% of pupils met the expected standard at age 11 (England: 64%).
Sources: HM Land Registry price paid data matched to the EPC register for size and bedrooms, last five years in today's prices; UK House Price Index (July 2026); ONS private rents (August 2026); DfE school performance tables. Districts with fewer than five sales of a kind are left out. The mortgage figure is an illustration, not advice.