Homes in E17 sell for a median of £552,200 across 1,398 sales over two years (HM Land Registry), which is +2% against the Waltham Forest median of £542,000. Set against the local average rent of £1,765 a month (ONS), that implies a 3.8% gross yield here versus 3.9% for Waltham Forest as a whole.
Rents are published per district, not per postcode, so the yield above applies the Waltham Forest average rent to E17 prices. It's the right way to compare postcodes on entry price, but rents do vary street by street, and gross yield ignores costs, voids and mortgage interest.
E17 averages tell you where to look, not whether one particular flat stacks up. Paste a listing and gemhome runs the actual numbers: yield, cash flow, the lender stress test, EPC work and what the public records say about that specific address.
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