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OFFICIAL DATAKENSINGTON AND CHELSEA

SW1X house prices & rental yield

Homes in SW1X sell for a median of £2,525,000 across 86 sales over two years (HM Land Registry), which is +122% against the Kensington and Chelsea median of £1,135,000. Set against the local average rent of £3,629 a month (ONS), that implies a 1.7% gross yield here versus 3.8% for Kensington and Chelsea as a whole.

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Implied gross yield
1.7%
Median sold
£2,525,000
vs Kensington and Chelsea
+122%
Sales, 2 yrs
86

Rents are published per district, not per postcode, so the yield above applies the Kensington and Chelsea average rent to SW1X 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.

What renters pay across Kensington and Chelsea
All sizes
£3,629
1-bed
£2,597
2-bed
£3,371
3-bed
£4,004
4+ bed
£5,555
Office for National Statistics averages for Kensington and Chelsea, what tenants actually pay rather than asking rents.
Cheaper entry points near SW1X
W10248 sales5.9% yield£735,000SW5173 sales5.3% yield£820,000SW10224 sales4.3% yield£1,005,000W11313 sales4% yield£1,100,000SW3325 sales3.1% yield£1,400,000SW7232 sales3% yield£1,445,000W8296 sales2.9% yield£1,520,000
Averages don't buy houses

SW1X 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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