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WA16 house prices & rental yield

Homes in WA16 sell for a median of £510,000 across 536 sales over two years (HM Land Registry), which is +71% against the Cheshire East median of £297,500. Set against the local average rent of £984 a month (ONS), that implies a 2.3% gross yield here versus 4% for Cheshire East as a whole.

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Implied gross yield
2.3%
Median sold
£510,000
vs Cheshire East
+71%
Sales, 2 yrs
536

Rents are published per district, not per postcode, so the yield above applies the Cheshire East average rent to WA16 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 Cheshire East
All sizes
£984
1-bed
£696
2-bed
£898
3-bed
£1,105
4+ bed
£1,609
Office for National Statistics averages for Cheshire East, what tenants actually pay rather than asking rents.
Cheaper entry points near WA16
CW1749 sales6.2% yield£190,000CW2818 sales5.2% yield£227,250CW10313 sales5.1% yield£231,000SK11814 sales4.5% yield£265,000CW11616 sales4.4% yield£267,500CW5775 sales4.1% yield£290,000CW12839 sales4% yield£294,995SK10929 sales3.4% yield£350,000
Averages don't buy houses

WA16 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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