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WN2 house prices & rental yield

Homes in WN2 sell for a median of £188,000 across 797 sales over two years (HM Land Registry), which is -5% against the Wigan median of £198,000. Set against the local average rent of £745 a month (ONS), that implies a 4.8% gross yield here versus 4.5% for Wigan as a whole.

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Implied gross yield
4.8%
Median sold
£188,000
vs Wigan
-5%
Sales, 2 yrs
797

Rents are published per district, not per postcode, so the yield above applies the Wigan average rent to WN2 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 Wigan
All sizes
£745
1-bed
£541
2-bed
£698
3-bed
£836
4+ bed
£1,142
Office for National Statistics averages for Wigan, what tenants actually pay rather than asking rents.
Cheaper entry points near WN2
WN7774 sales4.9% yield£182,500M46396 sales4.9% yield£182,500WN3467 sales4.7% yield£190,000WN5660 sales4.7% yield£190,000WN4439 sales4.6% yield£195,000WN1326 sales4.5% yield£200,000WN6726 sales4.3% yield£209,725M29456 sales3.6% yield£249,975
Averages don't buy houses

WN2 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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