OFFICIAL DATAWIGAN

WN7 house prices & rental yield

Homes in WN7 sell for a median of £182,500 across 774 sales over two years (HM Land Registry), which is -8% against the Wigan median of £198,000. Set against the local average rent of £745 a month (ONS), that implies a 4.9% gross yield here versus 4.5% for Wigan as a whole.

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Implied gross yield
4.9%
Median sold
£182,500
vs Wigan
-8%
Sales, 2 yrs
774

Rents are published per district, not per postcode, so the yield above applies the Wigan average rent to WN7 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.
Averages don't buy houses

WN7 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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