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James Street, WC2E

Sold prices, £/m² and street profile from HM Land Registry records.

Median sold price
£670,000
all recorded sales
Recorded sales
4
Distinct homes
3
Price range
£490,000£950,000
Sales recorded
2006 → 2016
first to latest sale
The street in brief

James Street is a street almost entirely of flats. Homes here typically change hands around £670,000 — roughly 52% below the WC2E norm. Too few recent sales to read a street-level trend, but across WC2E prices have been easing over the last few years. With 4 sales across 3 homes since 2006, homes here come to market only rarely.

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James Street prices over time

Median sold price on the street by year, from 4 HM Land Registry records. Years with no recorded sales are left blank rather than joined up.

This street — yearly medianWC2E district trend
£0£1M£2M£3M20102015202020252006: £490,000 median · 1 sale2009: £670,000 median · 2 sales2016: £950,000 median · 1 sale

Median sold price by year vs the WC2E district trend. Street medians on thin years reflect few sales — hover a dot for the exact figure.

How James Street compares

James Street against the WC2E district's busiest streets, the district itself, and the official UK House Price Index for the wider area.

Henrietta Street£3.73M · 4
Floral Street£2.4M · 35
Long Acre£2.2M · 3
Bow Street£1.7M · 3
King Street£1.5M · 9
Maiden Lane£750k · 3
Garrick Street£708k · 3
James Street£670k · 4*
Tavistock Street£654k · 20

Median sold price and sale count over the last 8years for the district's busiest streets. *This street's figures cover all recorded sales (fewer than 3 in the last 8 years).

This street
£670,000
median · all recorded sales
WC2E district
£1,395,000
median · last 8 years · street -52%
England
£291,445
average price (UK House Price Index), Apr 2026 · +3.9% in 12 months

James Street's £670,000 median sits about 52% below WC2E's £1,395,000.

Street and WC2E figures are medians of HM Land Registry sales; the England figures are the UK House Price Index mix-adjusted average — a different basis, so compare direction rather than levels between the two.

Every recorded sale on James Street

Individual transactions as recorded by HM Land Registry, newest first.

DateAddressTypeNew buildPrice
2 Dec 2016Flat 3, Tavistock House, 12 · WC2E 8BTFlat£950,000
5 Jan 201522 - 23 · WC2E 8NSnon-standardOther£850,000
1 Aug 2014Flat 1, Tavistock House, 12 · WC2E 8BTnon-standardOther£8,550,000
4 Apr 201422 - 23 · WC2E 8NSnon-standardOther£26,750,000
21 Oct 2009Flat 2, Tavistock House, 12 · WC2E 8BTFlat£665,000
20 Jul 2009Flat 1, Tavistock House, 12 · WC2E 8BTFlat£675,000
31 Mar 2006Flat 2, Tavistock House, 12 · WC2E 8BTFlat£490,000

Sales marked non-standardare Land Registry “additional price paid” entries — bulk purchases, repossessions, right-to-buy and similar transfers. They're listed for completeness but excluded from every median and comparison figure on this page.

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More streets in WC2E

Sold-price profiles for nearby streets, and the wider WC2E area guide.

Tavistock StreetFloral StreetSouthampton StreetWellington StreetBedford StreetKing StreetLong AcreHenrietta StreetMaiden LaneGarrick StreetBow StreetBedford Court
WC2E house prices & area guide →

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, including the UK House Price Index. EPC data © Crown copyright. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures summarise recorded sales on the street and are not a valuation of any individual home.