Area market snapshot · in London

Wapping property market

Updated 5 October 2026 · refreshed daily

Map: Wapping sits in east London, in Tower Hamlets, about 2 miles from the centre.
Median asking price
£600,000↑ 4% above London

523 for sale · London £575k

Median sold price · 12 months to January 2026
£525,000In line with London

London £525k

Typical asking range
Typical asking range (middle half of listings) and median
MarketRange lowMedianRange high
Wapping£450,000£600,000£900,000
London£400,000£575,000£895,000

Each band covers the middle half of asking prices.

How Wapping differs from London
  • A typical 2-bed asks £680k here, compared to £500k across London
  • Flats are 95% of what's for sale, compared to 67% across London
The last 30 days

Homes came onto and left the Wapping market at a similar pace

New listings
96

↓ 17% · was 116

Price cuts
66

↑ 29% · was 51

Went off market
84

↑ 38% · was 61

Typical time listed
89 days

before going off the market

Changes compare with the prior 30 days.

Asking prices

Where homes in Wapping sit by price band, against London

22% of homes in Wapping ask £500k–650k, the most common band

31% of Wapping listings ask under £500k, a smaller share than London (40%)

Share of current listings by asking-price band
Price bandWapping listingsWapping shareLondon share
<£300k245%11%
£300k–400k479%14%
£400k–500k9117%15%
£500k–650k11422%18%
£650k–800k7615%12%
£800k–1m6112%9%
£1m–1.5m6312%9%
£1.5m+479%12%

Prices by property type

Current listings and Land Registry sales in Wapping, set against London

Flats are 95% of homes for sale in Wapping, against 67% across London

Share of homes for sale by property type
property typeWappingLondon
Flats (495 for sale)£95£67
Terraced (18 for sale)£3£13

Flats in Wapping ask £600k, 25% more than London flats (£480k)

Median asking price of current listings; the count under each row

Median asking price by property type
property typeWappingLondon
Flats (495 for sale)£600,000£480,000
Terraced (18 for sale)£987,500£650,000

Price per square foot

Sold · 12 months to July 2026
£746per sq ft↑ 25% above London

184 matched sales

London: £596 per sq ft

Asking · current listings
£848per sq ft↑ 27% above London

449 listings with a known floor area

London: £666 per sq ft

Sold prices per sq ft in Wapping are down 7% over 10 years, to £746

London: up 16% to £596 over the same period

Sold price per square foot over time (12-month windows ending each quarter); the chart plots each line as the percentage change since its first point
Window endsWappingLondon
Sept 2016£799£515
Dec 2016£801£523
Mar 2017£790£525
Jun 2017£808£529
Sept 2017£792£533
Dec 2017£808£535
Mar 2018£797£536
Jun 2018£780£535
Sept 2018£770£534
Dec 2018£751£533
Mar 2019£743£530
Jun 2019£724£526
Sept 2019£712£524
Dec 2019£700£525
Mar 2020£710£529
Jun 2020£727£531
Sept 2020£721£536
Dec 2020£733£547
Mar 2021£754£555
Jun 2021£744£562
Sept 2021£742£564
Dec 2021£742£566
Mar 2022£737£571
Jun 2022£743£579
Sept 2022£752£595
Dec 2022£778£605
Mar 2023£787£608
Jun 2023£781£609
Sept 2023£781£605
Dec 2023£773£601
Mar 2024£760£600
Jun 2024£760£600
Sept 2024£756£602
Dec 2024£744£605
Mar 2025£747£606
Jun 2025£745£607
Sept 2025£750£606
Dec 2025£747£604
Mar 2026£747£601
Jun 2026£753£598
Jul 2026£746£596

Homes sold in Wapping

Completed sales
311↑ 11% vs previous year

Previous 12 months: 281 sales

Median sold price
£525,000In line with London

London: £525,000

The median sold price in Wapping is broadly flat over the last 10 years, at £525k

London: up 27% to £525k over the same period

Median sold price over time (12-month windows ending each quarter); the chart plots each line as the percentage change since its first point
Window endsWappingLondon
Mar 2016£520k£415k
Jun 2016£530k£425k
Sept 2016£564k£430k
Dec 2016£567k£435k
Mar 2017£563k£440k
Jun 2017£559k£445k
Sept 2017£525k£450k
Dec 2017£510k£455k
Mar 2018£525k£459k
Jun 2018£520k£459k
Sept 2018£516k£458k
Dec 2018£516k£457k
Mar 2019£512k£455k
Jun 2019£500k£455k
Sept 2019£500k£455k
Dec 2019£500k£460k
Mar 2020£500k£465k
Jun 2020£500k£465k
Sept 2020£520k£475k
Dec 2020£525k£490k
Mar 2021£528k£500k
Jun 2021£539k£510k
Sept 2021£525k£505k
Dec 2021£525k£500k
Mar 2022£530k£500k
Jun 2022£531k£500k
Sept 2022£559k£520k
Dec 2022£576k£525k
Mar 2023£575k£525k
Jun 2023£581k£526k
Sept 2023£575k£525k
Dec 2023£560k£522k
Mar 2024£547k£522k
Jun 2024£525k£521k
Sept 2024£525k£525k
Dec 2024£538k£525k
Mar 2025£520k£526k
Jun 2025£520k£530k
Sept 2025£533k£530k
Dec 2025£520k£528k
Jan 2026£525k£525k

311 homes sold in Wapping in the 12 months to January 2026, 13% above Wapping's five-year norm of 276 a year

London is 2% above its own five-year norm

Homes sold over time (12-month windows ending each quarter)
Window endsWapping
Mar 2016444
Jun 2016401
Sept 2016384
Dec 2016327
Mar 2017280
Jun 2017274
Sept 2017244
Dec 2017252
Mar 2018250
Jun 2018263
Sept 2018266
Dec 2018260
Mar 2019254
Jun 2019240
Sept 2019251
Dec 2019264
Mar 2020263
Jun 2020247
Sept 2020222
Dec 2020237
Mar 2021285
Jun 2021387
Sept 2021398
Dec 2021361
Mar 2022323
Jun 2022256
Sept 2022285
Dec 2022321
Mar 2023306
Jun 2023280
Sept 2023273
Dec 2023257
Mar 2024260
Jun 2024285
Sept 2024262
Dec 2024276
Mar 2025335
Jun 2025321
Sept 2025323
Dec 2025309
Jan 2026311

What listings offer

Wapping has fewer gardens and fewer chain-free homes and less parking than London.

Gardens
20%

Fewer gardens than London

20% of listings have a garden; London: 53%. 106 of 523 listings have a garden. Counted from listing descriptions, so treat as a lower bound.
Parking
36%

Less parking than London

36% of listings have parking or a garage; London: 42%. 186 of 523 listings have parking or a garage. Counted from listing descriptions, so treat as a lower bound.
Chain-free
17%

Fewer chain-free homes than London

17% of listings are listed as chain-free; London: 27%. 88 of 523 listings are listed as chain-free. Counted from listing descriptions, so treat as a lower bound.

Recent sales in Wapping

The newest completed sales registered with HM Land Registry

AddressSoldPrice
Flat 805, Dryden Building, 37 Commercial Road · E1 1LFFlat · LeaseholdJul 2026£336,000
Flat 82, Matilda House St Katharines Way · E1W 1LGFlat · LeaseholdJul 2026£470,000
Flat 20, Doughty Court Prusom Street · E1W 3RTFlat · LeaseholdJul 2026£310,000
75, Eluna Apartments, 4 Wapping Lane · E1W 2RGFlat · LeaseholdJul 2026£650,000
Flat 3, 18 Ensign Street · E1 8JDFlat · LeaseholdJul 2026£860,000

Current listings worth a look

Picked by simple rules, not adverts: cheapest, most space, gardens

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How nearby areas compare

Current listings around Wapping

AreaFor saleMedian asking
Wapping523£600k
Whitechapel612£625k
Spitalfields554£680k
Rotherhithe755£550k
Limehouse326£437k
Bermondsey1,150£650k
Canary Wharf1,124£550k
Shoreditch819£675k
Bow646£425k
Bethnal Green435£550k
Borough435£750k
Deptford331£450k
Mile End318£450k
Londonbenchmark63,455£575k

Key facts about Wapping

  • Broadly flat: the median sold price in Wapping has moved little over the last 10 years, including the last 12 months.
  • Space in Wapping costs more than across London: homes sold for a median £746 per square foot, 25% above London (£596, 12 months to July 2026).
  • Sales are running above Wapping's five-year norm: 311 homes sold in the 12 months to January 2026, against a norm of 276 a year; 96 homes came onto the market in the last 30 days and 84 left it.

Wapping property market: common questions

Where is Wapping?

Wapping sits in east London, in Tower Hamlets, about 2 miles from the centre.

What is the average house price in Wapping?

The median asking price across the 523 homes for sale in Wapping is £600,000 (as of 5 October 2026). We quote the median (the middle listing) rather than a mean, because a handful of very expensive homes would pull a mean upwards. Half of listings ask between £450,000 and £900,000. That is 4% above London. Homes that actually sold in Wapping went for a median £525,000 (Land Registry, 12 months to January 2026).

Are house prices in Wapping rising or falling?

Broadly flat. Based on HM Land Registry completed sales, the median sold price in Wapping has moved little over the last 10 years, including the last 12 months (12 months to January 2026). These medians compare the homes that happened to sell in each window, so they mix price movement with changes in what sold.

Is Wapping cheaper than London?

No: asking prices in Wapping are typically higher than across London. The median asking price in Wapping is £600,000 against £575k across London: 4% above London. Some of that gap reflects what is for sale in each place rather than like-for-like value.

How many homes are for sale in Wapping?

523 homes are on the market in Wapping right now, up 7% since 1 Sept, 96 of them listed in the last 30 days. Perch counts every listing it tracks across estate agents and portals, refreshed daily.

Are house prices being cut in Wapping?

66 listings in Wapping had their asking price reduced in the last 30 days, about 13% of the homes currently for sale.

How long are homes on the market in Wapping?

Of the Wapping listings that came off the market in the last 30 days and that we first saw after we began tracking the area, the typical one had been advertised for 89 days. Coming off the market usually means sold subject to contract, but it can also mean withdrawn, so treat this as time advertised rather than time to sell.

How much do flats and houses cost in Wapping?

The median asking price for a flat in Wapping is £600,000. Houses are quoted by type rather than as one figure, because the mix moves the number more than the market does: the largest group on the market is terraced houses, at a median £987,500 across 18 listings. The Prices by property type chart on this page covers every type we track.

How much is a two-bedroom flat in Wapping?

The median asking price for a two-bedroom flat in Wapping is £687,500, across 242 current listings.

What is the price per square foot in Wapping?

In Wapping, homes that sold went for a median £746 per sq ft (HM Land Registry and EPC data), and current listings with a known floor area ask a median £848 per sq ft.

How these numbers are made

  • Asking figures: Current listings we track across estate agents and portals (523 in Wapping), refreshed daily, as of 5 October 2026. We quote medians, never means, and suppress anything based on fewer than 5 listings.
  • Off market and time listed: Off-market counts include only listings confirmed off the market after a short grace period; "typical time listed" is time advertised, not time to sell. We have tracked Wapping since August 2025.
  • London comparisons: The same daily snapshot taken across the whole of London, so both sides of every comparison share one basis. Where a comparison spans all property types, some of the gap reflects what is for sale here.
  • Sold figures: HM Land Registry price paid data. Sold prices and sales counts cover the 12 months to January 2026; sold price per square foot covers the 12 months to July 2026, with floor areas from EPC certificates (the two run on different pipelines, and the latest months are left out while sales are still being registered). England and Wales; new-builds and non-standard transactions excluded.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and Energy Performance of Buildings Data: England and Wales © Crown copyright.