Renting in Waltham Forest, in numbers.
Here's what the Waltham Forest market says about what a home costs, how fast it goes, and what you get for the money.
Median rent
£2,445
a month, 5% below the London median
Typical two-bed
£2,830
the most common home here
A quarter gone within
14 days
half within 21
Typical size
646 sq ft
where floor area is given
What a bedroom costs in Waltham Forest.
Median asking rent, with the middle half of the market shown as a bar. Only sizes with enough listings to be worth a number appear.
Middle half of the marketMedian
Half of Waltham Forest is gone in 21 days.
Measured from the day we first saw a Waltham Forest listing to the day it left the market. A quarter lasted 14 days or fewer; a quarter were still there after 37. Because we time from first sight rather than from the agent's own listing date, the real figure is a little shorter than this.
When the price moves, it usually moves down.
Of the price changes we've recorded in Waltham Forest, 71% were reductions. Asking rents here soften after listing more often than they firm up, which is worth remembering before you treat the number in the ad as final.
Waltham Forest rents around its stations.
The stations that come up most often as the nearest one to a Waltham Forest listing.
These numbers come from Roost's own pipeline: Waltham Forest listings gathered from estate agents across London between 8 March to 19 June 2026. Snapshot taken 17 July 2026.
It's what agents are marketing, not a census. It skews toward flats and toward the agents whose sites we watch, so it describes the market you'd actually meet while searching, not every home in Waltham Forest. Medians throughout, because a handful of prime listings pull an average upward and tell you nothing about your search.
Rents below £500 or above £15,000 a month are set aside as data errors or ultra-prime outliers. Where a figure would rest on too few listings to trust, we leave it blank rather than guess.
Waltham Forest moves in 21 days. Roost tells you on day one.
Download on theApp StoreiOS · £9.99 a month