L2 8 house prices are built from 191 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 2018 and the most recent on 16 Mar 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £135,000.
Median price paid
£135,000
Median per m²
£2,645
HM Land Registry191 sales2 with floor areaLatest sale 16 Mar 2026
Section 01
How L2 8 prices moved
The chart tracks the median L2 8 house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 2018 to 2020. The dashed line restates each year in 2026 money, so the two lines separate exactly as much as inflation has eroded the cash figure.
| Decade | Years with sales | Median paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 2 | £137,950 | £194,510 |
| 2020s | 1 | £99,950 | £102,123 |
The highest yearly median on record for L2 8 is £139,780 in 2019; the lowest is £99,950 in 2020. Across the full 3-year record the cash median has moved from £137,950 to £99,950.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £183,846, so the real change over the whole record is -29.6% — about -16.10% a year after inflation. Cash growth and real growth are not the same story, and the gap is the part most price reports leave out.
Section 02
The most recent sales
Every row is a completed sale as lodged with HM Land Registry. The right-hand column restates the price in 2026 money, which is the only fair way to compare a sale from the 1990s with one from last year.
| Address | Sold | Type | Price paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APARTMENT 77 6 Rumford Street | 16 Mar 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £73,000 | £73,000 |
| APARTMENT 48 6 Rumford Street | 1 Oct 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £65,000 | £66,413 |
| APARTMENT 510 RELIANCE HOUSE, 20 Water Street | 21 Aug 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £122,500 | £125,163 |
| APARTMENT 201 RELIANCE HOUSE, 20 Water Street | 20 Jun 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £160,000 | £163,478 |
| APARTMENT 22 6 Rumford Street | 6 Nov 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £130,000 | £136,791 |
| APARTMENT 65 6 Rumford Street | 16 Jun 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £80,000 | £86,437 |
| APARTMENT 11 RELIANCE HOUSE, 20 Water Street | 10 Feb 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £100,000 | £108,046 |
| APARTMENT 417 RELIANCE HOUSE, 20 Water Street | 30 Sep 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £135,000 | £156,409 |
| APARTMENT B10 RELIANCE HOUSE, 20 Water Street | 20 Sep 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £110,950 | £128,545 |
| APARTMENT 32 6 Rumford Street | 17 Dec 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £145,000 | £183,199 |
| APARTMENT 202 RELIANCE HOUSE, 20 Water Street | 31 Aug 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £139,995 | £176,875 |
| APARTMENT 57 6 Rumford Street | 10 May 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £130,000 | £164,247 |
| APARTMENT B9 RELIANCE HOUSE, 20 Water Street | 21 Dec 2020 | Flat or maisonette | £102,500 | £132,713 |
| APARTMENT B3 RELIANCE HOUSE, 20 Water Street | 6 Oct 2020 | Flat or maisonette | £72,500 | £93,871 |
| APARTMENT B7 RELIANCE HOUSE, 20 Water Street | 2 Oct 2020 | Flat or maisonette | £84,950 | £109,990 |
| APARTMENT 52 6 Rumford Street | 25 Sep 2020 | Flat or maisonette | £95,000 | £123,003 |
| APARTMENT B12 RELIANCE HOUSE, 20 Water Street | 17 Sep 2020 | Flat or maisonette | £99,950 | £129,412 |
| APARTMENT B5 RELIANCE HOUSE, 20 Water Street | 8 Sep 2020 | Flat or maisonette | £84,950 | £109,990 |
| APARTMENT B15 RELIANCE HOUSE, 20 Water Street | 24 Aug 2020 | Flat or maisonette | £114,950 | £148,833 |
| APARTMENT B14 RELIANCE HOUSE, 20 Water Street | 24 Aug 2020 | Flat or maisonette | £114,950 | £148,833 |
| APARTMENT B2 RELIANCE HOUSE, 20 Water Street | 24 Aug 2020 | Flat or maisonette | £99,950 | £129,412 |
| APARTMENT B6 RELIANCE HOUSE, 20 Water Street | 24 Aug 2020 | Flat or maisonette | £74,950 | £97,043 |
| APARTMENT B1 RELIANCE HOUSE, 20 Water Street | 24 Aug 2020 | Flat or maisonette | £74,950 | £97,043 |
| APARTMENT B16 RELIANCE HOUSE, 20 Water Street | 24 Aug 2020 | Flat or maisonette | £69,950 | £90,569 |
| APARTMENT 46 6 Rumford Street | 12 Jun 2020 | Flat or maisonette | £163,500 | £211,694 |
Section 03
Homes that sold twice
These addresses appear in the register more than once, so the same bricks are being priced twice. That makes them the strongest evidence of what actually happened to L2 8 values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APARTMENT 77 6 Rumford Street | £139,500 (2019) | £73,000 (2026) | -8.8% | -12.3% |
| APARTMENT 48 6 Rumford Street | £108,750 (2019) | £65,000 (2025) | -8.2% | -11.9% |
| APARTMENT 510 RELIANCE HOUSE, 20 Water Street | £130,950 (2018) | £122,500 (2025) | -0.9% | -4.6% |
| APARTMENT 201 RELIANCE HOUSE, 20 Water Street | £172,000 (2018) | £160,000 (2025) | -1.0% | -4.7% |
| APARTMENT 22 6 Rumford Street | £123,750 (2018) | £130,000 (2024) | +0.8% | -3.1% |
| APARTMENT 11 RELIANCE HOUSE, 20 Water Street | £119,950 (2018) | £100,000 (2023) | -3.6% | -7.5% |
| APARTMENT 417 RELIANCE HOUSE, 20 Water Street | £137,950 (2018) | £135,000 (2022) | -0.5% | -4.0% |
| APARTMENT 32 6 Rumford Street | £154,000 (2018) | £145,000 (2021) | -2.0% | -3.7% |
| APARTMENT 57 6 Rumford Street | £112,500 (2019) | £130,000 (2021) | +7.5% | +5.7% |
| APARTMENT 52 6 Rumford Street | £79,000 (2019) | £95,000 (2020) | +20.3% | +19.0% |
| APARTMENT 46 6 Rumford Street | £148,750 (2019) | £163,500 (2020) | +9.9% | +8.8% |
| APARTMENT 317 RELIANCE HOUSE, 20 Water Street | £133,950 (2018) | £128,000 (2020) | -2.2% | -3.6% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. L2 8 is dominated by the type at the top of this table, so its overall median leans that way.
| Property type | Sales | Share | Median paid | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat or maisonette | 191 | 100.0% | £135,000 | £33,821 – £284,900 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in L2 8
191 of the sales on record are leasehold and 0 freehold — 100.0% of the market. Tenure is not a detail: a leasehold flat and a freehold house are different assets, and mixing them into one median hides the difference.
| Category | Sales | Share | Median paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leasehold | 191 | 100.0% | £135,000 |
| Freehold | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| New build | 157 | 82.2% | £137,950 |
| Existing home | 34 | 17.8% | £118,725 |
New builds sold for more than the median existing home — +16.2%. A new-build premium is normal: the buyer gets a warranty and nothing to fix, and the price is set by a developer rather than negotiated between two households.
A further 68 transfers for this area are on the register but are left out of every figure above. HM Land Registry marks them as additional price paid entries: repossessions, buy-to-let portfolio moves, transfers between companies or family, and sales at a discount such as right to buy. They are real records but they are not open-market prices, and including them would drag the median somewhere no buyer ever paid.
Section 09
How L2 8 compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. L2 8 sits below that national figure — -14.3%.
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £2,645 per square metre, across 2 of the 191 sales on record. Price per square metre is the only figure that compares a two-bed flat with a four-bed house honestly.
The full range on record runs from £33,821 to £284,900. Extremes usually mean something unusual — a plot sold without a house on it, a transfer between family members, or a very large property — so the median is the number to trust.
Section 10
Nearby on the record
Other sectors in L2
- L2 0£139,950 median
- L2 2£123,248 median
- L2 3£118,000 median
- L2 4£123,000 median
- L2 5£106,950 median
- L2 6£103,530 median
- L2 7£92,500 median
- L2 9£117,000 median
The wider district is L2.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in L2 8?
The median price paid in L2 8 across every sale on the register is £135,000. The median is used rather than the mean because a handful of very large sales would otherwise drag the average away from what a typical buyer paid.
How many homes have sold in L2 8?
191 sales are on record for L2 8, the most recent completing on 16 Mar 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
When were L2 8 house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £139,780, set in 2019. That is the cash figure; measured in 2026 money the peak may fall in a different year, because inflation reshapes the series.
What is the price per square metre in L2 8?
£2,645 per square metre, from the 2 sales where an EPC floor area could be matched to the address. Price per square metre strips out size, so a flat and a house can be compared on the same basis.
How current is this data?
The latest sale shown here completed on 16 Mar 2026. HM Land Registry publishes Price Paid Data monthly and a sale can take a month or two to appear after completion, so the most recent weeks are always incomplete.
Cite this page: Sold Price History, “L2 8 house prices”, 2026. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data © Crown copyright and database right, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Inflation adjustment: ONS CPIH.