E1 8 house prices are built from 3,904 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1995 and the most recent on 8 Jun 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £400,000. Across the 10 years from 2016 to 2026 the median moved -20.3% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -42.9%.
Median price paid
£400,000
Change in cash, 2016–2026
-20.3%
Change in real terms
-42.9%
Median per m²
£5,833
HM Land Registry3,904 sales1,057 with floor areaLatest sale 8 Jun 2026
Section 01
How E1 8 prices moved
The chart tracks the median E1 8 house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1995 to 2026. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5 | £123,125 | £273,396 |
| 2000s | 10 | £235,000 | £428,101 |
| 2010s | 10 | £517,500 | £729,675 |
| 2020s | 7 | £565,000 | £577,283 |
The highest yearly median on record for E1 8 is £871,813 in 2018; the lowest is £84,500 in 1996. Across the full 32-year record the cash median has moved from £109,995 to £510,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £244,241, so the real change over the whole record is +108.8% — about +2.40% 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.
Over the last decade alone the difference is stark: -20.3% in cash against -42.9% once inflation is removed. A buyer who sold at the end of that decade would have needed the real figure, not the headline one, to know whether they had actually gained.
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 1307 ALTITUDE POINT, 71 Alie Street | 8 Jun 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £800,000 | £800,000 |
| APARTMENT 1003 ALTITUDE POINT, 71 Alie Street | 29 May 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £760,000 | £760,000 |
| APARTMENT 39 STERLING MANSIONS, 75 Leman Street | 22 May 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £530,000 | £530,000 |
| FLAT 60 1 Prescot Street | 14 Apr 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £340,000 | £340,000 |
| FLAT 6 PROSPERO HOUSE, 6 Portsoken Street | 27 Mar 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £357,400 | £357,400 |
| FLAT 4 NOOK APARTMENTS, 29 Scarborough Street | 26 Mar 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £612,500 | £612,500 |
| APARTMENT 1910 ALTITUDE POINT, 71 Alie Street | 13 Mar 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £510,000 | £510,000 |
| FLAT 13 LONDINIUM TOWER, 87 Mansell Street | 27 Feb 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £492,000 | £492,000 |
| FLAT 301 LUXE TOWER, 12 Dock Street | 26 Feb 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £410,000 | £410,000 |
| 20 Conant Mews | 11 Feb 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £425,000 | £425,000 |
| FLAT 108 85 Royal Mint Street | 2 Feb 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £489,000 | £489,000 |
| 9 Conant Mews | 30 Jan 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £610,000 | £610,000 |
| FLAT 2 57 Alie Street | 28 Jan 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £430,000 | £430,000 |
| APARTMENT 1002 MERANTI HOUSE, 84 Alie Street | 22 Jan 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £1,145,000 | £1,145,000 |
| APARTMENT 1101 KINGWOOD HOUSE, 1 Chaucer Gardens | 5 Jan 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £870,000 | £870,000 |
| FLAT 29 1 Prescot Street | 19 Dec 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £405,000 | £413,804 |
| FLAT 37 1 Prescot Street | 17 Dec 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £765,000 | £781,630 |
| FLAT 15 1 Prescot Street | 28 Nov 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £389,500 | £397,967 |
| FLAT 87 1 Prescot Street | 25 Nov 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £350,000 | £357,609 |
| FLAT 43 1 Prescot Street | 24 Nov 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £1,100,000 | £1,123,913 |
| APARTMENT 802 MERANTI HOUSE, 84 Alie Street | 31 Oct 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £1,200,000 | £1,226,087 |
| 88 Times Square | 30 Oct 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £650,000 | £664,130 |
| FLAT 199 85 Royal Mint Street | 30 Oct 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £547,500 | £559,402 |
| APARTMENT 1403 ALTITUDE POINT, 71 Alie Street | 28 Oct 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £750,000 | £766,304 |
| FLAT 18 STOCKHOLM HOUSE Swedenborg Gardens | 28 Oct 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £260,000 | £265,652 |
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 E1 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 1307 ALTITUDE POINT, 71 Alie Street | £862,500 (2021) | £800,000 (2026) | -1.5% | -6.0% |
| APARTMENT 1003 ALTITUDE POINT, 71 Alie Street | £735,000 (2014) | £760,000 (2026) | +0.3% | -2.7% |
| FLAT 60 1 Prescot Street | £115,000 (1998) | £340,000 (2026) | +3.9% | +1.3% |
| FLAT 6 PROSPERO HOUSE, 6 Portsoken Street | £167,500 (1999) | £357,400 (2026) | +2.8% | +0.2% |
| FLAT 4 NOOK APARTMENTS, 29 Scarborough Street | £495,000 (2011) | £612,500 (2026) | +1.4% | -1.4% |
| FLAT 13 LONDINIUM TOWER, 87 Mansell Street | £275,000 (2001) | £492,000 (2026) | +2.4% | -0.4% |
| FLAT 301 LUXE TOWER, 12 Dock Street | £586,850 (2019) | £410,000 (2026) | -5.0% | -8.6% |
| 20 Conant Mews | £143,000 (2001) | £425,000 (2026) | +4.5% | +1.7% |
| FLAT 108 85 Royal Mint Street | £536,825 (2020) | £489,000 (2026) | -1.5% | -5.7% |
| FLAT 2 57 Alie Street | £135,000 (1999) | £430,000 (2026) | +4.4% | +1.7% |
| APARTMENT 1002 MERANTI HOUSE, 84 Alie Street | £1,641,000 (2017) | £1,145,000 (2026) | -3.9% | -7.2% |
| APARTMENT 1101 KINGWOOD HOUSE, 1 Chaucer Gardens | £1,225,000 (2018) | £870,000 (2026) | -4.2% | -7.6% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. E1 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 | 3,835 | 98.2% | £405,000 | £19,000 – £4,700,000 |
| Terraced | 61 | 1.6% | £250,000 | £36,000 – £1,500,000 |
| Detached | 4 | 0.1% | £150,000 | £110,000 – £883,000 |
| Semi-detached | 4 | 0.1% | £192,500 | £85,000 – £590,000 |
Section 05
How big homes are in E1 8
Energy Performance Certificates record a floor area for every home that has been surveyed, sold or let — far more homes than have changed hands. 1,275 certificates cover E1 8, and their median floor area is 61 m².
The median across the whole register is 76 m², so homes here are smaller than average — -19.7%. Size explains a large part of why one area's median price sits above another's, which is why the price per square metre further up this page is the fairer comparison.
| Measure | Floor area | Sample |
|---|---|---|
| Median floor area | 61 m² | about 657 sq ft |
| Smaller quarter, up to | 47 m² | about 506 sq ft |
| Larger quarter, from | 76 m² | about 818 sq ft |
| Under 60 m² | 48.5% | 618 homes |
| 150 m² and over | 1.3% | 16 homes |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in E1 8
3,838 of the sales on record are leasehold and 66 freehold — 98.3% 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.
The median leasehold sale is £403,000 and the median freehold sale £330,000 — a gap of -18.1%. Most of that gap is property type rather than tenure itself: leasehold here is largely flats, freehold largely houses.
| Category | Sales | Share | Median paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leasehold | 3,838 | 98.3% | £403,000 |
| Freehold | 66 | 1.7% | £330,000 |
| New build | 1,830 | 46.9% | £565,000 |
| Existing home | 2,074 | 53.1% | £318,000 |
New builds sold for more than the median existing home — +77.7%. 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 449 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 07
Living in E1 8
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across City of London, 63.7% of 9,333 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 3.4% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 8 | 0.1% |
| B | 2,111 | 22.6% |
| C | 3,830 | 41.0% |
| D | 2,229 | 23.9% |
| E | 841 | 9.0% |
| F | 213 | 2.3% |
| G | 101 | 1.1% |
Police forces publish every recorded street-level crime. Within a mile of the centre of E1, 2,190 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 574 violent, 92 burglary, 61 vehicle-related and 429 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is 13.1 times busier.
Against the 8,583 residents the 2021 census counted in City of London, that is 255.16 recorded crimes per thousand people in the month. The count covers a mile around the district centre while the population covers the whole council, so read the rate as an order of magnitude rather than a precise figure.
A count is not a rate. A district with shops and a station records more crime than a residential one of the same size, because more people pass through it. Read this next to the median, not on its own.
Section 08
The neighbourhood around E1 8
The 2021 census counted 8,583 residents in City of London across 4,914 households. 36.8% of those households own their home and 63.1% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
27 state and independent schools have a E1 postcode: 19 primary, 7 secondary, 1 nursery. Catchment areas do not follow postcodes, so treat this as what is nearby rather than what a child would be offered.
| School | Phase | Type | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mulberry School for Girls | Secondary | Academy converter | 1,634 |
| Stepney All Saints Church of England Secondary School | Secondary | Voluntary aided school | 1,445 |
| Mulberry Stepney Green Mathematics and Computing College | Secondary | Academy converter | 1,364 |
| Swanlea School | Secondary | Community school | 1,253 |
| Bishop Challoner Catholic School | Secondary | Academy converter | 867 |
| Stepney Park Primary School | Primary | Community school | 689 |
| Ben Jonson Primary School | Primary | Community school | 591 |
| John Scurr Primary School | Primary | Community school | 494 |
| Bigland Green Primary School | Primary | Community school | 477 |
| Marion Richardson Primary School | Primary | Community school | 465 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Whitechapel Rail Station | Rail | 0.2 km |
| Whitechapel Underground Station | Metro or underground | 0.2 km |
| Whitechapel Underground Station | Metro or underground | 0.2 km |
| Shadwell DLR Station | Metro or underground | 0.7 km |
Section 09
How E1 8 compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. E1 8 sits above that national figure — +154.0%.
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £5,833 per square metre, across 1,057 of the 3,904 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 £19,000 to £4,700,000. 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.
E1 8 sits in City of London, in London.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in City of London at 11.1 times median local earnings of £68,663 a year, measured to Sep 2025. Across England and Wales the same ratio is 7.6. That number, not the price alone, is what decides whether a place is within reach of the people who work in it.
Section 10
Nearby on the record
Other sectors in E1
- E1 0£235,000 median
- E1 1£249,999 median
- E1 2£280,000 median
- E1 3£235,500 median
- E1 4£230,000 median
- E1 5£230,250 median
- E1 6£373,000 median
- E1 7£320,000 median
The wider district is E1.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in E1 8?
The median price paid in E1 8 across every sale on the register is £400,000. 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 E1 8?
3,904 sales are on record for E1 8, the most recent completing on 8 Jun 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have E1 8 house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose -20.3% between 2016 and 2026. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -42.9%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were E1 8 house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £871,813, set in 2018. 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 E1 8?
£5,833 per square metre, from the 1,057 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 8 Jun 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, “E1 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.