EC4Y 1 house prices are built from 34 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1998 and the most recent on 16 Jan 2025. The median price paid across the whole record is £367,000. Across the 6 years from 1998 to 2004 the median moved -20.0% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -28.4%.
Median price paid
£367,000
Change in cash, 1998–2004
-20.0%
Change in real terms
-28.4%
Median per m²
£4,430
HM Land Registry34 sales8 with floor areaLatest sale 16 Jan 2025
Section 01
How EC4Y 1 prices moved
There are too few years of sales in EC4Y 1 to plot a trend line. The figures below are drawn from the whole record rather than a yearly series.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FOURTH FLOOR FLAT 4 18 – 19 Fleet Street | 16 Jan 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £1,700,000 | £1,736,957 |
| SECOND FLOOR FLAT 2B 18 – 19 Fleet Street | 18 Mar 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £685,000 | £720,784 |
| FLAT 5 53A Fleet Street | 12 Jan 2018 | Flat or maisonette | £1,315,000 | £1,752,505 |
| FLAT 4 53A Fleet Street | 20 Oct 2017 | Flat or maisonette | £915,000 | £1,245,319 |
| FLAT 3 53A Fleet Street | 5 Sep 2017 | Flat or maisonette | £950,000 | £1,292,954 |
| THIRD FLOOR FLAT 3A 18 – 19 Fleet Street | 28 Jan 2016 | Flat or maisonette | £1,093,205 | £1,526,157 |
| FLAT 4 54A Fleet Street | 12 Feb 2015 | Flat or maisonette | £550,000 | £775,500 |
| THIRD FLOOR FLAT 3B 18 – 19 Fleet Street | 30 Jan 2015 | Flat or maisonette | £755,000 | £1,064,550 |
| FLAT 3 54A Fleet Street | 24 Oct 2014 | Flat or maisonette | £620,000 | £889,318 |
| FLAT 5 54A Fleet Street | 20 Aug 2014 | Flat or maisonette | £500,000 | £717,192 |
| FLAT 1 54A Fleet Street | 15 Aug 2014 | Flat or maisonette | £600,000 | £860,631 |
| FLAT 2 54A Fleet Street | 1 Aug 2014 | Flat or maisonette | £625,000 | £896,490 |
| THIRD FLOOR FLAT 3A 18 – 19 Fleet Street | 3 Dec 2010 | Flat or maisonette | £800,000 | £1,277,463 |
| FLAT 1 62A Fleet Street | 30 Mar 2010 | Flat or maisonette | £205,000 | £327,350 |
| FLAT 2A 18 – 19 Fleet Street | 23 Mar 2007 | Flat or maisonette | £799,000 | £1,389,137 |
| FLAT 1 62A Fleet Street | 5 Oct 2006 | Flat or maisonette | £174,000 | £309,773 |
| FLAT 1 101 Fleet Street | 4 Nov 2005 | Flat or maisonette | £286,000 | £521,008 |
| THIRD FLOOR FLAT 3B 18 – 19 Fleet Street | 12 Sep 2005 | Flat or maisonette | £325,000 | £592,054 |
| SECOND FLOOR FLAT 2B 18 – 19 Fleet Street | 6 Oct 2004 | Flat or maisonette | £335,000 | £621,513 |
| FLAT 3 62A Fleet Street | 11 Mar 2004 | Flat or maisonette | £175,000 | £324,671 |
| FLAT 1 101 Fleet Street | 26 Feb 2004 | Flat or maisonette | £249,000 | £461,961 |
| FLAT 2 62A Fleet Street | 11 Feb 2004 | Flat or maisonette | £172,500 | £320,033 |
| FLAT 4 62A Fleet Street | 23 Jan 2004 | Flat or maisonette | £220,000 | £408,158 |
| THIRD FLOOR FLAT 3A 18 – 19 Fleet Street | 30 May 2003 | Flat or maisonette | £499,950 | £944,946 |
| FLAT 2 101 Fleet Street | 7 May 2002 | Flat or maisonette | £267,000 | £515,007 |
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 EC4Y 1 values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FOURTH FLOOR FLAT 4 18 – 19 Fleet Street | £399,000 (1998) | £1,700,000 (2025) | +5.5% | +2.8% |
| SECOND FLOOR FLAT 2B 18 – 19 Fleet Street | £175,000 (1998) | £685,000 (2024) | +5.4% | +2.7% |
| THIRD FLOOR FLAT 3A 18 – 19 Fleet Street | £290,000 (1998) | £1,093,205 (2016) | +7.7% | +5.3% |
| THIRD FLOOR FLAT 3B 18 – 19 Fleet Street | £170,000 (1998) | £755,000 (2015) | +9.2% | +6.7% |
| FLAT 1 62A Fleet Street | £174,000 (2006) | £205,000 (2010) | +4.2% | +1.4% |
| FLAT 2A 18 – 19 Fleet Street | £275,000 (1998) | £799,000 (2007) | +12.6% | +10.4% |
| FLAT 1 101 Fleet Street | £135,000 (1997) | £286,000 (2005) | +9.8% | +7.8% |
| FLAT 2 101 Fleet Street | £145,000 (1997) | £267,000 (2002) | +13.0% | +10.9% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. EC4Y 1 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 | 33 | 97.1% | £335,000 | £135,000 – £1,700,000 |
| Terraced | 1 | 2.9% | £875,000 | £875,000 – £875,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in EC4Y 1
33 of the sales on record are leasehold and 1 freehold — 97.1% 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 £335,000 and the median freehold sale £875,000 — a gap of +161.2%. 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 | 33 | 97.1% | £335,000 |
| Freehold | 1 | 2.9% | £875,000 |
| New build | 8 | 23.5% | £225,000 |
| Existing home | 26 | 76.5% | £525,000 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -57.1%. 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 26 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 EC4Y 1 compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. EC4Y 1 sits above that national figure — +133.0%.
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £4,430 per square metre, across 8 of the 34 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 £135,000 to £1,700,000. 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.
Section 10
Nearby on the record
Other sectors in EC4Y
The wider district is EC4Y.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in EC4Y 1?
The median price paid in EC4Y 1 across every sale on the register is £367,000. 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 EC4Y 1?
34 sales are on record for EC4Y 1, the most recent completing on 16 Jan 2025. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have EC4Y 1 house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose -20.0% between 1998 and 2004. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -28.4%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were EC4Y 1 house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £275,000, set in 1998. 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 EC4Y 1?
£4,430 per square metre, from the 8 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 Jan 2025. 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, “EC4Y 1 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.