L2 3 house prices are built from 67 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1999 and the most recent on 3 Oct 2025. The median price paid across the whole record is £118,000. Across the 15 years from 2002 to 2017 the median moved +1.2% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -28.6%.
Median price paid
£118,000
Change in cash, 2002–2017
+1.2%
Change in real terms
-28.6%
Median per m²
£1,247
HM Land Registry67 sales20 with floor areaLatest sale 3 Oct 2025
Section 01
How L2 3 prices moved
The chart tracks the median L2 3 house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1999 to 2017. 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 | 1 | £78,500 | £174,307 |
| 2000s | 2 | £80,000 | £145,736 |
| 2010s | 2 | £124,500 | £175,545 |
The highest yearly median on record for L2 3 is £129,000 in 2017; the lowest is £78,500 in 1999. Across the full 19-year record the cash median has moved from £78,500 to £129,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £159,949, so the real change over the whole record is +9.8% — about +0.52% 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: +1.2% in cash against -28.6% 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 7 26 Exchange Street East | 3 Oct 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £169,950 | £173,645 |
| APARTMENT 9 26 Exchange Street East | 2 Oct 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £124,000 | £126,696 |
| APARTMENT 8 26 Exchange Street East | 22 Aug 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £124,000 | £143,665 |
| APARTMENT 12 26 Exchange Street East | 31 May 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £125,000 | £144,823 |
| APARTMENT 14 26 Exchange Street East | 23 Apr 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £125,000 | £157,930 |
| APARTMENT 17 26 Exchange Street East | 13 Oct 2020 | Flat or maisonette | £160,000 | £207,163 |
| APARTMENT 3 MASON BUILDING, 28 Exchange Street East | 17 Aug 2018 | Flat or maisonette | £138,000 | £183,913 |
| APARTMENT 9 MASON BUILDING, 28 Exchange Street East | 19 Jan 2018 | Flat or maisonette | £123,000 | £163,922 |
| APARTMENT 2 MASON BUILDING, 28 Exchange Street East | 26 Sep 2017 | Flat or maisonette | £134,000 | £182,375 |
| APARTMENT 14 26 Exchange Street East | 20 Sep 2017 | Flat or maisonette | £110,000 | £149,710 |
| APARTMENT 10 MASON BUILDING, 28 Exchange Street East | 15 Sep 2017 | Flat or maisonette | £133,500 | £181,694 |
| APARTMENT 4 26 Exchange Street East | 16 Jun 2017 | Flat or maisonette | £129,000 | £175,569 |
| APARTMENT 1 26 Exchange Street East | 31 Mar 2017 | Flat or maisonette | £92,000 | £125,212 |
| APARTMENT 10 26 Exchange Street East | 16 Nov 2015 | Flat or maisonette | £120,000 | £169,200 |
| APARTMENT 7 MASON BUILDING, 28 Exchange Street East | 12 Aug 2015 | Flat or maisonette | £118,000 | £166,380 |
| APARTMENT 8 MASON BUILDING, 28 Exchange Street East | 12 Jun 2015 | Flat or maisonette | £115,000 | £162,150 |
| APARTMENT 1 MASON BUILDING, 28 Exchange Street East | 7 Sep 2012 | Flat or maisonette | £120,000 | £179,237 |
| APARTMENT 4 MASON BUILDING, 28 Exchange Street East | 17 Feb 2012 | Flat or maisonette | £145,000 | £216,578 |
| APARTMENT 3 MASON BUILDING, 28 Exchange Street East | 21 Dec 2011 | Flat or maisonette | £124,500 | £190,810 |
| BASEMENT and LOWER GROUND FLOOR MASON BUILDING, 28 Exchange Street East | 12 Dec 2011 | Flat or maisonette | £125,000 | £191,576 |
| APARTMENT 10 MASON BUILDING, 28 Exchange Street East | 12 Dec 2011 | Flat or maisonette | £125,000 | £191,576 |
| APARTMENT 7 MASON BUILDING, 28 Exchange Street East | 9 Dec 2011 | Flat or maisonette | £124,500 | £190,810 |
| APARTMENT 5 MASON BUILDING, 28 Exchange Street East | 4 Oct 2011 | Flat or maisonette | £124,500 | £190,810 |
| APARTMENT 15 26 Exchange Street East | 18 Aug 2010 | Flat or maisonette | £105,000 | £167,667 |
| GROUND FLOOR MASON BUILDING, 28 Exchange Street East | 19 Aug 2005 | Flat or maisonette | £130,000 | £236,822 |
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 3 values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APARTMENT 7 26 Exchange Street East | £65,500 (1998) | £169,950 (2025) | +3.6% | +0.9% |
| APARTMENT 9 26 Exchange Street East | £73,900 (1999) | £124,000 (2025) | +2.0% | -0.7% |
| APARTMENT 8 26 Exchange Street East | £61,200 (1998) | £124,000 (2022) | +3.0% | +0.5% |
| APARTMENT 12 26 Exchange Street East | £74,600 (1998) | £125,000 (2022) | +2.2% | -0.3% |
| APARTMENT 14 26 Exchange Street East | £79,950 (1999) | £125,000 (2021) | +2.1% | -0.1% |
| APARTMENT 17 26 Exchange Street East | £80,000 (1999) | £160,000 (2020) | +3.4% | +1.1% |
| APARTMENT 3 MASON BUILDING, 28 Exchange Street East | £124,500 (2011) | £138,000 (2018) | +1.5% | -0.5% |
| APARTMENT 10 MASON BUILDING, 28 Exchange Street East | £125,000 (2011) | £133,500 (2017) | +1.1% | -0.9% |
| APARTMENT 4 26 Exchange Street East | £73,500 (1999) | £129,000 (2017) | +3.2% | +0.9% |
| APARTMENT 1 26 Exchange Street East | £71,500 (1999) | £92,000 (2017) | +1.4% | -0.8% |
| APARTMENT 10 26 Exchange Street East | £79,900 (1999) | £120,000 (2015) | +2.6% | +0.2% |
| APARTMENT 7 MASON BUILDING, 28 Exchange Street East | £124,500 (2011) | £118,000 (2015) | -1.3% | -3.4% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. L2 3 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 | 67 | 100.0% | £118,000 | £61,200 – £647,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in L2 3
66 of the sales on record are leasehold and 1 freehold — 98.5% 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 £116,500 and the median freehold sale £647,000 — a gap of +455.4%. 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 | 66 | 98.5% | £116,500 |
| Freehold | 1 | 1.5% | £647,000 |
| New build | 14 | 20.9% | £115,000 |
| Existing home | 53 | 79.1% | £118,000 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -2.5%. 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 11 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 3 compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. L2 3 sits below that national figure — -25.1%.
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £1,247 per square metre, across 20 of the 67 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 £61,200 to £647,000. 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 L2
- L2 0£139,950 median
- L2 2£123,248 median
- L2 4£123,000 median
- L2 5£106,950 median
- L2 6£103,530 median
- L2 7£92,500 median
- L2 8£135,000 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 3?
The median price paid in L2 3 across every sale on the register is £118,000. 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 3?
67 sales are on record for L2 3, the most recent completing on 3 Oct 2025. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have L2 3 house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +1.2% between 2002 and 2017. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -28.6%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were L2 3 house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £129,000, set in 2017. 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 3?
£1,247 per square metre, from the 20 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 3 Oct 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, “L2 3 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.