City Road, London house prices

City Road, London house prices are built from 1,862 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1996 and the most recent on 12 Jun 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £603,955. Across the 10 years from 2016 to 2026 the median moved -31.5% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -51.0%.

HM Land Registry1,862 sales525 with floor areaLatest sale 12 Jun 2026

The chart tracks the median City Road, London house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1996 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.

The highest yearly median on record for City Road, London is £940,500 in 2024; the lowest is £106,750 in 1996. Across the full 31-year record the cash median has moved from £106,750 to £575,000.

In 2026 money that first median is worth £231,565, so the real change over the whole record is +148.3% — about +3.08% 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: -31.5% in cash against -51.0% 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.

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.

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 City Road, London values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.

The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. City Road, London is dominated by the type at the top of this table, so its overall median leans that way.

1,826 of the sales on record are leasehold and 36 freehold — 98.1% 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 £610,000 and the median freehold sale £422,500 — a gap of -30.7%. Most of that gap is property type rather than tenure itself: leasehold here is largely flats, freehold largely houses.

New builds sold for more than the median existing home — +49.1%. 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 331 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.

The median across the whole archive is £157,500. City Road, London sits above that national figure — +283.5%.

Within London the street ranks 2686 of 21431 by median price, and its median is above the town figure of £285,000 (+111.9%).

Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £10,119 per square metre, across 525 of the 1,862 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 £49,000 to £7,620,000. 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.

Streets nearby

• St John Street£370,000 median
• Goswell Road£386,498 median
• Bollinder Place£998,400 median
• Brewhouse Yard£406,980 median
• Dance Square£565,000 median
• Central Street£478,500 median
• Seward Street£295,750 median
• Old Street£280,000 median
• Owen Street£399,500 median
• Macclesfield Road£174,000 median
• Wynyatt Street£290,000 median
• Dallington Street£500,000 median
• Gee Street£321,000 median
• Bartholomew Square£325,000 median
• Brewery Square£425,000 median
• Lever Street£450,000 median

Addresses with more than one recorded sale

• FLAT 36, IMPERIAL HALL, 104 – 122 City Road6 sales
• FLAT 17, IMPERIAL HALL, 104 – 122 City Road6 sales
• GROUND FLOOR FLAT, 386 City Road6 sales
• FLAT 38, IMPERIAL HALL, 104 – 122 City Road6 sales
• 12, LEXINGTON APARTMENTS, 40 City Road6 sales
• 77, LEXINGTON APARTMENTS, 40 City Road5 sales
• 86, LEXINGTON APARTMENTS, 40 City Road5 sales
• FLAT 4, 372 City Road5 sales
• FLAT 18, CITY APPROACH, 190 City Road5 sales
• FLAT 17, ANGEL POINT, 330 – 336 City Road5 sales
• FLAT 13, IMPERIAL HALL, 104 – 122 City Road5 sales
• FLAT 25, IMPERIAL HALL, 104 – 122 City Road5 sales
• 18, LEXINGTON APARTMENTS, 40 City Road5 sales
• FLAT 34, IMPERIAL HALL, 104 – 122 City Road5 sales
• 29, LEXINGTON APARTMENTS, 40 City Road5 sales
• FLAT 5, CITY APPROACH, 190 City Road5 sales
• FLAT 2, IMPERIAL HALL, 104 – 122 City Road5 sales
• FLAT 15, IMPERIAL HALL, 104 – 122 City Road5 sales
• FLAT 15, CITY APPROACH, 190 City Road4 sales
• FLAT 21, ANGEL POINT, 330 – 336 City Road4 sales
• FLAT 22, CITY APPROACH, 190 City Road4 sales
• 34, LEXINGTON APARTMENTS, 40 City Road4 sales
• FLAT 2, 20 City Road4 sales
• FLAT 7, IMPERIAL HALL, 104 – 122 City Road4 sales

Back to London house prices.

What is the average house price in City Road, London?

The median price paid in City Road, London across every sale on the register is £603,955. 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 City Road, London?

1,862 sales are on record for City Road, London, the most recent completing on 12 Jun 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.

Have City Road, London house prices actually risen?

In cash, the median rose -31.5% between 2016 and 2026. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -51.0%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.

When were City Road, London house prices at their highest?

The highest yearly median on record is £940,500, set in 2024. 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 City Road, London?

£10,119 per square metre, from the 525 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 12 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, “City Road, London 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.