marketcodeSold price per m²
£16,633/m² 12 months to Jun 2021
124 sales
-2.2% on the previous 12 months.
Postcode district
EC1A property market
Sold £16,633/m² · Median sold £1,243,974 (124 sales) · Index +1% y/y · Turnover 11% · 12 months, sales to Jun 2021, listings to Aug 2026
What is EC1A?
- Buildings
- 178
- Mixed-use buildings
- 26%
- HMO-shaped units
- 7.0%
What does EC1A cost?
EC1A: sold price per m² £16,633/m² (12 months to Jun 2021, 124 sales). -2.2% on the previous 12 months.
Sold price
£1,243,974 12 months to Jun 2021
124 sales
+22.1% on the previous 12 months.
Sample is the matched completed sales behind the latest month. A month in which this cohort recorded no sale of its own carries the parent area's price rather than a measurement, and is not published with no sample.
Asking price
£647,220 12 months to Aug 2026
117 listings
-8.3% on the previous 12 months.
Sample is the dated listings that came to market in the latest month (added and reduced cohorts).
Settled months to Dec 2025; the dashed tail is the pipeline's projection of the index 12 months ahead, inside its 80% band. A projection of the index, not a forecast of any home's price.
ObservedForecast with intervalIndex points, not property prices
What does EC1A earn?
EC1A: asking rent £2,756 a month (12 months to Jul 2026, 116 lets).
Asking rent
£2,756 a month 12 months to Jul 2026
116 lets
Gross yield, asking basis
5.4% 12 months to Aug 2026
340 lets
+8.9% on the previous 12 months.
Sample is the dated lettings behind the latest month's rent cell.
How liquid is EC1A?
EC1A: turnover 11% (12 months to Apr 2020, 146 sales).
Turnover
11% 12 months to Apr 2020
146 sales
Sample is the matched completed sales behind the latest month. A month in which this cohort recorded no sale of its own has a rate of zero by arithmetic rather than a measured rate, and is not published with no sample.
Completed sales
38 12 months to Dec 2025
38 sales
+31% on the previous 12 months.
Sample is the registry count itself; months within six months of the last ingest are still filling.
New listings
57 12 months to Aug 2026
57 listings
+39% on the previous 12 months.
Never-reduced cohort: undercounts new listings by the reduction share.
Who is active in EC1A?
7 agents listed homes for sale in EC1A; the three largest took 56% of the listings.
- Agents active
- 7
- Top three agents’ share
- 56%
- New homes among listings
- 0.0%
days_to_completion is on the registry-matched subset (sold_matched_n), not a sell-through rate.
Who owns EC1A?
Corporate landlords hold 63% of the 46 units in EC1A whose freeholder is classified; 98% of all units are not yet classified.
- Corporate landlords63% of classified · 29 units
- Individuals (not traceable in bulk)37% of classified · 17 units
Freeholder class per addressable unit, from HM Land Registry CCOD/OCOD matched to the title and Companies House. Individuals are counted, never itemised.
Where does EC1A rank?
EC1A ranks 3rd of 6 postcode districts in City and County of the City of London for gross yield, asking basis, at 5.4%.
Sold price per m² · postcode districts in City and County of the City of London
| # | Area | Sold price per m² | Sample | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | EC2Y | £13,253/m² | 98 | measured |
Gross yield, asking basis · postcode districts in City and County of the City of London
EC1A ranks 3rd of 6 postcode districts in City and County of the City of London for gross yield, asking basis, at 5.4%.
| # | Area | Gross yield, asking basis | Sample | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | EC3R | 6.8% | 205 | measured |
| 2 | EC4V | 6.1% | 76 | indicative |
| 3 | EC1A | 5.4% | 340 | measured |
| 4 | EC4A | 5.3% | 193 | measured |
| 5 | EC2Y | 5.0% | 311 | measured |
Where next from EC1A?
- City and County of the City of LondonThe wider market this area sits in.
- EC2MNeighbouring postcode district
- EC2NNeighbouring postcode district
- EC2RNeighbouring postcode district
- EC2VNeighbouring postcode district
- EC2YNeighbouring postcode district · £12,949/m²
- EC3ANeighbouring postcode district · £10,870/m²
- EC3MNeighbouring postcode district
- EC3NNeighbouring postcode district · £7,230/m²
- EC1MNext door, in another authority · £9,926/m²
- EC1NNext door, in another authority · £6,206/m²
- EC1YNext door, in another authority · £9,061/m²
- EC1VNext door, in another authority · £11,462/m²
- WC1VNext door, in another authority
- WC1XNext door, in another authority · £15,517/m²
Questions about EC1A
- What is the median house price in EC1A?
- Homes in EC1A sold for a median £1,243,974 over the 12 months to Jun 2021, 124 sales. Per square metre that is £16,633/m². Registered completions, not asking prices.
- How have house prices in EC1A changed?
- -2.2% on the previous 12 months.
- What is the average rent in EC1A?
- Homes to let in EC1A asked a median £2,756 a month over the 12 months to Jul 2026, 116 lets. Asking rent, not the rent agreed.
- What is the gross rental yield in EC1A?
- 5.4% on the asking basis: the asking rent times twelve over the asking sale price in the same listing cell, before costs, voids and finance, over the 12 months to Aug 2026, 340 lets. +8.9% on the previous 12 months.
- How quickly do homes sell in EC1A?
- 11% of the homes in EC1A changed hands over the 12 months to Apr 2020, 146 sales.
Everything else about EC1A
- Properties in EC1AEvery addressable home with its floor area, tenure and last recorded sale.
- Buildings in EC1AFootprints, heights and the units inside them.
- Land and plots in EC1ARegistered parcels with their area, tenure and what stands on them.
- Homes for sale in EC1AWhat is on the market right now, with the evidence beside each asking price.
- Homes to rent in EC1AWhat is available to rent, with the recorded rent and yield beside each asking price.
- Recent house sales in EC1ARegistered completions from Price Paid, newest first.
- Planning applications in EC1AWhat was proposed, who decided it and whether it was approved.
- Estate agents active in EC1AWho actually lists here, ranked by volume over 12 months.
Where these figures come from, and what is not published
| Figure | Dataset | Window | Latest | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sold price per m² | HM Land Registry Price Paid and portal listings, monthly rollup | 12 months to Jun 2021 | Jun 2021 | 124 sales |
| Sold price | HM Land Registry Price Paid and portal listings, monthly rollup | 12 months to Jun 2021 | Jun 2021 | 124 sales |
| Asking price | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 | 117 listings |
| Asking rent | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Jul 2026 | Jul 2026 | 116 lets |
| Gross yield, asking basis | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 | 340 lets |
| Turnover | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Apr 2020 | Apr 2020 | 146 sales |
| Completed sales | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Dec 2025 | Dec 2025 | 38 sales |
| New listings | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 | 57 listings |
| Price reductions | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 | 60 listings |
| Live listings | MarketCode market evidence | on 21 Sep 2026 | 21 Sep 2026 | — |
- Asking price per m²
- Fewer than 30 listings over 12 months: the 12-month figure is not published; the monthly line is drawn.
- Listings for sale
- Only 10 observed months: the 12-month figure needs 12; the monthly line is drawn.
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