marketcodeSold price per m²
£12,517/m² 12 months to Sep 2021
113 sales
Postcode district
EC1Y property market
Sold £12,517/m² · Median sold £866,373 (113 sales) · Index +1% y/y · 12 months, sales to Sep 2021, listings to Aug 2026
What is EC1Y?
- Buildings
- 167
- Mixed-use buildings
- 22%
- HMO-shaped units
- 0.0%
What does EC1Y cost?
EC1Y: sold price per m² £12,517/m² (12 months to Sep 2021, 113 sales).
Sold price
£866,373 12 months to Sep 2021
113 sales
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
£743,725 12 months to Aug 2026
167 listings
+10.9% 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 EC1Y earn?
EC1Y: asking rent £3,002 a month (12 months to Jul 2026, 116 lets).
Asking rent
£3,002 a month 12 months to Jul 2026
116 lets
Gross yield, asking basis
5.3% 12 months to Aug 2026
356 lets
-3.2% on the previous 12 months.
Sample is the dated lettings behind the latest month's rent cell.
How does EC1Y vary by home size?
Asking price in EC1Y runs from £479,686 for 1 bedroom to £833,316 for 2 bedrooms.
| Homes | Asking price | Window | Change | Listings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 bedroom | £479,686 | 12 months to Jul 2026 | — | 51 |
| 2 bedrooms | £833,316 | 12 months to Aug 2026 | — | 98 |
| 3 bedrooms | Not published | — | — | — |
| 4 bedrooms | Not published | — | — | — |
| 5+ bedrooms | Not published | — | — | — |
Asking price by bedroom band: the monthly medians of sale listings that came to market, weighted by their dated listings, over the last 12 observed months, from portal listings. A band with fewer than 30 dated listings in the year is not published.
How liquid is EC1Y?
EC1Y: completed sales 35 (12 months to Oct 2025, 35 sales). -7.9% on the previous 12 months.
Completed sales
35 12 months to Oct 2025
35 sales
-7.9% on the previous 12 months.
Sample is the registry count itself; months within six months of the last ingest are still filling.
New listings
104 12 months to Aug 2026
104 listings
+42.5% on the previous 12 months.
Never-reduced cohort: undercounts new listings by the reduction share.
Price reductions
63 12 months to Aug 2026
63 listings
+1.6% on the previous 12 months.
Reductions dated by the last reduction; several reductions of one listing count once.
Who is active in EC1Y?
7 agents listed homes for sale in EC1Y; the three largest took 64% of the listings.
- Agents active
- 7
- Top three agents’ share
- 64%
- New homes among listings
- 27%
days_to_completion is on the registry-matched subset (sold_matched_n), not a sell-through rate.
Who owns EC1Y?
Corporate landlords hold 69% of the 54 units in EC1Y whose freeholder is classified; 98% of all units are not yet classified.
- Corporate landlords69% of classified · 37 units
- Individuals (not traceable in bulk)31% 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 EC1Y rank?
EC1Y ranks 4th of 8 postcode districts in Islington for gross yield, asking basis, at 5.3%.
Sold price per m² · postcode districts in Islington
| # | Area | Sold price per m² | Sample | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | EC1V | £10,322/m² | 122 | measured |
| 2 | N1 | £10,140/m² | 505 | measured |
| 3 | N5 | £9,637/m² | 180 | measured |
| 4 | N7 | £9,022/m² | 200 | measured |
| 5 | N19 | £8,910/m² | 157 | measured |
Full table: sold price per m² across postcode districts in Islington →
Gross yield, asking basis · postcode districts in Islington
EC1Y ranks 4th of 8 postcode districts in Islington for gross yield, asking basis, at 5.3%.
| # | Area | Gross yield, asking basis | Sample | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Where next from EC1Y?
- IslingtonThe wider market this area sits in.
- EC1MNeighbouring postcode district · £9,926/m²
- EC1RNeighbouring postcode district · £13,856/m²
- EC1VNeighbouring postcode district · £11,462/m²
- N1Neighbouring postcode district · £7,665/m²
- N19Neighbouring postcode district · £7,887/m²
- N5Neighbouring postcode district · £7,474/m²
- N7Neighbouring postcode district · £7,731/m²
- EC2ANext door, in another authority · £15,190/m²
- EC2YNext door, in another authority · £12,949/m²
- EC1ANext door, in another authority · £17,262/m²
- EC2MNext door, in another authority
- EC2RNext door, in another authority
- EC2VNext door, in another authority
- Homes for sale in EC1YLive sale listings, the same place and cohort.
- Homes to rent in EC1YLive lettings, the same place.
- Completed sales in EC1YRegistered completions, newest first.
- Planning applications in EC1YApplications and decisions on record.
- Buildings in EC1YEvery building with its units, parcel and freeholder.
Questions about EC1Y
- What is the median house price in EC1Y?
- Homes in EC1Y sold for a median £866,373 over the 12 months to Sep 2021, 113 sales. Per square metre that is £12,517/m². Registered completions, not asking prices.
- What is the average rent in EC1Y?
- Homes to let in EC1Y asked a median £3,002 a month over the 12 months to Jul 2026, 116 lets. Asking rent, not the rent agreed.
- What is the gross rental yield in EC1Y?
- 5.3% 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, 356 lets. -3.2% on the previous 12 months.
Where these figures come from, and what is not published
| Figure | Dataset | Window | Last month | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sold price per m² | HM Land Registry Price Paid and portal listings, monthly rollup | 12 months to Sep 2021 | Sep 2021 | 113 sales |
| Sold price | HM Land Registry Price Paid and portal listings, monthly rollup | 12 months to Sep 2021 | Sep 2021 | 113 sales |
| Asking price | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 | 167 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 | 356 lets |
| Completed sales | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Oct 2025 | Oct 2025 | 35 sales |
| New listings | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 | 104 listings |
| Price reductions | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 | 63 listings |
| Live listings | MarketCode market evidence | on 20 Sep 2026 | 20 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.
- Turnover
- Only 11 observed months: the 12-month figure needs 12; the monthly line is drawn.
- Listings for sale
- Only 8 observed months: the 12-month figure needs 12; the monthly line is drawn.
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