UK Property Check

UK Property Check · Printed on 8 November 2026ukpropertycheck.co.uk/postcode/e

House prices in the E postcode area, East London

Homes in the E postcode area sold for a median of £500,000 between September 2024 and August 2026, from 16,457 standard sales.

That is 5% below the £525,000 median for London, where most of the area lies.

Median sale price£500,00016,457 standard sales
Middle half of prices£390,000 to £675,000
Change since 2016+18%Median, 2016 to 2025, before inflation

Prices over time

  1. 2016
  2. 2017
  3. 2018
  4. 2019
  5. 2020
  6. 2021
  7. 2022
  8. 2023
  9. 2024
  10. 2025
  11. 2026
Yearly median of standard sales, not adjusted for inflation. 2026 covers January to August only, and the ringed bar, 2025, is the latest full year.

The median rose 18%, from £428,000 in 2016 to £505,000 in 2025, the seventh smallest rise of the 105 postcode areas in England and Wales.

Prices by property type

Standard sales in the E area, September 2024 to August 2026
TypeSalesMedian priceMiddle halfPer m²
Detached123£905,000£675,000 to £1,415,000Too few
Semi-detached770£732,500£570,000 to £950,000£7,172/m²from 23 sales
Terraced4,844£630,000£492,000 to £823,000£6,977/m²from 177 sales
Flats and maisonettes10,720£447,500£351,000 to £575,000£6,746/m²from 264 sales

Most homes sold in the E area were flats and maisonettes, at 65% of sales.

1,158 sales in the E area, or 7%, were for £1 million or more, against 3% across England and Wales.

Leasehold is common here: 67% of sales were leasehold, against 21% across England and Wales, so check the years left on the lease and the charges early.

Districts ranked by median price

The dearest district was E22 (Tower Hamlets), at £814,500, and the cheapest was E13 (Newham), at £410,000.

The next dearest were E1W (Tower Hamlets) and E20 (Newham), and the next cheapest E6 (Newham) and E15 (Newham).

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Each dot is a postcode district in the E area, placed at the centre of its postcodes and shaded by the median price of its standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026. The ranked list below gives the same figures.

Districts in the E area by council area, by number of sales: Waltham Forest (E4, E10, E11, E17), Tower Hamlets (E1, E1W, E2, E3, E14, E22), Newham (7 districts), Hackney (E5, E8, E9), Redbridge (E18).

Districts with at least 100 standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026
  1. E22Tower Hamlets, 138 sales£814,500Too few
  2. E1WTower Hamlets, 519 sales£695,000+11%
  3. E20Newham, 132 sales£635,000Too few
  4. E8Hackney, 771 sales£605,000−2%
  5. E5Hackney, 609 sales£589,000+13%
  6. E11Waltham Forest, 1,078 sales£579,000+4%
  7. E17Waltham Forest, 2,177 sales£545,000+6%
  8. E4Waltham Forest, 1,191 sales£540,000+3%
  9. E7Newham, 450 sales£525,000+6%
  10. E9Hackney, 532 sales£520,000−7%
  11. E2Tower Hamlets, 697 sales£510,000+4%
  12. E18Redbridge, 503 sales£510,000+15%
  13. E10Waltham Forest, 847 sales£505,000+1%
  14. E14Tower Hamlets, 1,850 sales£500,000−11%
  15. E12Newham, 271 sales£480,000+3%
  16. E1Tower Hamlets, 740 sales£462,500−2%
  17. E16Newham, 1,327 sales£453,5000%
  18. E3Tower Hamlets, 1,086 sales£446,000+2%
  19. E15Newham, 620 sales£445,000−1%
  20. E6Newham, 558 sales£425,000+2%
  21. E13Newham, 361 sales£410,000+1%

1-year change: 2025 against 2024, where both years had 100 or more standard sales. It moves with which homes sold, so treat it as a guide, not a price index.

From 2024 to 2025, the median rose most in E18 (Redbridge), up 15%, and fell most in E14 (Tower Hamlets), down 11%.

Streets with the most standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026:

Of the streets with at least 10 sales, the dearest by median price were Ickburgh Road, London (E5, £1,525,000), Mildenhall Road, London (E5, terraced houses, £1,185,000) and Boxwood Gardens, London (E1W, flats, £1,178,000).

The cheapest were Church Road, Leyton (E10, flats, £167,000), Cambridge Road, London (E11, flats, £205,000) and Romford Road, Manor Park (E7, flats, £247,500).

Neighbouring postcode areas include EC (East Central London), N (North London), IG (Ilford) and SE (South East London).

Council areas in the E postcode area

Within E, the median ran from £447,000 in Newham to £580,000 in Hackney, counting council areas with at least 100 sales in the area (how postcode areas and council areas overlap).

Standard sales in the E area by council area, placed by postcode, September 2024 to August 2026
Council areaSales in EMedian in EWhole council area
Waltham Forest5,024£537,500£538,500
Tower Hamlets4,908£500,000£500,000
Newham3,486£447,000£447,000
Hackney2,055£580,000£585,000
Redbridge967£570,000£507,000
2 other council areas17Too fewNot shown

About these figures

The E figures come from 16,457 standard sales in 21 postcode districts across 7 council areas (how sales are placed). The busiest district was E17 (Waltham Forest), with 2,177 sales.

Updated 15 October 2026 with sales recorded to August 2026. Next update due in late November 2026.

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Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Energy certificate data from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Both are licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.