Postcode sector

EC2Y 8 · City of London

City of London · district EC2Y · 42 postcodes

Median £/m²£12,500/m²Sales in the 24 months to Aug 2026

Last year, after inflation−12.9%

Sales, 24 months74with a floor area

£/m² of sales, 24 months to Aug 2026

EC2Y 8: £12,500/m² middle · £11,010–£14,180/m² middle half · 74 sales
District EC2Y: £12,600/m² middle · £11,060–£13,970/m² middle half · 88 sales

Bars: sales in each £/m² band. Strips: the box is the middle half, the line the middle, the whiskers the 9th to 91st percentile.

Median £/m² since 2004 (2004 = 100)

EC2Y 8
EC2Y
City of London houses
After inflation (CPIH)
In pounds of the day

Growth a year

Compound growth in median £/m² a year, after inflation (CPIH) and in pounds of the day
Over	EC2Y 8		District EC2Y
Over	Real	Nominal	Real	Nominal
1 year	−12.9%	−10.0%	−14.3%	−11.4%
5 years	−4.9%	−0.1%	−6.9%	−2.2%
10 years	−4.2%	−0.9%	−5.2%	−1.9%
20 years	+1.0%	+3.9%	+1.0%	+3.8%

Real is after inflation (ONS CPIH). A horizon with too few sales at either end is left out.

Nearby sectors, middle half of £/m²

£5,000–£15,000/m²

EC2Y 8City of London£11,010–£14,180/m²
EC1Y 8Old Street & St Luke's£8,010–£11,290/m²
EC1A 4City of LondonToo few sales
EC1M 6ClerkenwellToo few sales
EC1M 7ClerkenwellToo few sales
EC1Y 0City of LondonToo few sales
EC1Y 4Old Street & St Luke'sToo few sales
EC2Y 5City of LondonToo few sales
EC2Y 9City of LondonToo few sales

Streets, last five years

Streets with five or more sales in five years: sales, median floor area and median £ per m²
Street	Sales	Median size	Median £/m²
Bridgewater Square	7	67 m²	£9,700/m²
Fann Street	6	50 m²	£10,340/m²

Sources

Sold prices: HM Land Registry Price Paid (category A sales). Floor areas: energy performance certificates (EPC). Inflation: ONS CPIH (series L522). Postcodes: ONS Postcode Directory. All under the Open Government Licence.

£/m² uses EPC floor area; sector names are informal. Middles of many sales, never one home's value.