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Bow market report E3 3, London
The standing E3 3 (Bow) property market report, rebuilt from the full public record every month. This page is built from the public record and nothing else: 4,752 completed sales registered with HM Land Registry in E3 3 (London) since 1995, plus current ONS rental figures. There are no valuations, estimates or asking prices in it.
Sales recorded to 2026; rents are ONS figures for May 2026. The page rebuilds with each monthly release.
In short: the typical home in E3 3 (London) sold for £355,000 in 2026, the median of 37 registered sales, up 2% on five years earlier. The mean was £387,400, and by floor area homes here have averaged about £6,080 per square metre over the last five years. The figures cover 4,752 sales recorded by HM Land Registry since 1995 and refresh with each monthly release: completed sale prices, not valuations or asking prices.
E3 3 is one sector of E3 (London): a handful of streets, and the most local view the sold record can give. The price of that locality is lumpier charts, because each year's median rests on fewer sales.
Where E3 3 sits
Shaded by median price on the same scale as the average prices map. Click any shape to open it on the live map with every sale plotted at its address, or zoom in past street level to see the sold homes right here.
The going rate for a home in E3 3
37 sales were registered in E3 3 in 2026, and the middle one of them, the median, went for £355,000. The mean works out at £387,400, somewhat above it, as happens wherever a market carries an expensive tail.
Price per square metre in E3 3
By floor space, homes in E3 3 have sold for about £6,080 per square metre on average over the last five years: the like-for-like measure that lets you compare a small flat with a large house, from the Energy Performance Certificate floor areas behind each sale.
England and Wales as a whole trade at a £285,000 median, leaving E3 3 25% above the national figure.
The price of a typical E3 3 home, 1995 to 2026
One line records the median as paid; the other restates every year in today's money via ONS CPIH, the honest measure of getting dearer. Hover for year figures, click the legend to isolate a line.
See this chart as a table
| Year | Median (cash) | Median (today's £) | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | £355,000 | £355,000 | 37 |
| 2025 | £380,000 | £389,087 | 125 |
| 2024 | £375,000 | £398,702 | 153 |
| 2023 | £405,000 | £444,996 | 125 |
| 2022 | £410,000 | £480,772 | 314 |
| 2021 | £349,000 | £441,879 | 186 |
| 2020 | £442,800 | £574,542 | 181 |
| 2019 | £382,000 | £500,711 | 135 |
| 2018 | £360,100 | £480,020 | 127 |
| 2017 | £385,000 | £525,101 | 193 |
| 2016 | £374,000 | £523,230 | 244 |
| 2015 | £336,800 | £475,898 | 276 |
| 2014 | £296,000 | £419,928 | 272 |
| 2013 | £275,000 | £395,698 | 289 |
| 2012 | £250,000 | £367,969 | 336 |
| 2011 | £228,500 | £344,947 | 168 |
| 2010 | £228,000 | £357,563 | 148 |
| 2009 | £241,000 | £387,410 | 102 |
| 2008 | £225,000 | £368,823 | 93 |
| 2007 | £215,000 | £364,700 | 102 |
| 2006 | £247,000 | £428,760 | 285 |
| 2005 | £192,500 | £342,572 | 167 |
| 2004 | £190,500 | £345,985 | 152 |
| 2003 | £159,500 | £293,838 | 108 |
| 2002 | £122,500 | £230,483 | 83 |
| 2001 | £106,000 | £203,780 | 68 |
| 2000 | £105,000 | £206,063 | 53 |
| 1999 | £75,000 | £149,471 | 62 |
| 1998 | £52,000 | £104,966 | 54 |
| 1997 | £48,000 | £98,438 | 50 |
| 1996 | £45,800 | £96,590 | 42 |
| 1995 | £38,000 | £82,606 | 22 |
In cash terms the typical E3 3 home went from £38,000 in 1995 to £355,000 in 2026, roughly 9 times the price. Inflation explains only part of it: in today's money the rise is still about 330%, a genuine increase in what a home here costs. The real-terms peak came in 2020, and today's median remains roughly 38% under it: a 2020 buyer is still waiting to get that price back in today's money.
Year-on-year change in the E3 3 median
Each bar is the change on the year before, in cash. The zero line is the boundary between rising and falling.
The strongest year on record here is 1999 (+44.2% on the year before); the weakest, 2021 (−21.2%). Single-year swings like these are why the annualised table below matters more than any one year's headline.
What E3 3 has returned, per year
| Period | Cash, per year | Real terms, per year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 years (since 2025) | −6.6% | −8.8% |
| 5 years (since 2021) | +0.3% | −4.3% |
| 10 years (since 2016) | −0.5% | −3.8% |
| 20 years (since 2006) | +1.8% | −0.9% |
The table annualises median growth over each period, with the real column deflated by ONS CPIH. Smoothing hides the cycle (see the chart above for it), and none of this forecasts: it is the record.
How many homes change hands in E3 3
The year-by-year sales count
Each bar is a year's recorded sales. 2008's dip is the financial crisis, and the newest bar always grows for a while as late registrations arrive.
The register shows 37 E3 3 sales across the most recent twelve months of data. Unusually, activity here runs above its pre-2008 level: 151 sales a year over the last five years against 127 before the financial crisis. Price without volume misleads: a median built on few sales jumps around, and one street can tilt it. Keep in mind too that the latest year is still filling in, since sales reach the register weeks or months after completion.
What homes rent for around E3 3
The local authority for E3 3 is Tower Hamlets, and its ONS average private rent currently stands at £2,419 a month (May 2026 figures). The spread runs from £1,964 a month for a typical one-bed to £3,335 at four-plus bedrooms, which is size doing most of the pricing.
Average monthly rent by size, Tower Hamlets
ONS Price Index of Private Rents, May 2026.
£2,419 a month is £29,028 a year, which against the £355,000 median sold price makes a gross yield of 8.2%. Gross means before letting costs, voids, maintenance and tax: treat it as a ceiling. The ONS publishes rents by local authority, so neighbouring districts under the same authority share these numbers.
How E3 3 trades
Only 37 sales completed here in the last twelve months of data, which makes E3 3 a thin market. Each figure rests on few transactions, so single streets can swing the median and the charts deserve a sceptical squint. The record here is jumpy: year-on-year moves of ten per cent or more are common in the chart above, mostly a function of which homes happened to sell rather than the market lurching. Within E3, this sector trades 20% below the district median: one of its district's cheaper corners.
E3 3 (Bow): the questions that come up
How much did a house sell for in E3 3 (Bow)?
Are property prices falling in E3 3 (Bow)?
Is E3 3 (Bow) a good place to buy a house?
Will E3 3 prices rise from here?
No honest page predicts prices, so this one sticks to the record: the median is roughly flat over five years in cash but down 20% after inflation. Anyone weighing a purchase should read the volume chart with the price chart, remembering that these are completed sales, registered weeks after the deals were actually struck.
On the market in E3 today
The live side of the market holds 113 homes at the moment, listed by 13 agents publishing to HomesIndex.
These cover the whole E3 district, not just E3 3: live asking prices are collected per district.
36% of what is on the market here is asking below what comparable homes actually sold for. Each listing is compared with recent recorded sales of similar homes nearby.
The "under comparable sales" label measures each asking price against real nearby sales of similar homes: an opening position for a conversation rather than a valuation. The home itself still needs looking at.
See every E3 home for sale on the map →
Refreshed every Monday and Thursday from agents' own feeds to HomesIndex, so a sample of the market rather than all of it. An asking price remains an ask, not a sale.
What another bedroom costs in E
The Land Registry record, split by size: what each kind of home actually sold for across the E area. Size steps are fiercely local. A third bedroom adds a quarter to the price in some areas and close to four fifths in others, which is why no national rule of thumb survives contact with a real market.
| Type | 1 bed | 2 bed | 3 bed | 4 bed | 5 bed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | — | £545,000 | £820,000 (+50%) | £1,197,500 (+46%) | — |
| Semi-detached | £435,000 | £530,000 (+22%) | £650,000 (+23%) | £900,000 (+38%) | £1,205,000 (+34%) |
| Terraced | £435,000 | £525,000 (+21%) | £643,000 (+22%) | £842,000 (+31%) | £1,150,000 (+37%) |
| Flat | £372,500 | £490,000 (+32%) | £695,000 (+42%) | £1,095,000 (+58%) | — |
Built from the last four years of recorded sales by form and bedroom count. Bedroom counts are estimated from EPC records (the register carries none), so expect a small number of homes one size adrift. Sizes with too few homes to be meaningful are left blank.
The risers and the fallers
The spread across the E area is the point: the same five years treated these districts very differently.
Five-year change in the median, E area districts
The districts that gained and lost most in cash terms, each row linking through to its own report.
Other sectors in E3
A few minutes' walk can separate two very different markets. Here are E3's other sectors, each with its own report:
| Sector | Median (latest) | Sales that year |
|---|---|---|
| E3 2 | £450,000 | 83 |
| E3 4 | £455,000 | 43 |
| E3 5 | £511,700 | 52 |
Zoom out to the full E3 district report for the type split, monthly volumes and how E3 compares with its neighbours.
Before you sell in E3 3: what the record supports
The sold record beats any estimate as a starting point. Before a house valuation or flat valuation in E3 3, open the average prices map and zoom from the E3 3 shading down to the sold homes on your own street. Every recorded E3 3 sale is on this page; the same Land Registry record is what agents price from, and it is now in your hands.
For local estate agents: each district report carries one featured-agent spot, free while founding places last. Claim E3 3.
Take it further
Answers come from the same Land Registry data behind this report, and the AI knows you are asking about E3 3. Free, with a one click sign in.
Two maps carry on from here: every E3 3 sale at its exact address, and the average prices map from area shading down to single homes. The report tool answers a specific question in writing, and each sale's mortgage and rent calculator prices a real purchase.
Method, briefly: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data (Crown copyright, OGL v3.0) supplies every sale, geocoded to address level; CPIH from the ONS restates prices in today's money; ONS local-authority figures supply the rents. Medians of real sales, not valuations. No part of this page is financial advice.