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EC1N local market report London

Every figure on this page comes from the public record: 1,090 sales registered with HM Land Registry in EC1N (London) since 1997, each one a completed purchase at a real price, plus current rental figures from the ONS. Nothing here is a valuation, an estimate or an asking price.

Sales data to November 2024. Rents: ONS, May 2026. Regenerated with every monthly data refresh.

EC1N is the postcode district covering Hatton Garden in London. Districts are a practical way to slice a market: small enough to mean something locally, big enough to have a steady flow of sales to measure.

Where EC1N sits

Click the map to open EC1N on the live map, with every sale plotted at its address. The average pricing view shades the whole country the same way.

EC4AEC1MWC2AWC1REC1AWC1XWC1VEC4MWC2BWC1NEC2VEC2YWC1AEC1YWC1BEC1N
£552,100median sold price, 2025
-40%five-year change (cash)
45sales in the last 12 months
6.0%gross rental yield (est.)

What a home in EC1N sells for

The 2025 median in EC1N is £552,100, from 14 registered sales; the mean, £711,900, sits well above it, the signature of a heavy top tail: a handful of expensive sales lifting the average.

For scale: the England and Wales median is £274,000, so EC1N trades 101% above the country as a whole.

The price of a typical EC1N home, 1997 to 2025

The median as recorded at the time, and each year restated in today's money (ONS CPIH), the sharper test of whether homes really got dearer. Hover for the year-by-year figures; click a legend entry to isolate a series.

Price at the timeIn today's money (CPIH)
£500k£1.00M£1.50M£2M200020052010201520202025 1997: £167,000 at the time · £334,485 in today's money · 86 sales1998: £200,000 at the time · £394,286 in today's money · 47 sales1999: £215,000 at the time · £418,477 in today's money · 35 sales2000: £220,000 at the time · £421,667 in today's money · 33 sales2001: £271,200 at the time · £509,192 in today's money · 34 sales2002: £250,000 at the time · £459,387 in today's money · 51 sales2003: £250,000 at the time · £449,804 in today's money · 40 sales2004: £250,000 at the time · £443,445 in today's money · 37 sales2005: £310,000 at the time · £538,791 in today's money · 27 sales2006: £375,000 at the time · £635,749 in today's money · 73 sales2007: £390,000 at the time · £646,098 in today's money · 50 sales2008: £430,000 at the time · £688,399 in today's money · 25 sales2009: £456,200 at the time · £716,218 in today's money · 42 sales2010: £492,500 at the time · £754,329 in today's money · 26 sales2011: £477,500 at the time · £704,006 in today's money · 26 sales2012: £425,000 at the time · £610,938 in today's money · 23 sales2013: £490,000 at the time · £688,595 in today's money · 29 sales2014: £675,000 at the time · £935,241 in today's money · 37 sales2015: £735,000 at the time · £1,014,300 in today's money · 33 sales2016: £712,500 at the time · £973,515 in today's money · 32 sales2017: £800,000 at the time · £1,065,637 in today's money · 33 sales2018: £1,070,000 at the time · £1,393,019 in today's money · 68 sales2019: £620,000 at the time · £793,692 in today's money · 43 sales2020: £921,500 at the time · £1,167,741 in today's money · 21 sales2021: £510,000 at the time · £630,645 in today's money · 24 sales2022: £810,000 at the time · £927,635 in today's money · 27 sales2023: £875,000 at the time · £938,958 in today's money · 31 sales2024: £725,000 at the time · £752,822 in today's money · 33 sales2025: £552,100 at the time · £552,100 in today's money · 14 sales
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YearMedian (cash)Median (today's £)Sales
2025£552,100£552,10014
2024£725,000£752,82233
2023£875,000£938,95831
2022£810,000£927,63527
2021£510,000£630,64524
2020£921,500£1,167,74121
2019£620,000£793,69243
2018£1,070,000£1,393,01968
2017£800,000£1,065,63733
2016£712,500£973,51532
2015£735,000£1,014,30033
2014£675,000£935,24137
2013£490,000£688,59529
2012£425,000£610,93823
2011£477,500£704,00626
2010£492,500£754,32926
2009£456,200£716,21842
2008£430,000£688,39925
2007£390,000£646,09850
2006£375,000£635,74973
2005£310,000£538,79127
2004£250,000£443,44537
2003£250,000£449,80440
2002£250,000£459,38751
2001£271,200£509,19234
2000£220,000£421,66733
1999£215,000£418,47735
1998£200,000£394,28647
1997£167,000£334,48586

In cash terms the typical EC1N home went from £167,000 in 1997 to £552,100 in 2025, roughly 3.3 times the price. Even after inflation that is a real rise of about 65%: homes here genuinely became dearer, not just more expensive on paper. Measured in today's money the market peaked in 2018; the current median sits about 60% below that. Someone who bought at the 2018 peak has not yet seen that price back in real terms.

Year-on-year change in the EC1N median

Each bar is the change on the year before, in cash. The zero line is the boundary between rising and falling.

+100% -100% 0% 1998 · +19.8% on the year before1999 · +7.5% on the year before2000 · +2.3% on the year before2001 · +23.3% on the year before2002 · −7.8% on the year before2003 · +0.0% on the year before2004 · +0.0% on the year before2005 · +24.0% on the year before2006 · +21.0% on the year before2007 · +4.0% on the year before2008 · +10.3% on the year before2009 · +6.1% on the year before2010 · +8.0% on the year before2011 · −3.0% on the year before2012 · −11.0% on the year before2013 · +15.3% on the year before2014 · +37.8% on the year before2015 · +8.9% on the year before2016 · −3.1% on the year before2017 · +12.3% on the year before2018 · +33.8% on the year before2019 · −42.1% on the year before2020 · +48.6% on the year before2021 · −44.7% on the year before2022 · +58.8% on the year before2023 · +8.0% on the year before2024 · −17.1% on the year before2025 · −23.8% on the year before200020052010201520202025

The strongest year on record here is 2022 (+58.8% on the year before); the weakest, 2021 (−44.7%). Single-year swings like these are why the annualised table below matters more than any one year's headline.

Annualised returns

PeriodCash, per yearReal terms, per year
1 years (since 2024)−23.8%−26.7%
5 years (since 2020)−9.7%−13.9%
10 years (since 2015)−2.8%−5.9%
20 years (since 2005)+2.9%+0.1%

Compound annual growth of the median sold price; the real column deflates by ONS CPIH. Annualised figures smooth the cycle (the chart above shows the cycle), and past growth is a record, not a forecast.

Transaction volumes

How many homes change hands

Recorded sales per year. The dip after 2008 is the financial crisis; the last bar is still filling in as recent sales get registered.

50100 1997: 86 sales1998: 47 sales1999: 35 sales2000: 33 sales2001: 34 sales2002: 51 sales2003: 40 sales2004: 37 sales2005: 27 sales2006: 73 sales2007: 50 sales2008: 25 sales2009: 42 sales2010: 26 sales2011: 26 sales2012: 23 sales2013: 29 sales2014: 37 sales2015: 33 sales2016: 32 sales2017: 33 sales2018: 68 sales2019: 43 sales2020: 21 sales2021: 24 sales2022: 27 sales2023: 31 sales2024: 33 sales2025: 14 sales200020052010201520202025

The last five years, month by month

Monthly registrations. The sawtooth is seasonal; the register runs weeks behind completions at the right-hand edge.

1020 October 2014 · 4 sales registeredNovember 2014 · 3 sales registeredMarch 2015 · 3 sales registeredJune 2015 · 3 sales registeredJuly 2015 · 4 sales registeredAugust 2015 · 7 sales registeredOctober 2015 · 3 sales registeredDecember 2015 · 4 sales registeredJanuary 2016 · 4 sales registeredFebruary 2016 · 3 sales registeredMarch 2016 · 7 sales registeredApril 2016 · 3 sales registeredAugust 2016 · 4 sales registeredSeptember 2016 · 3 sales registeredNovember 2016 · 3 sales registeredFebruary 2017 · 3 sales registeredApril 2017 · 3 sales registeredJuly 2017 · 5 sales registeredAugust 2017 · 4 sales registeredSeptember 2017 · 4 sales registeredOctober 2017 · 5 sales registeredDecember 2017 · 5 sales registeredJanuary 2018 · 3 sales registeredMarch 2018 · 6 sales registeredApril 2018 · 7 sales registeredMay 2018 · 15 sales registeredJune 2018 · 3 sales registeredJuly 2018 · 9 sales registeredAugust 2018 · 8 sales registeredSeptember 2018 · 9 sales registeredNovember 2018 · 3 sales registeredDecember 2018 · 3 sales registeredFebruary 2019 · 5 sales registeredApril 2019 · 3 sales registeredJune 2019 · 6 sales registeredJuly 2019 · 6 sales registeredAugust 2019 · 4 sales registeredOctober 2019 · 5 sales registeredDecember 2019 · 5 sales registeredFebruary 2020 · 7 sales registeredMarch 2020 · 4 sales registeredJanuary 2021 · 5 sales registeredJune 2021 · 4 sales registeredFebruary 2022 · 4 sales registeredApril 2022 · 4 sales registeredMay 2022 · 3 sales registeredJune 2022 · 4 sales registeredJuly 2022 · 3 sales registeredJanuary 2023 · 5 sales registeredApril 2023 · 3 sales registeredJune 2023 · 4 sales registeredAugust 2023 · 3 sales registeredSeptember 2023 · 3 sales registeredOctober 2023 · 4 sales registeredFebruary 2024 · 4 sales registeredMay 2024 · 3 sales registeredJune 2024 · 4 sales registeredJuly 2024 · 3 sales registeredAugust 2024 · 6 sales registeredNovember 2024 · 3 sales registered

EC1N recorded 45 sales in the last twelve months of data. Like most of England and Wales, turnover never fully recovered from 2008: the market here averaged 43 sales a year before the financial crisis and 26 a year over the last five. Volume matters as much as price: when few homes change hands, the median gets jumpy and a single street can move the figure. The most recent year is always still filling in, because sales appear in the Land Registry weeks or months after completion.

What homes rent for around EC1N

EC1N falls under Camden, where the ONS puts the average private rent at £2,759 a month (May 2026 figures). A one-bed averages £2,008 a month here and a four-or-more-bed £3,890, so size does most of the work in setting the rent.

Average monthly rent by size, Camden

ONS Price Index of Private Rents, May 2026.

1 bed: £2,008 a month£2,0081 bed2 bed: £2,563 a month£2,5632 bed3 bed: £2,989 a month£2,9893 bed4+ bed: £3,890 a month£3,8904+ bed

Set against the £552,100 median sold price, £2,759 a month is £33,108 a year, a gross yield of 6.0%: gross, before letting costs, voids, maintenance and tax, so a ceiling rather than a promise. Rents are published at local-authority level, so nearby districts in the same authority share these figures.

Will EC1N prices rise from here?

Nobody can tell you that, and this page will not pretend to. What the record shows: the median is down 40% over five years in cash but down 53% after inflation. If you are weighing a purchase, read the volume chart alongside the price one, and remember that every figure here is a completed sale, lagged by the weeks it takes the Land Registry to register it.

Ladders and snakes: five-year risers and fallers

EC1N ranks 17 of 21 in the EC area on five-year growth. The gap between the top and bottom of this chart is the difference between buying well and buying badly in the same city.

Five-year change in the median, EC area districts

The biggest risers and fallers in cash terms; every row links to that district's report.

EC2VEC2V · +715% over five years · median £10,655,000+715%EC3VEC3V · +503% over five years · median £18,650,000+503%EC4MEC4M · +394% over five years · median £592,500+394%EC3AEC3A · +283% over five years · median £1,914,900+283%EC2MEC2M · +176% over five years · median £3,377,500+176%EC1NEC1N · −40% over five years · median £552,100−40%EC2AEC2A · −51% over five years · median £465,000−51%EC1AEC1A · −55% over five years · median £665,000−55%EC2REC2R · −72% over five years · median £1,850,000−72%EC4REC4R · −74% over five years · median £547,500−74%

Inside EC1N, street group by street group

Postcode sectors are the next slice down, each a group of streets. Prices can differ sharply between two sectors a few minutes' walk apart.

SectorMedian (latest)Sales that year
EC1N 7£550,00010
EC1N 8£530,0009

How EC1N compares nearby

Same city, different markets. The neighbouring districts of the EC area, dearest first:

DistrictMedian5-year
EC4N£91,500,000+1104%
EC3V£18,650,000+503%
EC2V£10,655,000+715%
EC3M£4,028,100-28%
EC2M£3,377,500+176%
EC3A£1,914,900+283%
EC2R£1,850,000-72%
EC3R£1,300,000+159%
EC4Y£765,000-37%
EC1V£745,000-17%
EC1A£665,000-55%
EC2Y£665,000-17%
EC1M£660,000-27%
EC4V£637,500-32%
EC1Y£615,000-23%
EC1R£595,000-25%
EC4M£592,500+394%
EC1N (this report)£552,100-40%
EC4R£547,500-74%
EC4A£537,500+6%
EC3N£520,000-29%
EC2A£465,000-51%

Dig further

See every individual EC1N sale on the live map, mapped to the exact address, or the quick-reference EC1N price page. The report tool writes a custom answer to a specific question, and the mortgage and rent calculator on any sale runs the numbers on a real purchase.

How this page is made: the statistics are computed from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data (Crown copyright, OGL v3.0), geocoded to address level; inflation adjustment uses the ONS CPIH index; rents are the ONS Price Index of Private Rents at local-authority level. Medians of recorded sales, not valuations. Nothing on this page is financial advice.