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EC2Y house prices in City of London

Name: Sold house prices in EC2Y, City of London
Creator: HM Land Registry
License: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

The median sold price in EC2Y between 22 Jun 2023 and 3 Jul 2026 was £873,500 across 250 recorded sales. EC2Y covers part of City of London around the Aldersgate ward. Sold prices, council tax, schools, deprivation and planning for this district — from official UK data, in one place.

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Typical sold price

£873,500

Range £514,750–£1,801,500 · 250 real sales

HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 22 Jun 2023 and 3 Jul 2026. Real recorded sales — not estimates. Scroll for the map, trend and breakdown.

The median sold price in EC2Y, City of London, was £873,500 across 250 recorded sales between 22 Jun 2023 and 3 Jul 2026. That is +6.8% on the twelve months before — £865,000 from 59 sales against £810,000 from 100. Council tax on a Band D home there is £1,330 a year — City of London's published charge for 2026-27.

+6.8% year on year

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 31 July 2026. Updated monthly. Council tax: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government — Council Tax levels set by local authorities, City of London, 2026-27. Real recorded transactions — we never publish an estimated valuation.

On the map

Where EC2Y sits in City of London

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Latest sales

The most recent sales in EC2Y

SHAKESPEARE TOWER, BARBICAN, LONDON
Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 3 Jul 2026
£1,775,000
BUNYAN COURT, BARBICAN, LONDON
Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 30 Jun 2026
£1,500,000
LAUDERDALE TOWER, BARBICAN, LONDON
Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 30 Jun 2026
£2,400,000
ANDREWES HOUSE, BARBICAN, LONDON
Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 25 Jun 2026
£793,292
JOHN TRUNDLE COURT, BARBICAN, LONDON
Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 24 Jun 2026
£835,000

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Sources: HM Land Registry · postcodes.io / ONS · OpenStreetMap (© contributors)

The data, honestly

EC2Y sold prices at a glance

Typical price

£873,500

Lower end

£514,750

Upper end

£1,801,500

Sample size

250 sales

24-month trend

Typical price by quarter — EC2Y

By property type

What each type sells for — EC2Y

Sold twice — what the same home resold for

The strongest price signal there is: the same door, sold twice. Change shown in £, %, and per year — a big % over two decades is smaller than it looks.

SHAKESPEARE TOWER, BARBICAN, LONDON
£2,050,000 (2025)£1,775,000 (2026)-13.4% over 0.9 yrs (-15%/yr)
ANDREWES HOUSE, BARBICAN, LONDON
£725,000 (2025)£793,292 (2026)+9.4% over 0.6 yrs (+14.9%/yr)
BRANDON MEWS, BARBICAN, LONDON
£1,125,000 (2025)£980,000 (2026)-12.9% over 1.1 yrs (-11.8%/yr)
THE COBALT BUILDING, 10 - 15, BRIDGEWATER SQUARE, LONDON
£725,000 (2025)£565,000 (2025)-22.1% over 0.5 yrs (-37.2%/yr)
SEDDON HOUSE, BARBICAN, LONDON
£780,000 (2025)£975,000 (2025)+25% over 0.7 yrs (+35.1%/yr)
TUDOR ROSE COURT, 35, FANN STREET, LONDON
£400,000 (2023)£415,000 (2025)+3.8% over 2.2 yrs (+1.7%/yr)

Tenure mix

Freehold vs leasehold — EC2Y

1 freehold (0%)

249 leasehold (100%)

Across the 250 most recent recorded sales in EC2Y. Leasehold is normal for flats; check the remaining lease term before you offer.

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 31 July 2026. Updated monthly. Real transactions — never estimates. See every EC2Y sale.

Area data

What else the records hold on EC2Y

Council tax, schools, area deprivation and planning activity for this district — each from the body that publishes it, with the sample it rests on stated beside it.

Council tax

What council tax costs in EC2Y

Band D · City of London · 2026-27

£1,330

a year — the benchmark band every English authority is compared on.

Annual council tax charge for each band in City of London, 2026-27
Band	1991 value	A year
A	up to £40,000	£886
B	£40,001–£52,000	£1,034
C	£52,001–£68,000	£1,182
D	£68,001–£88,000	£1,330
E	£88,001–£120,000	£1,625
F	£120,001–£160,000	£1,920
G	£160,001–£320,000	£2,216
H	over £320,000	£2,659

These are City of London's charges for 2026-27, the authority EC2Y falls in — not an estimate for any individual home. A property's band is set by the Valuation Office Agency and we never guess it; look up a band on GOV.UK and read your row. Bands reflect what a home was worth on 1 April 1991, not today.

Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government — Council Tax levels set by local authorities · 8 of 8 bands published for City of London · data to 2026-27 financial year

Schools

Schools near EC2Y

City of London School for Girls
Independent schools · EC2Y 8BB
77 m
Not graded
Guildhall School of Music and Drama
Universities · EC2Y 8DT
82 m
Not graded
Prior Weston Primary School and Children's Centre
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · EC1Y 8JA
273 m
Good · 2022
Charterhouse Square School
Independent schools · EC1M 6EA
370 m
Not graded
Fashion Retail Academy
Other types · EC2M 6SE
414 m
Not graded
City of London Primary Academy, Islington
Primary · Free Schools · EC1Y 0AE
461 m
Outstanding · 2019
St Paul's Cathedral School
Independent schools · EC4M 9AD
669 m
Not graded
The Lyceum
Independent schools · EC2A 2DU
716 m
Not graded

School data from the Department for Education “Get Information about Schools” (GIAS) and Ofsted inspection outcomes — Open Government Licence v3.0. The Ofsted grade shown is the last single overall grade on record (single grades were withdrawn in September 2024). Shows nearest schools by distance, not legal catchment areas. Distances are from the EC2Y district centroid, not from any address.

Source: Department for Education — Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · 8 open schools within 3 km, 2 with a grade on record

Planning applications

Planning activity around EC2Y

Islington/P2026/1889/AODUndecided
368 m
Approval of Details pursuant to Condition 11 (BREEAM) of planning permission: P2024/1208/FUL dated 08/11/2024
Received 2026-07-16
City/26/01007/MDCUndecided
219 m
Submission of detail pack pursuant to discharge of condition 23 of planning permission 22/00202/FULMAJ dated 23.01.2023.
Received 2026-07-15
City/26/01006/MDCUndecided
219 m
Submission of BREEAM Details Pack pursuant to discharge of condition 10 of planning permission 22/00202/FULMAJ dated 23.01.2023.
Received 2026-07-15
City/26/00997/NMAUndecided
319 m
Application for non-material amendments under S96A of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended) to amend Condition 2 (Details), Condition 66 (Post Construction Urban Greening Factor and Biodiversity Net Gain), and Condition 83 (Approved Drawings) pursuant to planning permission ref. 24/00209/FULMAJ (dated 14.10.2025) (as amended) for: (i) the introduction of a steel frame; (ii) WC core adjustments and extension of the south transfer beam; (iii) facade amendments including rear elevation realignment, removal of ventilation indents, addition of a fire escape door and ground floor louvres, and revised cladding; (iv) roof level changes including introduction of Level 21 balustrade and Level 19 canopy; (v) introduction of Level 14 ventilation intake and associated landscaping amendments; (vi) highways amendments including an increased kerb radius and access to the electrical supply station in the Plaza; and (vii) associated updates to the quantum of Class E(g)(i), E(a/b) and F2(b) floorspace.
Received 2026-07-14
Islington/P2026/1868/ADVUndecided
463 m
Internally illuminated sequential advertisement capable of static and dynamic content display with automatic rotation of images
Received 2026-07-14
City/26/01013/PODCUndecided
444 m
Submission of the Local Training, Skills and Job Brokerage Strategy (Demolition) pursuant to Schedule 3 Paragraph 3.2 of the S106 Agreement dated 04 September 2025 (Planning Application Reference: 24/01173/FULL).
Received 2026-07-14

Applications are matched within 500 m of the EC2Y district centroid, so this is activity in the area, not at any one address. Register wording and status are reproduced as the local planning authority published them. Showing 6 of 20 held; run a live planning search for EC2Y for the current picture.

Source: Local planning authority records via PlanIt · 6519 applications matched within 500 m of the district centre · data to 24 July 2026

Deprivation (IMD)

Area profile for EC2Y

Across the 12 sampled EC2Y postcodes, deprivation runs decile 8 to decile 10, with a median of decile 8 of 10 — where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived.

1 · most deprived10 · least deprived

EC2Y 8NJ, the sampled postcode sitting at that median: On the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, this postcode falls in decile 8 of 10 — where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived. It's area context for the wider neighbourhood, not a judgement on any individual home.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (English Indices of Deprivation 2025, MHCLG). Deprivation is published for small areas (LSOAs), not for postcode districts, so EC2Y spans several. We sampled 12 postcodes in EC2Y that have recorded sales and 12 returned a row. It is context for the neighbourhood, never a judgement on any individual home.

Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government — English Indices of Deprivation 2025 · 12 postcodes sampled of 12 checked · data to 2025 indices

Two sources, one table

What it costs to run a home in EC2Y, band by band

City of London's council tax for 2026-27 set against the EC2Y median sold price of £873,500 across 250 recorded sales — the annual running cost beside the purchase price, which neither source shows on its own.

Council tax band, its 1991 valuation range, the annual and monthly charge in City of London for 2026-27, and that charge as a share of the EC2Y median sold price
Band	1991 valueVOA basis	A yearCity of London	A month÷ 12	Of the median÷ £873,500
A	up to £40,000	£886	£74	0.10%
B	£40,001–£52,000	£1,034	£86	0.12%
C	£52,001–£68,000	£1,182	£99	0.14%
D	£68,001–£88,000	£1,330	£111	0.15%
E	£88,001–£120,000	£1,625	£135	0.19%
F	£120,001–£160,000	£1,920	£160	0.22%
G	£160,001–£320,000	£2,216	£185	0.25%
H	over £320,000	£2,659	£222	0.30%

The last column is the band's annual charge divided by the EC2Y median sold price — a comparison of two published figures, not a rate anyone charges. It is not a mapping from price to band: a band records what a home was worth on 1 April 1991 and is set by the Valuation Office Agency, so it cannot be worked out from a 2020s sale price. Look up a specific band on GOV.UK. Instalment counts vary by authority, so the monthly column is simply the year over twelve.

Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data — HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 31 July 2026. Updated monthly. Median across 250 recorded sales. · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government — Council Tax levels set by local authorities, City of London, 2026-27.

Address by address

What individual homes in EC2Y sold for

The 24 most recently sold doors of the 56 distinct addresses in the records we hold for EC2Y. Real recorded transactions — never estimates.

SHAKESPEARE TOWER, BARBICAN, LONDON
EC2Y 8NJ · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£1,775,000
2026-07-03
BUNYAN COURT, BARBICAN, LONDON
EC2Y 8DH · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 6 recorded sales
£1,500,000
2026-06-30
LAUDERDALE TOWER, BARBICAN, LONDON
EC2Y 8NA · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 6 recorded sales
£2,400,000
2026-06-30
ANDREWES HOUSE, BARBICAN, LONDON
EC2Y 8BA · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 7 recorded sales
£793,292
2026-06-25
JOHN TRUNDLE COURT, BARBICAN, LONDON
EC2Y 8DJ · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 5 recorded sales
£835,000
2026-06-24
JOHN TRUNDLE COURT, BARBICAN, LONDON
EC2Y 8NE · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 5 recorded sales
£495,000
2026-06-19
6 - 9, BRIDGEWATER SQUARE, LONDON
EC2Y 8AG · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 2 recorded sales
£465,000
2026-06-12
LAUDERDALE TOWER, BARBICAN, LONDON
EC2Y 8BY · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 3 recorded sales
£1,375,000
2026-05-28
5, MOOR LANE, LONDON
EC2Y 9AP · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 11 recorded sales
£880,000
2026-05-08
BRANDON MEWS, BARBICAN, LONDON
EC2Y 8BE · Terraced · Leasehold · 3 recorded sales
£980,000
2026-05-06
WILLOUGHBY HOUSE, BARBICAN, LONDON
EC2Y 8BN · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 4 recorded sales
£775,000
2026-04-30
DEFOE HOUSE, BARBICAN, LONDON
EC2Y 8DN · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 11 recorded sales
£650,000
2026-02-17
DEFOE HOUSE, BARBICAN, LONDON
EC2Y 8ND · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 9 recorded sales
£949,999
2026-02-17
5, MOOR LANE, LONDON
EC2Y 9AZ · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 7 recorded sales
£550,000
2026-02-16
BEN JONSON HOUSE, BARBICAN, LONDON
EC2Y 8NQ · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 7 recorded sales
£736,000
2026-01-15
ROMAN HOUSE, WOOD STREET, LONDON
EC2Y 5AG · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 7 recorded sales
£665,000
2026-01-07
BEN JONSON HOUSE, BARBICAN, LONDON
EC2Y 8NH · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 4 recorded sales
£955,000
2025-12-19
SPEED HOUSE, BARBICAN, LONDON
EC2Y 8AU · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 6 recorded sales
£820,000
2025-12-17
801, FROBISHER CRESCENT, LONDON
EC2Y 8HD · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£2,150,000
2025-12-11
THE COBALT BUILDING, 10 - 15, BRIDGEWATER SQUARE, LONDON
EC2Y 8AH · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 7 recorded sales
£565,000
2025-12-10
SEDDON HOUSE, BARBICAN, LONDON
EC2Y 8BX · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 6 recorded sales
£975,000
2025-12-09
BEN JONSON HOUSE, BARBICAN, LONDON
EC2Y 8DL · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 9 recorded sales
£985,000
2025-12-08
GILBERT HOUSE, BARBICAN, LONDON
EC2Y 8BD · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 15 recorded sales
£865,000
2025-11-28
WILLOUGHBY HOUSE, BARBICAN, LONDON
EC2Y 8BL · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 6 recorded sales
£1,040,000
2025-11-26

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 31 July 2026. Updated monthly. Addresses come from recorded sales since 1995, so homes that have never sold do not appear. 0 of these 24 doors resolve to a confident property record and link through; the rest are listed without a link — we match a door to a property record only where the match is certain, never by guessing.

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Crime rate

Street-level reported crime from Police.UK, by category.

Flood risk

Live Environment Agency warnings and long-term risk.

EPC ratings

Energy certificates A–G from the GOV.UK register.

Boundaries

Location and how to get the official Title Plan.

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Every EC2Y figure is official, sourced and dated

We never show estimated “valuations” or magic numbers — just real recorded data from the UK's official registers, refreshed continuously.

HM Land RegistrySold prices
MHCLGCouncil tax & deprivation
Department for Education · OfstedSchools
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Police.UKStreet-level crime
Environment AgencyFlood risk
postcodes.io · ONSGeography

Questions, answered

The EC2Y report: your questions

What is the average house price in EC2Y?

The median sold price in EC2Y, City of London was £873,500 across 250 recorded sales between 22 Jun 2023 and 3 Jul 2026. Most sales fell between £514,750 and £1,801,500. That is the median of real HM Land Registry transactions, not an estimate or a valuation.

Are house prices in EC2Y going up or down?

Comparing the two most recent complete twelve-month periods in the records we hold, the median in EC2Y moved from £810,000 (100 sales) to £865,000 (59 sales) — a change of +6.8%. Both periods are drawn from the same set of recorded sales, so they are directly comparable.

How much is council tax in EC2Y?

EC2Y is billed by City of London, whose Band D charge for 2026-27 is £1,330 a year. Every band from A to H is listed on this page. A property's band is set by the Valuation Office Agency and there is no free per-address dataset for it, so we never guess an individual home's band — look it up on GOV.UK and read your row.

Which schools are near EC2Y?

The Department for Education's register lists 8 open schools within 3 km of the EC2Y district centre, the nearest being City of London School for Girls. These are nearest by straight-line distance from the district centroid — they are not catchment or admission areas, which councils set individually and do not publish centrally.

Is EC2Y a deprived area?

On the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, the 12 EC2Y postcodes we sampled run from decile 8 to decile 10, with a median of decile 8 of 10 — where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived. Deprivation is published for small areas, not postcode districts, so a district like EC2Y usually spans several. It is area context, never a judgement on an individual home.

Have there been planning applications near EC2Y?

The last check of the local planning authority register found 6519 applications within 500 m of the EC2Y district centre; the most recent are listed on this page with their reference, description and status as the authority published them. For an up-to-the-minute search, use the planning tool with your full postcode.

Can I see what an individual address in EC2Y sold for?

Yes — this page lists the 24 most recently sold doors of the 56 distinct addresses in the records we hold for EC2Y, each with its price and date. Addresses come from recorded sales since 1995, so a home that has never been sold does not appear; and we link an address to its own property page only where the match is certain, never by guessing.

How up to date are the EC2Y sold prices?

Sold prices come from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, covering sales up to 31 July 2026. The store is rebuilt monthly. New sales can take several weeks to appear in the official register after completion, so the very latest transactions may not show yet.

Does EC2Y cover my exact street?

EC2Y is the outward half of the postcode and covers the whole district, so the district-wide figures on this page are medians and ranges — not a valuation of any single property. The address list gives you the door-level picture, and the free checks take a full postcode.

Nearby

Postcode districts near EC2Y

The closest districts to EC2Y by straight-line distance between district centres — not the next letter of the alphabet.

Every EC2Y sale in the sold price tool Council tax bands in EC2Y Schools near EC2Y Planning applications in EC2Y

Where this comes from

Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government — Council Tax levels set by local authorities · Department for Education — Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government — English Indices of Deprivation 2025 · Local planning authority records via PlanIt · Police.UK · Environment Agency · postcodes.io / ONS. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 31 July 2026. Updated monthly. All figures are real, attributed and carry the sample they rest on — never estimates, never a valuation. Every EC2Y sale in the lookup tool · About Your Property Check.