Buying a home in E1, London. What it costs, what you get and where else to look.

Typical 3-bedroom house£735kmost £647k–£848k

Houses per m²£7,912flats £7,551

Sold last year1821,271 in five years

Prices in Tower Hamlets-14.3%on a year ago

A typical 3-bedroom house in E1 sold for £734,677 over the last five years, in today's money; most went for between £646,609 and £848,024, for about 98 m² of space. That is 13% less than the same home across London (£840,000).

182 homes sold here in the last year: a steady market with homes coming up most weeks. Flats start at around £315k for one bedroom. Within the district, houses cost the least per m² in E1 2 (£7,158) and the most in E1 6 (£11,894).

Across Tower Hamlets, prices are down 14.3% on a year ago and down 18.1% over five years. Renting a similar home there costs about £2,750 a month; a 90% mortgage on the typical price would be around £3,350 a month at 4.5% over 30 years. Lenders would typically want a household income of about £147,000 for that mortgage: what £150,000 buys.

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House prices in E1 by bedrooms

Bedrooms	Typical price	Most sell for	Size	Sold, 5 years
1	£330,137	£286k–£388k	44 m²	6
2	£631,386	£549k–£695k	72 m²	52
3	£734,677	£647k–£848k	98 m²	81
4	£900,680	£758k–£1.18m	131 m²	28
5+	£1,264,536	£880k–£1.57m	164 m²	13

Prices by type of home

	1 bed	2 bed	3 bed	4 bed	5+ bed
Houses	£330k	£631k	£735k	£901k	£1.26m
Terraced	£330k	£631k	£735k	£927k	£1.26m
Flats	£315k	£398k	£391k	£379k	£459k

Typical sale price over the last five years, adjusted to today's prices with the UK House Price Index.

Price per m² across E1

Postcode sector	Houses	Flats
E1 0	£7,754	£5,155
E1 1	£8,076	£6,881
E1 2	£7,158	£5,843
E1 3	£7,751	£6,133
E1 4	£8,203	£5,902
E1 5	£9,053	£7,436
E1 6	£11,894	£9,125
E1 7	—	£9,813
E1 8	—	£10,428

Schools near E1

Best state primary within 2 kmBigland Green Primary School87% met the expected standard at 11 · England 64%45 state primaries within 2 km

Best state secondary within 5 kmMossbourne Community Academy81.2% got grade 5+ in English and maths · England 43.8%73 state secondaries within 5 km

Nearby areas

E1W London · 1 km3-bed house £943k E2 London · 1 km3-bed house £880k SE16 London · 2 km3-bed house £822k

Questions about E1

Is E1 a good area to buy a home?

What the numbers say: a 3-bedroom house costs 13% less than across London; prices in Tower Hamlets are down 14.3% on a year ago; the best state primary nearby is above the England average (87% against 64%); the best secondary is above it (81.2% against 43.8%); 182 homes sold here last year. Whether it suits you depends on your budget and what you need nearby, so compare it with the districts around it below.

How much is a 3-bedroom house in E1?

A typical 3-bedroom house in E1 sold for £734,677 over the last five years, in today's money. Most sold between £646,609 and £848,024.

Is E1 expensive for London?

A 3-bedroom house in E1 costs 13% less than the typical 3-bedroom house across London (£840,000).

How many homes sell in E1 each year?

182 homes sold in the last year and 1,271 in five years: a steady market with homes coming up most weeks.

What are the schools like near E1?

The best-performing state primary within 2 km is Bigland Green Primary School, where 87% of pupils met the expected standard at age 11 (England: 64%).

Sources: HM Land Registry price paid data matched to the EPC register for size and bedrooms, last five years in today's prices; UK House Price Index (July 2026); ONS private rents (August 2026); DfE school performance tables. Districts with fewer than five sales of a kind are left out. The mortgage figure is an illustration, not advice.