Buying a home in E1W, London. What it costs, what you get and where else to look.

Typical 3-bedroom house£943kmost £813k–£1.03m
Houses per m²£8,855flats £8,714
Sold last year100613 in five years
Prices in Tower Hamlets-14.3%on a year ago

A typical 3-bedroom house in E1W sold for £943,430 over the last five years, in today's money; most went for between £812,868 and £1,034,617, for about 114 m² of space. That is 12% more than the same home across London (£840,000).

100 homes sold here in the last year: a steady market with homes coming up most weeks. Flats start at around £386k for one bedroom. Within the district, houses cost the least per m² in E1W 3 (£7,444) and the most in E1W 2 (£9,699).

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 £4,302 a month at 4.5% over 30 years. Lenders would typically want a household income of about £189,000 for that mortgage: what £190,000 buys.

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House prices in E1W by bedrooms

BedroomsTypical priceMost sell forSizeSold, 5 years
2£728,800£625k–£797k67 m²15
3£943,430£813k–£1.03m114 m²27
4£1,057,164£984k–£1.09m118 m²7

Prices by type of home

1 bed2 bed3 bed4 bed5+ bed
Houses—£729k£943k£1.06m—
Terraced—£729k£920k£1.06m—
Flats£386k£517k£582k£741k—

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

Price per m² across E1W

Postcode sectorHousesFlats
E1W 1—£8,592
E1W 2£9,699£11,373
E1W 3£7,444£6,926

Schools near E1W

Best state primary within 2 kmSt John's Roman Catholic Primary School92% met the expected standard at 11 · England 64%42 state primaries within 2 km
Best state secondary within 5 kmMossbourne Community Academy81.2% got grade 5+ in English and maths · England 43.8%70 state secondaries within 5 km

Nearby areas

Questions about E1W

Is E1W a good area to buy a home?

What the numbers say: a 3-bedroom house costs 12% more 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 (92% against 64%); the best secondary is above it (81.2% against 43.8%); 100 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 E1W?

A typical 3-bedroom house in E1W sold for £943,430 over the last five years, in today's money. Most sold between £812,868 and £1,034,617.

Is E1W expensive for London?

A 3-bedroom house in E1W costs 12% more than the typical 3-bedroom house across London (£840,000).

How many homes sell in E1W each year?

100 homes sold in the last year and 613 in five years: a steady market with homes coming up most weeks.

What are the schools like near E1W?

The best-performing state primary within 2 km is St John's Roman Catholic Primary School, where 92% of pupils met the expected standard at age 11 (England: 64%).

Where is cheaper near E1W?

For a 3-bedroom house, E1 (£735k, 1 km), SE16 (£822k, 1 km).

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.