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Buying a home in E3, London. What it costs, what you get and where else to look.

Typical 3-bedroom house£833kmost £698k–£1.04m
Houses per m²£8,137flats £6,066
Sold last year1981,441 in five years
Prices in Tower Hamlets-14.3%on a year ago

A typical 3-bedroom house in E3 sold for £832,500 over the last five years, in today's money; most went for between £697,828 and £1,039,157, for about 100 m² of space. That is about the same as the same home across London (£840,000).

198 homes sold here in the last year: a steady market with homes coming up most weeks. Flats start at around £282k for one bedroom. Within the district, houses cost the least per m² in E3 3 (£6,165) and the most in E3 5 (£9,160).

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 £3,796 a month at 4.5% over 30 years. Lenders would typically want a household income of about £167,000 for that mortgage: what £170,000 buys.

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House prices in E3 by bedrooms

BedroomsTypical priceMost sell forSizeSold, 5 years
1£488,875£422k–£499k44 m²5
2£606,109£498k–£773k71 m²52
3£832,500£698k–£1.04m100 m²206
4£922,744£776k–£1.12m112 m²65
5+£1,053,064£906k–£1.23m141 m²17

Prices by type of home

1 bed2 bed3 bed4 bed5+ bed
Houses£489k£606k£833k£923k£1.05m
Terraced£489k£589k£827k£923k£1.05m
Flats£282k£369k£384k£390k£446k

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

Price per m² across E3

Postcode sectorHousesFlats
E3 2£7,582£6,345
E3 3£6,165£5,690
E3 4£7,402£6,063
E3 5£9,160£6,491

Schools near E3

Best state primary within 2 kmBobby Moore Academy91% met the expected standard at 11 · England 64%35 state primaries within 2 km
Best state secondary within 5 kmMossbourne Community Academy81.2% got grade 5+ in English and maths · England 43.8%64 state secondaries within 5 km

Nearby areas

E9 London · 2 km3-bed house £944kE15 London · 2 km3-bed house £550kE14 London · 2 km3-bed house £693kE2 London · 3 km3-bed house £880kE1 London · 3 km3-bed house £735kE1W London · 3 km3-bed house £943kE8 London · 3 km3-bed house £1.09mE13 London · 4 km3-bed house £428k

Questions about E3

Is E3 a good area to buy a home?

What the numbers say: a 3-bedroom house costs about the same as across London; prices in Tower Hamlets are down 14.3% on a year ago; the best state primary nearby is above the England average (91% against 64%); the best secondary is above it (81.2% against 43.8%); 198 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 E3?

A typical 3-bedroom house in E3 sold for £832,500 over the last five years, in today's money. Most sold between £697,828 and £1,039,157.

Is E3 expensive for London?

A 3-bedroom house in E3 costs about the same as the typical 3-bedroom house across London (£840,000).

How many homes sell in E3 each year?

198 homes sold in the last year and 1,441 in five years: a steady market with homes coming up most weeks.

What are the schools like near E3?

The best-performing state primary within 2 km is Bobby Moore Academy, where 91% of pupils met the expected standard at age 11 (England: 64%).

Where is cheaper near E3?

For a 3-bedroom house, E15 (£550k, 2 km), E14 (£693k, 2 km), E1 (£735k, 3 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.