Typical 3-bedroom house£1.09mmost £912k–£1.3m
Houses per m²£9,294flats £7,674
Sold last year1541,168 in five years
Prices in Hackney-2.7%on a year ago
A typical 3-bedroom house in E5 sold for £1,085,222 over the last five years, in today's money; most went for between £911,776 and £1,298,750, for about 107 m² of space. That is 29% more than the same home across London (£840,000).
154 homes sold here in the last year: a steady market with homes coming up most weeks. Flats start at around £345k for one bedroom. Within the district, houses cost the least per m² in E5 8 (£8,613) and the most in E5 0 (£9,539).
Across Hackney, prices are down 2.7% on a year ago and down 1% over five years. Renting a similar home there costs about £2,846 a month; a 90% mortgage on the typical price would be around £4,949 a month at 4.5% over 30 years. Lenders would typically want a household income of about £217,000 for that mortgage.
Questions about E5
Is E5 a good area to buy a home?
What the numbers say: a 3-bedroom house costs 29% more than across London; prices in Hackney are down 2.7% on a year ago; the best state primary nearby is above the England average (100% against 64%); the best secondary is above it (81.2% against 43.8%); 154 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 E5?
A typical 3-bedroom house in E5 sold for £1,085,222 over the last five years, in today's money. Most sold between £911,776 and £1,298,750.
Is E5 expensive for London?
A 3-bedroom house in E5 costs 29% more than the typical 3-bedroom house across London (£840,000).
How many homes sell in E5 each year?
154 homes sold in the last year and 1,168 in five years: a steady market with homes coming up most weeks.
What are the schools like near E5?
The best-performing state primary within 2 km is Simon Marks Jewish Primary School, where 100% of pupils met the expected standard at age 11 (England: 64%).
Where is cheaper near E5?
For a 3-bedroom house, E9 (£944k, 2 km), E10 (£727k, 3 km), N15 (£722k, 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.