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EC1V is a postcode district in the EC (City of London) postcode area, covering 0.8 km². Prices, sales and comparisons below are for homes sold in the twelve months to July 2026, from HM Land Registry sales matched to their energy certificate.
In the twelve months to July 2026, homes sold in EC1V (Old Street and Finsbury) went for a median £9,595 per square metre, -13.1% on the previous twelve months and -27.0% on five years earlier. The median price paid was £615,000, across 101 sales (187 in the twelve months before).
That is 5.8% below the median for the EC postcode area (£10,183) and 50.8% above London as a whole (£6,364), ranking EC1V 28th of 219 London postcode districts by price per square metre and 3rd of 3 in EC. Closest in price across London: NW1 Camden Town and Regent's Park (£9,680) and NW5 Kentish Town (£9,543).
98% of the homes sold were flats or maisonettes and the median home sold had 68 m² of floor space. Flats sold for a median £600,000.
Of the 4 districts bordering EC1V, 2 are dearer per square metre. The dearest is EC1R Finsbury and Clerkenwell at £11,304 and the cheapest E1 Whitechapel and Stepney at £7,201.
| Median £/m² | 12-month change | |
|---|---|---|
| EC1V Old Street and Finsbury | £9,595 | -13.1% |
| City of London (EC) | £10,183 | -10.7% |
| London | £6,364 | -2.9% |
Each point is the median price per square metre of the homes sold in the twelve months to that month. Months with fewer than 30 sales in EC1V are left blank.
| Period | 12 months to | Median £/m² | Change to latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latest | Jul 2026 | £9,595 | |
| One year earlier | Jul 2025 | £11,039 | -13.1% |
| Five years earlier | Jul 2021 | £13,151 | -27.0% |
| First in the series | Feb 1996 | £1,210 | +692.9% |
Land Registry sales in EC1V matched to the home's energy certificate, the sales every figure on this page is computed from.
EC1V's Location Premium is +34.6%: in CityDataLab's factor model fitted to July 2026, an otherwise identical home (same size, type, age and energy rating) is priced 34.6% more per square metre in EC1V than in a district at the average London district price level.
The model measures a district's location by its median price per m² over the previous twelve months, in standard deviations across London's postcode districts. EC1V sits 0.85 standard deviations above the average district. The Location Premium is the part of a home's price per m² the model puts down to that location; the rest depends on the home itself and on the market as a whole. How each factor's Premium has moved · Price a home with the property calculator.
Districts that share a border with EC1V, dearest first.
| District | Median £/m², 12 months | 12-month change | Median price paid | Sales, 12 months | Vs EC1V |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EC1R Finsbury and Clerkenwell | £11,304 | -0.9% | £720,000 | 35 | +17.8% |
| N1 Islington and Angel | £10,357 | +1.8% | £650,000 | 656 | +7.9% |
| E2 Bethnal Green | £8,000 | -1.9% | £500,000 | 306 | -16.6% |
| E1 Whitechapel and Stepney | £7,201 | -5.8% | £447,500 | 345 | -24.9% |
Prices are HM Land Registry price paid data for homes sold in EC1V, each matched by address to its MHCLG energy performance certificate for the floor area. Price per m² is the price paid divided by that floor area; medians are taken over the twelve months to the month shown, and districts, their postcode area and London are always compared over the same twelve months. Sales without a matched certificate, and non-residential and "other" sales, are not counted. Neighbouring districts are those sharing a border on the postcode district maps by Wikipedia contributors (CC BY-SA 3.0). See how CityDataLab's factor model works.