EC1V — London
London's EC1V postcode sits in Islington. The board behind it is assembled from 7,433 sales over 32 years of actual sales in 8 areas.
Across the recorded period the typical EC1V sale went from £120,000 in 1995 to £760,000 in 2026 — 6.3× growth. If you could time-travel once, aim for just before 2019 — prices moved +98.2% that year. The one to avoid was 2018: the median moved -41.1%, the roughest year in the local record.
Median sold price in EC1V
| Year | Median sold price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | £120,000 | 47 |
| 2000 | £245,500 | 207 |
| 2005 | £315,000 | 183 |
| 2010 | £430,000 | 145 |
| 2015 | £665,000 | 332 |
| 2020 | £911,925 | 289 |
| 2025 | £655,000 | 123 |
| 2026 | £760,000 | 20 |
The areas on the board
8 areas make up the board, weighted by sales activity:
- London (EC1V 1) (18% of local sales) — busiest streets: City Road, Oakley Crescent
- London (EC1V 4) (17% of local sales) — busiest streets: St John Street, Brewhouse Yard, Brewery Square
- London (EC1V 7) (15% of local sales) — busiest streets: Goswell Road, Owen Street, Wynyatt Street
- London (EC1V 3) (14% of local sales) — busiest streets: Dance Square, Seward Street, Gee Street
- London (EC1V 2) (14% of local sales) — busiest streets: Bollinder Place, City Road
- London (EC1V 8) (10% of local sales) — busiest streets: Central Street, Dingley Road, Macclesfield Road
- London (EC1V 0) (8% of local sales) — busiest streets: Dallington Street, Percival Street, Great Sutton Street
- London (EC1V 9) (5% of local sales) — busiest streets: Old Street, St Lukes Estate, Bath Street
Reading about 2019 is easy; surviving 2018 is the game. Play the EC1V board.
Local business? Put your name on the EC1V board — one sponsor per postcode.
Prices are medians of real Land Registry sales. Street lists show street names only — never individual addresses. New to the game? Start with how to play.