EC1Y — London
EC1Y is London's patch in Islington — this page and its game board are built from 1,709 sales over 32 years of recorded sales in 4 areas.
From £70,000 in 1995 to £530,000 in 2026: the EC1Y median multiplied 7.6× across the dataset. The best vintage to have bought was around 1998, when the local median jumped +93.4% in a single year. Worst year on the board: 1999, at -24.3%. The simulation does not soften it.
Median sold price in EC1Y
| Year | Median sold price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | £70,000 | 13 |
| 2000 | £205,000 | 65 |
| 2005 | £275,000 | 57 |
| 2010 | £430,000 | 132 |
| 2015 | £590,000 | 39 |
| 2020 | £793,500 | 86 |
| 2025 | £600,000 | 25 |
| 2026 | £530,000 | 2 |
The areas on the board
These are the 4 areas on the board, ranked by how much of the local market they carry:
- London (EC1Y 8) (46% of local sales) — busiest streets: Banner Street, Lambs Passage, Whitecross Street
- London (EC1Y 0) (31% of local sales) — busiest streets: Golden Lane Estate, Golden Lane, Garrett Street
- London (EC1Y 2) (15% of local sales) — busiest streets: City Road
- London (EC1Y 1) (7% of local sales) — busiest streets: City Road
The data is real and so are the down years. Draft six properties on the EC1Y board.
Local business? Put your name on the EC1Y 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.