E17 vs E18: house prices per square metre compared
E17 (Walthamstow) has a median of £7,780 per m² against £6,650 in E18 (South Woodford). E17 is the more expensive of the two: E18 is 14.5% cheaper per m². The figures come from 798 and 184 matched sales in the last 12 months of HM Land Registry data.
£565,000, the median sale price in E17, buys about 73 m² there and about 85 m² in E18, a difference of 12 m² at each district’s own median. Over the 10 years to Q1 2026, E17 moved +3.0% a year against E18 at +1.6% a year, before inflation.
Sales in the last 12 months.
| Measure | E17High confidence Walthamstow, London £7,780median per m² | E18High confidence South Woodford, London £6,650median per m² | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median price per m² | £7,780 | £6,650 | −14.5% |
| Median sale price | £565,000 | £572,000 | +1.2% |
| Middle 60% of salesp20 to p80 | £6,520–£9,050 | £5,440–£7,680 | |
| Sales (last 12 months) | 863 | 207 | −656 |
| With a matched floor areaThe denominator behind each median per unit area | 798 | 184 | −614 |
| Mean floor area (matched sales) | 81 m² | 103 m² | +27.2% |
| Annual change over 9.8 years | +3.0% a year | +1.6% a year | −1.4 pts |
| By property typeMedian price per m² for each property type sold in the last 12 months. | |||
| Semi-detached | £7,950n = 39 | no sales | n/a |
| Terraced | £7,950n = 399 | £7,320n = 62 | −7.9% |
| Flat | £7,480n = 359 | £6,150n = 83 | −17.8% |
| Difference: E17 minus E18. | |||
| All E17 sold prices | All E18 sold prices |
Each trend line is that district’s own quarterly median price per square metre, scaled to its own range: compare directions, not heights. Gaps are quarters with too few matched sales to publish a median.
Frequently asked questions
Why compare E17 and E18 on price per square metre rather than price?
A raw sale price mostly reflects how big homes are; price per square metre corrects for size, so E17 and E18 can be compared on what a buyer actually gets for the money. Both figures here are medians of sold price divided by EPC floor area, from HM Land Registry sales, computed the same way for both areas.
Why do E17 and E18 show different numbers of sales?
The two districts are different sizes and trade at different rates, and each figure is computed over the matched sales its own area produced in its stated window. The matched-sale count is printed beside each median because it is that median's own denominator.
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