EPC ratings A to G: what each band is worth

Across 9,109,807 sales in England and Wales since 2015 matched to a certificate, band D is the most common (40%). Compared like with like against band D — same floor area, property type, build period and year of sale — band A sold for +2.2%; band B sold for −4.6%; band C sold for +1.0%; band E sold for −2.8%; band F sold for −7.7%; band G sold for −17.4%. Data: HM Land Registry Price Paid to 30 September 2026 matched to the EPC register.

How it works ↓

Data: sales January 2015 – September 2026, EPC register November 2026, gas 2024 · calculated 5 November 2026 · Methodology and sources

Dot: difference against band D (baseline 0); line: 95% range

Band	Share of sales	Median £/m²	Median floor area	Like-for-like vs D
Band A	0.5%	£3,462	111 m²	+2.2% (+0.3% to +4.2%)
Band B	16.5%	£3,137	90 m²	−4.6% (−5.5% to −3.8%)
Band C	26.5%	£2,954	81 m²	+1.0% (+0.7% to +1.3%)
Band D	40.0%	£2,857	85 m²	baseline
Band E	13.1%	£2,692	90 m²	−2.8% (−3.1% to −2.4%)
Band F	2.7%	£2,589	92 m²	−7.7% (−8.3% to −7.0%)
Band G	0.7%	£2,341	86 m²	−17.4% (−18.6% to −16.1%)

9,109,807 standard sales since January 2015 matched to the latest certificate of the same address. Like-for-like: same floor area, property type, build period and year of sale, against band D. All bands, C-or-better against D-to-G: +1.2% (+0.9% to +1.5%).

The Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) scale runs from A to G, but the market lives in the middle. Of the 9,109,807 sales in England and Wales from 2015 to 30 September 2026, most landed on D and C, and the ends of the scale are almost empty. In money terms, the band only matters at the bottom.

What a band is worth against D

Like for like, at the same floor area, type, build period and year of sale, C costs 1.0% more than D, the rare A (0.5% of sales) 2.2% more, while B (16.5% of sales) is actually 4.6% cheaper; the data do not show why, see band B. At the bottom the scale breaks down: F loses 7.7%, and G as much as 17.4%.

The band below which you cannot let

Under the Minimum Energy Efficiency Standard (MEES), in the GOV.UK guidance dated 5 May 2026, housing below E cannot be let without an exemption: the owner of an F or G either lifts the property to E or registers an exemption. The rating on this site does not replace an assessment of the home itself.

How this is calculated

Every standard sale (HM Land Registry Price Paid, category A) since January 2015 is matched to the latest energy certificate of the same address (postcode + house number or name + flat) lodged from 10 years before to 3 months after the sale; sales with no certificate or an ambiguous match are left out. Across England and Wales 92% of sales match.
Price per m² uses the certificate's total floor area (15–1,000 m²).
Like-for-like premium: regression of the log of price on “C or better”, log floor area, property type, the certificate's build period and the year of sale. The 95% range shows how precise the estimate is; when it includes zero, the data cannot tell the premium apart from none.

Caveats

The band is the one on the certificate before the sale; certificates are a median 0.8 years old at the sale, but a quarter are over 4 years old and some homes were improved since.
Condition, garden, parking, views and the exact position within the sector are not known; a premium could hide in them, or they could hide one.
Individual sales and addresses are not shown.