EPC rating and sold prices in EC1Y (Islington)
In postcode district EC1Y (Islington), homes rated EPC C or better sold for 9% more per square metre than D–G homes (median £11,184 vs £10,270, 300 sales). Like for like — same size, type, build period and year — homes rated C or better sold for 8.8% less (95% range −15.1% to −2.0%). Data: HM Land Registry to 30 September 2026, EPC register.
From the raw gap to like-for-like
The homes are not alike: C+ homes here have a median floor area of 74 m² against 71 m² for D–G; the most common build period is 2012 onwards for C+ and 1950–1966 for D–G.
| Comparing C+ with D–G homes… | Difference | 95% range |
|---|---|---|
| Raw gap per m² (medians) | +9% | — |
| Whole price, nothing held equal | +5.4% | −6.0% to +18.1% |
| Same floor area | +7.8% | +2.2% to +13.7% |
| + same property type | +8.0% | +2.5% to +13.8% |
| + same build period | −8.4% | −14.5% to −1.9% |
| + same year of sale | −8.8% | −15.1% to −2.0% |
The first row compares median prices per m²; the second compares whole prices; each later row adds one more thing that must be equal, ending with the like-for-like premium (regression of log price; build period from the certificate, 12 bands). The raw gap per m² and the whole-price gap differ because C+ and D–G homes differ in size.
Postcode sectors in EC1Y
▲ green: premium distinguishable from zero; ▼ red: discount; plain: no measurable difference. Small areas have fewer sales, so their 95% ranges are wider.
Sold prices by EPC band in EC1Y
| EPC band (last certificate before sale) | Sales | Median £ per m² |
|---|---|---|
| A | 7 | too few |
| B | 124 | £12,282 |
| C | 80 | £9,744 |
| D | 64 | £10,322 |
| E | 19 | £9,719 |
| F | 5 | too few |
| G | 1 | too few |
A median is shown when a band has at least 10 sales.
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.