Does a C-or-better EPC sell for more in LN8 5 (East Lindsey)?
A small premium for a better EPC here. In postcode sector LN8 5 (East Lindsey), comparing like with like — same floor area, property type, build period and year of sale — homes rated C or better sold for 6.7% more (95% range +2.7% to +10.8%). The raw gap is bigger: C+ homes sold for 24% more per square metre than D–G homes (median £2,541 vs £2,055, 709 sales 2015–2026), mostly because they are different homes. Across England and Wales the like-for-like figure is +1.2%. Data: HM Land Registry Price Paid to 30 September 2026 matched to the EPC register.
From the raw gap to like-for-like
The homes are not alike: C+ homes here have a median floor area of 76 m² against 91 m² for D–G; the most common build period is 2012 onwards for C+ and before 1900 for D–G; 84% of C+ and 80% of D–G sales are detached or semi-detached houses.
| Comparing C+ with D–G homes… | Difference | 95% range |
|---|---|---|
| Raw gap per m² (medians) | +24% | — |
| Whole price, nothing held equal | +7.0% | +1.2% to +13.1% |
| Same floor area | +19.3% | +15.1% to +23.7% |
| + same property type | +16.0% | +12.6% to +19.5% |
| + same build period | +5.5% | +0.7% to +10.4% |
| + same year of sale | +6.7% | +2.7% to +10.8% |
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.
Sold prices by EPC band in LN8 5
| EPC band (last certificate before sale) | Sales | Median £ per m² |
|---|---|---|
| A | 2 | too few |
| B | 36 | £2,760 |
| C | 206 | £2,533 |
| D | 245 | £2,191 |
| E | 155 | £1,939 |
| F | 53 | £1,901 |
| G | 12 | £1,545 |
A median is shown when a band has at least 10 sales.
C or better vs D–G, by property type
| Type | C+ sales | C+ £/m² | D–G sales | D–G £/m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 129 | £2,732 | 256 | £2,222 |
| Semi-detached | 76 | £2,500 | 117 | £1,940 |
| Terraced | 39 | £2,083 | 89 | £1,780 |
| Flat / maisonette | 0 | — | 3 | — |
Compared with the wider area
| Area | Sales | Like-for-like | 95% range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sector LN8 5 | 709 | +6.7% | +2.7% to +10.8% |
| District LN8 | 3,382 | −0.2% | −2.7% to +2.3% |
| England and Wales | 1,000,000 (sample) | +1.2% | +0.9% to +1.5% |
709 of 782 house and flat sales in the sector since 2015 (91%) were matched to a certificate.
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.