Property searches in Tower Hamlets

England · figures updated 2026-10-29

Type any address in Tower Hamlets for a free report: flood risk, planning constraints, listed buildings, radon, ground and mining, old landfill, noise, sold prices, council tax band and more, with links and ready-made letters for the searches that are not free.

House prices

The average home in Tower Hamlets cost £447,950 in August 2026. Prices have fallen 13.3% in the last year.

Type	Average	Last 12 months
All homes	£447,950	-13.3%
Detached	£899,832	-9.3%
Semi-detached	£675,369	-9.5%
Terraced	£696,816	-9.8%
Flat or maisonette	£429,851	-13.6%
First-time buyers	£430,635	-12.9%

UK House Price Index, HM Land Registry.

Council tax 2026-27

A band D home in Tower Hamlets pays £1,838 a year including parish charges (council average). A single adult gets 25% off.

Band	A year	A month (10 payments)
A	£1,225	£123
B	£1,429	£143
C	£1,634	£163
D	£1,838	£184
E	£2,246	£225
F	£2,655	£265
G	£3,063	£306
H	£3,676	£368

Renting

The average private rent is £2,462 a month (+3.8% in a year). Against the average price, that is a gross yield of about 6.6% a year before costs.

Bedrooms	A month
1	£1,998
2	£2,427
3	£2,760
4 or more	£3,390

ONS Price Index of Private Rents, September 2026.

Neighbourhoods

Tower Hamlets is split into 169 small neighbourhoods. 43% of them are among the most deprived 20% in England and 4% among the least deprived 20% (English Indices of Deprivation 2025). On average across them, 23% of homes are owned, 37% privately rented and 37% socially rented; 6% of people are 65 or over and 66% of households have no car (Census 2021). Search an address to see its own neighbourhood.

Mobile signal

100.0% of homes get 4G indoors from at least one network and 99.9% from all four; 100.0% get 5G outdoors (Ofcom, January 2026).

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