Canning Town property market

Canning Town sits in east London, mostly in Newham, about 5 miles from the centre. Figures for Canning Town cover listings within about 1 km of its centre (the dashed ring on the map), not an official boundary.

The median asking price across the 423 homes for sale in Canning Town is £429,000 (as of 4 October 2026). We quote the median (the middle listing) rather than a mean, because a handful of very expensive homes would pull a mean upwards. Half of listings ask between £325,000 and £575,000. That is 24% below London. Homes that actually sold in Canning Town went for a median £417,750 (Land Registry, 12 months to January 2026).

Rising over the long run, flat over the last year. Based on HM Land Registry completed sales, the median sold price in Canning Town is up 31% over the last 10 years and broadly flat over the last 12 months (12 months to January 2026). These medians compare the homes that happened to sell in each window, so they mix price movement with changes in what sold.

Yes: asking prices in Canning Town are typically lower than across London. The median asking price in Canning Town is £429,000 against £565k across London: 24% below London. Some of that gap reflects what is for sale in each place rather than like-for-like value. The saving holds from the lower end to the top of the market.

423 homes are on the market in Canning Town right now, broadly unchanged since 31 Aug, 89 of them listed in the last 30 days. Perch counts every listing it tracks across estate agents and portals, refreshed daily.

36 listings in Canning Town had their asking price reduced in the last 30 days, about 9% of the homes currently for sale.

Of the Canning Town listings that came off the market in the last 30 days and that we first saw after we began tracking the area, the typical one had been advertised for 55 days. Coming off the market usually means sold subject to contract, but it can also mean withdrawn, so treat this as time advertised rather than time to sell.

The median asking price for a flat in Canning Town is £425,000. Houses are quoted by type rather than as one figure, because the mix moves the number more than the market does: the largest group on the market is terraced houses, at a median £435,000 across 15 listings. The Prices by property type chart on this page covers every type we track.

The median asking price for a two-bedroom flat in Canning Town is £500,000, across 180 current listings.

In Canning Town, homes that sold went for a median £580 per sq ft (HM Land Registry and EPC data), and current listings with a known floor area ask a median £642 per sq ft.