The typical home in the EH42 area, East Lothian is valued at £325,857 — 20% above the UK average of £271,295. Over the year to 2025, values fell 2.4%, from £333,910 to £325,857. Since 2004, typical values in EH42 have grown by 134%.
East Linton and Rural is the most expensive neighbourhood in EH42, with a typical value of £474,000. EH42 covers 371 full postcodes, with 6,030 recorded sales since 2004. Nearby districts include EH1, EH10, EH11.
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Scotland's individual sale records are held by Registers of Scotland rather than published as open data,
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Safer than 72% of Scottish postcode districts · 116 crimes per 10,000 residents (SIMD 2020)
Deprivation & Affluence
ABOVE AVERAGE
SIMD Decile
6.7 / 10
Less Deprived Than
73%
Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020 · 10 = least deprived · vs all Scottish postcode districts
Broadband & Connectivity
Availability across the district's postcodes · Ofcom Connected Nations
EXCELLENT
85%Gigabit
Superfast (30Mbps+)92.9%
Gigabit (1Gbps+)85.3%
Property Value Trends
Official small-area statistics
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"Typical price" is the sales-weighted average of the median price in each of this district's
official data zones — the small-area statistics Scotland publishes instead of individual sale records.
Market Summary
Typical Price
£326k
YoY Change
↓ 2.4%
Sales in 2025
320
Postcodes
371
Prices vary widely between neighbourhoods, so location within the district matters as much as the district itself.
Neighbourhood Prices
East Linton and Rural£474k
Dunbar West£267k
Dunbar East£238k
Median sale price by statistical neighbourhood, 2025
Neighbourhoods in EH42
Median sale prices by official statistical neighbourhood, 2025
Registers of Scotland
Neighbourhood
Median Price
Lower Quartile
Sales
Dunbar West
£267,498
£218,750
164
East Linton and Rural
£474,000
£369,500
95
Dunbar East
£237,500
£169,832
80
Intermediate zones with under 5 sales are excluded; a neighbourhood can extend beyond the district itself.
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Streets in EH42
Every property with an Energy Performance Certificate, street by street — type, size, age and energy rating.
The typical sale price in the EH42 postcode district (East Lothian, Scotland) was £325,857 in 2025, across 320 recorded sales. It is the sales-weighted average of the median price in each of the district's official small statistical areas.
Are house prices in EH42 rising or falling?
In 2025 the typical sale price in EH42 was £325,857, down 2.4% on the previous year's £333,910.
Why doesn't this page list individual sold prices in EH42?
Scotland's individual sale records are held by Registers of Scotland and sold commercially rather than published as open data, so this page uses the official free small-area statistics instead. Any Scottish address's last sold price can be checked free on ScotLIS, Registers of Scotland's own service.
Where is the EH42 postcode district?
EH42 covers part of East Lothian, Scotland, with 371 live postcodes. Price statistics come from Registers of Scotland's official small-area house price statistics.
About this data
England & Wales pages on this site are built from individual HM Land Registry sale records.
Scotland publishes those records commercially through Registers of Scotland rather than as open data,
so Scottish pages use the official free small-area statistics instead: median prices and sales volumes
for each small statistical area, aggregated here to the EH42 postcode district. For an individual property's
sale history, use ScotLIS (free).
Council-wide trends: East Lothian house prices.
Contains public sector information from Registers of Scotland, the Scottish Government (incl. SIMD 2020) and Ofcom,
licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcode geography: National Records of Scotland.
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