Buying a home in EC1N, London. What it costs, what you get and where else to look.

Typical 1-bedroom flat£494kmost £421k–£601k
Sold last year1062 in five years
Prices in Camden-10.1%on a year ago

A typical 1-bedroom flat in EC1N sold for £494,253 over the last five years, in today's money; most went for between £420,678 and £600,637, for about 52 m² of space.

10 homes sold here in the last year: a small market where few homes come up, so it pays to set alerts and be patient. Flats start at around £494k for one bedroom.

Across Camden, prices are down 10.1% on a year ago and down 5.2% over five years. Renting a similar home there costs about £2,054 a month; a 90% mortgage on the typical price would be around £2,254 a month at 4.5% over 30 years. Lenders would typically want a household income of about £99,000 for that mortgage: what £100,000 buys.

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Prices by type of home

1 bed2 bed3 bed4 bed5+ bed
Flats£494k£634k£511k——

Typical sale price over the last five years, adjusted to today's prices with the UK House Price Index.

Price per m² across EC1N

Postcode sectorHousesFlats
EC1N 7—£9,764
EC1N 8—£10,333

Schools near EC1N

Best state primary within 2 kmSt Clement Danes CofE Primary School100% met the expected standard at 11 · England 64%23 state primaries within 2 km
Best state secondary within 5 kmMossbourne Community Academy81.2% got grade 5+ in English and maths · England 43.8%75 state secondaries within 5 km

Nearby areas

Questions about EC1N

Is EC1N a good area to buy a home?

What the numbers say: prices in Camden are down 10.1% on a year ago; the best state primary nearby is above the England average (100% against 64%); the best secondary is above it (81.2% against 43.8%); 10 homes sold here last year. Whether it suits you depends on your budget and what you need nearby, so compare it with the districts around it below.

How much is a 1-bedroom flat in EC1N?

A typical 1-bedroom flat in EC1N sold for £494,253 over the last five years, in today's money. Most sold between £420,678 and £600,637.

How many homes sell in EC1N each year?

10 homes sold in the last year and 62 in five years: a small market where few homes come up, so it pays to set alerts and be patient.

What are the schools like near EC1N?

The best-performing state primary within 2 km is St Clement Danes CofE Primary School, where 100% of pupils met the expected standard at age 11 (England: 64%).

Sources: HM Land Registry price paid data matched to the EPC register for size and bedrooms, last five years in today's prices; UK House Price Index (July 2026); ONS private rents (August 2026); DfE school performance tables. Districts with fewer than five sales of a kind are left out. The mortgage figure is an illustration, not advice.