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Buying a home in N16, London. What it costs, what you get and where else to look.

Typical 3-bedroom house£1.28mmost £1.04m–£1.5m
Houses per m²£10,504flats £8,101
Sold last year2161,667 in five years
Prices in Hackney-2.7%on a year ago

A typical 3-bedroom house in N16 sold for £1,280,748 over the last five years, in today's money; most went for between £1,035,923 and £1,499,263, for about 109 m² of space. That is 52% more than the same home across London (£840,000).

216 homes sold here in the last year: a steady market with homes coming up most weeks. Flats start at around £406k for one bedroom. Within the district, houses cost the least per m² in N16 6 (£8,308) and the most in N16 0 (£11,541).

Across Hackney, prices are down 2.7% on a year ago and down 1% over five years. Renting a similar home there costs about £2,846 a month; a 90% mortgage on the typical price would be around £5,840 a month at 4.5% over 30 years. Lenders would typically want a household income of about £256,000 for that mortgage.

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House prices in N16 by bedrooms

BedroomsTypical priceMost sell forSizeSold, 5 years
1£711,062£678k–£841k52 m²21
2£743,036£592k–£982k75 m²62
3£1,280,748£1.04m–£1.5m109 m²231
4£1,387,214£1.17m–£1.67m129 m²137
5+£1,590,306£1.28m–£1.83m174 m²125

Prices by type of home

1 bed2 bed3 bed4 bed5+ bed
Houses£711k£743k£1.28m£1.39m£1.59m
Semi-detached—£646k£1.15m—£1.57m
Terraced£704k£743k£1.29m£1.39m£1.58m
Flats£406k£494k£600k£662k£731k

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

Price per m² across N16

Postcode sectorHousesFlats
N16 0£11,541£8,200
N16 5£9,264£7,259
N16 6£8,308£7,307
N16 7£9,404£8,312
N16 8£10,216£8,244
N16 9£11,226£8,565

Schools near N16

Best state primary within 2 kmSimon Marks Jewish Primary School100% met the expected standard at 11 · England 64%32 state primaries within 2 km
Best state secondary within 5 kmMossbourne Community Academy81.2% got grade 5+ in English and maths · England 43.8%62 state secondaries within 5 km

Nearby areas

E5 London · 2 km3-bed house £1.09mN5 London · 2 km3-bed house £1.5mN4 London · 2 km3-bed house £976kE8 London · 2 km3-bed house £1.09mN15 London · 2 km3-bed house £722kN7 London · 3 km3-bed house £872kN1 London · 3 km3-bed house £1.53mE9 London · 3 km3-bed house £944k

Questions about N16

Is N16 a good area to buy a home?

What the numbers say: a 3-bedroom house costs 52% more than across London; prices in Hackney are down 2.7% 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%); 216 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 3-bedroom house in N16?

A typical 3-bedroom house in N16 sold for £1,280,748 over the last five years, in today's money. Most sold between £1,035,923 and £1,499,263.

Is N16 expensive for London?

A 3-bedroom house in N16 costs 52% more than the typical 3-bedroom house across London (£840,000).

How many homes sell in N16 each year?

216 homes sold in the last year and 1,667 in five years: a steady market with homes coming up most weeks.

What are the schools like near N16?

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

Where is cheaper near N16?

For a 3-bedroom house, E5 (£1.09m, 2 km), N4 (£976k, 2 km), E8 (£1.09m, 2 km).

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.