Buying a home in N3, London. What it costs, what you get and where else to look.

Typical 3-bedroom house£829kmost £726k–£960k
Houses per m²£7,507flats £6,596
Sold last year115963 in five years
Prices in Barnet-4.9%on a year ago

A typical 3-bedroom house in N3 sold for £828,551 over the last five years, in today's money; most went for between £726,231 and £960,080, for about 106 m² of space. That is about the same as the same home across London (£840,000).

115 homes sold here in the last year: a steady market with homes coming up most weeks. Flats start at around £297k for one bedroom. Within the district, houses cost the least per m² in N3 2 (£7,278) and the most in N3 3 (£7,844).

Across Barnet, prices are down 4.9% on a year ago and up 2.3% over five years. Renting a similar home there costs about £2,256 a month; a 90% mortgage on the typical price would be around £3,778 a month at 4.5% over 30 years. Lenders would typically want a household income of about £166,000 for that mortgage: what £170,000 buys.

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House prices in N3 by bedrooms

BedroomsTypical priceMost sell forSizeSold, 5 years
2£590,000£510k–£695k70 m²40
3£828,551£726k–£960k106 m²185
4£990,444£777k–£1.16m135 m²138
5+£1,315,074£1.1m–£1.73m187 m²202

Prices by type of home

1 bed2 bed3 bed4 bed5+ bed
Houses—£590k£829k£990k£1.32m
Detached——£1.15m£1.2m£1.84m
Semi-detached—£569k£870k£1.08m£1.24m
Terraced—£618k£778k£777k£944k
Flats£297k£425k£508k£793k—

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

Price per m² across N3

Postcode sectorHousesFlats
N3 1£7,559£6,893
N3 2£7,278£6,831
N3 3£7,844£6,050

Schools near N3

Best state primary within 2 kmChalgrove Primary School86% met the expected standard at 11 · England 64%20 state primaries within 2 km
Best state secondary within 5 kmWren Academy Finchley82.1% got grade 5+ in English and maths · England 43.8%29 state secondaries within 5 km

Nearby areas

Questions about N3

Is N3 a good area to buy a home?

What the numbers say: a 3-bedroom house costs about the same as across London; prices in Barnet are down 4.9% on a year ago; the best state primary nearby is above the England average (86% against 64%); the best secondary is above it (82.1% against 43.8%); 115 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 N3?

A typical 3-bedroom house in N3 sold for £828,551 over the last five years, in today's money. Most sold between £726,231 and £960,080.

Is N3 expensive for London?

A 3-bedroom house in N3 costs about the same as the typical 3-bedroom house across London (£840,000).

How many homes sell in N3 each year?

115 homes sold in the last year and 963 in five years: a steady market with homes coming up most weeks.

What are the schools like near N3?

The best-performing state primary within 2 km is Chalgrove Primary School, where 86% of pupils met the expected standard at age 11 (England: 64%).

Where is cheaper near N3?

For a 3-bedroom house, NW4 (£712k, 3 km), NW7 (£715k, 3 km), N11 (£671k, 4 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.