Typical 3-bedroom house£1.5mmost £1.24m–£1.81m
Houses per m²£11,715flats £9,012
Sold last year1331,056 in five years
Prices in Islington-4.9%on a year ago
A typical 3-bedroom house in N5 sold for £1,495,741 over the last five years, in today's money; most went for between £1,235,489 and £1,807,966, for about 114 m² of space. That is 78% more than the same home across London (£840,000).
133 homes sold here in the last year: a steady market with homes coming up most weeks. Flats start at around £407k for one bedroom. Within the district, houses cost the least per m² in N5 2 (£11,284) and the most in N5 1 (£11,985).
Across Islington, prices are down 4.9% on a year ago and up 2.4% over five years. Renting a similar home there costs about £3,005 a month; a 90% mortgage on the typical price would be around £6,821 a month at 4.5% over 30 years. Lenders would typically want a household income of about £299,000 for that mortgage.
Questions about N5
Is N5 a good area to buy a home?
What the numbers say: a 3-bedroom house costs 78% more than across London; prices in Islington are down 4.9% on a year ago; the best state primary nearby is above the England average (90% against 64%); the best secondary is above it (81.2% against 43.8%); 133 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 N5?
A typical 3-bedroom house in N5 sold for £1,495,741 over the last five years, in today's money. Most sold between £1,235,489 and £1,807,966.
Is N5 expensive for London?
A 3-bedroom house in N5 costs 78% more than the typical 3-bedroom house across London (£840,000).
How many homes sell in N5 each year?
133 homes sold in the last year and 1,056 in five years: a steady market with homes coming up most weeks.
What are the schools like near N5?
The best-performing state primary within 2 km is Grasmere Primary School, where 90% of pupils met the expected standard at age 11 (England: 64%).
Where is cheaper near N5?
For a 3-bedroom house, N7 (£872k, 1 km), N16 (£1.28m, 2 km), N4 (£976k, 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.