That is the middle of 5,749 standard sales recorded by HM Land Registry from September 2023 to August 2026, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. The typical home sells for 6.7 times as much as in 1995. Below: what each type of home sells for, the spread of prices, every year since 1995, new builds, the busiest streets and the neighbours. Rents and council tax are on Cost of living.
81% of Islington’s sales are flats and maisonettes
5,749 homes sold in three years: 23 detached houses, 103 semi-detached houses, 966 terraced houses and 4,657 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 3.2 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£1.9M
median sale · 23 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£1.6M–£2.5M
Last 12 months
£2M8 sold
Semi-detached houses£2M
median sale · 103 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£1.4M–£2.7M
Last 12 months
£2.2M28 sold
Terraced houses£1.5M
median sale · 966 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£1.1M–£1.9M
Last 12 months
£1.5M240 sold
Flats and maisonettes£595K
median sale · 4,657 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£463K–£800K
Last 12 months
£565K1,145 sold
New build
£1.1M
The mix
A flat market: 81% of homes sold are flats
Detached houses0%
Semi-detached houses2%
Terraced houses17%
Flats and maisonettes81%
Standard sales, Sep 2023 to Aug 2026. A median needs 5 sales of a type; “middle half” is the 25th to 75th percentile of 10 or more.
Price range
Half of Islington’s homes sold for between £490K and £1M
One sale in ten was under £390K and one in ten over £1.6M. 2% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £662,000, sits in the £500–750K band
5,749 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 6.7 times as much as in 1995, a faster rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £95,000 in 1995 to £637,500 in the last 12 months (£600,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
1,421 sales in the last 12 months, against 4,034 in 2006, the busiest year, and 1,688 in 2017. Sales fell by 37% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, though the median held. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 30% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Islington costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Islington, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Semi-detached houses rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£233K
£490K
£893K
£995K
£2M
£2.1M
£2M
Semi-detached houses
£186K
£370K
£605K
£819K
£1.5M
£1.6M
£2.2M
Terraced houses
£150K
£319K
£511K
£768K
£1.3M
£1.3M
£1.5M
Flats and maisonettes
£80K
£179K
£249K
£350K
£520K
£580K
£565K
Calendar years; a year’s median needs 5 sales of the type, so gaps are years with fewer.
Prices are as paid, not adjusted for inflation. Standard (category A) sales only; Land Registry adds a sale when it is registered, so the newest months fill in later.
New builds
Hardly any new homes: 0.5% of sales in the last 12 months
10,912 new homes have been sold in Islington since 1995; the share peaked at 30% in 2008.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
A new home sold for a median £1,100,000
against £642,000 for a home sold on, 71% more, over three years. New homes are often a different mix from the homes sold on, so part of the gap is size and type.
82% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 6.3% sold leasehold in Islington. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
Streets
Bollinder Place is Islington’s busiest street, with 161 sales in three years
372 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 167 of them ten or more. A busy street is often a new estate selling its first homes, or a long road of terraces and flats.
#
Street
Postcode area
Sales
Median
Homes
1
Bollinder Place
EC1V
161
£1,050,000
Mostly flats · new builds
2
Paragon Square
WC1X
72
£1,320,475
Mostly flats · new builds
3
Drayton Park
N5
70
£490,000
Mostly flats
4
City Road (EC1V)
EC1V
59
£592,000
Mostly flats
5
Highbury Stadium Square
N5
57
£520,250
Mostly flats
6
Dingley Road
EC1V
53
£1,100,000
Mostly flats · new builds
7
Highbury New Park
N5
49
£645,000
Mostly flats
8
Petherton Road
N5
43
£655,550
Mostly flats
9
Salutation Gardens
WC1X
40
£1,408,760
Mostly flats · new builds
10
Highbury Hill
N5
40
£850,000
Mostly flats
11
St John Street (EC1V)
EC1V
39
£757,000
Mostly flats
12
Essex Road
N1
39
£650,000
Mostly flats
13
Tufnell Park Road (N7)
N7
39
£600,000
Mostly flats
14
Liverpool Road (N1)
N1
37
£800,000
Mostly flats
15
Tollington Park
N4
37
£490,000
Mostly flats
Dearest streets
Gibson Square: £2,500,000
Islington median£662K
Gibson Square£2.5M
College Cross£2.3M
Calabria Road£2.3M
Ripplevale Grove£2.2M
Grange Grove£2M
Cheapest streets
York Way Estate: £213,808
Islington median£662K
York Way Estate£214K
Charterhouse Square£320K
Heddington Grove£345K
Stroud Green Road£360K
Hornsey Street£380K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 11.7 times the cheapest’s. Street medians mix types: a street of detached houses beats one of flats.
Standard sales with a street name, grouped by street and postcode district (Sep 2023 to Aug 2026); a name used in two districts shows the district. Medians only: we don’t list individual sales.
Across London
Islington is the 7th most expensive of 33 towns in London
Islington is in the middle of London’s towns to buy in; the typical UK town’s median is £277,000.
Median: standard sales over three years (10+ needed). Since 2016: the median over three years against 2016’s. Miles: centre to centre.
Questions about property prices in Islington
What is the average house price in Islington?
The median home in Islington sold for £662,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 5,749 standard sales (£637,500 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £1,895,000, semi-detached houses £2,000,000, terraced houses £1,450,500 and flats and maisonettes £595,000.
Are house prices going up in Islington?
The median was £650,000 in 2025, down 7% on 2024 (£696,500), and £637,500 in the last 12 months. A town’s median moves with the mix of homes sold each year as well as with prices.
How many homes sell in Islington each year?
1,421 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 2,064 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Islington?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Gibson Square (N1, £2,500,000), College Cross (N1, £2,300,000) and Calabria Road (N5, £2,250,000).
How much does a new build cost in Islington?
New homes sold for a median £1,100,000 over three years, against £642,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 5.5% of sales.
Is Islington expensive for London?
Islington is the 7th most expensive of 33 towns of 2,500 or more in London by median sale price.
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid, every standard sale since January 1995 (yearly files of 28 September 2026), inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary by postcode (ONS Postcode Directory) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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