EC1R vs N1: house prices per square metre compared
EC1R has a median of £11,400 per m² against £10,500 in N1 (Islington). EC1R is the more expensive of the two: N1 is 7.9% cheaper per m². The figures come from 86 matched sales in EC1R’s last 24 months and 615 in N1’s last 12 months of HM Land Registry data.
£750,000, the median sale price in EC1R, buys about 66 m² there and about 71 m² in N1, a difference of 5 m² at each district’s own median. Over the 10 years to Q3 2025 in EC1R and Q1 2026 in N1, N1 moved +1.0% a year against EC1R at −0.6% a year, before inflation.
EC1R over its last 24 months, N1 over its last 12.
| Measure | EC1RHigh confidence London £11,400median per m² | N1High confidence Islington, London £10,500median per m² | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median price per m² | £11,400 | £10,500 | −7.9% |
| Median sale price | £750,000 | £667,875 | −11.0% |
| Middle 60% of salesp20 to p80 | £9,970–£12,800 | £8,330–£13,100 | |
| Sales (each area's own window) | 97 | 680 | n/a |
| With a matched floor areaThe denominator behind each median per unit area | 86 | 615 | n/a |
| Mean floor area (matched sales) | 77 m² | 81 m² | +4.3% |
| Annual change over 9.6–9.8 years | −0.6% a year | +1.0% a year | +1.6 pts |
| By property typeMedian price per m² for each property type, over each area's own sales window. | |||
| Terraced | no sales | £13,600n = 103 | n/a |
| Flat | £11,300n = 79 | £9,860n = 495 | −12.7% |
| Difference: EC1R minus N1. | |||
| All EC1R sold prices | All N1 sold prices |
Each trend line is that district’s own quarterly median price per square metre, scaled to its own range: compare directions, not heights. Gaps are quarters with too few matched sales to publish a median.
Frequently asked questions
Why compare EC1R and N1 on price per square metre rather than price?
A raw sale price mostly reflects how big homes are; price per square metre corrects for size, so EC1R and N1 can be compared on what a buyer actually gets for the money. Both figures here are medians of sold price divided by EPC floor area, from HM Land Registry sales, computed the same way for both areas.
Why do EC1R and N1 show different numbers of sales?
The two districts are different sizes and trade at different rates, and each figure is computed over the matched sales its own area produced in its stated window. The matched-sale count is printed beside each median because it is that median's own denominator.
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