EC1Y vs N1: house prices per square metre compared
EC1Y has a median of £9,700 per m² against £10,500 in N1 (Islington). N1 is the more expensive of the two: EC1Y is 7.6% cheaper per m². The figures come from 44 matched sales in EC1Y’s last 24 months and 615 in N1’s last 12 months of HM Land Registry data.
£667,875, the median sale price in N1, buys about 64 m² there and about 69 m² in EC1Y, a difference of 5 m² at each district’s own median. Over the 10 years to Q4 2024 in EC1Y and Q1 2026 in N1, N1 moved +1.0% a year against EC1Y at −0.4% a year, before inflation.
EC1Y over its last 24 months, N1 over its last 12.
| Measure | EC1YMedium confidence London £9,700median per m² | N1High confidence Islington, London £10,500median per m² | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median price per m² | £9,700 | £10,500 | +8.2% |
| Median sale price | £655,000 | £667,875 | +2.0% |
| Middle 60% of salesp20 to p80 | Too few matched sales | £8,330–£13,100 | |
| Sales (each area's own window) | 47 | 680 | n/a |
| With a matched floor areaThe denominator behind each median per unit area | 44 | 615 | n/a |
| Mean floor area (matched sales) | 73 m² | 81 m² | +10.7% |
| Annual change over 9.8 years | −0.4% a year | +1.0% a year | +1.4 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 | £9,700n = 44 | £9,860n = 495 | +1.6% |
| Difference: EC1Y minus N1. | |||
| All EC1Y 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 EC1Y 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 EC1Y 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 EC1Y 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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