Area market snapshot · in London

Barnsbury property market

Updated 5 October 2026 · refreshed daily

Map: Barnsbury sits in north London, mostly in Islington, about 3 miles from the centre.
Median asking price
£760,000↑ 32% above London

360 for sale · London £575k

Median sold price · 12 months to February 2026
£676,000
Typical asking range
Typical asking range (middle half of listings) and median
MarketRange lowMedianRange high
Barnsbury£525,000£760,000£1,261,250
London£400,000£575,000£895,000

Each band covers the middle half of asking prices.

How Barnsbury differs from London
  • A typical 2-bed asks £750k here, compared to £500k across London
  • Flats are 77% of what's for sale, compared to 67% across London
The last 30 days

Homes came onto and left the Barnsbury market at a similar pace

New listings
72

↑ 26% · was 57

Price cuts
61

↑ 144% · was 25

Went off market
78

↑ 81% · was 43

Typical time listed
102 days

before going off the market

Changes compare with the prior 30 days.

Asking prices

Where homes in Barnsbury sit by price band, against London

Homes for sale in Barnsbury skew pricier than in London

32% of Barnsbury listings ask under £600k, a smaller share than London (53%)

Share of current listings by asking-price band
Price bandBarnsbury listingsBarnsbury shareLondon share
<£400k308%24%
£400k–600k8624%28%
£600k–800k7120%17%
£800k–1m5014%9%
£1m–1.25m267%5%
£1.25m–1.5m195%4%
£1.5m–2m308%4%
£2m+4813%8%

Prices by property type

Current listings and Land Registry sales in Barnsbury, set against London

Flats are 78% of homes for sale in Barnsbury, against 67% across London

Share of homes for sale by property type
property typeBarnsburyLondon
Flats (280 for sale)£78£67
Terraced (36 for sale)£10£13

Flats in Barnsbury ask £650k, 35% more than London flats (£480k)

Median asking price of current listings; the count under each row

Median asking price by property type
property typeBarnsburyLondon
Flats (280 for sale)£650,000£480,000
Terraced (36 for sale)£2,500,000£650,000

Price per square foot

Sold · 12 months to August 2026
£959per sq ft

198 matched sales

Asking · current listings
£957per sq ft↑ 44% above London

300 listings with a known floor area

London: £666 per sq ft

Sold prices per sq ft in Barnsbury are up 10% over 10 years, to £959

Each point is the median across the 12 months ending on that date

Sold price per square foot over time (12-month windows ending each quarter); the chart plots each line as the percentage change since its first point
Window endsBarnsbury
Sept 2016£872
Dec 2016£896
Mar 2017£889
Jun 2017£889
Sept 2017£878
Dec 2017£856
Mar 2018£868
Jun 2018£864
Sept 2018£826
Dec 2018£842
Mar 2019£825
Jun 2019£814
Sept 2019£807
Dec 2019£806
Mar 2020£823
Jun 2020£821
Sept 2020£818
Dec 2020£877
Mar 2021£889
Jun 2021£907
Sept 2021£907
Dec 2021£883
Mar 2022£891
Jun 2022£920
Sept 2022£929
Dec 2022£929
Mar 2023£929
Jun 2023£929
Sept 2023£908
Dec 2023£903
Mar 2024£900
Jun 2024£879
Sept 2024£904
Dec 2024£929
Mar 2025£929
Jun 2025£953
Sept 2025£958
Dec 2025£945
Mar 2026£959
Jun 2026£956
Aug 2026£959

Homes sold in Barnsbury

Completed sales
418↓ 15% vs previous year

Previous 12 months: 490 sales

Median sold price
£676,000

The median sold price in Barnsbury is up 15% over the last 10 years, to £676k

Each point is the median over the 12 months ending on that date

Median sold price over time (12-month windows ending each quarter); the chart plots each line as the percentage change since its first point
Window endsBarnsbury
Mar 2016£587k
Jun 2016£590k
Sept 2016£595k
Dec 2016£627k
Mar 2017£638k
Jun 2017£638k
Sept 2017£643k
Dec 2017£611k
Mar 2018£603k
Jun 2018£625k
Sept 2018£600k
Dec 2018£608k
Mar 2019£591k
Jun 2019£555k
Sept 2019£566k
Dec 2019£569k
Mar 2020£588k
Jun 2020£590k
Sept 2020£590k
Dec 2020£623k
Mar 2021£625k
Jun 2021£660k
Sept 2021£700k
Dec 2021£702k
Mar 2022£718k
Jun 2022£730k
Sept 2022£735k
Dec 2022£723k
Mar 2023£708k
Jun 2023£665k
Sept 2023£698k
Dec 2023£693k
Mar 2024£668k
Jun 2024£706k
Sept 2024£703k
Dec 2024£706k
Mar 2025£700k
Jun 2025£690k
Sept 2025£690k
Dec 2025£690k
Feb 2026£676k

418 homes sold in Barnsbury in the 12 months to February 2026, 7% below Barnsbury's five-year norm of 448 a year

Sales in the 12 months ending each quarter

Homes sold over time (12-month windows ending each quarter)
Window endsBarnsbury
Mar 2016509
Jun 2016472
Sept 2016435
Dec 2016409
Mar 2017356
Jun 2017358
Sept 2017360
Dec 2017332
Mar 2018332
Jun 2018320
Sept 2018311
Dec 2018342
Mar 2019364
Jun 2019367
Sept 2019364
Dec 2019356
Mar 2020342
Jun 2020307
Sept 2020291
Dec 2020287
Mar 2021340
Jun 2021486
Sept 2021518
Dec 2021508
Mar 2022466
Jun 2022397
Sept 2022417
Dec 2022462
Mar 2023448
Jun 2023425
Sept 2023408
Dec 2023388
Mar 2024384
Jun 2024402
Sept 2024434
Dec 2024476
Mar 2025544
Jun 2025499
Sept 2025483
Dec 2025437
Feb 2026418

What listings offer

Barnsbury has less parking and fewer chain-free homes and fewer gardens than London.

Gardens
48%

Fewer gardens than London

48% of listings have a garden; London: 53%. 172 of 360 listings have a garden. Counted from listing descriptions, so treat as a lower bound.
Parking
15%

Less parking than London

15% of listings have parking or a garage; London: 42%. 55 of 360 listings have parking or a garage. Counted from listing descriptions, so treat as a lower bound.
Chain-free
21%

Fewer chain-free homes than London

21% of listings are listed as chain-free; London: 27%. 76 of 360 listings are listed as chain-free. Counted from listing descriptions, so treat as a lower bound.

Recent sales in Barnsbury

The newest completed sales registered with HM Land Registry

AddressSoldPrice
Flat 21, Barnes Court Lofting Road · N1 1JDFlat · LeaseholdAug 2026£397,000
First Floor Flat, 60 Ellington Street · N7 8PLFlat · LeaseholdAug 2026£575,000
111 Cloudesley Road · N1 0ENTerraced · FreeholdAug 2026£1,692,500
55a Hillmarton Road · N7 9JDFlat · LeaseholdAug 2026£950,000
11 Spencer Place · N1 2AXTerraced · FreeholdAug 2026£1,999,000

Current listings worth a look

Picked by simple rules, not adverts: cheapest, most space, gardens

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How nearby areas compare

Current listings around Barnsbury

AreaFor saleMedian asking
Barnsbury360£760k
Islington1,832£675k
King's Cross496£725k
Angel611£750k
Highbury294£600k
Hoxton608£687k
Clerkenwell582£765k
Camden544£874k
Holloway533£575k
Finsbury Park475£575k
Stoke Newington475£580k
Holborn430£900k
Kentish Town340£670k
Londonbenchmark63,455£575k

Key facts about Barnsbury

  • Rising over the long run, but falling over the last year: the median sold price in Barnsbury is up 15% over the last 10 years and down 3% over the last 12 months.
  • Homes for sale skew pricier than in London: 32% of current listings in Barnsbury ask under £600k, against 53% across London.
  • Sales are running below Barnsbury's five-year norm: 418 homes sold in the 12 months to February 2026, against a norm of 448 a year; 72 homes came onto the market in the last 30 days and 78 left it.

Barnsbury property market: common questions

Where is Barnsbury?

Barnsbury sits in north London, mostly in Islington, about 3 miles from the centre. Figures for Barnsbury cover listings within about 1 km of its centre (the dashed ring on the map), not an official boundary.

What is the average house price in Barnsbury?

The median asking price across the 360 homes for sale in Barnsbury is £760,000 (as of 5 October 2026). We quote the median (the middle listing) rather than a mean, because a handful of very expensive homes would pull a mean upwards. Half of listings ask between £525,000 and £1,261,250. That is 32% above London. Homes that actually sold in Barnsbury went for a median £676,000 (Land Registry, 12 months to February 2026).

Are house prices in Barnsbury rising or falling?

Rising over the long run, but falling over the last year. Based on HM Land Registry completed sales, the median sold price in Barnsbury is up 15% over the last 10 years and down 3% over the last 12 months (12 months to February 2026). These medians compare the homes that happened to sell in each window, so they mix price movement with changes in what sold.

Is Barnsbury cheaper than London?

No: asking prices in Barnsbury are typically higher than across London. The median asking price in Barnsbury is £760,000 against £575k across London: 32% above London. Some of that gap reflects what is for sale in each place rather than like-for-like value. The premium holds from the lower end to the top of the market.

How many homes are for sale in Barnsbury?

360 homes are on the market in Barnsbury right now, up 4% since 1 Sept, 72 of them listed in the last 30 days. Perch counts every listing it tracks across estate agents and portals, refreshed daily.

Are house prices being cut in Barnsbury?

61 listings in Barnsbury had their asking price reduced in the last 30 days, about 17% of the homes currently for sale.

How long are homes on the market in Barnsbury?

Of the Barnsbury listings that came off the market in the last 30 days and that we first saw after we began tracking the area, the typical one had been advertised for 102 days. Coming off the market usually means sold subject to contract, but it can also mean withdrawn, so treat this as time advertised rather than time to sell.

How much do flats and houses cost in Barnsbury?

The median asking price for a flat in Barnsbury is £650,000. Houses are quoted by type rather than as one figure, because the mix moves the number more than the market does: the largest group on the market is terraced houses, at a median £2,500,000 across 36 listings. The Prices by property type chart on this page covers every type we track.

How much is a two-bedroom flat in Barnsbury?

The median asking price for a two-bedroom flat in Barnsbury is £725,000, across 133 current listings.

How much is a three-bedroom house in Barnsbury?

There is no single three-bedroom house price: the largest group of three-bedroom houses for sale in Barnsbury is terraced houses, at a median asking price of £2,137,500 across 16 listings. The Size × type view on this page covers every combination we track.

What is the price per square foot in Barnsbury?

In Barnsbury, homes that sold went for a median £959 per sq ft (HM Land Registry and EPC data), and current listings with a known floor area ask a median £957 per sq ft.

How these numbers are made

  • Asking figures: Current listings we track across estate agents and portals (360 in Barnsbury), refreshed daily, as of 5 October 2026. We quote medians, never means, and suppress anything based on fewer than 5 listings. Figures for Barnsbury cover listings within about 1 km of its centre (the dashed ring on the map), not an official boundary.
  • Off market and time listed: Off-market counts include only listings confirmed off the market after a short grace period; "typical time listed" is time advertised, not time to sell. We have tracked Barnsbury since June 2025.
  • London comparisons: The same daily snapshot taken across the whole of London, so both sides of every comparison share one basis. Where a comparison spans all property types, some of the gap reflects what is for sale here.
  • Sold figures: HM Land Registry price paid data. Sold prices and sales counts cover the 12 months to February 2026; sold price per square foot covers the 12 months to August 2026, with floor areas from EPC certificates (the two run on different pipelines, and the latest months are left out while sales are still being registered). England and Wales; new-builds and non-standard transactions excluded.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and Energy Performance of Buildings Data: England and Wales © Crown copyright.