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Finchley market report N3 2, London
The N3 2 (Finchley) house price history in full, 1995 to 2026, in cash and in today's money. Everything below comes from 3,947 sales recorded by HM Land Registry in N3 2 (London) since 1995, real completion prices from real purchases, alongside the ONS's current rent figures. No valuations, no estimates, no asking prices.
Sales recorded to 2026; rents are ONS figures for May 2026. The page rebuilds with each monthly release.
In short: the 2026 median for N3 2 (London) is £560,000, from 24 registered sales, down 15% on five years earlier; the mean is £652,900, and by floor area homes here have averaged about £7,060 per square metre over the last five years. Behind the figures sit 3,947 HM Land Registry entries going back to 1995, refreshed monthly, every one a completed sale rather than a valuation or an asking price.
N3 2 is one sector of N3 (London): a handful of streets, and the most local view the sold record can give. The price of that locality is lumpier charts, because each year's median rests on fewer sales.
Where N3 2 sits
Shaded by median price on the same scale as the average prices map. Click any shape to open it on the live map with every sale plotted at its address, or zoom in past street level to see the sold homes right here.
The going rate for a home in N3 2
In the N3 2 property market, the 2026 median sale price is £560,000, from 24 registered sales; the mean, the "average house price" most sites quote, is £652,900, sitting a long way above it, which tells you a few very expensive sales are pulling the average up.
House prices per square metre in N3 2
Averaged across five years of sales, floor space in N3 2 costs about £7,060 per square metre. Each sale's Energy Performance Certificate supplies the floor area, and pricing by the metre is what lets flats and houses share one scale.
Set against the £285,000 England and Wales median, N3 2 sits 96% above the national market.
N3 2's median sold price, 1995 to 2026
Two lines: the median in the money of its day, and the same years restated by ONS CPIH into today's money, which is the truer test of getting dearer. Hover for exact figures; click a legend entry to isolate a series.
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| Year | Median (cash) | Median (today's £) | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | £560,000 | £560,000 | 24 |
| 2025 | £676,000 | £692,165 | 87 |
| 2024 | £662,500 | £704,374 | 76 |
| 2023 | £680,000 | £747,154 | 75 |
| 2022 | £695,500 | £815,553 | 87 |
| 2021 | £657,000 | £831,847 | 101 |
| 2020 | £590,000 | £765,537 | 85 |
| 2019 | £538,000 | £705,189 | 83 |
| 2018 | £532,500 | £709,833 | 83 |
| 2017 | £550,000 | £750,145 | 123 |
| 2016 | £528,000 | £738,677 | 94 |
| 2015 | £478,200 | £675,697 | 100 |
| 2014 | £400,000 | £567,470 | 109 |
| 2013 | £410,000 | £589,949 | 99 |
| 2012 | £353,800 | £520,749 | 96 |
| 2011 | £338,000 | £510,250 | 91 |
| 2010 | £325,000 | £509,684 | 122 |
| 2009 | £289,000 | £464,570 | 79 |
| 2008 | £278,500 | £456,520 | 78 |
| 2007 | £310,000 | £525,846 | 181 |
| 2006 | £263,800 | £457,923 | 202 |
| 2005 | £250,000 | £444,899 | 127 |
| 2004 | £250,000 | £454,049 | 167 |
| 2003 | £230,000 | £423,716 | 138 |
| 2002 | £200,000 | £376,298 | 175 |
| 2001 | £187,200 | £359,882 | 185 |
| 2000 | £150,000 | £294,375 | 161 |
| 1999 | £130,000 | £259,083 | 205 |
| 1998 | £117,500 | £237,182 | 189 |
| 1997 | £92,000 | £188,673 | 195 |
| 1996 | £89,800 | £189,384 | 140 |
| 1995 | £66,000 | £143,474 | 190 |
In cash terms the typical N3 2 home went from £66,000 in 1995 to £560,000 in 2026, roughly 8 times the price. Inflation explains only part of it: in today's money the rise is still about 290%, a genuine increase in what a home here costs. In inflation-adjusted terms the high-water mark was 2021. The market now sits about 33% below it, so a peak-time purchase has yet to recover its real value.
Year-on-year change in the N3 2 median
Each bar is the change on the year before, in cash. The zero line is the boundary between rising and falling.
The strongest year on record here is 1996 (+36.1% on the year before); the weakest, 2026 (−17.2%). Single-year swings like these are why the annualised table below matters more than any one year's headline.
What N3 2 has returned, per year
| Period | Cash, per year | Real terms, per year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 years (since 2025) | −17.2% | −19.1% |
| 5 years (since 2021) | −3.1% | −7.6% |
| 10 years (since 2016) | +0.6% | −2.7% |
| 20 years (since 2006) | +3.8% | +1.0% |
Each row is compound annual growth of the median; ONS CPIH supplies the real-terms deflator. Annualising irons out the cycle, which the chart above shows in full, and past growth records what happened rather than predicting anything.
How many homes change hands in N3 2
The year-by-year sales count
Annual recorded sales. The post-2008 trough is the financial crisis; treat the final bar as provisional while registrations catch up.
Over the last twelve months of data, 24 sales completed in N3 2. Like most of England and Wales, turnover never fully recovered from 2008: the market here averaged 167 sales a year before the financial crisis and 70 a year over the last five. Price without volume misleads: a median built on few sales jumps around, and one street can tilt it. Keep in mind too that the latest year is still filling in, since sales reach the register weeks or months after completion.
Reading the N3 2 market
This is a thin market: 24 sales in the last twelve months of data. With that few transactions, one street selling well (or one block of cheap transfers) can move the median, so read the year lines as a range rather than a verdict.
What tenants pay around N3 2
The local authority for N3 2 is Barnet, and its ONS average private rent currently stands at £1,934 a month (May 2026 figures). A one-bed averages £1,487 a month here and a four-or-more-bed £3,174, so size does most of the work in setting the rent.
Average monthly rent by size, Barnet
ONS Price Index of Private Rents, May 2026.
£1,934 a month is £23,208 a year, which against the £560,000 median sold price makes a gross yield of 4.1%. Gross means before letting costs, voids, maintenance and tax: treat it as a ceiling. The ONS publishes rents by local authority, so neighbouring districts under the same authority share these numbers.
Asked and answered: N3 2 (Finchley)
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What happens to N3 2 prices now?
The record answers a different question than "what happens next": the median is down 15% over five years in cash but down 33% after inflation. Put the volume chart beside the price chart before drawing conclusions, and allow for the register's lag behind actual completions.
What you could buy in N3 now
Turning to what is actually available: 69 homes on the market right now, from 9 agents publishing to HomesIndex.
These cover the whole N3 district, not just N3 2: live asking prices are collected per district.
23% of current listings sit under the prices comparable homes actually fetched. Each listing is compared with recent recorded sales of similar homes nearby.
The "under comparable sales" label measures each asking price against real nearby sales of similar homes: an opening position for a conversation rather than a valuation. The home itself still needs looking at.
See every N3 home for sale on the map →
Live asking prices from estate agents who publish a feed to HomesIndex, refreshed every Monday and Thursday: a sample of the market, not every home for sale. Asking prices are not sale prices.
Bedroom by bedroom: N prices by size
The Land Registry record, split by size: what each kind of home actually sold for across the N area. The jump between sizes is local: in some areas a third bedroom adds a quarter to the price, in others nearly four fifths, so a national rule of thumb will mislead you here.
| Type | 1 bed | 2 bed | 3 bed | 4 bed | 5 bed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | — | — | £950,000 | £1,445,000 (+52%) | £2,200,000 (+52%) |
| Semi-detached | £430,000 | £535,000 (+24%) | £755,000 (+41%) | £990,000 (+31%) | £1,375,000 (+39%) |
| Terraced | £472,750 | £513,250 (+9%) | £670,500 (+31%) | £1,005,750 (+50%) | £1,607,500 (+60%) |
| Flat | £405,000 | £542,500 (+34%) | £785,567 (+45%) | £1,211,250 (+54%) | — |
Medians of recorded sales over the last four years, by built form and bedroom count. Sold homes carry no advertised bedroom count, so sizes are estimated from their EPC records; a small number of homes will sit one size out. Where too few homes exist to say anything meaningful, the cell is blank.
The risers and the fallers
The spread across the N area is the point: the same five years treated these districts very differently.
N area districts: five years of change
Cash-terms risers and fallers across the area; click any row for that district's full report.
Other sectors in N3
A few minutes' walk can separate two very different markets. Here are N3's other sectors, each with its own report:
| Sector | Median (latest) | Sales that year |
|---|---|---|
| N3 1 | £555,000 | 29 |
| N3 3 | £620,000 | 25 |
Zoom out to the full N3 district report for the type split, monthly volumes and how N3 compares with its neighbours.
Selling in N3 2? Start from the sold record
Ground the asking price in real sold prices first. The average prices map gives a rough value in a minute: start at N3 2's shading and zoom to the sold homes on the street itself. Agents work from this same Land Registry record when they value; this page puts it in front of you before they arrive.
Estate agents working N3 2: the featured spot on this report is free for founding agents, one per district. Claim N3 2.
Go deeper
Answers come from the same Land Registry data behind this report, and the AI knows you are asking about N3 2. Free, with a one click sign in.
Two maps carry on from here: every N3 2 sale at its exact address, and the average prices map from area shading down to single homes. The report tool answers a specific question in writing, and each sale's mortgage and rent calculator prices a real purchase.
About the numbers: everything is computed from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data (Crown copyright, OGL v3.0), geocoded to the address; today's-money figures use the ONS CPIH index, and rents are the ONS Price Index of Private Rents by local authority. These are medians of recorded sales, not valuations, and none of it is financial advice.