NW2 house prices are built from 23,237 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1995 and the most recent on 19 Jun 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £250,000. Across the 10 years from 2016 to 2026 the median moved +8.3% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -22.4%.
Median price paid
£250,000
Change in cash, 2016–2026
+8.3%
Change in real terms
-22.4%
Median per m²
£3,432
HM Land Registry23,237 sales5,610 with floor areaLatest sale 19 Jun 2026
Section 01
How NW2 prices moved
The chart tracks the median NW2 house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1995 to 2026. The dashed line restates each year in 2026 money, so the two lines separate exactly as much as inflation has eroded the cash figure.
| Decade | Years with sales | Median paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5 | £95,000 | £210,945 |
| 2000s | 10 | £238,500 | £434,477 |
| 2010s | 10 | £425,000 | £599,250 |
| 2020s | 7 | £550,000 | £561,957 |
The highest yearly median on record for NW2 is £575,000 in 2024; the lowest is £73,365 in 1995. Across the full 32-year record the cash median has moved from £73,365 to £547,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £162,905, so the real change over the whole record is +235.8% — about +3.98% a year after inflation. Cash growth and real growth are not the same story, and the gap is the part most price reports leave out.
Over the last decade alone the difference is stark: +8.3% in cash against -22.4% once inflation is removed. A buyer who sold at the end of that decade would have needed the real figure, not the headline one, to know whether they had actually gained.
Section 02
The most recent sales
Every row is a completed sale as lodged with HM Land Registry. The right-hand column restates the price in 2026 money, which is the only fair way to compare a sale from the 1990s with one from last year.
| Address | Sold | Type | Price paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FLAT C 314 Cricklewood Lane | 19 Jun 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £390,000 | £390,000 |
| 35B Dean Road | 10 Jun 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £405,000 | £405,000 |
| 71 Campbell Gordon Way | 8 Jun 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £290,000 | £290,000 |
| FLAT 4 3 Minster Road | 5 Jun 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £370,000 | £370,000 |
| FLAT 2 137 Hendon Way | 3 Jun 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £500,000 | £500,000 |
| FLAT 4 1 Llanvanor Road | 2 Jun 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £520,000 | £520,000 |
| FLAT 120 ASHFORD COURT Ashford Road | 2 Jun 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £195,575 | £195,575 |
| 210B Walm Lane | 29 May 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £601,000 | £601,000 |
| 87 Somerton Road | 22 May 2026 | Semi-detached | £845,000 | £845,000 |
| FLAT B 70 Chatsworth Road | 22 May 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £607,000 | £607,000 |
| FLAT 2 1 Minster Road | 22 May 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £400,000 | £400,000 |
| 23 Langton Road | 21 May 2026 | Terraced | £340,000 | £340,000 |
| FLAT 17 59 – 61 Oak Grove | 19 May 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £270,000 | £270,000 |
| FLAT C 62 Olive Road | 18 May 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £350,000 | £350,000 |
| 73 Larch Road | 15 May 2026 | Terraced | £999,950 | £999,950 |
| 140 Cleveland Gardens | 15 May 2026 | Semi-detached | £776,000 | £776,000 |
| FLAT 3 ALLMAND COURT, 136 Granville Road | 15 May 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £675,000 | £675,000 |
| FLAT 38 SUNFLOWER COURT, 173 Granville Road | 15 May 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £532,500 | £532,500 |
| FLAT 3 6 Lichfield Road | 15 May 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £410,000 | £410,000 |
| GROUND FLOOR FLAT 16 Blenheim Gardens | 12 May 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £875,000 | £875,000 |
| 9 Deacon Road | 12 May 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £200,000 | £200,000 |
| 12 Horton Avenue | 7 May 2026 | Terraced | £565,000 | £565,000 |
| 13B Ash Grove | 7 May 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £325,000 | £325,000 |
| 53 Windmill Drive | 1 May 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £342,500 | £342,500 |
| 15 SPRINGHILL HOUSE, 249 Willesden Lane | 30 Apr 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £250,000 | £250,000 |
Section 03
Homes that sold twice
These addresses appear in the register more than once, so the same bricks are being priced twice. That makes them the strongest evidence of what actually happened to NW2 values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FLAT C 314 Cricklewood Lane | £228,000 (2006) | £390,000 (2026) | +2.7% | -0.2% |
| 35B Dean Road | £67,750 (1995) | £405,000 (2026) | +5.9% | +3.2% |
| 71 Campbell Gordon Way | £73,106 (1995) | £290,000 (2026) | +4.5% | +1.9% |
| FLAT 4 3 Minster Road | £156,500 (2000) | £370,000 (2026) | +3.4% | +0.6% |
| FLAT 2 137 Hendon Way | £445,000 (2016) | £500,000 (2026) | +1.2% | -2.1% |
| FLAT 4 1 Llanvanor Road | £395,000 (2004) | £520,000 (2026) | +1.3% | -1.5% |
| FLAT 120 ASHFORD COURT Ashford Road | £148,000 (2004) | £195,575 (2026) | +1.3% | -1.5% |
| 210B Walm Lane | £145,000 (1997) | £601,000 (2026) | +5.0% | +2.3% |
| FLAT 2 1 Minster Road | £172,500 (2000) | £400,000 (2026) | +3.3% | +0.6% |
| 87 Somerton Road | £402,500 (2005) | £845,000 (2026) | +3.6% | +0.7% |
| FLAT B 70 Chatsworth Road | £615,000 (2021) | £607,000 (2026) | -0.3% | -4.8% |
| 23 Langton Road | £133,000 (2002) | £340,000 (2026) | +4.0% | +1.2% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. NW2 is dominated by the type at the top of this table, so its overall median leans that way.
| Property type | Sales | Share | Median paid | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat or maisonette | 14,428 | 62.1% | £220,000 | £1,000 – £1,900,000 |
| Semi-detached | 4,159 | 17.9% | £355,000 | £1,800 – £3,900,000 |
| Terraced | 3,868 | 16.6% | £268,000 | £300 – £2,250,000 |
| Detached | 782 | 3.4% | £800,000 | £2,000 – £5,150,000 |
Section 05
How big homes are in NW2
Energy Performance Certificates record a floor area for every home that has been surveyed, sold or let — far more homes than have changed hands. 11,763 certificates cover NW2, and their median floor area is 64 m².
The median across the whole register is 76 m², so homes here are smaller than average — -15.8%. Size explains a large part of why one area's median price sits above another's, which is why the price per square metre further up this page is the fairer comparison.
| Measure | Floor area | Sample |
|---|---|---|
| Median floor area | 64 m² | about 689 sq ft |
| Smaller quarter, up to | 47 m² | about 506 sq ft |
| Larger quarter, from | 85 m² | about 915 sq ft |
| Under 60 m² | 44.3% | 5,215 homes |
| 150 m² and over | 5.3% | 627 homes |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in NW2
14,683 of the sales on record are leasehold and 8,554 freehold — 63.2% of the market. Tenure is not a detail: a leasehold flat and a freehold house are different assets, and mixing them into one median hides the difference.
The median leasehold sale is £220,000 and the median freehold sale £330,000 — a gap of +50.0%. Most of that gap is property type rather than tenure itself: leasehold here is largely flats, freehold largely houses.
| Category | Sales | Share | Median paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leasehold | 14,683 | 63.2% | £220,000 |
| Freehold | 8,554 | 36.8% | £330,000 |
| New build | 1,520 | 6.5% | £240,000 |
| Existing home | 21,717 | 93.5% | £250,000 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -4.0%. A new-build premium is normal: the buyer gets a warranty and nothing to fix, and the price is set by a developer rather than negotiated between two households.
A further 2,546 transfers for this area are on the register but are left out of every figure above. HM Land Registry marks them as additional price paid entries: repossessions, buy-to-let portfolio moves, transfers between companies or family, and sales at a discount such as right to buy. They are real records but they are not open-market prices, and including them would drag the median somewhere no buyer ever paid.
Section 07
Living in NW2
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across Barnet, 49.4% of 195,643 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 2.8% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 594 | 0.3% |
| B | 31,003 | 15.8% |
| C | 65,110 | 33.3% |
| D | 68,916 | 35.2% |
| E | 24,462 | 12.5% |
| F | 4,540 | 2.3% |
| G | 1,018 | 0.5% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in Barnet at £1,939 a month as of Jun 2026 — £1,491 for a one-bedroom home and £2,243 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £250,000 here, that rent is a gross yield of 9.31% a year. It is a measured figure rather than an assumption: a real local rent over a real local price, before any cost of ownership.
Police forces publish every recorded street-level crime. Within a mile of the centre of NW2, 757 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 168 violent, 29 burglary, 57 vehicle-related and 270 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is 4.5 times busier.
Against the 389,344 residents the 2021 census counted in Barnet, that is 1.94 recorded crimes per thousand people in the month. The count covers a mile around the district centre while the population covers the whole council, so read the rate as an order of magnitude rather than a precise figure.
A count is not a rate. A district with shops and a station records more crime than a residential one of the same size, because more people pass through it. Read this next to the median, not on its own.
Section 08
The neighbourhood around NW2
The 2021 census counted 389,344 residents in Barnet across 148,917 households. 53.7% of those households own their home and 46.2% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
17 state and independent schools have a NW2 postcode: 13 primary, 4 secondary. Catchment areas do not follow postcodes, so treat this as what is nearby rather than what a child would be offered.
| School | Phase | Type | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hampstead School | Secondary | Community school | 1,191 |
| E-ACT Crest Academy | Secondary | Academy sponsor led | 1,116 |
| Clarion | Secondary | Academy converter | 689 |
| Braintcroft E-ACT Primary Academy | Primary | Academy sponsor led | 661 |
| St Agnes' Catholic Primary School | Primary | Voluntary aided school | 439 |
| St Andrew and St Francis CofE Primary School | Primary | Academy sponsor led | 434 |
| Menorah High School for Girls | Secondary | Voluntary aided school | 422 |
| Anson Primary School | Primary | Community school | 418 |
| Mora Primary School | Primary | Community school | 415 |
| Childs Hill Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 407 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Cricklewood Rail Station | Rail | 0.5 km |
| Willesden Green Underground Station | Metro or underground | 1.0 km |
| Willesden Green Station | Tram | 1.0 km |
| Willesden Green Underground Station | Metro or underground | 1.0 km |
Section 09
How NW2 compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. NW2 sits above that national figure — +58.7%.
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £3,432 per square metre, across 5,610 of the 23,237 sales on record. Price per square metre is the only figure that compares a two-bed flat with a four-bed house honestly.
The full range on record runs from £300 to £5,150,000. Extremes usually mean something unusual — a plot sold without a house on it, a transfer between family members, or a very large property — so the median is the number to trust.
NW2 sits in Barnet, in London.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in Barnet at 14.9 times median local earnings of £38,294 a year, measured to Sep 2025. Across England and Wales the same ratio is 7.6. That number, not the price alone, is what decides whether a place is within reach of the people who work in it.
Section 10
Nearby on the record
Sectors inside NW2
- NW2 1£220,000 median
- NW2 2£322,500 median
- NW2 3£264,500 median
- NW2 4£296,000 median
- NW2 5£237,500 median
- NW2 6£245,000 median
- NW2 7£205,000 median
- NW2 8£570,000 median
The closest districts
- NW62.4 km · £342,000
- NW102.7 km · £225,000
- NW33.4 km · £480,000
- NW94.1 km · £250,000
- W94.2 km · £337,000
- NW84.3 km · £392,000
- N35.0 km · £315,750
- W25.4 km · £392,750
This district mostly covers London.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in NW2?
The median price paid in NW2 across every sale on the register is £250,000. The median is used rather than the mean because a handful of very large sales would otherwise drag the average away from what a typical buyer paid.
How many homes have sold in NW2?
23,237 sales are on record for NW2, the most recent completing on 19 Jun 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have NW2 house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +8.3% between 2016 and 2026. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -22.4%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were NW2 house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £575,000, set in 2024. That is the cash figure; measured in 2026 money the peak may fall in a different year, because inflation reshapes the series.
What is the price per square metre in NW2?
£3,432 per square metre, from the 5,610 sales where an EPC floor area could be matched to the address. Price per square metre strips out size, so a flat and a house can be compared on the same basis.
How current is this data?
The latest sale shown here completed on 19 Jun 2026. HM Land Registry publishes Price Paid Data monthly and a sale can take a month or two to appear after completion, so the most recent weeks are always incomplete.
Cite this page: Sold Price History, “NW2 house prices”, 2026. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data © Crown copyright and database right, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Inflation adjustment: ONS CPIH.