Islington Property Market 📊 December 2025
- Jacob Littorin
- 6 hours ago
- 3 min read
Hello! 👋 This is your monthly property market update covering the latest from the postcodes of N1, N5, and N7, as well as statistics from the UK, from me, Jacob Littorin, your *aspiring* Personal Estate Agent in our beloved Islington.
Tried to catch some sunshine in the early days of January in Stockholm's winter landscape. ☀️
Jacob x
Jacob's takeaways
2025 ends with the highest number of homes available for sale (1,451 homes) across Islington since 2022, with 53 more compared with December 2024.
New listings that came onto the market (222), along with the number of sales agreed (117), are also higher than in previous years. 25 more new listings, and 1 more sale were agreed upon than last December.
Cumulative new listings beat 2024, 2023, and 2022. Cumulative sales agreed were fewer than in 2024.
There were also more price reductions this December than in previous years (109, 8 more than last December).
Buyer demand was at 63 average daily views per property - above 2024 and 2023. Homes on the market for 12 weeks or more were also above previous years, at 1,449 compared to 1,404 last December.
The number of withdrawn listings was fewer than in 2024 and in 2022.
To conclude, I must note that the property market was subdued until the Autumn Budget, due to rumours of new property taxes. Then the Budget came quite late, resulting in an earlier seasonal slowdown.
Simon Gates of Opening The Gates commented on the 2025 UK property market, noting that one-third of the year was dominated by uncertainty. The rumours of a potential tax reform in the Autumn Budget, even for properties valued at £500,000 and above, caused a lot of anxiety. Gates noted that the Budget's later-than-usual timing, close to Christmas, resulted in a quite early seasonal slowdown in the property market for the year.
Better market conditions throughout 2025 improved consumer confidence: people made moves. Gates mentioned that stock levels continued to rise, reaching their highest point since November 2013 and sitting 21% above the 2020–2025 average. However, this increase has not resulted in an oversupply that would put downward pressure on house prices.
Gates concludes that throughout 2025, there has been a two-speed market; properties priced correctly from the outset are performing strongly, achieving good prices and selling quickly. In contrast, sellers who price too high face increased competition from other homeowners. The higher number of homes available for sale, meaning a wider choice, gives buyers greater flexibility and stronger negotiating power.
Rightmove reported that the number of top-end London sellers was up 24% week-on-week in December. It is an early sign of a post-Budget rebound, as the property market activity and pricing were more subdued from August, due to uncertainty caused by rumours of property tax rises in November's Budget.
For example, the number of new sellers coming to market in the first half of 2025 was 9% higher than in the same period of 2024.
This trend reversed in the second half of the year, with new listings falling to 4% below 2024 levels. Buyer demand followed a similar pattern. It was 3% higher than 2024 in the first half of the year, but dropped to 6% below 2024 in the second half. Overall, it has still been a more positive year for sales activity, with the total number of sales agreed running 3% higher than in 2024.
Zoopla reported that 2025 saw a 3-year high for home moves: 1.2 million homes were sold in 2025, the highest number of sales since 2022.
In general, 2025 saw better conditions for buyers. Property sales were boosted by steady mortgage rates and rising wages, along with mortgages which became more affordable for the average person.
Zoopla concludes that people want to move; demand to move house is still high, though actual sales depend most on buyers' affordability.
Jacob's takeaways
Going into 2026, if you want to move home, you must act with expert strategy and a pricing strategy that attracts interest, amid the current high numbers of available homes for sale. With the right strategy, you can achieve a sale and move on to the next chapter of your life.
We are in this together, and this is your monthly Islington Property Market update from Jacob Littorin, preparing to become a Personal Estate Agent in Islington. Published since 2023 - subscribe to not miss the next edition, always covering our beloved Islington. 💜
Jacob x
