House prices in the BR postcode area, Bromley

Homes in the BR postcode area sold for a median of £520,000 between September 2024 and August 2026, from 7,389 standard sales.

That makes it the tenth most expensive of the 105 postcode areas in England and Wales by median price.

Median sale price£520,0007,389 standard sales
Middle half of prices£385,000 to £710,000
Change since 2016+26%Median, 2016 to 2025, before inflation

Prices by property type

Standard sales in the BR area, September 2024 to August 2026
TypeSalesMedian priceMiddle halfPer m²
Detached1,246£882,500£700,000 to £1,210,000£6,162/m²from 64 sales
Semi-detached2,360£600,000£485,000 to £740,000£5,626/m²from 85 sales
Terraced1,878£485,000£407,000 to £600,000£5,657/m²from 70 sales
Flats and maisonettes1,905£326,000£270,000 to £400,000£4,882/m²from 66 sales

Semi-detached houses were the most common type sold in the BR area, at 32% of sales, ahead of flats and maisonettes at 26%.

588 sales in the BR area, or 8%, were for £1 million or more, against 3% across England and Wales.

Measured by floor area, homes in the BR area sold for a median of £5,615 per m², 12% below the £6,381 across London as a whole.

Districts ranked by median price

The dearest district was BR4 (West Wickham), at £670,000, and the cheapest was BR8 (Swanley), at £412,500.

The next dearest were BR7 (Chislehurst) and BR6 (Orpington), and the next cheapest BR5 (Orpington) and BR1 (Bromley).

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Each dot is a postcode district in the BR area, placed at the centre of its postcodes and labelled with the median price of its standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026. The ranked list below gives the same figures.

Post towns in the BR area, by number of sales: Bromley (BR1, BR2), Orpington (BR5, BR6), Beckenham (BR3), Swanley (BR8), Chislehurst (BR7), West Wickham (BR4).

Districts with at least 100 standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026
  1. BR4West Wickham, 426 salesMedian price £670,000Price per square metre £6,000Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 +9%
  2. BR7Chislehurst, 500 salesMedian price £615,000Price per square metre Too fewChange in the median from 2024 to 2025 +8%
  3. BR6Orpington, 1,176 salesMedian price £580,000Price per square metre £5,607Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 −1%
  4. BR2Bromley, 1,174 salesMedian price £550,000Price per square metre £5,626Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 +2%
  5. BR3Beckenham, 1,397 salesMedian price £549,000Price per square metre £5,962Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 +1%
  6. BR1Bromley, 1,160 salesMedian price £455,000Price per square metre £5,392Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 −2%
  7. BR5Orpington, 948 salesMedian price £455,000Price per square metre £5,701Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 +10%
  8. BR8Swanley, 608 salesMedian price £412,500Price per square metre £4,630Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 +5%

1-year change: 2025 against 2024, where both years had 100 or more standard sales. It moves with which homes sold, so treat it as a guide, not a price index.

From 2024 to 2025, the median rose most in BR5 (Orpington), up 10%, and fell most in BR1 (Bromley), down 2%.

Streets with the most standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026:

Of the streets with at least 10 sales, the dearest by median price were Towncourt Crescent, Petts Wood (BR5, £1,220,000), Kings Hall Road, Beckenham (BR3, £1,100,000) and Wickham Way, Beckenham (BR3, £1,063,000).

The cheapest were Inglewood, Swanley (BR8, flats, £95,000), Crescent Road, Beckenham (BR3, £110,000) and Wickham Court Road, West Wickham (BR4, flats, £128,000).

Neighbouring postcode areas include SE (South East London), DA (Dartford) and CR (Croydon).

Prices over time

  1. 2016: £411,500
  2. 2017: £430,000
  3. 2018: £430,000
  4. 2019: £430,000
  5. 2020: £465,000
  6. 2021: £487,000
  7. 2022: £511,000
  8. 2023: £500,000
  9. 2024: £505,000
  10. 2025: £520,000
  11. 2026, January to August: £520,000
Yearly median of standard sales, not adjusted for inflation. 2026 covers January to August only, and the ringed bar, 2025, is the latest full year.

The median rose 26%, from £411,500 in 2016 to £520,000 in 2025, less than the 35% rise across England and Wales.

Council areas in the BR postcode area

Most sales in the BR area, 89%, were in Bromley, where homes in the area sold for a median of £550,000. The rest were mostly in Sevenoaks (8%) and Lewisham (3%).

Standard sales in the BR area by council area, placed by postcode, September 2024 to August 2026
Council areaSales in BRMedian in BRWhole council area
Bromley6,540£550,000£520,000
Sevenoaks605£415,000£482,500
Lewisham230£398,500£475,000
2 other council areas14Too fewNot shown

About these figures

The BR figures come from 7,389 standard sales in 8 postcode districts across 5 council areas (how sales are placed). The busiest district was BR3 (Beckenham), with 1,397 sales.

Updated 15 October 2026 with sales recorded to August 2026. Next update due in late November 2026.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Energy certificate data from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Both are licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.