UK Property Check

UK Property Check · Printed on 8 November 2026ukpropertycheck.co.uk/postcode/se

House prices in the SE postcode area, South East London

Homes in the SE postcode area sold for a median of £480,000 between September 2024 and August 2026, from 19,741 standard sales.

That is 9% below the £525,000 median for London, where most of the area lies.

Median sale price£480,00019,741 standard sales
Middle half of prices£371,000 to £675,000
Change since 2016+15%Median, 2016 to 2025, before inflation

Prices over time

  1. 2016
  2. 2017
  3. 2018
  4. 2019
  5. 2020
  6. 2021
  7. 2022
  8. 2023
  9. 2024
  10. 2025
  11. 2026
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 15%, from £420,000 in 2016 to £485,000 in 2025, the fifth smallest rise of the 105 postcode areas in England and Wales.

Prices by property type

Standard sales in the SE area, September 2024 to August 2026
TypeSalesMedian priceMiddle halfPer m²
Detached329£910,000£650,000 to £1,500,000Too few
Semi-detached1,750£705,000£535,000 to £985,000£6,594/m²from 63 sales
Terraced5,752£640,000£475,000 to £850,000£6,406/m²from 213 sales
Flats and maisonettes11,910£415,000£325,000 to £525,000£6,780/m²from 319 sales

Most homes sold in the SE area were flats and maisonettes, at 60% of sales.

1,617 sales in the SE area, or 8%, were for £1 million or more, against 3% across England and Wales.

Leasehold is common here: 61% of sales were leasehold, against 21% across England and Wales, so check the years left on the lease and the charges early.

Districts ranked by median price

The dearest district was SE21 (Southwark), at £730,000, and the cheapest was SE28 (Greenwich), at £360,000. The dearest median is 2.0 times the cheapest.

The next dearest were SE22 (Southwark) and SE24 (Lambeth), and the next cheapest SE25 (Croydon) and SE8 (Lewisham).

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

Districts in the SE area by council area, by number of sales: Southwark (7 districts), Lewisham (8 districts), Greenwich (7 districts), Croydon (SE19, SE25), Lambeth (SE11, SE24, SE27), Bromley (SE20).

Districts with at least 100 standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026
  1. SE21Southwark, 298 sales£730,000−3%
  2. SE22Southwark, 849 sales£685,500+11%
  3. SE24Lambeth, 389 sales£670,000−7%
  4. SE1Southwark, 1,300 sales£580,000−3%
  5. SE11Lambeth, 428 sales£576,500+15%
  6. SE4Lewisham, 628 sales£575,000−4%
  7. SE27Lambeth, 468 sales£561,500+10%
  8. SE3Greenwich, 956 sales£528,500−1%
  9. SE15Southwark, 1,169 sales£525,000+5%
  10. SE23Lewisham, 857 sales£520,000+7%
  11. SE10Greenwich, 1,082 sales£519,000−8%
  12. SE5Southwark, 816 sales£489,500−4%
  13. SE7Greenwich, 292 sales£489,500+9%
  14. SE16Southwark, 865 sales£480,000−2%
  15. SE17Southwark, 395 sales£475,000−24%
  16. SE9Greenwich, 1,171 sales£470,000+2%
  17. SE14Lewisham, 432 sales£464,000+3%
  18. SE12Lewisham, 492 sales£462,5000%
  19. SE6Lewisham, 902 sales£461,000+6%
  20. SE26Lewisham, 702 sales£453,500−1%
  21. SE19Croydon, 744 sales£444,000−2%
  22. SE13Lewisham, 945 sales£440,000+1%
  23. SE2Greenwich, 370 sales£425,000+2%
  24. SE18Greenwich, 1,061 sales£420,000−5%
  25. SE20Bromley, 523 sales£415,000+1%
  26. SE8Lewisham, 464 sales£414,000−8%
  27. SE25Croydon, 728 sales£407,000+6%
  28. SE28Greenwich, 415 sales£360,000−1%

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 SE11 (Lambeth), up 15%, and fell most in SE17 (Southwark), down 24%.

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 Woodwarde Road, Dulwich (SE22, £1,937,500), Casson Square, London (SE1, flats, £1,390,000) and Mycenae Road, London (SE3, £1,337,500).

The cheapest were New Kent Road, London (SE1, flats, £156,000), Myers Lane, London (SE14, flats, £195,000) and Molesworth Street, London (SE13, flats, £226,000).

Neighbouring postcode areas include SW (South West London), DA (Dartford), E (East London), EC (East Central London) and BR (Bromley).

Council areas in the SE postcode area

Within SE, the median ran from £400,000 in Bexley to £564,500 in Lambeth, counting council areas with at least 100 sales in the area (how postcode areas and council areas overlap).

Standard sales in the SE area by council area, placed by postcode, September 2024 to August 2026
Council areaSales in SEMedian in SEWhole council area
Southwark5,380£535,000£535,000
Lewisham5,243£480,000£475,000
Greenwich4,919£455,000£455,000
Lambeth1,837£564,500£543,000
Croydon1,133£415,000£425,000
Bromley1,005£415,000£520,000
Bexley224£400,000£430,000

About these figures

The SE figures come from 19,741 standard sales in 28 postcode districts across 7 council areas (how sales are placed). The busiest district was SE1 (Southwark), with 1,300 sales.

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

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