UK Property Check

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

House prices in the SW postcode area, South West London

Homes in the SW postcode area sold for a median of £655,000 between September 2024 and August 2026, from 21,681 standard sales.

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

Median sale price£655,00021,681 standard sales
Middle half of prices£458,000 to £1,040,000
Change since 2016+4%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 4%, from £640,000 in 2016 to £667,000 in 2025, the third smallest rise of the 105 postcode areas in England and Wales.

Prices by property type

Standard sales in the SW area, September 2024 to August 2026
TypeSalesMedian priceMiddle halfPer m²
Detached340£2,225,000£1,415,000 to £3,606,000£9,797/m²from 20 sales
Semi-detached1,147£1,250,000£871,000 to £1,850,000£8,824/m²from 60 sales
Terraced5,554£1,052,500£755,000 to £1,494,000£9,335/m²from 250 sales
Flats and maisonettes14,640£540,000£410,000 to £740,000£7,802/m²from 304 sales

Most homes sold in the SW area were flats and maisonettes, at 68% of sales.

5,727 sales in the SW area, or 26%, were for £1 million or more, against 3% across England and Wales.

Measured by floor area, homes in the SW area sold for a median of £8,675 per m², 36% above the £6,381 across London as a whole.

Leasehold is common here: 69% 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 SW1X (Westminster), at £2,550,000, and the cheapest was SW16 (Lambeth), at £475,000. The dearest median is 5.4 times the cheapest.

The next dearest were SW1W (Westminster) and SW7 (Kensington and Chelsea), and the next cheapest SW9 (Lambeth) and SW2 (Lambeth).

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Each dot is a postcode district in the SW 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 SW area by council area, by number of sales: Wandsworth (SW11, SW12, SW15, SW17, SW18), Lambeth (SW2, SW4, SW8, SW9, SW16), Merton (SW19, SW20), Hammersmith and Fulham (SW6), Kensington and Chelsea (SW3, SW5, SW7, SW10), Westminster (8 districts), Richmond upon Thames (SW13, SW14).

Districts with at least 100 standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026
  1. SW1XWestminster, 143 sales£2,550,000Too fewToo few
  2. SW1WWestminster, 179 sales£1,600,000Too few−19%
  3. SW7Kensington and Chelsea, 384 sales£1,455,500Too few+2%
  4. SW3Kensington and Chelsea, 523 sales£1,350,000Too few−4%
  5. SW13Richmond upon Thames, 415 sales£1,175,000Too few+3%
  6. SW10Kensington and Chelsea, 392 sales£992,500Too few+1%
  7. SW14Richmond upon Thames, 454 sales£925,000Too few−1%
  8. SW5Kensington and Chelsea, 275 sales£850,000Too few−5%
  9. SW6Hammersmith and Fulham, 1,645 sales£795,000£11,213−16%
  10. SW1PWestminster, 272 sales£792,000Too few−2%
  11. SW11Wandsworth, 2,199 sales£775,000£10,208−5%
  12. SW20Merton, 712 sales£720,000£7,536+2%
  13. SW12Wandsworth, 967 sales£700,000£9,671+4%
  14. SW1VWestminster, 388 sales£655,000Too few+1%
  15. SW4Lambeth, 940 sales£625,000£7,806−2%
  16. SW18Wandsworth, 2,108 sales£625,000£8,175+2%
  17. SW15Wandsworth, 1,404 sales£615,000£8,642−2%
  18. SW19Merton, 1,962 sales£610,000£8,799+1%
  19. SW8Lambeth, 796 sales£590,000£9,375−6%
  20. SW17Wandsworth, 1,740 sales£585,000£7,847−3%
  21. SW2Lambeth, 1,236 sales£525,000£6,818+5%
  22. SW9Lambeth, 727 sales£505,000Too few−3%
  23. SW16Lambeth, 1,731 sales£475,000£5,926−2%

Fewer than 100 sales, not ranked: SW1A £1.63m (15 sales), SW1E £1.12m (22 sales), SW1H £900k (41 sales), SW1Y £900k (11 sales).

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 SW2 (Lambeth), up 5%, and fell most in SW1W (Westminster), down 19%.

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 Knightsbridge, London (SW1X, flats, £4,392,500), Waterfront Drive, London (SW10, flats, £3,650,000) and Old Church Street, London (SW3, £3,268,500).

The cheapest were Thurstan Street, London (SW6, flats, £205,000), Enterprise Way, London (SW18, flats, £262,500) and London Road, London (SW16, flats, £276,000).

Neighbouring postcode areas include W (West London), SE (South East London), CR (Croydon), KT (Kingston upon Thames) and TW (Twickenham).

Council areas in the SW postcode area

Within SW, the median ran from £536,000 in Lambeth to £1,135,000 in Kensington and Chelsea, counting council areas with at least 100 sales in the area (how postcode areas and council areas overlap).

Standard sales in the SW area by council area, placed by postcode, September 2024 to August 2026
Council areaSales in SWMedian in SWWhole council area
Wandsworth8,722£640,000£640,000
Lambeth4,821£536,000£543,000
Merton2,702£642,500£542,500
Hammersmith and Fulham1,693£812,000£705,000
Kensington and Chelsea1,572£1,135,000£1,150,000
Westminster1,025£900,000£865,000
Richmond upon Thames887£1,000,000£717,500
Croydon221£547,500£425,000
Kingston upon Thames38£822,500£550,000

About these figures

The SW figures come from 21,681 standard sales in 27 postcode districts across 9 council areas (how sales are placed). The busiest district was SW11 (Wandsworth), with 2,199 sales.

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

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