Compare house prices

How do I compare house prices between areas?

The average house price in Greater London is £646,381 over the last 12 months. Over the past year prices fell 5.8%.

£646,381

Average price, last 12 months

−5.8% in a year
OCT 2016£580kSEPT 2026£646k

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What can I buy with my budget in Greater London?

With £650,000 you could afford the average flat in Greater London.

£650,000

Greater London

  • Flats

    £500,736

    In budget

  • Terraced

    £754,855

    £105k short

  • Semi-detached

    £778,350

    £128k short

  • Detached

    £1,264,841

    £615k short

Average sale price by type of home over the last 12 months, from HM Land Registry. These are averages, so cheaper homes of each type do sell.

How much would a mortgage cost in Greater London?

With a 10% deposit, a 25-year mortgage at 4.5% on the average home in Greater London costs £3,234 a month.

10%
4.5%
25 years
  • Greater London

    £3,234

    a month

    Average price
    £646,381
    Deposit
    £64,638
    Mortgage
    £581,743
    Salary needed at 4.5×
    £129,276

A repayment mortgage on each location's average sale price over the last 12 months. The rate is an example, not a quote, so check current deals. Many lenders cap borrowing at about 4.5 times income.

What does each type of home cost?

Average sale price by property type over the last 12 months.

Detached

  • £1,264,841

Semi-detached

  • £778,350

Terraced

  • £754,855

Flats

  • £500,736

What kinds of homes sell in each area?

Share of last 12 months' sales by property type.

  • Detached
  • Semi-detached
  • Terraced
  • Flats

Greater London

Mostly flats

15%
29%
52%

How much do prices vary within Greater London?

In Greater London the priciest area costs 2.1× the cheapest.

Greater London14 areas

Cheapest: London Borough of Bexley, £429,397. Priciest: London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, £891,720.

London Borough of Bexley: £429,397London Borough of Croydon: £439,547London Borough of Havering: £463,897London Borough of Sutton: £479,464London Borough of Enfield: £501,623London Borough of Hillingdon: £522,856London Borough of Redbridge: £529,347London Borough of Harrow: £556,173London Borough of Hounslow: £567,393London Borough of Waltham Forest: £568,570London Borough of Bromley: £573,674Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames: £615,184London Borough of Barnet: £711,256London Borough of Richmond upon Thames: £891,720
  • Greater London average, £646,381

Each dot is one area inside the location, by its average sale price over the last 12 months. The areas we have prices for may not cover every part of a location.

How green is Greater London?

Greater London has 1,935 public parks among 11,177 green space sites. Green space covers 13.4% of the area: about 24 m² per resident, or 3.4 football pitches for every 1,000 people. Less green space per resident than 61% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².

  • Greater London

    13.4%

    of the land is green space
    24 m² per resident, or 3.4 football pitches for every 1,000 residents
    1,935 public parks

Each grid is the location's land, one square per 1%. Green space from OS Open Greenspace, not counting golf courses; Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

How crowded is Greater London?

Greater London has about 39 residents for every football pitch of land, or 14,288 people per square mile, which counts as very high density.

Greater London
39 people per football pitch of land · 14,288 per square mile

Each figure is 2 people. Census 2021 population divided by land area. A football pitch is about 7,140 m² (105 m × 68 m).

How have average house prices moved?

Rolling 12-month average for each location, last 10 years. Gaps mean no sales were recorded that month.

When have prices risen and fallen in Greater London?

Prices in Greater London were down on a year earlier in 44 months of the 108 since October 2017. They are now down 5.8% on a year earlier.

Greater London44 of 108 months down
FallingRising

Each stripe is one month: the rolling 12-month average against the same month a year earlier, since October 2017. Falls are hatched as well as red.

How many homes were sold?

Monthly sales volume for each location, last 10 years.

How do all the numbers compare?

Every measure side by side. The highest value in each row is highlighted.

Latest 12-month average

  • Greater London

    England / Greater London

    £646,381

Change over 1 year

  • Greater London

    England / Greater London

    −£40,162

Change over ~10 years

  • Greater London

    England / Greater London

    +£69,287

Homes sold (last 12 months)

  • Greater London

    England / Greater London

    70,639

Number of postcodes

  • Greater London

    England / Greater London

    327,954

Households (Census 2021)

  • Greater London

    England / Greater London

    3,424,214

Household density

  • Greater London

    England / Greater London

    5,560 per sq mi · Very High

Population (Census 2021)

  • Greater London

    England / Greater London

    8,799,730

Population density

  • Greater London

    England / Greater London

    14,288 per sq mi · Very High

Green space per resident

  • Greater London

    England / Greater London

    24 m² per resident · less than 61% of areas

Green space share of area

  • Greater London

    England / Greater London

    13.4%

Public parks

  • Greater London

    England / Greater London

    1,935

Crime rate (per 1,000 residents)

  • Greater London

    England / Greater London

    101 per 1,000 · Very High

Crime vs previous 12 months

  • Greater London

    England / Greater London

    −2.9%

Anti-social behaviour per 1,000 residents

  • Greater London

    England / Greater London

    26 per 1,000

Peak month

  • Greater London

    England / Greater London

    JUN 2023 · £789,136

Most common price band

  • Greater London

    England / Greater London

    £500k – £1m · 39.5%

Detached average

  • Greater London

    England / Greater London

    £1,264,841

Semi-detached average

  • Greater London

    England / Greater London

    £778,350

Terraced average

  • Greater London

    England / Greater London

    £754,855

Flats average

  • Greater London

    England / Greater London

    £500,736

Detached share of sales

  • Greater London

    England / Greater London

    4.5%

Semi-detached share of sales

  • Greater London

    England / Greater London

    15.2%

Terraced share of sales

  • Greater London

    England / Greater London

    28.6%

Flats share of sales

  • Greater London

    England / Greater London

    51.6%

Sold prices from HM Land Registry. Households and population from Census 2021. Green space from OS Open Greenspace, not counting golf courses; Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Crime is police-recorded crime from police.uk, per 1,000 residents, over the latest 12 published months; anti-social behaviour is counted separately. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: police.uk.

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