London price per square foot report: Aug 2026

Homes in London sold for a median £600 per sq ft in the 12 months to Aug 2026, −4% on a year before and +2% on five years before. Prices rose in 1 of the 33 boroughs over the year and fell in 32. Kensington and Chelsea is the dearest borough at £1,254 and Barking and Dagenham the cheapest at £454. The report is rebuilt with each release of the data, as HM Land Registry publishes each month's sales.

Median price per sq ft: £600
Change over 1 year: −4%
Change over 5 years: +2%
Sales in 12 months: 49,670

Every borough

London boroughs by price per square foot
#	Area	£/sq ft	1y change	5y change	Gross yield	Sales (12 mo)
1	Kensington and Chelsea

London boroughs by price per square foot
#	Area	£/sq ft	1y change	5y change	Gross yield	Sales (12 mo)
1	Kensington and Chelsea

2	Westminster	£1,032	−7%	−11%	4.9%	1,017

3	City of London	£1,018	−12%	−12%	–	72

4	Camden	£946	−7%	−3%	4.6%	976

5	Islington	£892	−0%	+5%	5.3%	1,067

6	Hammersmith and Fulham	£877	−6%	−4%	5.0%	1,035

7	Hackney	£813	−1%	+3%	5.4%	1,199

8	Wandsworth	£774	−4%	+1%	5.0%	2,737

9	Richmond upon Thames	£760	−3%	+5%	3.9%	1,690

10	Southwark	£717	−2%	+0%	5.5%	1,768

11	Haringey	£701	−2%	+3%	4.7%	1,159

12	Lambeth	£693	−2%	−1%	5.7%	2,102

13	Tower Hamlets	£660	−10%	−16%	6.3%	1,511

14	Merton	£654	−0%	+2%	4.7%	1,399

15	Waltham Forest	£646	+1%	+9%	3.8%	1,777

16	Ealing	£640	−2%	−0%	4.7%	1,635

17	Kingston upon Thames	£619	−1%	+5%	4.0%	1,273

18	Barnet	£601	−3%	−0%	4.0%	2,024

19	Lewisham	£595	−2%	+4%	4.7%	1,886

20	Brent	£591	−7%	+1%	4.3%	1,051

21	Hounslow	£560	−3%	+4%	4.8%	1,320

22	Hillingdon	£552	−1%	+5%	3.7%	1,628

23	Harrow	£543	−4%	−0%	3.8%	1,036

24	Greenwich	£541	−5%	−3%	5.1%	1,712

25	Bromley	£534	−1%	+6%	3.8%	2,866

26	Enfield	£519	−1%	+2%	4.6%	1,539

27	Newham	£516	−9%	−3%	5.4%	1,097

28	Redbridge	£514	−2%	+6%	4.0%	1,427

29	Sutton	£514	−1%	+5%	4.1%	1,525

30	Bexley	£480	−1%	+10%	4.3%	1,841

31	Havering	£478	−0%	+9%	4.2%	2,169

32	Croydon	£461	−1%	+1%	4.4%	2,475

33	Barking and Dagenham	£454	−0%	+12%	5.3%	869

Rising fastest over the year

Neighbourhoods with the largest 1-year rise in price per square foot
#	Area	Borough	1y change	£/sq ft	Sales (12 mo)
1	Twickenham Marble Hill	Richmond upon Thames	+19%	£1,007	65
2	Forest Gate East	Newham	+19%	£692	24
3	Feltham Central	Hounslow	+17%	£555	45
4	Plaistow North East	Newham	+17%	£525	21
5	Barkingside North	Redbridge	+15%	£579	38
6	Tooting North	Wandsworth	+14%	£860	57
7	Southgate Green	Enfield	+14%	£654	41
8	East Ham South	Newham	+14%	£507	25
9	South Park	Hammersmith and Fulham	+13%	£1,099	37
10	Camden Street & Elm Village	Camden	+12%	£945	29

Falling furthest over the year

Neighbourhoods with the largest 1-year fall in price per square foot
#	Area	Borough	1y change	£/sq ft	Sales (12 mo)
1	St George in the East & Wapping North	Tower Hamlets	−43%	£792	70
2	Old Oak & Wormwood	Hammersmith and Fulham	−42%	£766	36
3	North Woolwich	Newham	−30%	£417	23
4	Blackwall	Tower Hamlets	−30%	£642	38
5	Tokyngton	Brent	−29%	£576	34
6	Canary Wharf	Tower Hamlets	−28%	£774	61
7	Canning Town North	Newham	−28%	£567	34
8	Hatton Garden & Theobalds Road	Camden	−26%	£842	25
9	Kennington West & Vauxhall North	Lambeth	−24%	£755	65
10	Poplar Leaside	Tower Hamlets	−21%	£611	44

Dearest neighbourhoods

Neighbourhoods with the highest price per square foot
#	Area	Borough	£/sq ft	5y change	Sales (12 mo)
1	Hans Town	Kensington and Chelsea	£1,769	−3%	45
2	Knightsbridge, Belgravia & Hyde Park	Westminster	£1,652	−8%	49
3	Strand, St James & Mayfair	Westminster	£1,498	−10%	33
4	Notting Hill Gate	Kensington and Chelsea	£1,474	+3%	45
5	Chelsea Riverside East	Kensington and Chelsea	£1,472	−4%	50
6	Hampstead Town	Camden	£1,453	+13%	58
7	South Kensington	Kensington and Chelsea	£1,447	−8%	44
8	Notting Hill South	Kensington and Chelsea	£1,438	−13%	60
9	Brompton	Kensington and Chelsea	£1,418	−13%	43
10	Notting Hill West	Kensington and Chelsea	£1,417	−5%	36

Cheapest neighbourhoods

Neighbourhoods with the lowest price per square foot
#	Area	Borough	£/sq ft	5y change	Sales (12 mo)
1	Erith East	Bexley	£369	+5%	50
2	Barking Central	Barking and Dagenham	£388	−4%	28
3	University Hospital & Queen's Road	Croydon	£390	−6%	33
4	New Addington South	Croydon	£398	+3%	23
5	Slade Green & Crayford Marshes	Bexley	£400	+2%	54
6	Erith West	Bexley	£402	+8%	62
7	Belvedere & Lessness Heath	Bexley	£403	+11%	60
8	Selhurst South & West Croydon	Croydon	£404	−6%	33
9	Thornton Heath West	Croydon	£406	−0%	39
10	Broad Green & Waddon Marsh	Croydon	£406	−5%	27