That is the middle of 8,246 standard sales recorded by HM Land Registry from September 2023 to August 2026, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. The typical home sells for 8.5 times as much as in 1995. Below: what each type of home sells for, the spread of prices, every year since 1995, new builds, the busiest streets and the neighbours. Rents and council tax are on Cost of living.
8,246 homes sold in three years: 131 detached houses, 759 semi-detached houses, 2,813 terraced houses and 4,543 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.3 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£890K
median sale · 131 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£685K–£1.3M
Last 12 months
£938K26 sold
Semi-detached houses£750K
median sale · 759 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£550K–£968K
Last 12 months
£782K208 sold
Terraced houses£640K
median sale · 2,813 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£500K–£800K
Last 12 months
£652K794 sold
New build
£508K
Flats and maisonettes£380K
median sale · 4,543 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£300K–£465K
Last 12 months
£375K1,230 sold
New build
£450K
The mix
A flat market: 55% of homes sold are flats
Detached houses2%
Semi-detached houses9%
Terraced houses34%
Flats and maisonettes55%
Standard sales, Sep 2023 to Aug 2026. A median needs 5 sales of a type; “middle half” is the 25th to 75th percentile of 10 or more.
Price range
Half of Lewisham’s homes sold for between £360K and £653K
One sale in ten was under £278K and one in ten over £875K. 6% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £465,000, sits in the £400–500K band
8,246 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 8.5 times as much as in 1995, a faster rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £55,500 in 1995 to £470,000 in the last 12 months (£428,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
2,258 sales in the last 12 months, against 6,272 in 2002, the busiest year, and 2,126 in 2009. Sales fell by 65% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 4%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 40% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Lewisham costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Lewisham, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Semi-detached houses rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£118K
£238K
£400K
£480K
£745K
£818K
£938K
Semi-detached houses
£78K
£158K
£250K
£321K
£550K
£650K
£782K
Terraced houses
£65K
£130K
£225K
£280K
£470K
£588K
£652K
Flats and maisonettes
£43K
£82K
£160K
£187K
£315K
£385K
£375K
Calendar years; a year’s median needs 5 sales of the type, so gaps are years with fewer.
Prices are as paid, not adjusted for inflation. Standard (category A) sales only; Land Registry adds a sale when it is registered, so the newest months fill in later.
New builds
New builds have slowed: 0% of sales in the last 12 months, after 20% in 2016
9,901 new homes have been sold in Lewisham since 1995; the share peaked at 20% in 2016.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
A new home sold for a median £450,000
against £465,000 for a home sold on, about the same, over three years. New homes are often a different mix from the homes sold on, so part of the gap is size and type.
57% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 4.6% sold leasehold in Lewisham. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
Streets
Adenmore Road is Lewisham’s busiest street, with 92 sales in three years
580 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 267 of them ten or more. A busy street is often a new estate selling its first homes, or a long road of terraces and flats.
#
Street
Postcode area
Sales
Median
Homes
1
Adenmore Road
SE6
92
£338,750
Mostly flats
2
Devonshire Road
SE23
71
£425,000
Mostly flats
3
Juniper Crescent
SE10
56
£470,000
Mostly flats · new builds
4
Burnt Ash Hill
SE12
50
£307,500
Mostly flats
5
Deals Gateway
SE13
47
£306,000
Mostly flats
6
Wickham Road
SE4
43
£482,000
Mostly flats
7
Hither Green Lane
SE13
43
£370,000
Mostly flats
8
Conington Road
SE13
43
£264,000
Mostly flats
9
Stanstead Road (SE23)
SE23
41
£398,000
Mostly flats
10
Leahurst Road
SE13
39
£630,000
Mostly terraced houses
11
Taymount Rise
SE23
39
£374,000
Mostly flats
12
Breakspears Road
SE4
38
£621,500
Mostly flats
13
Tressillian Road
SE4
38
£572,500
Mostly flats
14
Upper Brockley Road
SE4
37
£575,000
Mixed
15
Mount Pleasant Road
SE13
37
£360,000
Mostly flats
Dearest streets
Dunoon Road: £1,425,000
Lewisham median£465K
Dunoon Road£1.4M
Erlanger Road£1.4M
Handen Road£1.4M
Benson Road£1.4M
Upwood Road£1.3M
Cheapest streets
Whitburn Road: £145,000
Lewisham median£465K
Whitburn Road£145K
Culverley Road£190K
Myers Lane£208K
Jews Walk£210K
Celestial Gardens£210K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 9.8 times the cheapest’s. Street medians mix types: a street of detached houses beats one of flats.
Standard sales with a street name, grouped by street and postcode district (Sep 2023 to Aug 2026); a name used in two districts shows the district. Medians only: we don’t list individual sales.
Across London
Lewisham is the 26th most expensive of 33 towns in London
Lewisham is in the middle of London’s towns to buy in; the typical UK town’s median is £277,000.
Median: standard sales over three years (10+ needed). Since 2016: the median over three years against 2016’s. Miles: centre to centre.
Questions about property prices in Lewisham
What is the average house price in Lewisham?
The median home in Lewisham sold for £465,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 8,246 standard sales (£470,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £890,000, semi-detached houses £750,000, terraced houses £640,000 and flats and maisonettes £380,000.
Are house prices going up in Lewisham?
The median was £470,000 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£470,000), and £470,000 in the last 12 months. A town’s median moves with the mix of homes sold each year as well as with prices.
How many homes sell in Lewisham each year?
2,258 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 3,429 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Lewisham?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Dunoon Road (SE23, £1,425,000), Erlanger Road (SE14, £1,425,000) and Handen Road (SE12, £1,420,000).
How much does a new build cost in Lewisham?
New homes sold for a median £450,000 over three years, against £465,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 1.7% of sales.
Is Lewisham expensive for London?
Lewisham is the 26th most expensive of 33 towns of 2,500 or more in London by median sale price.
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid, every standard sale since January 1995 (yearly files of 28 September 2026), inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary by postcode (ONS Postcode Directory) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.