That is the middle of 6,085 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 6.3 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.
87% of Westminster’s sales are flats and maisonettes
6,085 homes sold in three years: 42 detached houses, 68 semi-detached houses, 652 terraced houses and 5,323 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 7.5 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£6.2M
median sale · 42 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£2.8M–£8M
Last 12 months
£3.4M12 sold
Semi-detached houses£5.1M
median sale · 68 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£4M–£7.4M
Last 12 months
£4.6M20 sold
Terraced houses£2.2M
median sale · 652 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£1.2M–£3.9M
Last 12 months
£2.1M160 sold
New build
£2M
Flats and maisonettes£830K
median sale · 5,323 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£560K–£1.4M
Last 12 months
£735K1,233 sold
New build
£2.8M
The mix
A flat market: 87% of homes sold are flats
Detached houses1%
Semi-detached houses1%
Terraced houses11%
Flats and maisonettes87%
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 Westminster’s homes sold for between £593K and £1.8M
One sale in ten was under £435K and one in ten over £4M. 1% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £905,000, sits in the £750K–1M band
6,085 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 6.3 times as much as in 1995, a faster rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £128,000 in 1995 to £800,000 in the last 12 months (£985,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
1,425 sales in the last 12 months, against 6,789 in 1999, the busiest year, and 1,899 in 2020. Sales fell by 47% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, though the median held. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 46% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Westminster costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Westminster, 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
£773K
£1.1M
£1.8M
£3.4M
£4.4M
£6.7M
£3.4M
Semi-detached houses
£417K
£650K
£1.9M
£2.9M
£4.9M
£4M
£4.6M
Terraced houses
£300K
£600K
£848K
£1.4M
£2.2M
£2.3M
£2.1M
Flats and maisonettes
£120K
£249K
£352K
£550K
£849K
£877K
£735K
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: 2% of sales in the last 12 months, after 23% in 2016
13,234 new homes have been sold in Westminster since 1995; the share peaked at 23% 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 £2,775,000
against £875,000 for a home sold on, 217% more, over three years. New homes are often a different mix from the homes sold on, so part of the gap is size and type.
88% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 12% sold leasehold in Westminster. 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
Maida Vale is Westminster’s busiest street, with 121 sales in three years
370 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 181 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
Maida Vale
W9
121
£600,000
Mostly flats
2
Elgin Avenue
W9
84
£760,500
Mostly flats
3
Queensway
W2
77
£2,300,000
Mostly flats · new builds
4
Randolph Avenue
W9
69
£990,000
Mostly flats
5
Sutherland Avenue
W9
67
£735,000
Mostly flats
6
Marsham Street
SW1P
59
£800,000
Mostly flats
7
Grove End Road
NW8
57
£620,000
Mostly flats
8
Gloucester Terrace
W2
56
£715,000
Mostly flats
9
Shirland Road
W9
49
£540,000
Mostly flats
10
Abbey Road
NW8
48
£512,500
Mostly flats
11
Westbourne Terrace
W2
45
£830,000
Mostly flats
12
Cosway Street
NW1
43
£1,250,000
Mostly flats · new builds
13
St Georges Square
SW1V
42
£968,000
Mostly flats
14
Portnall Road
W9
42
£555,000
Mostly flats
15
Gatliff Road
SW1W
39
£975,000
Mostly flats
Dearest streets
Grosvenor Place: £26,968,250
Westminster median£905K
Grosvenor Place£27M
Horse Guards Avenue£10.9M
Grosvenor Square£8M
Norfolk Road£6.8M
Park Street£6.7M
Cheapest streets
Great Western Road (W9): £321,500
Westminster median£905K
Great Western Road (W9)£322K
Edgware Road£340K
Clipstone Street£365K
Lisson Street£390K
Weymouth Street (W1G)£400K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 83.9 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
Westminster is the 2nd most expensive of 33 towns in London
Westminster is one of London’s dearest 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 Westminster
What is the average house price in Westminster?
The median home in Westminster sold for £905,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 6,085 standard sales (£800,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £6,225,000, semi-detached houses £5,050,000, terraced houses £2,200,000 and flats and maisonettes £830,000.
Are house prices going up in Westminster?
The median was £900,000 in 2025, down 8% on 2024 (£975,000), and £800,000 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 Westminster each year?
1,425 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 2,441 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Westminster?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Grosvenor Place (SW1X, £26,968,250), Horse Guards Avenue (SW1A, £10,890,000) and Grosvenor Square (W1K, £8,000,000).
How much does a new build cost in Westminster?
New homes sold for a median £2,775,000 over three years, against £875,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 5.3% of sales.
Is Westminster expensive for London?
Westminster is the 2nd 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.