SW18 house prices are built from 46,197 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1995 and the most recent on 19 Jun 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £368,000. Across the 10 years from 2016 to 2026 the median moved -5.1% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -32.0%.
Median price paid
£368,000
Change in cash, 2016–2026
-5.1%
Change in real terms
-32.0%
Median per m²
£4,983
HM Land Registry46,197 sales12,354 with floor areaLatest sale 19 Jun 2026
Section 01
How SW18 prices moved
The chart tracks the median SW18 house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1995 to 2026. The dashed line restates each year in 2026 money, so the two lines separate exactly as much as inflation has eroded the cash figure.
| Decade | Years with sales | Median paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5 | £109,950 | £244,141 |
| 2000s | 10 | £276,604 | £503,891 |
| 2010s | 10 | £540,500 | £762,105 |
| 2020s | 7 | £625,000 | £638,587 |
The highest yearly median on record for SW18 is £645,000 in 2022; the lowest is £88,000 in 1995. Across the full 32-year record the cash median has moved from £88,000 to £610,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £195,402, so the real change over the whole record is +212.2% — about +3.74% a year after inflation. Cash growth and real growth are not the same story, and the gap is the part most price reports leave out.
Over the last decade alone the difference is stark: -5.1% in cash against -32.0% once inflation is removed. A buyer who sold at the end of that decade would have needed the real figure, not the headline one, to know whether they had actually gained.
Section 02
The most recent sales
Every row is a completed sale as lodged with HM Land Registry. The right-hand column restates the price in 2026 money, which is the only fair way to compare a sale from the 1990s with one from last year.
| Address | Sold | Type | Price paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GARDEN FLAT 49 Cromford Road | 19 Jun 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £850,000 | £850,000 |
| 427 Merton Road | 19 Jun 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £700,000 | £700,000 |
| 69 Haldon Road | 18 Jun 2026 | Terraced | £1,500,000 | £1,500,000 |
| FLAT 31 SPINNAKER HOUSE Juniper Drive | 18 Jun 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £500,000 | £500,000 |
| 49 Revelstoke Road | 15 Jun 2026 | Terraced | £1,100,000 | £1,100,000 |
| 82A Ellerton Road | 15 Jun 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £973,500 | £973,500 |
| 86 Balvernie Grove | 12 Jun 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £768,344 | £768,344 |
| FLAT 13 23 Hardwicks Square | 12 Jun 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £655,000 | £655,000 |
| 57 BALTIMORE HOUSE Juniper Drive | 12 Jun 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £610,000 | £610,000 |
| 24 Summerley Street | 12 Jun 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £400,000 | £400,000 |
| 102A Swaby Road | 10 Jun 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £710,000 | £710,000 |
| 57 Westover Road | 9 Jun 2026 | Terraced | £2,885,000 | £2,885,000 |
| 6 Inman Road | 9 Jun 2026 | Terraced | £1,374,000 | £1,374,000 |
| 4 Heathfield Square | 8 Jun 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £428,000 | £428,000 |
| 57 Arnal Crescent | 8 Jun 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £272,500 | £272,500 |
| FLAT 14 11 Point Pleasant | 8 Jun 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £132,500 | £132,500 |
| 45 Westover Road | 5 Jun 2026 | Terraced | £2,267,500 | £2,267,500 |
| 6 Bodmin Street | 5 Jun 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £865,000 | £865,000 |
| 71 Tonsley Hill | 5 Jun 2026 | Terraced | £642,000 | £642,000 |
| FLAT 1 4 Huguenot Place | 5 Jun 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £625,000 | £625,000 |
| 16 Cargill Road | 5 Jun 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £430,000 | £430,000 |
| FLAT 1 ARTEMIS PLACE, 29 Sutherland Grove | 4 Jun 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £405,000 | £405,000 |
| FLAT 2 20 Algarve Road | 2 Jun 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £645,000 | £645,000 |
| FLAT 13 MILTON COURT Chesterton Close | 2 Jun 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £500,000 | £500,000 |
| 74A Aslett Street | 1 Jun 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £782,500 | £782,500 |
Section 03
Homes that sold twice
These addresses appear in the register more than once, so the same bricks are being priced twice. That makes them the strongest evidence of what actually happened to SW18 values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 427 Merton Road | £430,000 (2019) | £700,000 (2026) | +7.2% | +3.2% |
| GARDEN FLAT 49 Cromford Road | £817,600 (2021) | £850,000 (2026) | +0.8% | -3.8% |
| 69 Haldon Road | £465,000 (2002) | £1,500,000 (2026) | +5.0% | +2.2% |
| FLAT 31 SPINNAKER HOUSE Juniper Drive | £449,000 (2012) | £500,000 (2026) | +0.8% | -2.1% |
| 82A Ellerton Road | £635,000 (2016) | £973,500 (2026) | +4.4% | +0.9% |
| 86 Balvernie Grove | £203,000 (2008) | £768,344 (2026) | +7.7% | +4.6% |
| 24 Summerley Street | £34,000 (1995) | £400,000 (2026) | +8.3% | +5.5% |
| 57 BALTIMORE HOUSE Juniper Drive | £455,000 (2007) | £610,000 (2026) | +1.6% | -1.4% |
| FLAT 13 23 Hardwicks Square | £488,950 (2005) | £655,000 (2026) | +1.4% | -1.5% |
| 102A Swaby Road | £298,000 (2004) | £710,000 (2026) | +4.0% | +1.1% |
| 6 Inman Road | £186,000 (1999) | £1,374,000 (2026) | +7.7% | +4.9% |
| 57 Westover Road | £2,090,000 (2014) | £2,885,000 (2026) | +2.7% | -0.3% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. SW18 is dominated by the type at the top of this table, so its overall median leans that way.
| Property type | Sales | Share | Median paid | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat or maisonette | 29,233 | 63.3% | £312,000 | £1.00 – £4,700,000 |
| Terraced | 13,966 | 30.2% | £495,000 | £500 – £4,325,000 |
| Semi-detached | 2,474 | 5.4% | £660,000 | £1,000 – £6,500,000 |
| Detached | 524 | 1.1% | £915,000 | £65,500 – £9,900,000 |
Section 05
How big homes are in SW18
Energy Performance Certificates record a floor area for every home that has been surveyed, sold or let — far more homes than have changed hands. 10,259 certificates cover SW18, and their median floor area is 70 m².
The median across the whole register is 76 m², so homes here are smaller than average — -7.9%. Size explains a large part of why one area's median price sits above another's, which is why the price per square metre further up this page is the fairer comparison.
| Measure | Floor area | Sample |
|---|---|---|
| Median floor area | 70 m² | about 753 sq ft |
| Smaller quarter, up to | 54 m² | about 581 sq ft |
| Larger quarter, from | 93 m² | about 1,001 sq ft |
| Under 60 m² | 33.5% | 3,433 homes |
| 150 m² and over | 7.5% | 769 homes |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in SW18
29,662 of the sales on record are leasehold and 16,535 freehold — 64.2% of the market. Tenure is not a detail: a leasehold flat and a freehold house are different assets, and mixing them into one median hides the difference.
The median leasehold sale is £315,000 and the median freehold sale £525,000 — a gap of +66.7%. Most of that gap is property type rather than tenure itself: leasehold here is largely flats, freehold largely houses.
| Category | Sales | Share | Median paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leasehold | 29,662 | 64.2% | £315,000 |
| Freehold | 16,535 | 35.8% | £525,000 |
| New build | 5,050 | 10.9% | £428,725 |
| Existing home | 41,147 | 89.1% | £360,000 |
New builds sold for more than the median existing home — +19.1%. A new-build premium is normal: the buyer gets a warranty and nothing to fix, and the price is set by a developer rather than negotiated between two households.
A further 1,832 transfers for this area are on the register but are left out of every figure above. HM Land Registry marks them as additional price paid entries: repossessions, buy-to-let portfolio moves, transfers between companies or family, and sales at a discount such as right to buy. They are real records but they are not open-market prices, and including them would drag the median somewhere no buyer ever paid.
Section 07
Living in SW18
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across Merton, 44.2% of 103,432 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 3.0% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 313 | 0.3% |
| B | 8,987 | 8.7% |
| C | 36,417 | 35.2% |
| D | 41,053 | 39.7% |
| E | 13,543 | 13.1% |
| F | 2,390 | 2.3% |
| G | 729 | 0.7% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in Merton at £2,134 a month as of Jun 2026 — £1,610 for a one-bedroom home and £2,365 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £368,000 here, that rent is a gross yield of 6.96% a year. It is a measured figure rather than an assumption: a real local rent over a real local price, before any cost of ownership.
Police forces publish every recorded street-level crime. Within a mile of the centre of SW18, 548 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 142 violent, 27 burglary, 51 vehicle-related and 111 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is 3.3 times busier.
Against the 215,186 residents the 2021 census counted in Merton, that is 2.55 recorded crimes per thousand people in the month. The count covers a mile around the district centre while the population covers the whole council, so read the rate as an order of magnitude rather than a precise figure.
A count is not a rate. A district with shops and a station records more crime than a residential one of the same size, because more people pass through it. Read this next to the median, not on its own.
Section 08
The neighbourhood around SW18
The 2021 census counted 215,186 residents in Merton across 81,726 households. 56.7% of those households own their home and 43.3% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
13 state and independent schools have a SW18 postcode: 11 primary, 2 secondary. Catchment areas do not follow postcodes, so treat this as what is nearby rather than what a child would be offered.
| School | Phase | Type | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southfields Academy | Secondary | Academy converter | 1,148 |
| Saint Cecilia's Church of England School | Secondary | Academy converter | 1,129 |
| Earlsfield Primary School | Primary | Community school | 459 |
| St Michael's CofE Primary School | Primary | Voluntary aided school | 446 |
| Sheringdale Primary School | Primary | Community school | 436 |
| Allfarthing Primary School | Primary | Community school | 397 |
| Floreat Wandsworth Primary School | Primary | Academy sponsor led | 364 |
| Beatrix Potter Primary School | Primary | Community school | 362 |
| Riversdale Primary School | Primary | Community school | 324 |
| Swaffield School | Primary | Community school | 271 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Earlsfield Rail Station | Rail | 1.1 km |
| Wandsworth Town Rail Station | Rail | 1.1 km |
| Southfields Underground Station | Metro or underground | 1.3 km |
| Southfields Station | Tram | 1.3 km |
Section 09
How SW18 compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. SW18 sits above that national figure — +133.7%.
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £4,983 per square metre, across 12,354 of the 46,197 sales on record. Price per square metre is the only figure that compares a two-bed flat with a four-bed house honestly.
The full range on record runs from £1.00 to £9,900,000. Extremes usually mean something unusual — a plot sold without a house on it, a transfer between family members, or a very large property — so the median is the number to trust.
SW18 sits in Merton, in London.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in Merton at 14.2 times median local earnings of £38,471 a year, measured to Sep 2025. Across England and Wales the same ratio is 7.6. That number, not the price alone, is what decides whether a place is within reach of the people who work in it.
Section 10
Nearby on the record
Sectors inside SW18
- SW18 1£429,000 median
- SW18 2£335,000 median
- SW18 3£369,975 median
- SW18 4£325,000 median
- SW18 5£360,000 median
The closest districts
- SW152.6 km · £337,500
- SW112.8 km · £400,000
- SW62.9 km · £465,000
- SW172.9 km · £270,000
- SW123.0 km · £365,000
- SW193.1 km · £301,000
- SW44.0 km · £341,000
- SW34.6 km · £595,000
This district mostly covers London.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in SW18?
The median price paid in SW18 across every sale on the register is £368,000. The median is used rather than the mean because a handful of very large sales would otherwise drag the average away from what a typical buyer paid.
How many homes have sold in SW18?
46,197 sales are on record for SW18, the most recent completing on 19 Jun 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have SW18 house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose -5.1% between 2016 and 2026. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -32.0%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were SW18 house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £645,000, set in 2022. That is the cash figure; measured in 2026 money the peak may fall in a different year, because inflation reshapes the series.
What is the price per square metre in SW18?
£4,983 per square metre, from the 12,354 sales where an EPC floor area could be matched to the address. Price per square metre strips out size, so a flat and a house can be compared on the same basis.
How current is this data?
The latest sale shown here completed on 19 Jun 2026. HM Land Registry publishes Price Paid Data monthly and a sale can take a month or two to appear after completion, so the most recent weeks are always incomplete.
Cite this page: Sold Price History, “SW18 house prices”, 2026. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data © Crown copyright and database right, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Inflation adjustment: ONS CPIH.