BR3 house prices are built from 32,047 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1995 and the most recent on 24 Jun 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £256,760. Across the 10 years from 2016 to 2026 the median moved +26.1% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -9.6%.
Median price paid
£256,760
Change in cash, 2016–2026
+26.1%
Change in real terms
-9.6%
Median per m²
£3,347
HM Land Registry32,047 sales8,238 with floor areaLatest sale 24 Jun 2026
Section 01
How BR3 prices moved
The chart tracks the median BR3 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 | £80,000 | £177,638 |
| 2000s | 10 | £237,000 | £431,744 |
| 2010s | 10 | £360,000 | £507,600 |
| 2020s | 7 | £533,500 | £545,098 |
The highest yearly median on record for BR3 is £555,000 in 2026; the lowest is £74,125 in 1995. Across the full 32-year record the cash median has moved from £74,125 to £555,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £164,593, so the real change over the whole record is +237.2% — about +4.00% 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: +26.1% in cash against -9.6% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FLAT 1 BENTLEY HOUSE, 45 Albemarle Road | 24 Jun 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £435,000 | £435,000 |
| 9 HILLWORTH Court Downs Road | 24 Jun 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £307,500 | £307,500 |
| 18 Faversham Road | 19 Jun 2026 | Terraced | £541,500 | £541,500 |
| 3 Aviemore Close | 19 Jun 2026 | Semi-detached | £520,000 | £520,000 |
| 36 Cherry Tree Walk | 17 Jun 2026 | Terraced | £640,000 | £640,000 |
| 23 Raymond Road | 15 Jun 2026 | Semi-detached | £525,000 | £525,000 |
| 66 Durban Road | 11 Jun 2026 | Terraced | £710,000 | £710,000 |
| 50 Beck Lane | 11 Jun 2026 | Terraced | £490,000 | £490,000 |
| 32 Embassy Gardens | 10 Jun 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £320,000 | £320,000 |
| 46 Aylesford Avenue | 8 Jun 2026 | Terraced | £608,000 | £608,000 |
| FLAT 7 WESTGATE COURT the Avenue | 8 Jun 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £597,000 | £597,000 |
| 22 Shirley Crescent | 8 Jun 2026 | Terraced | £425,000 | £425,000 |
| FLAT 6 BECK COURT, 74 Beck Lane | 8 Jun 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £169,000 | £169,000 |
| 25 Hayes Lane | 5 Jun 2026 | Detached | £1,000,000 | £1,000,000 |
| 76 Aylesford Avenue | 5 Jun 2026 | Terraced | £530,000 | £530,000 |
| FLAT 7 PARK COURT, 63 – 65 Wickham Road | 5 Jun 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £167,000 | £167,000 |
| FLAT 2 12 Southend Road | 3 Jun 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £490,000 | £490,000 |
| 56 Sidney Road | 29 May 2026 | Semi-detached | £982,000 | £982,000 |
| 10 Elderslie Close | 29 May 2026 | Detached | £785,000 | £785,000 |
| 32 Derrick Road | 29 May 2026 | Terraced | £780,000 | £780,000 |
| FLAT 4 GLENDONNEL LODGE, 59 Albemarle Road | 29 May 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £560,000 | £560,000 |
| 31 Waylands Mead | 29 May 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £300,000 | £300,000 |
| 138 Kent House Road | 28 May 2026 | Semi-detached | £1,250,000 | £1,250,000 |
| 26 Ronald Close | 28 May 2026 | Semi-detached | £875,000 | £875,000 |
| 33 White Oak Drive | 28 May 2026 | Detached | £800,000 | £800,000 |
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 BR3 values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 HILLWORTH Court Downs Road | £300,000 (2017) | £307,500 (2026) | +0.3% | -3.1% |
| FLAT 1 BENTLEY HOUSE, 45 Albemarle Road | £237,000 (2009) | £435,000 (2026) | +3.6% | +0.7% |
| 18 Faversham Road | £250,000 (2004) | £541,500 (2026) | +3.6% | +0.7% |
| 3 Aviemore Close | £225,000 (2006) | £520,000 (2026) | +4.3% | +1.3% |
| 36 Cherry Tree Walk | £227,000 (2003) | £640,000 (2026) | +4.6% | +1.8% |
| 23 Raymond Road | £175,500 (2001) | £525,000 (2026) | +4.5% | +1.7% |
| 66 Durban Road | £287,000 (2009) | £710,000 (2026) | +5.5% | +2.4% |
| 32 Embassy Gardens | £332,500 (2016) | £320,000 (2026) | -0.4% | -3.7% |
| 22 Shirley Crescent | £221,000 (2007) | £425,000 (2026) | +3.5% | +0.5% |
| FLAT 6 BECK COURT, 74 Beck Lane | £45,000 (1998) | £169,000 (2026) | +4.8% | +2.1% |
| 46 Aylesford Avenue | £405,000 (2015) | £608,000 (2026) | +3.8% | +0.6% |
| FLAT 7 PARK COURT, 63 – 65 Wickham Road | £53,500 (1998) | £167,000 (2026) | +4.1% | +1.5% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. BR3 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 | 15,115 | 47.2% | £193,950 | £976 – £1,500,000 |
| Terraced | 8,377 | 26.1% | £301,000 | £9,000 – £1,625,000 |
| Semi-detached | 5,509 | 17.2% | £347,100 | £5,500 – £2,839,100 |
| Detached | 3,046 | 9.5% | £625,000 | £40,000 – £3,700,000 |
Section 05
How big homes are in BR3
Energy Performance Certificates record a floor area for every home that has been surveyed, sold or let — far more homes than have changed hands. 6,555 certificates cover BR3, and their median floor area is 74 m².
The median across the whole register is 76 m², so homes here are smaller than average — -2.6%. 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 | 74 m² | about 797 sq ft |
| Smaller quarter, up to | 52 m² | about 560 sq ft |
| Larger quarter, from | 109 m² | about 1,173 sq ft |
| Under 60 m² | 32.4% | 2,122 homes |
| 150 m² and over | 10.4% | 684 homes |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in BR3
15,268 of the sales on record are leasehold and 16,779 freehold — 47.6% 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 £195,000 and the median freehold sale £357,000 — a gap of +83.1%. 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 | 15,268 | 47.6% | £195,000 |
| Freehold | 16,779 | 52.4% | £357,000 |
| New build | 1,832 | 5.7% | £300,000 |
| Existing home | 30,215 | 94.3% | £250,000 |
New builds sold for more than the median existing home — +20.0%. 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 982 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 BR3
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across Bromley, 40.3% of 149,776 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 3.7% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 282 | 0.2% |
| B | 12,223 | 8.2% |
| C | 47,871 | 32.0% |
| D | 59,759 | 39.9% |
| E | 24,098 | 16.1% |
| F | 4,451 | 3.0% |
| G | 1,092 | 0.7% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in Bromley at £1,678 a month as of Jun 2026 — £1,306 for a one-bedroom home and £1,982 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £256,760 here, that rent is a gross yield of 7.84% 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 BR3, 306 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 86 violent, 12 burglary, 48 vehicle-related and 62 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is 1.8 times busier.
Against the 329,992 residents the 2021 census counted in Bromley, that is 0.93 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 BR3
The 2021 census counted 329,992 residents in Bromley across 135,828 households. 69.3% of those households own their home and 30.6% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
16 state and independent schools have a BR3 postcode: 11 primary, 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Langley Park School for Boys | Secondary | Academy converter | 1,823 |
| Langley Park School for Girls | Secondary | Academy converter | 1,714 |
| Harris Academy Beckenham | Secondary | Academy sponsor led | 1,302 |
| Orion Eden Park | Secondary | Free schools | 1,148 |
| Harris Girls Academy Bromley | Secondary | Academy converter | 1,117 |
| Marian Vian Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 634 |
| Balgowan Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 632 |
| Churchfields Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 480 |
| Harris Primary Academy Beckenham | Primary | Free schools | 434 |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 420 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Beckenham Junction Tram Stop | Tram | 0.7 km |
| Beckenham Junction Tram Stop | Metro or underground | 0.7 km |
| Beckenham Junction Rail Station | Rail | 0.8 km |
| Clock House Rail Station | Rail | 0.9 km |
Section 09
How BR3 compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. BR3 sits above that national figure — +63.0%.
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £3,347 per square metre, across 8,238 of the 32,047 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 £976 to £3,700,000. 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.
BR3 sits in Bromley, in London.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in Bromley at 12.1 times median local earnings of £43,474 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 BR3
- BR3 1£237,500 median
- BR3 3£360,000 median
- BR3 4£230,000 median
- BR3 5£238,000 median
- BR3 6£335,000 median
The closest districts
- SE263.1 km · £215,000
- SE253.3 km · £160,000
- BR13.6 km · £235,000
- SE63.9 km · £187,000
- BR24.1 km · £267,000
- SE194.2 km · £210,000
- SE234.3 km · £240,000
- CR04.8 km · £192,500
This district mostly covers Beckenham.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in BR3?
The median price paid in BR3 across every sale on the register is £256,760. 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 BR3?
32,047 sales are on record for BR3, the most recent completing on 24 Jun 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have BR3 house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +26.1% between 2016 and 2026. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -9.6%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were BR3 house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £555,000, set in 2026. 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 BR3?
£3,347 per square metre, from the 8,238 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 24 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, “BR3 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.