District market report

SW8 property market

£4,310/mo typical 2-bed flat rent

138 days typical time on market

£675k median asking price

Based on 737 listings on the market · SW8 district · as at 31 Aug 2026

Market temperature

138 daystypical time on the market 46% slower than London

16%of homes already sale agreed 19pp fewer than London

7%cut their asking price in the last 28 days 3pp fewer than London

5.3%typical cut, when sellers reduce

Compared with London. "Sale agreed" means the seller has accepted an offer (shown as Sold STC on portals); the sale hasn't completed yet.

How each kind of property is selling

Segment	On market	Under offer	Days on market	Stale >90d	Sample
2 bed flat	307	18%	121	65%	n=307
1 bed flat	217	13%	159	68%	n=217
3 bed flat	110	12%	192	73%	n=110

Buying here? The Good Buy Guide for SW8 ranks these segments and shows negotiating room.

Rents

Home	Typical rent	Range	Confidence	Sample
Studio flat	£2,050/mo	£1,137–£3,200	high confidence	n=30
1 bed flat	£3,257/mo	£2,265–£4,600	high confidence	n=204
2 bed flat	£4,310/mo	£2,751–£7,800	high confidence	n=434
3 bed flat	£6,500/mo	£3,420–£15,600	high confidence	n=88
4 bed flat	£4,842/mo	£3,744–£18,622	medium confidence	n=26
5+ bed flat	£15,781/mo	£4,309–£39,078	low confidence	n=6
1 bed house	£2,008/mo	£758–£3,507	low confidence	n=7
2 bed house	£3,002/mo	£2,689–£6,214	low confidence	n=3
3 bed house	£4,517/mo	£3,777–£6,412	medium confidence	n=16
4 bed house	£4,522/mo	£4,221–£5,191	low confidence	n=6
5+ bed house	£5,833/mo	£5,034–£6,013	low confidence	n=3

Confidence reflects the listings behind each figure: High 30+, Medium 10–29, Low under 10 recent listings for that exact size and area.

Check a specific home in the Rent Checker.

Yields and long-term growth

Segment	Gross yield	Rent	Price basis
3 bed flat	15.7%	£6,500/mo	£498k
4 bed flat	11.3%	£4,842/mo	£513k
2 bed flat	10.6%	£4,310/mo	£490k
1 bed flat	10.5%	£3,257/mo	£373k
3 bed house	7.4%	£4,517/mo	£735k

Type	5 yrs	10 yrs	20 yrs
Flat/Maisonette	-6.1%	-4.6%	+100.4%

Investing round here? Open the Area Workbench for sector-by-sector rents and yields.

The housing stock

32%built pre–1919

31%built 1945–1979

16%built 1919–1944

147 m²typical registered plot (houses)

What does this era of housing typically need? The Good Buy Guide covers condition by era.

Buying here?Which kinds of property are the good buys the Good Buy Guide. Investing here?Sector-by-sector rents, yields and letting speed in the Workbench. Renting or letting?What a specific home rents for, in the Rent Checker.

About these figures. Statistics are aggregate figures from the uSurv Listings Index, compiled from publicly advertised residential listings across the UK, aggregated from multiple online sources, together with HM Land Registry price paid data, the EPC register and ONS statistics (Open Government Licence v3.0). Small samples are suppressed rather than published. No individual listing content is reproduced.