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Kenley market report CR8, Purley
The standing CR8 (Kenley) property market report, rebuilt from the full public record every month. Every figure on this page comes from the public record: 17,882 sales registered with HM Land Registry in CR8 (Purley) since 1995, each one a completed purchase at a real price, plus current rental figures from the ONS. Nothing here is a valuation, an estimate or an asking price.
Covers registered sales to July 2026 and ONS rents for May 2026. Refreshed monthly as new sales reach the register.
In short: a typical CR8 (Purley) home changed hands for £495,000 in 2026 (median of 151 registered sales, up 9% on five years earlier), with the mean at £541,600, and by floor area homes here have averaged about £5,090 per square metre over the last five years. Source: 17,882 completed sales on the HM Land Registry record since 1995, updated with each monthly release. No valuations, no asking prices.
The postcode district CR8 covering Purley, Kenley sits in Purley. A district is the workhorse unit for reading a market: local enough to be meaningful, busy enough that the medians rest on a steady flow of sales.
Where CR8 sits
Shaded by median price on the same scale as the average prices map. Click any shape to open it on the live map with every sale plotted at its address, or zoom in past street level to see the sold homes right here.
CR8 sold prices: where the market stands
In the CR8 property market, the 2026 median sale price is £495,000, from 151 registered sales; the mean, the "average house price" most sites quote, is £541,600, sitting somewhat above it, as happens wherever a market carries an expensive tail.
CR8 prices by floor area
Averaged across five years of sales, floor space in CR8 costs about £5,090 per square metre. Each sale's Energy Performance Certificate supplies the floor area, and pricing by the metre is what lets flats and houses share one scale.
The national median for England and Wales is £285,000, which puts CR8 74% above the country at large.
CR8's median sold price, 1995 to 2026
Year by year: the median as it was recorded, and the same figure brought into today's money with ONS CPIH, which is where "did homes get dearer" actually gets answered. Hover shows each year; the legend isolates a series.
See this chart as a table
| Year | Median (cash) | Median (today's £) | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | £495,000 | £495,000 | 151 |
| 2025 | £504,500 | £516,564 | 460 |
| 2024 | £545,500 | £579,979 | 441 |
| 2023 | £485,600 | £533,556 | 454 |
| 2022 | £475,500 | £557,578 | 652 |
| 2021 | £455,000 | £576,089 | 807 |
| 2020 | £455,500 | £591,021 | 449 |
| 2019 | £454,000 | £595,085 | 424 |
| 2018 | £455,000 | £606,524 | 495 |
| 2017 | £471,000 | £642,397 | 455 |
| 2016 | £425,000 | £594,579 | 499 |
| 2015 | £380,000 | £536,940 | 567 |
| 2014 | £354,000 | £502,211 | 578 |
| 2013 | £318,000 | £457,570 | 523 |
| 2012 | £314,000 | £462,169 | 411 |
| 2011 | £292,500 | £441,563 | 417 |
| 2010 | £300,000 | £470,477 | 416 |
| 2009 | £268,500 | £431,616 | 407 |
| 2008 | £290,000 | £475,371 | 391 |
| 2007 | £299,000 | £507,187 | 806 |
| 2006 | £275,000 | £477,365 | 854 |
| 2005 | £250,000 | £444,899 | 628 |
| 2004 | £245,500 | £445,876 | 658 |
| 2003 | £230,000 | £423,716 | 643 |
| 2002 | £195,000 | £366,891 | 747 |
| 2001 | £170,000 | £326,816 | 733 |
| 2000 | £160,000 | £314,000 | 614 |
| 1999 | £132,000 | £263,069 | 755 |
| 1998 | £122,500 | £247,275 | 637 |
| 1997 | £117,000 | £239,943 | 704 |
| 1996 | £103,000 | £217,222 | 657 |
| 1995 | £95,000 | £206,515 | 449 |
In cash terms the typical CR8 home went from £95,000 in 1995 to £495,000 in 2026, roughly 5 times the price. Inflation explains only part of it: in today's money the rise is still about 140%, a genuine increase in what a home here costs. The real-terms peak came in 2017, and today's median remains roughly 23% under it: a 2017 buyer is still waiting to get that price back in today's money.
Year-on-year change in the CR8 median
Each bar is the change on the year before, in cash. The zero line is the boundary between rising and falling.
The strongest year on record here is 2000 (+21.2% on the year before); the weakest, 2025 (−7.5%). Single-year swings like these are why the annualised table below matters more than any one year's headline.
Detached, semi, terraced, flat: four markets in one
A single median hides the split beneath it. Sales of detached houses dominate the record here, 31% of the typed total. A detached home currently trades at £775,000 against £310,000 for a flat, 2.5 times the price.
Median by property type, CR8
One line per type, years with too few sales omitted. Hover for the year's figures; click a legend entry to isolate a type.
| Type | Median (2026) | Sales that year | All-time sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | £775,000 | 43 | 5,612 |
| Semi-detached | £546,500 | 44 | 4,169 |
| Terraced | £420,000 | 25 | 2,695 |
| Flats | £310,000 | 39 | 5,406 |
What CR8 has returned, per year
| Period | Cash, per year | Real terms, per year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 years (since 2025) | −1.9% | −4.2% |
| 5 years (since 2021) | +1.7% | −3.0% |
| 10 years (since 2016) | +1.5% | −1.8% |
| 20 years (since 2006) | +3.0% | +0.2% |
The table annualises median growth over each period, with the real column deflated by ONS CPIH. Smoothing hides the cycle (see the chart above for it), and none of this forecasts: it is the record.
Transaction volumes
How many homes change hands
Each bar is a year's recorded sales. 2008's dip is the financial crisis, and the newest bar always grows for a while as late registrations arrive.
The last five years, month by month
Registrations by month. The repeating sawtooth is seasonality, and the right-hand edge always dips because the register lags completions.
The register shows 324 CR8 sales across the most recent twelve months of data. Like most of England and Wales, turnover never fully recovered from 2008: the market here averaged 710 sales a year before the financial crisis and 432 a year over the last five. Price without volume misleads: a median built on few sales jumps around, and one street can tilt it. Keep in mind too that the latest year is still filling in, since sales reach the register weeks or months after completion.
What kind of market CR8 is
CR8 sits 3 of 8 in its area's price order, well inside the expensive end.
The rental side of CR8
CR8 falls under Croydon, where the ONS puts the average private rent at £1,572 a month (May 2026 figures). The spread runs from £1,256 a month for a typical one-bed to £2,654 at four-plus bedrooms, which is size doing most of the pricing.
Average monthly rent by size, Croydon
ONS Price Index of Private Rents, May 2026.
£1,572 a month is £18,864 a year, which against the £495,000 median sold price makes a gross yield of 3.8%. Gross means before letting costs, voids, maintenance and tax: treat it as a ceiling. The ONS publishes rents by local authority, so neighbouring districts under the same authority share these numbers.
What people ask about CR8 (Kenley)
Are property prices falling in CR8 (Kenley)?
Is CR8 (Kenley) a good place to buy a house?
How much did a house sell for in CR8 (Kenley)?
Will CR8 prices rise from here?
The record answers a different question than "what happens next": the median is up 9% over five years in cash but down 14% after inflation. Put the volume chart beside the price chart before drawing conclusions, and allow for the register's lag behind actual completions.
CR8's current homes for sale
Everything above is what homes in CR8 sold for. Turning to what is actually available: 150 homes on the market right now, from 9 agents publishing to HomesIndex, at a typical asking price 1% above the CR8 median sold price.
Of everything listed here, 20% asks less than the sold record of comparable homes. Each listing is compared with recent recorded sales of similar homes nearby.
"Under comparable sales" compares each asking price with what similar homes nearby actually sold for. It is a starting point for a conversation, not a valuation. Always look at the home itself.
See every CR8 home for sale on the map →
These asking prices come live from estate agents publishing feeds to HomesIndex, refreshed each Monday and Thursday. They are a sample of the market rather than its entirety, and an asking price is not a sale price.
What another bedroom costs in CR
The Land Registry record, split by size: what each kind of home actually sold for across the CR area. Size steps are fiercely local. A third bedroom adds a quarter to the price in some areas and close to four fifths in others, which is why no national rule of thumb survives contact with a real market.
| Type | 1 bed | 2 bed | 3 bed | 4 bed | 5 bed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | — | £499,999 | £675,000 (+35%) | £885,000 (+31%) | £1,150,000 (+30%) |
| Semi-detached | £365,000 | £435,000 (+19%) | £533,000 (+23%) | £650,000 (+22%) | £775,000 (+19%) |
| Terraced | £350,000 | £405,000 (+16%) | £460,000 (+14%) | £550,000 (+20%) | £690,000 (+25%) |
| Flat | £242,000 | £310,000 (+28%) | £405,000 (+31%) | £454,000 (+12%) | — |
Four years of recorded sales, split by built form and bedroom count. The register does not state bedrooms, so sizes come from each home's EPC record and a few homes will land one size out. Sizes with too few homes to be meaningful are left blank.
The risers and the fallers
CR8 ranks 2 of 8 in the CR area on five-year growth. The gap between the top and bottom of this chart is the difference between buying well and buying badly in the same city.
CR area districts: five years of change
The districts that gained and lost most in cash terms, each row linking through to its own report.
Inside CR8, sector by sector
The next slice down is the postcode sector: a group of streets, each with its own report. Two sectors a short walk apart can trade at sharply different prices.
| Sector | Median (latest) | Sales that year |
|---|---|---|
| CR8 1 | £646,200 | 24 |
| CR8 2 | £428,000 | 54 |
| CR8 3 | £817,500 | 12 |
| CR8 4 | £440,000 | 17 |
| CR8 5 | £516,500 | 44 |
How CR8 compares nearby
Same city, different markets. The neighbouring districts of the CR area, dearest first:
| District | Median | 5-year |
|---|---|---|
| CR5 | £571,000 | +14% |
| CR6 | £520,000 | +2% |
| CR8 (this report) | £495,000 | +9% |
| CR2 | £452,000 | +6% |
| CR3 | £445,000 | +5% |
| CR4 | £425,000 | +2% |
| CR7 | £415,000 | +8% |
| CR0 | £389,000 | +5% |
Before you sell in CR8: what the record supports
Ground the asking price in real sold prices first. The average prices map gives a rough value in a minute: start at CR8's shading and zoom to the sold homes on the street itself. Agents work from this same Land Registry record when they value; this page puts it in front of you before they arrive.
Local estate agents: one agent per district gets the featured spot on this report, free for founding agents. Claim CR8.
Go deeper
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The live map plots every individual CR8 sale at its exact address, and the average prices map zooms from neighbourhood shading to single homes. For a specific question, the report tool writes a custom answer, and any sale's mortgage and rent calculator runs the numbers on a real purchase.
Method, briefly: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data (Crown copyright, OGL v3.0) supplies every sale, geocoded to address level; CPIH from the ONS restates prices in today's money; ONS local-authority figures supply the rents. Medians of real sales, not valuations. No part of this page is financial advice.