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Bankside market report SE1 6, London

The SE1 6 (Bankside) house price history in full, 1995 to 2026, in cash and in today's money. Underneath every chart here sit 3,457 registered sales in SE1 6 (London) since 1995, the HM Land Registry record of what buyers really paid, with ONS figures covering rents. Nothing is a valuation, an estimate or an asking price.

Covers registered sales to 2026 and ONS rents for May 2026. Refreshed monthly as new sales reach the register.

In short: the 2026 median for SE1 6 (London) is £420,000, from 29 registered sales, down 5% on five years earlier; the mean is £510,700, and by floor area homes here have averaged about £8,240 per square metre over the last five years. Behind the figures sit 3,457 HM Land Registry entries going back to 1995, refreshed monthly, every one a completed sale rather than a valuation or an asking price.

SE1 6 is a postcode sector: one group of streets inside SE1 (London). This is as local as the public record gets, but sector medians move on fewer sales than a district's, so expect the lines to be lumpier.

Where SE1 6 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.

£420,0002026 median sold price
£8,240/m²5-year average per m²
-5%change over five years, cash
29sales, most recent 12 months
6.8%gross yield, estimated

What a home in SE1 6 sells for

In the SE1 6 property market, the 2026 median sale price is £420,000, from 29 registered sales; the mean, the "average house price" most sites quote, is £510,700, sitting well clear of it: the mark of a market where a small number of costly homes drag the average upwards.

What a square metre costs in SE1 6

Per square metre, SE1 6 homes have averaged around £8,240 over the last five years of sales. The floor areas behind the figure come from Energy Performance Certificates, and the by-the-metre view is the fair comparison across home sizes.

For scale: the England and Wales median is £285,000, so SE1 6 trades 47% above the country as a whole.

SE1 6's median sold price, 1995 to 2026

The median as recorded at the time, and each year restated in today's money (ONS CPIH), the sharper test of whether homes really got dearer. Hover for the year-by-year figures; click a legend entry to isolate a series.

Price at the timeIn today's money (CPIH)
£250k£500k£750k£1.00M1995200020052010201520202026 1995: £55,000 at the time · £119,562 in today's money · 17 sales1996: £65,400 at the time · £137,926 in today's money · 24 sales1997: £85,900 at the time · £176,164 in today's money · 252 sales1998: £94,000 at the time · £189,746 in today's money · 258 sales1999: £115,000 at the time · £229,189 in today's money · 88 sales2000: £137,500 at the time · £269,844 in today's money · 95 sales2001: £140,000 at the time · £269,143 in today's money · 104 sales2002: £167,000 at the time · £314,209 in today's money · 127 sales2003: £179,000 at the time · £329,761 in today's money · 66 sales2004: £205,000 at the time · £372,320 in today's money · 62 sales2005: £210,000 at the time · £373,715 in today's money · 65 sales2006: £215,000 at the time · £373,213 in today's money · 109 sales2007: £235,000 at the time · £398,625 in today's money · 101 sales2008: £275,000 at the time · £450,783 in today's money · 72 sales2009: £242,500 at the time · £389,821 in today's money · 48 sales2010: £335,000 at the time · £525,366 in today's money · 284 sales2011: £290,300 at the time · £438,241 in today's money · 125 sales2012: £300,000 at the time · £441,563 in today's money · 65 sales2013: £312,500 at the time · £449,656 in today's money · 79 sales2014: £380,000 at the time · £539,096 in today's money · 103 sales2015: £395,000 at the time · £558,135 in today's money · 85 sales2016: £495,000 at the time · £692,510 in today's money · 359 sales2017: £465,000 at the time · £634,213 in today's money · 65 sales2018: £589,500 at the time · £785,815 in today's money · 264 sales2019: £492,500 at the time · £645,550 in today's money · 72 sales2020: £511,200 at the time · £663,293 in today's money · 63 sales2021: £442,000 at the time · £559,629 in today's money · 83 sales2022: £465,000 at the time · £545,266 in today's money · 77 sales2023: £497,000 at the time · £546,082 in today's money · 56 sales2024: £502,600 at the time · £534,367 in today's money · 80 sales2025: £425,000 at the time · £435,163 in today's money · 80 sales2026: £420,000 at the time · £420,000 in today's money · 29 sales
See this chart as a table
YearMedian (cash)Median (today's £)Sales
2026£420,000£420,00029
2025£425,000£435,16380
2024£502,600£534,36780
2023£497,000£546,08256
2022£465,000£545,26677
2021£442,000£559,62983
2020£511,200£663,29363
2019£492,500£645,55072
2018£589,500£785,815264
2017£465,000£634,21365
2016£495,000£692,510359
2015£395,000£558,13585
2014£380,000£539,096103
2013£312,500£449,65679
2012£300,000£441,56365
2011£290,300£438,241125
2010£335,000£525,366284
2009£242,500£389,82148
2008£275,000£450,78372
2007£235,000£398,625101
2006£215,000£373,213109
2005£210,000£373,71565
2004£205,000£372,32062
2003£179,000£329,76166
2002£167,000£314,209127
2001£140,000£269,143104
2000£137,500£269,84495
1999£115,000£229,18988
1998£94,000£189,746258
1997£85,900£176,164252
1996£65,400£137,92624
1995£55,000£119,56217

In cash terms the typical SE1 6 home went from £55,000 in 1995 to £420,000 in 2026, roughly 8 times the price. Adjusted for inflation it still comes to a real rise of roughly 251%, so homes here got dearer in substance, not only in cash. Measured in today's money the market peaked in 2018; the current median sits about 47% below that. Someone who bought at the 2018 peak has not yet seen that price back in real terms.

Year-on-year change in the SE1 6 median

Each bar is the change on the year before, in cash. The zero line is the boundary between rising and falling.

+50% -20% 0% 1996 · +18.9% on the year before1997 · +31.3% on the year before1998 · +9.4% on the year before1999 · +22.3% on the year before2000 · +19.6% on the year before2001 · +1.8% on the year before2002 · +19.3% on the year before2003 · +7.2% on the year before2004 · +14.5% on the year before2005 · +2.4% on the year before2006 · +2.4% on the year before2007 · +9.3% on the year before2008 · +17.0% on the year before2009 · −11.8% on the year before2010 · +38.1% on the year before2011 · −13.3% on the year before2012 · +3.3% on the year before2013 · +4.2% on the year before2014 · +21.6% on the year before2015 · +3.9% on the year before2016 · +25.3% on the year before2017 · −6.1% on the year before2018 · +26.8% on the year before2019 · −16.5% on the year before2020 · +3.8% on the year before2021 · −13.5% on the year before2022 · +5.2% on the year before2023 · +6.9% on the year before2024 · +1.1% on the year before2025 · −15.4% on the year before2026 · −1.2% on the year before200020052010201520202026

The strongest year on record here is 2010 (+38.1% on the year before); the weakest, 2019 (−16.5%). Single-year swings like these are why the annualised table below matters more than any one year's headline.

What SE1 6 has returned, per year

PeriodCash, per yearReal terms, per year
1 years (since 2025)−1.2%−3.5%
5 years (since 2021)−1.0%−5.6%
10 years (since 2016)−1.6%−4.9%
20 years (since 2006)+3.4%+0.6%

Compound annual growth of the median sold price; the real column deflates by ONS CPIH. Annualised figures smooth the cycle (the chart above shows the cycle), and past growth is a record, not a forecast.

Transaction volumes

Sales per year, counted

Annual recorded sales. The post-2008 trough is the financial crisis; treat the final bar as provisional while registrations catch up.

125250375500 1995: 17 sales1996: 24 sales1997: 252 sales1998: 258 sales1999: 88 sales2000: 95 sales2001: 104 sales2002: 127 sales2003: 66 sales2004: 62 sales2005: 65 sales2006: 109 sales2007: 101 sales2008: 72 sales2009: 48 sales2010: 284 sales2011: 125 sales2012: 65 sales2013: 79 sales2014: 103 sales2015: 85 sales2016: 359 sales2017: 65 sales2018: 264 sales2019: 72 sales2020: 63 sales2021: 83 sales2022: 77 sales2023: 56 sales2024: 80 sales2025: 80 sales2026: 29 sales1995200020052010201520202026

The register shows 29 SE1 6 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 91 sales a year before the financial crisis and 64 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.

Reading the SE1 6 market

This is a thin market: 29 sales in the last twelve months of data. With that few transactions, one street selling well (or one block of cheap transfers) can move the median, so read the year lines as a range rather than a verdict. The record here is jumpy: year-on-year moves of ten per cent or more are common in the chart above, mostly a function of which homes happened to sell rather than the market lurching. Against the SE1 district median, SE1 6 sits 24% lower, marking it as a cheaper pocket of the district.

What tenants pay around SE1 6

SE1 6 falls under Southwark, where the ONS puts the average private rent at £2,394 a month (May 2026 figures). The spread runs from £1,814 a month for a typical one-bed to £3,491 at four-plus bedrooms, which is size doing most of the pricing.

Average monthly rent by size, Southwark

ONS Price Index of Private Rents, May 2026.

1 bed: £1,814 a month£1,8141 bed2 bed: £2,272 a month£2,2722 bed3 bed: £2,640 a month£2,6403 bed4+ bed: £3,491 a month£3,4914+ bed

£2,394 a month is £28,728 a year, which against the £420,000 median sold price makes a gross yield of 6.8%. 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.

The questions people bring to SE1 6 (Bankside)

To the person who searched house valuation se1: no page can honestly value a specific home unseen, and this one does not try. It gives you the evidence a valuer starts from, the £420,000 median and every recorded sale nearby, on the average prices map right down to street level.

Search phrases quoted verbatim from Google Search Console for this site (last 16 months); each is answered from the page's own Land Registry figures.

Common questions on SE1 6 (Bankside)

Is SE1 6 (Bankside) a good place to buy a house?
SE1 6 (Bankside) sold prices are down 5% over five years. This report weighs growth, affordability and volume against neighbouring areas using only recorded sales.
How much did a house sell for in SE1 6 (Bankside)?
Land Registry recorded 29 sales in SE1 6 (Bankside) in 2026, with a median sold price of £420,000. Every one is free to view at its exact address on the HomesIndex map.
Are property prices falling in SE1 6 (Bankside)?
In SE1 6 (Bankside) the median moved down 1% year on year; over five years it is down 5%. The full year-by-year table since 1995 is on this page.

What happens to SE1 6 prices now?

The record answers a different question than "what happens next": the median is down 5% over five years in cash but down 25% after inflation. Put the volume chart beside the price chart before drawing conclusions, and allow for the register's lag behind actual completions.

What is for sale in SE1 right now

The live side of the market holds 219 homes at the moment, listed by 16 agents publishing to HomesIndex.

These cover the whole SE1 district, not just SE1 6: live asking prices are collected per district.

£585,000Typical asking price now (SE1 district)
53 below what sold nearby86 in line with nearby sales44 above nearby sales34 well above nearby sales

Of everything listed here, 24% asks less than the sold record of comparable homes. The comparison behind each listing uses recent recorded sales of similar homes close by.

"Under comparable sales" means the asking price sits below what similar homes nearby actually fetched. Treat it as the start of a conversation, never a valuation, and always view the home.

See every SE1 home for sale on the map →

Live asking prices from estate agents who publish a feed to HomesIndex, refreshed every Monday and Thursday: a sample of the market, not every home for sale. Asking prices are not sale prices.

The price of an extra bedroom in SE

The Land Registry record, split by size: what each kind of home actually sold for across the SE area. The jump between sizes is local: in some areas a third bedroom adds a quarter to the price, in others nearly four fifths, so a national rule of thumb will mislead you here.

Type1 bed2 bed3 bed4 bed5 bed
Detached£516,250£795,000 (+54%)£1,325,000 (+67%)£2,025,000 (+53%)
Semi-detached£375,000£480,000 (+28%)£613,025 (+28%)£870,000 (+42%)£1,390,000 (+60%)
Terraced£405,000£475,000 (+17%)£630,000 (+33%)£878,697 (+39%)£1,275,000 (+45%)
Flat£345,000£465,000 (+35%)£645,000 (+39%)£885,000 (+37%)

Medians of recorded sales over the last four years, by built form and bedroom count. Sold homes carry no advertised bedroom count, so sizes are estimated from their EPC records; a small number of homes will sit one size out. Where too few homes exist to say anything meaningful, the cell is blank.

The risers and the fallers

The spread across the SE area is the point: the same five years treated these districts very differently.

Other sectors in SE1

Prices can differ sharply between two sectors a few minutes' walk apart. The rest of SE1, each linking to its own report:

SectorMedian (latest)Sales that year
SE1 0£535,00015
SE1 1£475,00016
SE1 2£670,00035
SE1 3£515,00033
SE1 4£470,00036
SE1 5£450,00031
SE1 7£560,00031
SE1 8£585,00012
SE1 9£790,00011

Zoom out to the full SE1 district report for the type split, monthly volumes and how SE1 compares with its neighbours.

Selling a home in SE1 6? Price it on the evidence

Start from what homes here actually sold for, not an estimate. Before booking a house valuation or flat valuation in SE1 6, use the average prices map for a rough value: zoom from SE1 6's shading down to the sold homes on your own street. The figures above are every recorded SE1 6 sale; agents price with this same Land Registry record, and now you have it too.

Estate agents working SE1 6: the featured spot on this report is free for founding agents, one per district. Claim SE1 6.

Dig further

The AI answers from the same Land Registry data this report is built on, already scoped to SE1 6. Free after a one click sign in.

The live map plots every individual SE1 6 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.

About the numbers: everything is computed from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data (Crown copyright, OGL v3.0), geocoded to the address; today's-money figures use the ONS CPIH index, and rents are the ONS Price Index of Private Rents by local authority. These are medians of recorded sales, not valuations, and none of it is financial advice.