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Earl's Court market report SW5 0, London

The standing SW5 0 (Earl's Court) property market report, rebuilt from the full public record every month. Underneath every chart here sit 4,902 registered sales in SW5 0 (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: 19 registered 2026 sales put the SW5 0 (London) median at £1,430,000, up 17% on five years earlier, with a mean of £1,504,100, and by floor area homes here have averaged about £14,340 per square metre over the last five years. Everything rests on 4,902 completed HM Land Registry sales since 1995, refreshed monthly; valuations and asking prices play no part.

SW5 0 is a postcode sector: one group of streets inside SW5 (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 SW5 0 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.

£1,430,000typical sale, 2026
£14,340/m²5-year average per m²
+17%cash move in five years
19sales, most recent 12 months
3.0%estimated gross yield

The going rate for a home in SW5 0

In the SW5 0 property market, the 2026 median sale price is £1,430,000, from 19 registered sales; the mean, the "average house price" most sites quote, is £1,504,100, sitting modestly above it, the usual shape of a market with an expensive tail.

House prices per square metre in SW5 0

The last five years of sales put SW5 0 at roughly £14,340 per square metre. That figure, built from each sale's Energy Performance Certificate floor area, is the one that makes a small flat and a big house comparable.

The national median for England and Wales is £285,000, which puts SW5 0 402% above the country at large.

The price of a typical SW5 0 home, 1995 to 2026

The cash median beside its inflation-adjusted twin (ONS CPIH). The adjusted line answers the harder question, whether homes really got dearer. Hover for the figures; the legend toggles each series.

Price at the timeIn today's money (CPIH)
£500k£1.00M£1.50M£2M1995200020052010201520202026 1995: £170,000 at the time · £369,554 in today's money · 207 sales1996: £190,000 at the time · £400,701 in today's money · 327 sales1997: £260,000 at the time · £533,208 in today's money · 316 sales1998: £265,000 at the time · £534,921 in today's money · 274 sales1999: £312,000 at the time · £621,800 in today's money · 325 sales2000: £380,000 at the time · £745,750 in today's money · 256 sales2001: £375,000 at the time · £720,918 in today's money · 229 sales2002: £415,000 at the time · £780,819 in today's money · 233 sales2003: £420,000 at the time · £773,742 in today's money · 155 sales2004: £500,000 at the time · £908,098 in today's money · 210 sales2005: £480,000 at the time · £854,207 in today's money · 177 sales2006: £600,000 at the time · £1,041,523 in today's money · 221 sales2007: £685,000 at the time · £1,161,951 in today's money · 214 sales2008: £790,000 at the time · £1,294,977 in today's money · 103 sales2009: £755,000 at the time · £1,213,669 in today's money · 118 sales2010: £930,000 at the time · £1,458,479 in today's money · 139 sales2011: £875,000 at the time · £1,320,913 in today's money · 139 sales2012: £1,089,000 at the time · £1,602,872 in today's money · 115 sales2013: £1,000,000 at the time · £1,438,900 in today's money · 138 sales2014: £1,115,000 at the time · £1,581,822 in today's money · 134 sales2015: £1,267,500 at the time · £1,790,978 in today's money · 110 sales2016: £1,157,500 at the time · £1,619,354 in today's money · 80 sales2017: £1,307,500 at the time · £1,783,299 in today's money · 68 sales2018: £1,260,000 at the time · £1,679,604 in today's money · 57 sales2019: £1,162,500 at the time · £1,523,759 in today's money · 50 sales2020: £1,267,500 at the time · £1,644,607 in today's money · 58 sales2021: £1,225,000 at the time · £1,551,008 in today's money · 97 sales2022: £1,225,000 at the time · £1,436,452 in today's money · 93 sales2023: £1,092,000 at the time · £1,199,841 in today's money · 92 sales2024: £1,275,000 at the time · £1,355,587 in today's money · 75 sales2025: £1,015,000 at the time · £1,039,272 in today's money · 73 sales2026: £1,430,000 at the time · £1,430,000 in today's money · 19 sales
See this chart as a table
YearMedian (cash)Median (today's £)Sales
2026£1,430,000£1,430,00019
2025£1,015,000£1,039,27273
2024£1,275,000£1,355,58775
2023£1,092,000£1,199,84192
2022£1,225,000£1,436,45293
2021£1,225,000£1,551,00897
2020£1,267,500£1,644,60758
2019£1,162,500£1,523,75950
2018£1,260,000£1,679,60457
2017£1,307,500£1,783,29968
2016£1,157,500£1,619,35480
2015£1,267,500£1,790,978110
2014£1,115,000£1,581,822134
2013£1,000,000£1,438,900138
2012£1,089,000£1,602,872115
2011£875,000£1,320,913139
2010£930,000£1,458,479139
2009£755,000£1,213,669118
2008£790,000£1,294,977103
2007£685,000£1,161,951214
2006£600,000£1,041,523221
2005£480,000£854,207177
2004£500,000£908,098210
2003£420,000£773,742155
2002£415,000£780,819233
2001£375,000£720,918229
2000£380,000£745,750256
1999£312,000£621,800325
1998£265,000£534,921274
1997£260,000£533,208316
1996£190,000£400,701327
1995£170,000£369,554207

In cash terms the typical SW5 0 home went from £170,000 in 1995 to £1,430,000 in 2026, roughly 8 times the price. Even after inflation that is a real rise of about 287%: homes here genuinely became dearer, not merely more expensive on paper. The real-terms peak came in 2015, and today's median remains roughly 20% under it: a 2015 buyer is still waiting to get that price back in today's money.

Year-on-year change in the SW5 0 median

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

+50% -25% 0% 1996 · +11.8% on the year before1997 · +36.8% on the year before1998 · +1.9% on the year before1999 · +17.7% on the year before2000 · +21.8% on the year before2001 · −1.3% on the year before2002 · +10.7% on the year before2003 · +1.2% on the year before2004 · +19.0% on the year before2005 · −4.0% on the year before2006 · +25.0% on the year before2007 · +14.2% on the year before2008 · +15.3% on the year before2009 · −4.4% on the year before2010 · +23.2% on the year before2011 · −5.9% on the year before2012 · +24.5% on the year before2013 · −8.2% on the year before2014 · +11.5% on the year before2015 · +13.7% on the year before2016 · −8.7% on the year before2017 · +13.0% on the year before2018 · −3.6% on the year before2019 · −7.7% on the year before2020 · +9.0% on the year before2021 · −3.4% on the year before2022 · +0.0% on the year before2023 · −10.9% on the year before2024 · +16.8% on the year before2025 · −20.4% on the year before2026 · +40.9% on the year before200020052010201520202026

The strongest year on record here is 2026 (+40.9% on the year before); the weakest, 2025 (−20.4%). Single-year swings like these are why the annualised table below matters more than any one year's headline.

Annualised returns

PeriodCash, per yearReal terms, per year
1 years (since 2025)+40.9%+37.6%
5 years (since 2021)+3.1%−1.6%
10 years (since 2016)+2.1%−1.2%
20 years (since 2006)+4.4%+1.6%

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.

The turnover behind the prices

Sales per year, counted

Recorded sales per year. The dip after 2008 is the financial crisis; the last bar is still filling in as recent sales get registered.

125250375500 1995: 207 sales1996: 327 sales1997: 316 sales1998: 274 sales1999: 325 sales2000: 256 sales2001: 229 sales2002: 233 sales2003: 155 sales2004: 210 sales2005: 177 sales2006: 221 sales2007: 214 sales2008: 103 sales2009: 118 sales2010: 139 sales2011: 139 sales2012: 115 sales2013: 138 sales2014: 134 sales2015: 110 sales2016: 80 sales2017: 68 sales2018: 57 sales2019: 50 sales2020: 58 sales2021: 97 sales2022: 93 sales2023: 92 sales2024: 75 sales2025: 73 sales2026: 19 sales1995200020052010201520202026

Over the last twelve months of data, 19 sales completed in SW5 0. Like most of England and Wales, turnover never fully recovered from 2008: the market here averaged 212 sales a year before the financial crisis and 70 a year over the last five. Watch the volume as closely as the price. Thin years make jumpy medians, where one street's sales can move the figure, and the newest year is always incomplete because registrations trail completions by weeks or months.

What homes rent for around SW5 0

For renting purposes SW5 0 sits in Kensington and Chelsea. The ONS average private rent there is £3,591 a month (May 2026). Size sets most of the rent: one-beds average £2,567 a month here against £5,497 for four or more bedrooms.

Average monthly rent by size, Kensington and Chelsea

ONS Price Index of Private Rents, May 2026.

1 bed: £2,567 a month£2,5671 bed2 bed: £3,335 a month£3,3352 bed3 bed: £3,959 a month£3,9593 bed4+ bed: £5,497 a month£5,4974+ bed

Against the £1,430,000 median purchase price, a rent of £3,591 a month (£43,092 a year) works out at a 3.0% gross yield, a ceiling figure that ignores letting costs, voids, maintenance and tax. Because rents are local-authority statistics, districts sharing the authority share the figure.

How SW5 0 trades

This is a thin market: 19 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. Expect volatility in the annual figures: swings past ten per cent show up repeatedly above, and they usually reflect the mix of homes sold in a given year rather than genuine repricing. Against the SW5 district median, SW5 0 sits 66% higher, marking it as a dearer pocket of the district.

Common questions on SW5 0 (Earl's Court)

Are property prices falling in SW5 0 (Earl's Court)?
In SW5 0 (Earl's Court) the median moved up 41% year on year; over five years it is up 17%. The full year-by-year table since 1995 is on this page.
Is SW5 0 (Earl's Court) a good place to buy a house?
SW5 0 (Earl's Court) sold prices are up 17% 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 SW5 0 (Earl's Court)?
Land Registry recorded 19 sales in SW5 0 (Earl's Court) in 2026, with a median sold price of £1,430,000. Every one is free to view at its exact address on the HomesIndex map.

Will SW5 0 prices rise from here?

Nobody can tell you that, and this page will not pretend to. What the record shows: the median is up 17% over five years in cash but down 8% after inflation. If you are weighing a purchase, read the volume chart alongside the price one, and remember that every figure here is a completed sale, lagged by the weeks it takes the Land Registry to register it.

SW5's current homes for sale

This is what you could actually buy today: 29 homes currently on the market from 8 agents publishing to HomesIndex.

These cover the whole SW5 district, not just SW5 0: live asking prices are collected per district.

£950,000Typical asking price now (SW5 district)
6 below what sold nearby7 in line with nearby sales7 above nearby sales9 well above nearby sales

21% of what is on the market here is asking below what comparable homes actually sold for. 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 SW5 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.

Bedroom by bedroom: SW prices by size

The Land Registry record, split by size: what each kind of home actually sold for across the SW area. How much a size step costs is a local fact: the third-bedroom premium runs from about a quarter to nearly four fifths depending on the area, and national rules of thumb miss it.

Type1 bed2 bed3 bed4 bed5 bed
Detached£1,050,000£1,797,500 (+71%)£2,600,000 (+45%)
Semi-detached£478,500£645,000 (+35%)£850,000 (+32%)£1,200,000 (+41%)£1,800,000 (+50%)
Terraced£535,000£685,000 (+28%)£850,000 (+24%)£1,210,000 (+42%)£1,680,000 (+39%)
Flat£428,000£590,000 (+38%)£900,000 (+53%)£1,850,000 (+106%)£3,700,000 (+100%)

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

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

Other sectors in SW5

Sector boundaries hide real price steps. The rest of SW5, one report each:

SectorMedian (latest)Sales that year
SW5 9£795,00029

Zoom out to the full SW5 district report for the type split, monthly volumes and how SW5 compares with its neighbours.

Selling a home in SW5 0? Price it on the evidence

The sold record beats any estimate as a starting point. Before a house valuation or flat valuation in SW5 0, open the average prices map and zoom from the SW5 0 shading down to the sold homes on your own street. Every recorded SW5 0 sale is on this page; the same Land Registry record is what agents price from, and it is now in your hands.

For local estate agents: each district report carries one featured-agent spot, free while founding places last. Claim SW5 0.

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The live map plots every individual SW5 0 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.