HouseMarketBook

SE23, Forest Hill, Lewisham

Postcode district in Lewisham · 1,011 sales in the last 24 months, 786 with a floor area counted

Median price per square metre, last 24 months£6,870786 sales · £638 per sq ft · down 2.3% on a year ago

Prices per square metre in SE23 are down 2.3% on a year ago, at a median of £6,870 (£638 per sq ft).

Half of the 786 counted sales were between £6,050 and £7,760 per square metre, and the median price paid was £535,000. HM Land Registry records 19,605 sales in this postcode district since 1995.

Median price, 24 months£535,000
£ per m², middle half£6,050 to £7,760
Sales, 24 months1,011786 with a floor area counted
Typical floor area77 m²

By property type

TypeSales£ / m²Middle halfMedian price
Detached26£7,690£7,320–8,830£990,000
Flat or maisonette431£6,600£5,790–7,590£407,500
Semi-detached91£7,320£6,650–8,090£961,000
Terraced238£6,970£6,250–7,860£759,600
Counted sales over the last 24 months. A type needs 12 sales for a median; each type's median is what the fair-value check compares against in a sector.

The trend

Median £ per m² in SE23 by quarter, down 2.3% on a year ago
6,6006,9107,220£6,7302024 Q42026 Q3
Median £ per m² by year since 1995
6603,8256,990£6,72019952026
Each point is the median of the counted sales in that period. Older sales use the floor area on the latest certificate.

Busiest streets in SE23

By sales in the last 24 months
A street needs 12 counted sales for a median of its own; a dash means it has fewer.

Year by year

Counted sales
YearSalesMedian priceMedian £ / m²
2026222£499,500£6,720
2025454£535,000£6,990
2024397£512,800£6,650
2023341£475,500£6,670
2022559£515,000£6,720
2021584£487,200£6,500
2020430£485,000£6,160
2019436£466,500£6,010
2018387£455,000£6,060
2017431£490,000£6,310
2016501£444,000£6,020
2015540£410,000£5,390
The last 12 years; the chart above runs from 1995.

Sales to September 2026 · HM Land Registry price paid data · MHCLG energy certificates · ONS postcode directory · medians of counted sales over 24 months · typical floor area 77 m² · change on a year ago −2.3% · An index-based comparison of sold prices, not a valuation.