Typical 3-bedroom house£862kmost £723k–£1.06m
Houses per m²£8,992flats £6,350
Sold last year88684 in five years
Prices in Lambeth-6.4%on a year ago
A typical 3-bedroom house in SE21 sold for £861,548 over the last five years, in today's money; most went for between £722,628 and £1,058,810, for about 104 m² of space. That is 3% more than the same home across London (£840,000).
88 homes sold here in the last year: a smaller market: expect a handful of new listings a month. Flats start at around £287k for one bedroom. Within the district, houses cost the least per m² in SE21 8 (£8,058) and the most in SE21 7 (£11,680).
Across Lambeth, prices are down 6.4% on a year ago and down 4% over five years. Renting a similar home there costs about £2,682 a month; a 90% mortgage on the typical price would be around £3,929 a month at 4.5% over 30 years. Lenders would typically want a household income of about £172,000 for that mortgage: what £180,000 buys.
Questions about SE21
Is SE21 a good area to buy a home?
What the numbers say: a 3-bedroom house costs 3% more than across London; prices in Lambeth are down 6.4% on a year ago; the best state primary nearby is above the England average (93% against 64%); the best secondary is above it (77.1% against 43.8%); 88 homes sold here last year. Whether it suits you depends on your budget and what you need nearby, so compare it with the districts around it below.
How much is a 3-bedroom house in SE21?
A typical 3-bedroom house in SE21 sold for £861,548 over the last five years, in today's money. Most sold between £722,628 and £1,058,810.
Is SE21 expensive for London?
A 3-bedroom house in SE21 costs 3% more than the typical 3-bedroom house across London (£840,000).
How many homes sell in SE21 each year?
88 homes sold in the last year and 684 in five years: a smaller market: expect a handful of new listings a month.
What are the schools like near SE21?
The best-performing state primary within 2 km is Streatham Wells Primary, where 93% of pupils met the expected standard at age 11 (England: 64%).
Where is cheaper near SE21?
For a 3-bedroom house, SE27 (£722k, 1 km), SE19 (£657k, 2 km), SE26 (£692k, 3 km).
Sources: HM Land Registry price paid data matched to the EPC register for size and bedrooms, last five years in today's prices; UK House Price Index (July 2026); ONS private rents (August 2026); DfE school performance tables. Districts with fewer than five sales of a kind are left out. The mortgage figure is an illustration, not advice.