Typical 3-bedroom house£848kmost £730k–£973k
Houses per m²£7,548flats £6,884
Sold last year3092,336 in five years
Prices in Lambeth-6.4%on a year ago
A typical 3-bedroom house in SW2 sold for £848,120 over the last five years, in today's money; most went for between £730,432 and £973,067, for about 104 m² of space. That is about the same as the same home across London (£840,000).
309 homes sold here in the last year: one of the busier markets in England and Wales, so there is usually plenty to choose from. Flats start at around £301k for one bedroom. Within the district, houses cost the least per m² in SW2 3 (£6,682) and the most in SW2 1 (£9,001).
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 £3,868 a month at 4.5% over 30 years. Lenders would typically want a household income of about £170,000 for that mortgage: what £170,000 buys.
Questions about SW2
Is SW2 a good area to buy a home?
What the numbers say: a 3-bedroom house costs about the same as across London; prices in Lambeth are down 6.4% on a year ago; the best state primary nearby is above the England average (97% against 64%); the best secondary is above it (77.1% against 43.8%); 309 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 SW2?
A typical 3-bedroom house in SW2 sold for £848,120 over the last five years, in today's money. Most sold between £730,432 and £973,067.
Is SW2 expensive for London?
A 3-bedroom house in SW2 costs about the same as the typical 3-bedroom house across London (£840,000).
How many homes sell in SW2 each year?
309 homes sold in the last year and 2,336 in five years: one of the busier markets in England and Wales, so there is usually plenty to choose from.
What are the schools like near SW2?
The best-performing state primary within 2 km is Iqra Primary School, where 97% of pupils met the expected standard at age 11 (England: 64%).
Where is cheaper near SW2?
For a 3-bedroom house, SE27 (£722k, 2 km), SW16 (£620k, 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.