SE23 — London
London's SE23 postcode sits in Lewisham. The board behind it is assembled from 19,016 sales over 32 years of actual sales in 8 areas.
Across the recorded period the typical SE23 sale went from £57,000 in 1995 to £500,000 in 2026 — 8.8× growth. If you could time-travel once, aim for just before 2001 — prices moved +27.5% that year. The one to avoid was 2023: the median moved -9.0%, the roughest year in the local record.
Median sold price in SE23
| Year | Median sold price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | £57,000 | 418 |
| 2000 | £100,000 | 725 |
| 2005 | £187,750 | 648 |
| 2010 | £250,000 | 534 |
| 2015 | £395,000 | 628 |
| 2020 | £469,000 | 489 |
| 2025 | £495,000 | 500 |
| 2026 | £500,000 | 79 |
The areas on the board
8 areas make up the board, weighted by sales activity:
- London (SE23 2) (36% of local sales) — busiest streets: Perry Vale, Woolstone Road, Paxton Road
- London (SE23 3) (32% of local sales) — busiest streets: Devonshire Road, Wood Vale, London Road
- London (SE23 1) (25% of local sales) — busiest streets: Stanstead Road, Brockley Rise, Bovill Road
- Forest Hill (6% of local sales) — busiest streets: Stanstead Road, Taymount Rise, Stondon Park
- Honor Oak Park (0% of local sales) — busiest streets: Bovill Road
- The Street (0% of local sales)
- High Street (0% of local sales)
- Clifton Road (0% of local sales)
Reading about 2001 is easy; surviving 2023 is the game. Play the SE23 board.
Local business? Put your name on the SE23 board — one sponsor per postcode.
Prices are medians of real Land Registry sales. Street lists show street names only — never individual addresses. New to the game? Start with how to play.