SE5 — London
London's SE5 postcode sits in Southwark. The board behind it is assembled from 16,758 sales over 32 years of actual sales in 8 areas.
Across the recorded period the typical SE5 sale went from £59,725 in 1995 to £480,000 in 2026 — 8.0× growth. If you could time-travel once, aim for just before 1997 — prices moved +29.2% that year. The one to avoid was 2009: the median moved -4.0%, the roughest year in the local record.
Median sold price in SE5
| Year | Median sold price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | £59,725 | 282 |
| 2000 | £119,995 | 657 |
| 2005 | £206,500 | 585 |
| 2010 | £240,000 | 368 |
| 2015 | £405,000 | 592 |
| 2020 | £475,000 | 401 |
| 2025 | £471,000 | 517 |
| 2026 | £480,000 | 61 |
The areas on the board
8 areas make up the board, weighted by sales activity:
- London (SE5 8) (36% of local sales) — busiest streets: Champion Hill, Camberwell Grove, Denmark Hill
- London (SE5 9) (24% of local sales) — busiest streets: Coldharbour Lane, Cormont Road, Flaxman Road
- London (SE5 7) (19% of local sales) — busiest streets: Southampton Way, Lomond Grove, Benhill Road
- London (SE5 0) (18% of local sales) — busiest streets: Camberwell New Road, Camberwell Road, John Ruskin Street
- Camberwell (3% of local sales) — busiest streets: Camberwell Grove, Linwood Close, Ivanhoe Road
- Herne Hill (0% of local sales) — busiest streets: Sunset Road
- Silver Street (0% of local sales)
- Sydenham Hill (0% of local sales)
Reading about 1997 is easy; surviving 2009 is the game. Play the SE5 board.
Local business? Put your name on the SE5 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.