Neighbourhood in Kensington and Chelsea

South Kensington

From July 2023 to June 2026, homes in South Kensington typically sold for £1,455,000. Half of the 291 sales were between £928k and £2.23m, against a typical £1,200,000 across Kensington and Chelsea.

Postcode SW7

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Typical price Typical priceThe middle sale. Half sold for more and half for less. £1.46m half sold for £928k to £2.23m

Homes sold Homes soldHomes sold from July 2023 to June 2026. 291 July 2023 to June 2026

Over 5 years Over 5 yearsThe change in the typical price against the same three years five years before. −8.2% typical price, against 5 years before

New builds 0% of sales · 87% leasehold

By type of home

What homes sold for

The band is the middle half of sales, a quarter sold for less and a quarter for more, with the typical price marked. The dashed line is the typical price for the same type across Kensington and Chelsea.

Detached
Not enough sales (1 in 3 years)
Semi-detached
No sales in 3 years
Terraced £2,975,000 typical
Half between £1.9m and £5.66m · 42 sales · Kensington and Chelsea £3m
Flat £1,250,000 typical
Half between £860k and £1.95m · 248 sales · Kensington and Chelsea £975k

Since 1995

Each year in South Kensington

This neighbourhood Kensington and Chelsea Homes sold

The typical price is the middle sale of each full year, shown where at least 5 homes sold. It moves with which homes happened to sell, so a single year can jump.

The homes that sell here

Flat85% · Kensington and Chelsea 80%
Terraced14% · Kensington and Chelsea 18%
Detached0% · Kensington and Chelsea 1%
Semi-detached0% · Kensington and Chelsea 2%

New builds and leaseholds

New builds, share of sales0% · Kensington and Chelsea 3%

Leaseholds, share of sales87% · Kensington and Chelsea 80%

New builds can take up to a year to appear in Land Registry's figures, so the latest year may show fewer than were sold.

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Neighbourhoods around South Kensington

About these figures

Every standard home sale registered with HM Land Registry since 1995: homes sold at full market value to a person, so repossessions and sales to companies are left out. Recent months fill in as late sales are registered. Not financial advice.

Sources and licences

Neighbourhood names: contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 (House of Commons Library). Neighbourhood boundaries and the postcode lookup: source, Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026.