London property prices and rental yields

Region of United Kingdom

Home prices in London rose 2.1% a year on average from 2016 to 2025, the 12th fastest of 12 regions in United Kingdom. Renting out on 12-month lets earned a gross yield of 4.1% of the price a year, rising from 4.0% in 2016 to 4.8% in 2025. A square metre cost €6,128 in 2025 (110% above the United Kingdom level of €2,912).

Updated 2026-10-28 · Data 2015–2026 so far

Price growth
+2.1%
a year, 2016–2025
Rental yield
4.1%
12-month lets, gross, 2016–2025 average
Price per m²
€6,128
2025
Price growth in 2026 so far
−2.4%
on the same months of 2025

Areas of London

2016–2025, sorted by price growth
Barking & Dagenham and Havering +4.1% 4.2% €4,355
Redbridge and Waltham Forest +3.6% 3.7% €5,507
Bexley and Greenwich +3.4% 4.0% €4,758
Bromley +2.9% 3.4% €5,662
Enfield +2.8% 3.8% €5,133
Harrow and Hillingdon +2.6% 3.4% €5,501
Croydon +2.5% 3.8% €4,359
Merton, Kingston upon Thames and Sutton +2.5% 3.5% €5,959
Hounslow and Richmond upon Thames +2.4% 3.2% €7,261
Hackney and Newham +2.2% 4.4% €5,636
Ealing +2.1% 3.6% €6,283
Barnet +1.9% 3.2% €6,659
Brent +1.7% 3.5% €6,132
Lewisham and Southwark +1.6% 3.9% €5,857
Haringey and Islington +1.4% 3.6% €7,299
Lambeth +1.1% 4.2% €6,146
Tower Hamlets +1.0% 4.6% €5,571
Camden and City of London +0.9% 3.3% €9,120
Wandsworth +0.8% 3.5% €7,791
Westminster +0.0% 2.9% €11,219
Kensington & Chelsea and Hammersmith & Fulham −0.1% 2.8% €11,889

Price growth: 2016–2025, compound average per year, in the country's own currency, before inflation. Rental yields: 12-month lets, gross. Price per m²: latest year, from the best published source for each area. * Figure of the larger area: no local data. – no data.

Price growth by year

% change on the year before

201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026

How London compares

London
Price growth+2.1%
Rental yield4.1%
Price per m²€6,128
United Kingdom
Price growth+3.9%
Rental yield5.6%
Price per m²€2,912

Questions

What is the average property price per m² in London?

€6,128 per m² in 2025, from HM Land Registry and ONS. It ranges from €4,355 in Barking & Dagenham and Havering to €11,889 in Kensington & Chelsea and Hammersmith & Fulham.

How much have property prices risen in London?

+2.1% a year on average from 2016 to 2025, and −2.4% in 2026 so far.

What rental yield can you get in London?

4.1% of the price a year on average for 12-month lets in 2016–2025, and 4.8% in 2025. These are gross figures, before costs, fees, empty months and tax.

Which area of London had the highest price growth?

Barking & Dagenham and Havering, at +4.1% a year from 2016 to 2025, ahead of Redbridge and Waltham Forest at +3.6%.

Sources

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