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Where to Buy Property Investments in Bromley: Yields of 5.4%

Bromley's £518,311 average sold price runs 78.8% above England yet below the London average, with SE20 leading on a 5.4% yield and BR7 the priciest at £788,699.


Top gross yield
5.4%
Postcodes covered
15
Average asking price
£544k
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Bromley is a borough of south-east London, the largest by area of any London borough. The average sold price across the London Borough of Bromley is £518,311 on the HM Land Registry House Price Index, 78.8% above England's £289,946 but 4.4% below the London average of £542,065. That is the line Bromley sits on: a London price tag, yet priced under the capital as a whole. The borough trades the inner-London premium for space, and the spread that comes with it runs from £375,248 in SE20 (Penge, Anerley) up to £788,699 in BR7 (Chislehurst). Bromley's population grew 6.66% between the 2011 and 2021 censuses, from 309,392 to 329,992 residents.

What that average hides is how wide the borough is. Bromley is the largest London borough by area, 57.97 square miles, so a single guide covers Victorian terraces in Penge, family semis in Petts Wood and detached houses on green-belt plots out towards the Kent border. For an investor that produces distinct entry tiers inside one local authority: the higher yields sit with the cheaper north-western postcodes, the higher prices with the leafy south and east, and the two only narrowly overlap.

This guide covers the London Borough of Bromley (ONS code E09000006) across the postcodes BR1 to BR8, DA14, SE9, SE19, SE20, SE26, TN14 and TN16. Bromley is a south-east London borough bordering Croydon, Lewisham, Greenwich and Bexley. Several postcodes are shared with neighbouring boroughs and counties: DA14 crosses into Bexley, SE9 into Greenwich, SE19/SE20/SE26 reach into Croydon, Lewisham and Lambeth, and BR8, TN14 and TN16 extend into Kent. All area-level figures here are for the Bromley local authority area; the postcode tables are postcode-specific.

Article updated: July 2026

Why Invest in Bromley?

Bromley's median gross weekly earnings are £964.50, above both the London regional median of £902.70 and the Great Britain median of £766.60. The median annual salary is £51,225. Earnings above the regional median matter for buy-to-let because they set what local tenants can comfortably pay, and a higher wage base supports rents across the borough rather than just at the top end. The employment rate is 82.0%, comfortably above the Great Britain figure.

The economy here is a commuter economy. Bromley has no London Underground stations; it leans on around 26 National Rail stations, mostly Southeastern services, with Tramlink in the west and London Overground reaching the north-western fringe. Bromley South runs express trains to London Victoria in about 16 minutes, which is the reason a Chislehurst or Petts Wood family will pay a premium to live this far out. The Princess Royal University Hospital at Farnborough, run by King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, is the borough's main hospital and a large local employer, and London South East Colleges anchors further education across Bromley and Orpington.

Population growth of 6.66% over the decade to 2021 is close to the England and Wales average of 6.3%, the profile of a settled outer borough adding residents steadily rather than a city centre churning through them. Combined with the wide property mix across 57.97 square miles, that gives a landlord a deep, stable tenant base to let into, from young professionals around Penge and Beckenham to families further south.

Bromley Economic Summary

  • Population: 329,992 (2021 Census). Growth of 6.66% from 2011.
  • Median annual salary: £51,225 (local), £46,415 (London), £39,125 (Great Britain)
  • Employment rate: 82.0% (local)
  • Key transport: ~26 National Rail stations (mainly Southeastern), Tramlink, London Overground. No Underground stations.

Source: ONS Census 2021, Nomis Labour Market Profile (ASHE 2025)

Regeneration and Investment in Bromley

Three approved schemes are adding nearly 500 new homes around Bromley town centre and reshaping Crystal Palace Park, all clustered along the borough's transport spine near Bromley South.

  • Crystal Palace Park Regeneration (Underway, £26.8m): A £5 million National Lottery Heritage Fund grant, plus £21.8 million from the sale of adjacent land for affordable housing, is funding the restoration of the park's 30 Grade I-listed dinosaur sculptures, the Italian Terraces, new visitor facilities, improved access routes and ecological works. Major works got underway in May 2025, with completion expected in Autumn 2026. Updates at Bromley Council.
  • Waitrose Site, Masons Hill (Approved, 353 homes): A residential redevelopment adjacent to Bromley South station delivering 353 new homes for rent, including 30 affordable units, alongside a refurbished and extended Waitrose store. The scheme was approved on 25 July 2024, with a 45-month construction programme beginning in 2025. Updates at Bromley Council.
  • One Westmoreland Road (Approved, 138 homes): A mixed-use development of between 3 and 19 storeys near Bromley South, delivering 107 build-to-rent homes (11 of them affordable), 31 later-living apartments, office space and a new café. Planning permission was granted on 2 September 2025. Updates at Bromley Council.

Source: Office for National Statistics - Population for Bromley

Bromley population growth map

Bromley Property Market Analysis

Average property prices in the London Borough of Bromley have risen 523.9% since January 1995, from £83,082 to £518,311. The sections below trace that journey cycle by cycle, then drill into current postcode-level data for sold prices, price per square foot, asking prices, growth trends and monthly transaction volumes.

When was the last house price crash in Bromley?

Bromley's prices are recorded at borough level by HM Land Registry, covering the whole London Borough of Bromley. The index runs from January 1995 to the latest reading in March 2026, just over 31 years of market cycles.

The 1995 to 2007 boom: Bromley started at £83,082 in January 1995. By December 2000 the average had reached £155,673, nearly doubling in six years as a London-wide boom took hold. Growth ran on through the early 2000s to £241,627 by December 2005, and the market peaked at £298,898 in December 2007.

2008 to 2009, the financial crisis: Prices fell from the December 2007 peak of £298,898 to a trough of £245,544 in April 2009, a decline of 17.9% over 16 months. The worst year-on-year reading was -15.0% in April 2009. That fall was close to London's own 17.8% peak-to-trough and a touch shallower than England's 18.2%, with the correction hitting every property type within a point or two of each other.

Recovery, 2010 to 2013: Bromley climbed off the trough faster than many markets further from the capital. By December 2010 the average had recovered to £279,600. It first cleared its December 2007 peak in June 2013 at £299,324, a recovery of around five and a half years, quicker than the England average because London-side demand returned earlier.

The 2014 to 2016 surge: Once the pre-crash peak was behind it, Bromley ran hard. Prices rose from the low £300,000s in early 2014 to £425,872 by March 2016, with Help to Buy, cheap mortgages and strong outer-London demand all pulling in the same direction.

2017 to 2019, the plateau: Growth flattened. Prices drifted in the mid-£400,000s through this period as the stamp duty surcharge on additional homes and Brexit uncertainty cooled London's outer boroughs. By March 2019 the average had barely moved on two years earlier.

2020 to 2022, the pandemic surge: The stamp duty holiday and a scramble for space lifted Bromley sharply. From £463,719 in March 2021 the average pushed to an all-time high of £529,819 in December 2022. Bromley's large houses, gardens and green space made it a clear pandemic winner.

The 2023 rate shock: Higher mortgage rates pulled the market back. Prices eased to £498,493 by December 2023, a correction from the late-2022 high, before steadying.

2024 to present: Prices recovered toward the old high, reaching £529,343 by December 2025 before easing again to £518,311 in the latest March 2026 reading. The current level sits 2.2% below the December 2022 peak and 73.4% above the 2007 pre-crash peak of £298,898.

Long-term growth summary:

  • 5 years (March 2021 to March 2026): 11.8% growth (£463,719 to £518,311)
  • 10 years (March 2016 to March 2026): 21.7% growth (£425,872 to £518,311)
  • 15 years (March 2011 to March 2026): 88.2% growth (£275,340 to £518,311)
  • 20 years (March 2006 to March 2026): 109.6% growth (£247,340 to £518,311)
  • 30 years (January 1995 to March 2026): 523.9% growth (£83,082 to £518,311)

Bromley's 17.9% crash tracked London and England almost exactly, but the recovery was faster, just over five years against England's longer slog, because the capital's demand came back first. The 30-year return of 523.9% reflects three decades of London-side capital growth. An investor who bought at the exact December 2007 peak would now be sitting on a 73.4% gain on the Land Registry average, even after the recent easing from the 2022 high.

Average property price by type in Bromley, 1995 to 2026
£0£288k£575k£863k£1150kAll property types 1995-01: £83,082All property types 1996-02: £82,825All property types 1997-03: £91,315All property types 1998-04: £107,057All property types 1999-05: £119,981All property types 2000-06: £153,025All property types 2001-07: £164,560All property types 2002-08: £196,882All property types 2003-09: £223,283All property types 2004-10: £244,806All property types 2005-11: £240,679All property types 2006-12: £266,022All property types 2008-01: £298,160All property types 2009-02: £253,685All property types 2010-03: £269,341All property types 2011-04: £275,898All property types 2012-05: £282,553All property types 2013-06: £299,324All property types 2014-07: £363,259All property types 2015-08: £395,971All property types 2016-09: £445,897All property types 2017-10: £450,949All property types 2018-11: £453,074All property types 2019-12: £445,680All property types 2021-01: £464,690All property types 2022-02: £492,855All property types 2023-03: £507,496All property types 2024-04: £483,981All property types 2025-05: £523,965All property types 2026-03: £518,311Detached 1995-01: £175,233Detached 1996-02: £172,477Detached 1997-03: £191,983Detached 1998-04: £226,447Detached 1999-05: £253,938Detached 2000-06: £324,320Detached 2001-07: £347,274Detached 2002-08: £407,336Detached 2003-09: £449,584Detached 2004-10: £477,687Detached 2005-11: £464,695Detached 2006-12: £513,991Detached 2008-01: £585,328Detached 2009-02: £506,142Detached 2010-03: £541,939Detached 2011-04: £571,778Detached 2012-05: £569,250Detached 2013-06: £607,449Detached 2014-07: £730,303Detached 2015-08: £797,787Detached 2016-09: £896,003Detached 2017-10: £908,447Detached 2018-11: £927,055Detached 2019-12: £910,615Detached 2021-01: £953,686Detached 2022-02: £1,027,580Detached 2023-03: £1,064,628Detached 2024-04: £1,003,705Detached 2025-05: £1,089,590Detached 2026-03: £1,075,312Semi-detached 1995-01: £98,262Semi-detached 1996-02: £98,764Semi-detached 1997-03: £108,468Semi-detached 1998-04: £128,102Semi-detached 1999-05: £142,881Semi-detached 2000-06: £181,841Semi-detached 2001-07: £194,280Semi-detached 2002-08: £230,341Semi-detached 2003-09: £262,387Semi-detached 2004-10: £285,147Semi-detached 2005-11: £279,770Semi-detached 2006-12: £308,984Semi-detached 2008-01: £345,721Semi-detached 2009-02: £295,281Semi-detached 2010-03: £319,430Semi-detached 2011-04: £326,705Semi-detached 2012-05: £336,483Semi-detached 2013-06: £356,798Semi-detached 2014-07: £434,894Semi-detached 2015-08: £476,297Semi-detached 2016-09: £535,855Semi-detached 2017-10: £540,616Semi-detached 2018-11: £549,620Semi-detached 2019-12: £545,237Semi-detached 2021-01: £571,723Semi-detached 2022-02: £609,991Semi-detached 2023-03: £633,447Semi-detached 2024-04: £601,460Semi-detached 2025-05: £659,189Semi-detached 2026-03: £660,284Terraced 1995-01: £70,928Terraced 1996-02: £71,013Terraced 1997-03: £78,269Terraced 1998-04: £91,632Terraced 1999-05: £102,449Terraced 2000-06: £129,648Terraced 2001-07: £138,879Terraced 2002-08: £165,170Terraced 2003-09: £188,267Terraced 2004-10: £209,363Terraced 2005-11: £208,632Terraced 2006-12: £232,496Terraced 2008-01: £260,005Terraced 2009-02: £220,357Terraced 2010-03: £237,547Terraced 2011-04: £241,899Terraced 2012-05: £250,359Terraced 2013-06: £267,428Terraced 2014-07: £326,542Terraced 2015-08: £356,272Terraced 2016-09: £400,016Terraced 2017-10: £401,606Terraced 2018-11: £406,396Terraced 2019-12: £401,923Terraced 2021-01: £424,262Terraced 2022-02: £450,222Terraced 2023-03: £465,516Terraced 2024-04: £446,480Terraced 2025-05: £488,556Terraced 2026-03: £490,365Flats 1995-01: £58,911Flats 1996-02: £58,203Flats 1997-03: £63,672Flats 1998-04: £73,296Flats 1999-05: £82,729Flats 2000-06: £105,852Flats 2001-07: £115,137Flats 2002-08: £140,781Flats 2003-09: £160,322Flats 2004-10: £177,150Flats 2005-11: £173,235Flats 2006-12: £190,316Flats 2008-01: £212,358Flats 2009-02: £179,638Flats 2010-03: £182,960Flats 2011-04: £185,294Flats 2012-05: £189,762Flats 2013-06: £198,657Flats 2014-07: £240,230Flats 2015-08: £260,476Flats 2016-09: £294,591Flats 2017-10: £299,734Flats 2018-11: £295,350Flats 2019-12: £287,616Flats 2021-01: £295,367Flats 2022-02: £308,367Flats 2023-03: £312,172Flats 2024-04: £299,228Flats 2025-05: £317,678Flats 2026-03: £307,5021995200020052010201520202026
  • All property types
  • Detached
  • Semi-detached
  • Terraced
  • Flats

Source: HM Land Registry House Price Index

YearAll property typesDetachedSemi-detachedTerracedFlats
1995-01£83,082£175,233£98,262£70,928£58,911
1995-02£83,068£173,052£98,608£71,256£58,884
1995-03£82,856£172,233£98,331£71,233£58,706
1995-04£82,525£170,541£98,008£71,115£58,591
1995-05£82,951£171,691£98,460£71,469£58,859
1995-06£83,806£173,200£99,537£72,047£59,733
1995-07£84,330£174,850£100,249£72,488£59,743
1995-08£83,471£173,872£99,183£71,718£58,880
1995-09£82,847£173,454£98,407£71,205£58,046
1995-10£83,276£174,538£99,008£71,338£58,485
1995-11£83,984£175,655£99,932£71,728£59,351
1995-12£84,399£175,981£100,513£72,094£59,758
1996-01£83,630£174,379£99,600£71,563£59,024
1996-02£82,825£172,477£98,764£71,013£58,203
1996-03£83,043£173,203£99,099£71,113£58,276
1996-04£82,888£172,180£98,820£71,072£58,493
1996-05£83,795£173,578£99,750£72,120£59,179
1996-06£84,379£174,324£100,305£72,721£59,861
1996-07£85,541£177,640£101,753£73,564£60,389
1996-08£85,858£179,713£102,125£73,528£60,392
1996-09£86,138£181,511£102,474£73,668£60,134
1996-10£86,990£183,596£103,545£74,361£60,568
1996-11£87,262£183,507£103,894£74,691£60,898
1996-12£87,535£183,301£104,385£74,999£61,126
1997-01£88,346£184,846£105,347£75,775£61,650
1997-02£89,724£188,396£106,846£76,805£62,586
1997-03£91,315£191,983£108,468£78,269£63,672
1997-04£91,555£192,239£108,799£78,523£63,820
1997-05£92,805£194,853£110,641£79,686£64,306
1997-06£93,792£197,926£112,075£80,449£64,585
1997-07£96,353£204,313£115,179£82,749£65,970
1997-08£98,425£209,524£117,653£84,430£67,274
1997-09£100,628£214,837£120,457£86,174£68,607
1997-10£101,946£217,696£122,124£87,088£69,608
1997-11£102,646£219,679£122,977£87,617£70,010
1997-12£102,689£218,871£123,081£87,699£70,182
1998-01£104,109£222,789£124,619£88,940£71,046
1998-02£105,331£223,909£125,852£89,987£72,248
1998-03£106,404£226,196£127,033£90,993£72,900
1998-04£107,057£226,447£128,102£91,632£73,296
1998-05£107,586£227,292£128,898£92,409£73,362
1998-06£109,049£229,845£130,458£93,540£74,659
1998-07£110,872£234,088£132,737£95,087£75,795
1998-08£113,382£241,565£135,746£96,991£77,342
1998-09£114,656£246,019£137,525£98,055£77,794
1998-10£114,537£245,744£137,138£97,731£78,027
1998-11£114,134£244,178£136,568£97,078£78,151
1998-12£114,762£243,582£137,148£97,544£79,051
1999-01£114,488£243,424£136,860£97,280£78,791
1999-02£113,821£242,253£136,097£96,776£78,208
1999-03£114,429£244,293£136,654£97,188£78,667
1999-04£116,980£248,956£139,448£99,651£80,503
1999-05£119,981£253,938£142,881£102,449£82,729
1999-06£121,966£258,424£145,297£104,291£83,932
1999-07£123,801£263,483£147,627£105,787£84,974
1999-08£125,634£269,195£149,853£107,346£85,919
1999-09£127,954£275,849£152,413£109,109£87,478
1999-10£130,233£280,196£154,952£110,609£89,490
1999-11£132,243£284,444£157,249£112,117£91,053
1999-12£134,010£285,381£159,212£113,718£92,755
2000-01£136,311£291,668£162,215£115,729£93,943
2000-02£140,005£298,636£166,415£119,004£96,522
2000-03£143,530£307,807£170,862£122,049£98,400
2000-04£147,030£313,234£174,532£125,072£101,246
2000-05£150,104£319,501£178,471£127,429£103,442
2000-06£153,025£324,320£181,841£129,648£105,852
2000-07£154,053£329,330£183,563£130,280£106,146
2000-08£155,971£335,165£185,843£131,362£107,609
2000-09£156,509£339,289£186,253£131,423£107,962
2000-10£156,424£338,684£186,287£131,050£108,098
2000-11£155,920£338,274£185,286£130,522£107,911
2000-12£155,673£335,213£184,714£130,274£108,217
2001-01£156,268£335,106£184,884£131,052£108,854
2001-02£156,758£334,959£185,818£131,878£108,906
2001-03£157,608£337,086£187,207£132,863£109,139
2001-04£159,593£340,530£189,208£134,796£110,626
2001-05£161,338£341,796£190,750£136,426£112,355
2001-06£162,863£343,046£192,052£137,662£114,007
2001-07£164,560£347,274£194,280£138,879£115,137
2001-08£167,696£355,559£197,830£141,278£117,334
2001-09£169,972£363,067£200,387£143,006£118,723
2001-10£173,142£369,397£204,011£145,454£121,214
2001-11£173,821£369,655£205,003£145,659£122,029
2001-12£175,563£369,794£207,075£146,736£124,065
2002-01£176,140£370,269£207,782£146,884£124,808
2002-02£175,818£368,613£207,127£147,004£124,588
2002-03£175,959£369,772£207,256£147,346£124,411
2002-04£176,897£369,152£207,710£148,252£125,717
2002-05£180,936£375,656£212,374£151,433£129,072
2002-06£186,034£383,777£217,704£155,887£133,301
2002-07£191,374£395,747£224,089£160,494£136,814
2002-08£196,882£407,336£230,341£165,170£140,781
2002-09£201,643£418,401£236,749£169,104£143,599
2002-10£204,139£422,389£240,135£170,927£145,520
2002-11£204,995£424,655£241,089£171,378£146,274
2002-12£207,615£427,608£244,175£173,269£148,752
2003-01£210,878£433,008£247,075£176,355£151,520
2003-02£214,781£437,747£251,926£179,613£154,700
2003-03£215,052£438,778£251,920£180,047£154,838
2003-04£216,254£438,802£253,960£180,832£155,920
2003-05£217,344£440,043£255,294£182,249£156,466
2003-06£219,021£441,055£256,775£183,797£158,212
2003-07£220,201£443,242£258,247£185,194£158,752
2003-08£220,230£443,090£258,171£185,282£158,819
2003-09£223,283£449,584£262,387£188,267£160,322
2003-10£225,176£451,832£264,159£190,195£161,930
2003-11£226,741£453,814£266,058£191,698£163,079
2003-12£227,715£451,701£266,765£192,888£164,410
2004-01£228,158£453,366£267,368£193,153£164,638
2004-02£231,782£460,039£271,139£196,488£167,352
2004-03£233,602£464,248£272,721£198,159£168,652
2004-04£236,615£466,057£275,973£201,657£170,901
2004-05£235,878£459,095£274,796£201,776£170,818
2004-06£236,707£457,282£275,694£202,878£171,694
2004-07£237,187£458,006£276,736£203,361£171,803
2004-08£241,388£469,225£281,651£206,788£174,487
2004-09£243,305£475,523£284,461£208,285£175,316
2004-10£244,806£477,687£285,147£209,363£177,150
2004-11£244,591£475,879£284,680£209,190£177,299
2004-12£248,122£479,682£287,837£212,644£180,463
2005-01£247,977£480,034£287,260£212,801£180,250
2005-02£246,583£478,282£285,944£211,649£178,895
2005-03£243,030£472,596£282,260£208,802£175,784
2005-04£243,054£470,657£282,959£209,356£175,418
2005-05£245,473£473,367£285,353£211,961£177,327
2005-06£246,272£472,598£286,109£213,139£178,024
2005-07£245,050£471,176£285,132£212,117£176,758
2005-08£243,678£469,642£283,517£211,279£175,370
2005-09£242,080£469,389£281,920£209,848£173,681
2005-10£241,623£467,762£280,615£209,454£173,845
2005-11£240,679£464,695£279,770£208,632£173,235
2005-12£241,627£462,914£280,110£209,562£174,793
2006-01£244,404£469,560£283,347£212,284£176,378
2006-02£245,892£471,942£284,542£213,632£177,766
2006-03£247,340£477,385£286,851£215,175£177,897
2006-04£248,127£476,836£287,765£216,227£178,556
2006-05£248,795£478,958£288,798£216,847£178,747
2006-06£251,377£483,382£291,684£219,133£180,722
2006-07£254,092£490,002£295,252£221,674£182,131
2006-08£257,782£497,759£299,756£225,327£184,282
2006-09£259,074£502,500£301,653£226,343£184,724
2006-10£261,763£507,872£304,427£228,433£186,958
2006-11£263,379£511,011£306,507£229,764£188,066
2006-12£266,022£513,991£308,984£232,496£190,316
2007-01£266,331£515,430£309,600£232,804£190,250
2007-02£268,421£519,690£311,555£234,164£192,198
2007-03£269,213£522,991£312,903£234,832£192,284
2007-04£274,098£530,969£318,114£239,694£195,876
2007-05£276,461£533,760£320,707£242,418£197,541
2007-06£280,028£540,116£324,586£245,645£200,233
2007-07£283,132£549,292£328,708£248,001£201,911
2007-08£286,937£559,952£333,704£251,630£203,652
2007-09£290,752£570,551£338,395£254,531£205,988
2007-10£293,119£575,378£340,365£256,373£208,111
2007-11£296,823£583,827£344,323£258,933£211,095
2007-12£298,898£584,902£346,403£260,955£213,085
2008-01£298,160£585,328£345,721£260,005£212,358
2008-02£295,162£579,875£342,642£257,405£209,922
2008-03£291,021£574,946£338,645£253,962£205,956
2008-04£289,011£572,359£336,727£252,783£203,852
2008-05£288,708£571,930£336,490£252,891£203,354
2008-06£287,262£569,127£334,777£251,654£202,323
2008-07£285,180£565,641£332,941£249,458£200,737
2008-08£280,481£557,821£327,402£244,923£197,512
2008-09£275,870£552,841£321,701£240,245£194,265
2008-10£270,845£542,639£314,957£235,401£191,392
2008-11£266,579£535,667£310,035£231,562£188,245
2008-12£262,005£523,418£304,883£228,168£184,982
2009-01£259,584£519,786£302,136£225,889£183,195
2009-02£253,685£506,142£295,281£220,357£179,638
2009-03£249,683£497,891£290,402£216,379£177,372
2009-04£245,544£485,030£286,046£213,449£174,556
2009-05£246,825£486,233£287,475£215,478£175,039
2009-06£250,671£493,191£292,379£219,585£177,000
2009-07£252,792£499,652£295,666£221,971£177,039
2009-08£252,961£502,526£296,600£222,273£176,007
2009-09£255,474£509,548£300,041£224,464£177,012
2009-10£258,872£517,440£304,149£227,443£179,065
2009-11£261,487£522,669£306,954£230,422£180,510
2009-12£263,122£523,417£308,931£232,757£181,418
2010-01£265,216£528,800£312,541£234,761£181,751
2010-02£267,763£534,624£317,136£236,967£182,384
2010-03£269,341£541,939£319,430£237,547£182,960
2010-04£271,506£544,922£321,568£239,631£184,872
2010-05£275,497£551,952£325,553£243,179£188,255
2010-06£277,317£554,858£327,958£245,398£189,060
2010-07£278,537£561,062£329,299£246,660£189,049
2010-08£280,872£567,899£333,234£248,486£189,606
2010-09£281,671£573,120£334,602£248,841£189,375
2010-10£281,153£571,222£334,498£248,201£188,999
2010-11£280,286£570,784£332,874£247,028£188,802
2010-12£279,600£568,258£332,381£246,238£188,495
2011-01£279,893£572,162£332,524£246,054£188,459
2011-02£276,070£568,196£327,669£242,381£185,511
2011-03£275,340£571,824£326,191£241,350£184,622
2011-04£275,898£571,778£326,705£241,899£185,294
2011-05£281,181£575,523£333,179£247,053£189,878
2011-06£280,007£565,729£332,498£246,666£189,761
2011-07£280,285£563,684£332,971£247,189£190,217
2011-08£277,346£561,839£330,673£244,763£186,508
2011-09£280,876£573,800£334,826£247,766£187,976
2011-10£282,071£578,789£337,250£248,539£187,829
2011-11£282,826£580,655£337,271£248,813£189,072
2011-12£283,665£577,902£338,540£249,746£190,279
2012-01£280,792£569,561£335,432£247,874£188,227
2012-02£283,283£575,549£339,013£250,661£188,979
2012-03£280,780£570,202£335,623£248,816£187,155
2012-04£282,132£572,133£336,372£249,883£188,720
2012-05£282,553£569,250£336,483£250,359£189,762
2012-06£286,833£577,628£341,506£254,940£192,183
2012-07£289,298£584,254£344,425£257,460£193,336
2012-08£291,867£590,394£347,724£260,494£194,261
2012-09£289,888£588,882£345,556£258,268£192,731
2012-10£291,028£589,545£346,997£259,563£193,539
2012-11£290,625£588,611£346,338£259,101£193,451
2012-12£293,667£594,266£350,176£262,199£195,195
2013-01£291,800£592,996£348,924£260,177£193,283
2013-02£290,635£592,461£347,987£258,879£192,151
2013-03£289,058£590,729£346,062£256,769£191,350
2013-04£292,149£595,924£348,475£260,168£193,803
2013-05£294,505£599,376£350,947£262,411£195,675
2013-06£299,324£607,449£356,798£267,428£198,657
2013-07£302,276£613,098£360,812£270,037£200,448
2013-08£306,980£622,778£366,965£274,481£203,121
2013-09£308,811£629,306£369,160£275,777£204,060
2013-10£311,725£636,011£373,050£278,127£205,813
2013-11£314,515£640,839£376,302£280,650£207,829
2013-12£319,730£646,192£382,697£285,895£211,739
2014-01£321,161£648,751£384,243£287,141£212,849
2014-02£323,986£655,312£387,621£289,670£214,609
2014-03£324,590£657,690£388,310£289,930£214,951
2014-04£333,525£674,752£398,609£298,535£220,848
2014-05£342,683£690,303£409,177£307,430£227,128
2014-06£353,899£711,881£422,769£317,882£234,440
2014-07£363,259£730,303£434,894£326,542£240,230
2014-08£368,435£742,853£442,187£331,219£242,940
2014-09£376,170£760,604£451,906£338,057£247,632
2014-10£378,443£765,216£454,532£339,735£249,343
2014-11£380,886£770,355£457,110£341,372£251,327
2014-12£379,339£766,399£454,766£339,648£250,768
2015-01£379,295£766,288£454,815£339,260£250,876
2015-02£376,855£761,628£451,222£336,782£249,642
2015-03£376,321£761,214£450,809£335,755£249,436
2015-04£376,848£762,745£450,999£336,778£249,580
2015-05£383,630£774,119£459,658£343,146£254,063
2015-06£388,867£784,022£466,674£349,197£256,554
2015-07£390,950£786,765£469,789£351,158£257,861
2015-08£395,971£797,787£476,297£356,272£260,476
2015-09£400,632£810,902£481,580£359,608£263,542
2015-10£408,766£828,918£491,820£366,933£268,426
2015-11£411,744£836,211£495,780£369,269£270,204
2015-12£418,224£848,080£504,018£375,354£274,332
2016-01£420,600£852,234£507,767£377,062£275,873
2016-02£424,096£860,648£512,034£379,920£278,081
2016-03£425,872£865,612£513,786£380,724£279,631
2016-04£429,594£870,976£516,597£385,188£282,505
2016-05£432,553£869,703£518,581£388,487£285,978
2016-06£439,738£880,008£526,240£395,921£291,266
2016-07£446,918£895,028£535,296£401,761£296,070
2016-08£450,668£905,455£540,268£404,818£298,030
2016-09£445,897£896,003£535,855£400,016£294,591
2016-10£437,517£880,533£525,781£390,944£289,713
2016-11£434,743£878,512£522,535£387,076£288,033
2016-12£436,599£883,123£523,593£388,096£289,977
2017-01£444,077£898,230£532,130£395,222£294,854
2017-02£443,606£893,831£530,087£394,736£295,734
2017-03£443,104£892,621£529,140£393,919£295,769
2017-04£442,652£892,304£527,339£393,075£296,137
2017-05£447,753£900,015£534,041£397,381£299,820
2017-06£451,427£903,123£537,962£401,307£302,786
2017-07£452,947£902,062£540,711£402,580£304,104
2017-08£451,786£902,265£539,678£402,566£302,222
2017-09£451,620£906,255£540,615£402,048£301,155
2017-10£450,949£908,447£540,616£401,606£299,734
2017-11£452,940£912,157£543,828£402,973£300,983
2017-12£453,197£911,384£544,420£403,968£300,825
2018-01£454,452£912,514£546,121£405,155£301,757
2018-02£453,646£912,533£545,218£404,878£300,727
2018-03£449,053£903,283£541,055£401,272£296,963
2018-04£448,472£902,324£541,355£402,460£295,355
2018-05£445,442£897,129£539,387£400,664£292,159
2018-06£444,517£897,038£538,964£399,389£291,258
2018-07£448,612£909,856£543,776£402,532£293,630
2018-08£452,250£918,517£547,633£405,648£296,112
2018-09£457,052£930,894£553,480£410,285£298,730
2018-10£455,290£927,281£551,530£408,375£297,670
2018-11£453,074£927,055£549,620£406,396£295,350
2018-12£451,029£920,548£547,242£404,221£294,456
2019-01£448,233£915,935£544,485£401,394£292,400
2019-02£447,310£911,767£542,854£399,966£292,613
2019-03£443,526£904,465£538,486£397,074£289,756
2019-04£439,107£892,797£532,667£394,461£286,741
2019-05£435,057£882,442£528,651£392,116£283,348
2019-06£436,588£884,751£530,906£393,830£284,123
2019-07£440,789£892,028£536,307£397,416£287,032
2019-08£448,580£909,975£546,197£404,898£291,362
2019-09£449,231£912,672£545,783£405,895£291,862
2019-10£446,823£910,159£544,391£403,450£289,443
2019-11£444,222£906,325£542,208£400,455£287,474
2019-12£445,680£910,615£545,237£401,923£287,616
2020-01£441,520£901,421£540,156£398,918£284,636
2020-02£440,331£899,196£538,410£398,523£283,628
2020-03£438,748£895,768£536,837£396,891£282,597
2020-04£440,285£905,177£538,580£398,941£282,422
2020-05£433,420£891,570£530,072£391,968£278,376
2020-06£432,758£889,125£530,279£392,315£277,208
2020-07£436,493£891,008£534,956£395,672£280,389
2020-08£441,736£903,487£543,211£401,746£282,101
2020-09£444,664£913,958£547,655£404,290£283,056
2020-10£445,564£919,346£550,013£405,739£282,307
2020-11£454,616£938,429£560,814£414,218£288,017
2020-12£460,597£950,882£568,156£420,582£291,350
2021-01£464,690£953,686£571,723£424,262£295,367
2021-02£462,291£940,307£566,910£422,544£295,582
2021-03£463,719£933,497£566,217£423,750£299,055
2021-04£468,479£943,072£571,142£428,318£302,416
2021-05£472,019£952,767£575,574£431,322£304,338
2021-06£477,155£963,287£581,379£437,603£306,933
2021-07£477,286£971,084£581,699£435,921£306,703
2021-08£479,758£985,712£586,824£437,535£306,088
2021-09£480,220£994,165£589,174£436,880£304,880
2021-10£482,469£1,005,222£594,680£439,427£303,711
2021-11£484,901£1,011,134£598,061£441,496£305,013
2021-12£485,643£1,018,103£600,475£441,914£304,050
2022-01£488,573£1,020,895£604,969£445,940£305,272
2022-02£492,855£1,027,580£609,991£450,222£308,367
2022-03£495,299£1,034,079£613,920£452,256£309,363
2022-04£497,771£1,037,735£616,006£455,697£310,933
2022-05£502,566£1,047,661£622,799£461,367£312,666
2022-06£511,405£1,062,941£632,983£470,548£318,459
2022-07£515,508£1,070,828£639,565£475,015£319,910
2022-08£521,841£1,082,621£648,161£482,362£322,750
2022-09£523,868£1,089,657£651,847£484,909£322,455
2022-10£528,385£1,100,303£657,345£488,940£325,168
2022-11£528,626£1,103,812£657,675£488,796£324,989
2022-12£529,819£1,103,463£658,503£490,201£326,387
2023-01£526,961£1,098,661£656,208£486,953£324,155
2023-02£519,882£1,084,467£647,432£479,111£320,359
2023-03£507,496£1,064,628£633,447£465,516£312,172
2023-04£507,045£1,065,485£632,161£464,406£312,279
2023-05£504,910£1,058,825£629,096£462,149£311,607
2023-06£505,784£1,059,403£629,056£464,347£312,061
2023-07£505,665£1,056,337£629,564£465,591£311,444
2023-08£505,540£1,059,355£630,360£467,024£309,701
2023-09£506,484£1,060,523£632,561£468,470£309,693
2023-10£504,496£1,054,280£629,473£466,424£309,134
2023-11£498,178£1,040,810£622,065£459,269£305,788
2023-12£498,493£1,037,447£622,079£459,148£306,942
2024-01£496,773£1,035,095£620,127£458,018£305,389
2024-02£495,477£1,027,888£617,888£457,879£304,955
2024-03£488,761£1,015,231£608,302£451,450£301,279
2024-04£483,981£1,003,705£601,460£446,480£299,228
2024-05£488,587£1,011,490£606,062£450,809£302,785
2024-06£492,447£1,016,203£610,955£455,611£305,002
2024-07£497,124£1,025,285£617,798£461,747£306,640
2024-08£501,497£1,035,397£623,959£467,388£308,079
2024-09£506,316£1,052,422£631,945£471,609£309,274
2024-10£505,839£1,053,497£630,823£470,147£309,404
2024-11£504,376£1,052,202£629,977£468,181£308,131
2024-12£501,178£1,044,299£625,766£465,897£306,114
2025-01£503,544£1,049,733£630,305£469,129£306,304
2025-02£508,980£1,059,018£637,135£475,154£309,452
2025-03£517,153£1,063,026£645,079£483,466£317,137
2025-04£518,723£1,074,303£650,474£483,773£316,031
2025-05£523,965£1,089,590£659,189£488,556£317,678
2025-06£524,273£1,100,780£664,243£488,958£314,096
2025-07£525,972£1,096,039£664,973£492,454£315,984
2025-08£520,449£1,081,235£659,530£488,523£311,896
2025-09£517,242£1,076,609£657,087£486,392£308,539
2025-10£522,456£1,087,842£664,578£491,719£311,016
2025-11£528,198£1,100,524£670,996£497,600£314,451
2025-12£529,343£1,099,431£671,531£498,955£315,908
2026-01£522,786£1,083,681£664,519£493,965£311,185
2026-02£515,588£1,069,280£655,878£486,466£306,951
2026-03£518,311£1,075,312£660,284£490,365£307,502
Year-on-year price change by type in Bromley, 1995 to 2026
-20%-15%-10%-5%0%+5%+10%+15%+20%+25%+30%All property types 1996-01: +0.7%All property types 1997-02: +8.3%All property types 1998-03: +16.5%All property types 1999-04: +9.3%All property types 2000-05: +25.1%All property types 2001-06: +6.4%All property types 2002-07: +16.3%All property types 2003-08: +11.9%All property types 2004-09: +9.0%All property types 2005-10: -1.3%All property types 2006-11: +9.4%All property types 2007-12: +12.4%All property types 2009-01: -12.9%All property types 2010-02: +5.5%All property types 2011-03: +2.2%All property types 2012-04: +2.3%All property types 2013-05: +4.2%All property types 2014-06: +18.2%All property types 2015-07: +7.6%All property types 2016-08: +13.8%All property types 2017-09: +1.3%All property types 2018-10: +1.0%All property types 2019-11: -2.0%All property types 2020-12: +3.3%All property types 2022-01: +5.1%All property types 2023-02: +5.5%All property types 2024-03: -3.7%All property types 2025-04: +7.2%All property types 2026-03: +0.2%Detached 1996-01: -0.5%Detached 1997-02: +9.2%Detached 1998-03: +17.8%Detached 1999-04: +9.9%Detached 2000-05: +25.8%Detached 2001-06: +5.8%Detached 2002-07: +14.0%Detached 2003-08: +8.8%Detached 2004-09: +5.8%Detached 2005-10: -2.1%Detached 2006-11: +10.0%Detached 2007-12: +13.8%Detached 2009-01: -11.2%Detached 2010-02: +5.6%Detached 2011-03: +5.5%Detached 2012-04: +0.1%Detached 2013-05: +5.3%Detached 2014-06: +17.2%Detached 2015-07: +7.7%Detached 2016-08: +13.5%Detached 2017-09: +1.1%Detached 2018-10: +2.1%Detached 2019-11: -2.2%Detached 2020-12: +4.4%Detached 2022-01: +7.0%Detached 2023-02: +5.5%Detached 2024-03: -4.6%Detached 2025-04: +7.0%Detached 2026-03: +1.2%Semi-detached 1996-01: +1.4%Semi-detached 1997-02: +8.2%Semi-detached 1998-03: +17.1%Semi-detached 1999-04: +8.9%Semi-detached 2000-05: +24.9%Semi-detached 2001-06: +5.6%Semi-detached 2002-07: +15.3%Semi-detached 2003-08: +12.1%Semi-detached 2004-09: +8.4%Semi-detached 2005-10: -1.6%Semi-detached 2006-11: +9.6%Semi-detached 2007-12: +12.1%Semi-detached 2009-01: -12.6%Semi-detached 2010-02: +7.4%Semi-detached 2011-03: +2.1%Semi-detached 2012-04: +3.0%Semi-detached 2013-05: +4.3%Semi-detached 2014-06: +18.5%Semi-detached 2015-07: +8.0%Semi-detached 2016-08: +13.4%Semi-detached 2017-09: +0.9%Semi-detached 2018-10: +2.0%Semi-detached 2019-11: -1.3%Semi-detached 2020-12: +4.2%Semi-detached 2022-01: +5.8%Semi-detached 2023-02: +6.1%Semi-detached 2024-03: -4.0%Semi-detached 2025-04: +8.1%Semi-detached 2026-03: +2.4%Terraced 1996-01: +0.9%Terraced 1997-02: +8.2%Terraced 1998-03: +16.3%Terraced 1999-04: +8.8%Terraced 2000-05: +24.4%Terraced 2001-06: +6.2%Terraced 2002-07: +15.6%Terraced 2003-08: +12.2%Terraced 2004-09: +10.6%Terraced 2005-10: 0.0%Terraced 2006-11: +10.1%Terraced 2007-12: +12.2%Terraced 2009-01: -13.1%Terraced 2010-02: +7.5%Terraced 2011-03: +1.6%Terraced 2012-04: +3.3%Terraced 2013-05: +4.8%Terraced 2014-06: +18.9%Terraced 2015-07: +7.5%Terraced 2016-08: +13.6%Terraced 2017-09: +0.5%Terraced 2018-10: +1.7%Terraced 2019-11: -1.5%Terraced 2020-12: +4.6%Terraced 2022-01: +5.1%Terraced 2023-02: +6.4%Terraced 2024-03: -3.0%Terraced 2025-04: +8.4%Terraced 2026-03: +1.4%Flats 1996-01: +0.2%Flats 1997-02: +7.5%Flats 1998-03: +14.5%Flats 1999-04: +9.8%Flats 2000-05: +25.0%Flats 2001-06: +7.7%Flats 2002-07: +18.8%Flats 2003-08: +12.8%Flats 2004-09: +9.4%Flats 2005-10: -1.9%Flats 2006-11: +8.6%Flats 2007-12: +12.0%Flats 2009-01: -13.7%Flats 2010-02: +1.5%Flats 2011-03: +0.9%Flats 2012-04: +1.8%Flats 2013-05: +3.1%Flats 2014-06: +18.0%Flats 2015-07: +7.3%Flats 2016-08: +14.4%Flats 2017-09: +2.2%Flats 2018-10: -0.7%Flats 2019-11: -2.7%Flats 2020-12: +1.3%Flats 2022-01: +3.4%Flats 2023-02: +3.9%Flats 2024-03: -3.5%Flats 2025-04: +5.6%Flats 2026-03: -3.0%1996200120062011201620212026
  • All property types
  • Detached
  • Semi-detached
  • Terraced
  • Flats

Source: HM Land Registry House Price Index

YearAll property typesDetachedSemi-detachedTerracedFlats
1996-01+0.7%-0.5%+1.4%+0.9%+0.2%
1996-02-0.3%-0.3%+0.2%-0.3%-1.2%
1996-03+0.2%+0.6%+0.8%-0.2%-0.7%
1996-04+0.4%+1.0%+0.8%-0.1%-0.2%
1996-05+1.0%+1.1%+1.3%+0.9%+0.5%
1996-06+0.7%+0.6%+0.8%+0.9%+0.2%
1996-07+1.4%+1.6%+1.5%+1.5%+1.1%
1996-08+2.9%+3.4%+3.0%+2.5%+2.6%
1996-09+4.0%+4.6%+4.1%+3.5%+3.6%
1996-10+4.5%+5.2%+4.6%+4.2%+3.6%
1996-11+3.9%+4.5%+4.0%+4.1%+2.6%
1996-12+3.7%+4.2%+3.9%+4.0%+2.3%
1997-01+5.6%+6.0%+5.8%+5.9%+4.4%
1997-02+8.3%+9.2%+8.2%+8.2%+7.5%
1997-03+10.0%+10.8%+9.5%+10.1%+9.3%
1997-04+10.5%+11.6%+10.1%+10.5%+9.1%
1997-05+10.8%+12.3%+10.9%+10.5%+8.7%
1997-06+11.2%+13.5%+11.7%+10.6%+7.9%
1997-07+12.6%+15.0%+13.2%+12.5%+9.2%
1997-08+14.6%+16.6%+15.2%+14.8%+11.4%
1997-09+16.8%+18.4%+17.5%+17.0%+14.1%
1997-10+17.2%+18.6%+17.9%+17.1%+14.9%
1997-11+17.6%+19.7%+18.4%+17.3%+15.0%
1997-12+17.3%+19.4%+17.9%+16.9%+14.8%
1998-01+17.8%+20.5%+18.3%+17.4%+15.2%
1998-02+17.4%+18.8%+17.8%+17.2%+15.4%
1998-03+16.5%+17.8%+17.1%+16.3%+14.5%
1998-04+16.9%+17.8%+17.7%+16.7%+14.8%
1998-05+15.9%+16.6%+16.5%+16.0%+14.1%
1998-06+16.3%+16.1%+16.4%+16.3%+15.6%
1998-07+15.1%+14.6%+15.2%+14.9%+14.9%
1998-08+15.2%+15.3%+15.4%+14.9%+15.0%
1998-09+13.9%+14.5%+14.2%+13.8%+13.4%
1998-10+12.4%+12.9%+12.3%+12.2%+12.1%
1998-11+11.2%+11.2%+11.1%+10.8%+11.6%
1998-12+11.8%+11.3%+11.4%+11.2%+12.6%
1999-01+10.0%+9.3%+9.8%+9.4%+10.9%
1999-02+8.1%+8.2%+8.1%+7.5%+8.2%
1999-03+7.5%+8.0%+7.6%+6.8%+7.9%
1999-04+9.3%+9.9%+8.9%+8.8%+9.8%
1999-05+11.5%+11.7%+10.8%+10.9%+12.8%
1999-06+11.8%+12.4%+11.4%+11.5%+12.4%
1999-07+11.7%+12.6%+11.2%+11.3%+12.1%
1999-08+10.8%+11.4%+10.4%+10.7%+11.1%
1999-09+11.6%+12.1%+10.8%+11.3%+12.4%
1999-10+13.7%+14.0%+13.0%+13.2%+14.7%
1999-11+15.9%+16.5%+15.1%+15.5%+16.5%
1999-12+16.8%+17.2%+16.1%+16.6%+17.3%
2000-01+19.1%+19.8%+18.5%+19.0%+19.2%
2000-02+23.0%+23.3%+22.3%+23.0%+23.4%
2000-03+25.4%+26.0%+25.0%+25.6%+25.1%
2000-04+25.7%+25.8%+25.2%+25.5%+25.8%
2000-05+25.1%+25.8%+24.9%+24.4%+25.0%
2000-06+25.5%+25.5%+25.2%+24.3%+26.1%
2000-07+24.4%+25.0%+24.3%+23.2%+24.9%
2000-08+24.1%+24.5%+24.0%+22.4%+25.2%
2000-09+22.3%+23.0%+22.2%+20.5%+23.4%
2000-10+20.1%+20.9%+20.2%+18.5%+20.8%
2000-11+17.9%+18.9%+17.8%+16.4%+18.5%
2000-12+16.2%+17.5%+16.0%+14.6%+16.7%
2001-01+14.6%+14.9%+14.0%+13.2%+15.9%
2001-02+12.0%+12.2%+11.7%+10.8%+12.8%
2001-03+9.8%+9.5%+9.6%+8.9%+10.9%
2001-04+8.5%+8.7%+8.4%+7.8%+9.3%
2001-05+7.5%+7.0%+6.9%+7.1%+8.6%
2001-06+6.4%+5.8%+5.6%+6.2%+7.7%
2001-07+6.8%+5.4%+5.8%+6.6%+8.5%
2001-08+7.5%+6.1%+6.5%+7.5%+9.0%
2001-09+8.6%+7.0%+7.6%+8.8%+10.0%
2001-10+10.7%+9.1%+9.5%+11.0%+12.1%
2001-11+11.5%+9.3%+10.6%+11.6%+13.1%
2001-12+12.8%+10.3%+12.1%+12.6%+14.6%
2002-01+12.7%+10.5%+12.4%+12.1%+14.7%
2002-02+12.2%+10.0%+11.5%+11.5%+14.4%
2002-03+11.6%+9.7%+10.7%+10.9%+14.0%
2002-04+10.8%+8.4%+9.8%+10.0%+13.6%
2002-05+12.1%+9.9%+11.3%+11.0%+14.9%
2002-06+14.2%+11.9%+13.4%+13.2%+16.9%
2002-07+16.3%+14.0%+15.3%+15.6%+18.8%
2002-08+17.4%+14.6%+16.4%+16.9%+20.0%
2002-09+18.6%+15.2%+18.1%+18.2%+21.0%
2002-10+17.9%+14.3%+17.7%+17.5%+20.1%
2002-11+17.9%+14.9%+17.6%+17.7%+19.9%
2002-12+18.3%+15.6%+17.9%+18.1%+19.9%
2003-01+19.7%+16.9%+18.9%+20.1%+21.4%
2003-02+22.2%+18.8%+21.6%+22.2%+24.2%
2003-03+22.2%+18.7%+21.6%+22.2%+24.5%
2003-04+22.2%+18.9%+22.3%+22.0%+24.0%
2003-05+20.1%+17.1%+20.2%+20.3%+21.2%
2003-06+17.7%+14.9%+17.9%+17.9%+18.7%
2003-07+15.1%+12.0%+15.2%+15.4%+16.0%
2003-08+11.9%+8.8%+12.1%+12.2%+12.8%
2003-09+10.7%+7.5%+10.8%+11.3%+11.6%
2003-10+10.3%+7.0%+10.0%+11.3%+11.3%
2003-11+10.6%+6.9%+10.4%+11.9%+11.5%
2003-12+9.7%+5.6%+9.3%+11.3%+10.5%
2004-01+8.2%+4.7%+8.2%+9.5%+8.7%
2004-02+7.9%+5.1%+7.6%+9.4%+8.2%
2004-03+8.6%+5.8%+8.3%+10.1%+8.9%
2004-04+9.4%+6.2%+8.7%+11.5%+9.6%
2004-05+8.5%+4.3%+7.6%+10.7%+9.2%
2004-06+8.1%+3.7%+7.4%+10.4%+8.5%
2004-07+7.7%+3.3%+7.2%+9.8%+8.2%
2004-08+9.6%+5.9%+9.1%+11.6%+9.9%
2004-09+9.0%+5.8%+8.4%+10.6%+9.4%
2004-10+8.7%+5.7%+7.9%+10.1%+9.4%
2004-11+7.9%+4.9%+7.0%+9.1%+8.7%
2004-12+9.0%+6.2%+7.9%+10.2%+9.8%
2005-01+8.7%+5.9%+7.4%+10.2%+9.5%
2005-02+6.4%+4.0%+5.5%+7.7%+6.9%
2005-03+4.0%+1.8%+3.5%+5.4%+4.2%
2005-04+2.7%+1.0%+2.5%+3.8%+2.6%
2005-05+4.1%+3.1%+3.8%+5.0%+3.8%
2005-06+4.0%+3.3%+3.8%+5.1%+3.7%
2005-07+3.3%+2.9%+3.0%+4.3%+2.9%
2005-08+0.9%+0.1%+0.7%+2.2%+0.5%
2005-09-0.5%-1.3%-0.9%+0.8%-0.9%
2005-10-1.3%-2.1%-1.6%0.0%-1.9%
2005-11-1.6%-2.4%-1.7%-0.3%-2.3%
2005-12-2.6%-3.5%-2.7%-1.4%-3.1%
2006-01-1.4%-2.2%-1.4%-0.2%-2.1%
2006-02-0.3%-1.3%-0.5%+0.9%-0.6%
2006-03+1.8%+1.0%+1.6%+3.1%+1.2%
2006-04+2.1%+1.3%+1.7%+3.3%+1.8%
2006-05+1.4%+1.2%+1.2%+2.3%+0.8%
2006-06+2.1%+2.3%+1.9%+2.8%+1.5%
2006-07+3.7%+4.0%+3.5%+4.5%+3.0%
2006-08+5.8%+6.0%+5.7%+6.6%+5.1%
2006-09+7.0%+7.1%+7.0%+7.9%+6.4%
2006-10+8.3%+8.6%+8.5%+9.1%+7.5%
2006-11+9.4%+10.0%+9.6%+10.1%+8.6%
2006-12+10.1%+11.0%+10.3%+10.9%+8.9%
2007-01+9.0%+9.8%+9.3%+9.7%+7.9%
2007-02+9.2%+10.1%+9.5%+9.6%+8.1%
2007-03+8.8%+9.6%+9.1%+9.1%+8.1%
2007-04+10.5%+11.4%+10.5%+10.9%+9.7%
2007-05+11.1%+11.4%+11.0%+11.8%+10.5%
2007-06+11.4%+11.7%+11.3%+12.1%+10.8%
2007-07+11.4%+12.1%+11.3%+11.9%+10.9%
2007-08+11.3%+12.5%+11.3%+11.7%+10.5%
2007-09+12.2%+13.5%+12.2%+12.5%+11.5%
2007-10+12.0%+13.3%+11.8%+12.2%+11.3%
2007-11+12.7%+14.2%+12.3%+12.7%+12.2%
2007-12+12.4%+13.8%+12.1%+12.2%+12.0%
2008-01+12.0%+13.6%+11.7%+11.7%+11.6%
2008-02+10.0%+11.6%+10.0%+9.9%+9.2%
2008-03+8.1%+9.9%+8.2%+8.1%+7.1%
2008-04+5.4%+7.8%+5.9%+5.5%+4.1%
2008-05+4.4%+7.2%+4.9%+4.3%+2.9%
2008-06+2.6%+5.4%+3.1%+2.4%+1.0%
2008-07+0.7%+3.0%+1.3%+0.6%-0.6%
2008-08-2.2%-0.4%-1.9%-2.7%-3.0%
2008-09-5.1%-3.1%-4.9%-5.6%-5.7%
2008-10-7.6%-5.7%-7.5%-8.2%-8.0%
2008-11-10.2%-8.2%-10.0%-10.6%-10.8%
2008-12-12.3%-10.5%-12.0%-12.6%-13.2%
2009-01-12.9%-11.2%-12.6%-13.1%-13.7%
2009-02-14.1%-12.7%-13.8%-14.4%-14.4%
2009-03-14.2%-13.4%-14.2%-14.8%-13.9%
2009-04-15.0%-15.3%-15.1%-15.6%-14.4%
2009-05-14.5%-15.0%-14.6%-14.8%-13.9%
2009-06-12.7%-13.3%-12.7%-12.7%-12.5%
2009-07-11.4%-11.7%-11.2%-11.0%-11.8%
2009-08-9.8%-9.9%-9.4%-9.2%-10.9%
2009-09-7.4%-7.8%-6.7%-6.6%-8.9%
2009-10-4.4%-4.6%-3.4%-3.4%-6.4%
2009-11-1.9%-2.4%-1.0%-0.5%-4.1%
2009-12+0.4%0.0%+1.3%+2.0%-1.9%
2010-01+2.2%+1.7%+3.4%+3.9%-0.8%
2010-02+5.5%+5.6%+7.4%+7.5%+1.5%
2010-03+7.9%+8.8%+10.0%+9.8%+3.2%
2010-04+10.6%+12.3%+12.4%+12.3%+5.9%
2010-05+11.6%+13.5%+13.2%+12.9%+7.6%
2010-06+10.6%+12.5%+12.2%+11.8%+6.8%
2010-07+10.2%+12.3%+11.4%+11.1%+6.8%
2010-08+11.0%+13.0%+12.4%+11.8%+7.7%
2010-09+10.3%+12.5%+11.5%+10.9%+7.0%
2010-10+8.6%+10.4%+10.0%+9.1%+5.5%
2010-11+7.2%+9.2%+8.4%+7.2%+4.6%
2010-12+6.3%+8.6%+7.6%+5.8%+3.9%
2011-01+5.5%+8.2%+6.4%+4.8%+3.7%
2011-02+3.1%+6.3%+3.3%+2.3%+1.7%
2011-03+2.2%+5.5%+2.1%+1.6%+0.9%
2011-04+1.6%+4.9%+1.6%+0.9%+0.2%
2011-05+2.1%+4.3%+2.3%+1.6%+0.9%
2011-06+1.0%+2.0%+1.4%+0.5%+0.4%
2011-07+0.6%+0.5%+1.1%+0.2%+0.6%
2011-08-1.3%-1.1%-0.8%-1.5%-1.6%
2011-09-0.3%+0.1%+0.1%-0.4%-0.7%
2011-10+0.3%+1.3%+0.8%+0.1%-0.6%
2011-11+0.9%+1.7%+1.3%+0.7%+0.1%
2011-12+1.5%+1.7%+1.9%+1.4%+0.9%
2012-01+0.3%-0.5%+0.9%+0.7%-0.1%
2012-02+2.6%+1.3%+3.5%+3.4%+1.9%
2012-03+2.0%-0.3%+2.9%+3.1%+1.4%
2012-04+2.3%+0.1%+3.0%+3.3%+1.8%
2012-05+0.5%-1.1%+1.0%+1.3%-0.1%
2012-06+2.4%+2.1%+2.7%+3.4%+1.3%
2012-07+3.2%+3.6%+3.4%+4.2%+1.6%
2012-08+5.2%+5.1%+5.2%+6.4%+4.2%
2012-09+3.2%+2.6%+3.2%+4.2%+2.5%
2012-10+3.2%+1.9%+2.9%+4.4%+3.0%
2012-11+2.8%+1.4%+2.7%+4.1%+2.3%
2012-12+3.5%+2.8%+3.4%+5.0%+2.6%
2013-01+3.9%+4.1%+4.0%+5.0%+2.7%
2013-02+2.6%+2.9%+2.6%+3.3%+1.7%
2013-03+2.9%+3.6%+3.1%+3.2%+2.2%
2013-04+3.6%+4.2%+3.6%+4.1%+2.7%
2013-05+4.2%+5.3%+4.3%+4.8%+3.1%
2013-06+4.4%+5.2%+4.5%+4.9%+3.4%
2013-07+4.5%+4.9%+4.8%+4.9%+3.7%
2013-08+5.2%+5.5%+5.5%+5.4%+4.6%
2013-09+6.5%+6.9%+6.8%+6.8%+5.9%
2013-10+7.1%+7.9%+7.5%+7.2%+6.3%
2013-11+8.2%+8.9%+8.7%+8.3%+7.4%
2013-12+8.9%+8.7%+9.3%+9.0%+8.5%
2014-01+10.1%+9.4%+10.1%+10.4%+10.1%
2014-02+11.5%+10.6%+11.4%+11.9%+11.7%
2014-03+12.3%+11.3%+12.2%+12.9%+12.3%
2014-04+14.2%+13.2%+14.4%+14.7%+14.0%
2014-05+16.4%+15.2%+16.6%+17.2%+16.1%
2014-06+18.2%+17.2%+18.5%+18.9%+18.0%
2014-07+20.2%+19.1%+20.5%+20.9%+19.8%
2014-08+20.0%+19.3%+20.5%+20.7%+19.6%
2014-09+21.8%+20.9%+22.4%+22.6%+21.4%
2014-10+21.4%+20.3%+21.8%+22.2%+21.2%
2014-11+21.1%+20.2%+21.5%+21.6%+20.9%
2014-12+18.6%+18.6%+18.8%+18.8%+18.4%
2015-01+18.1%+18.1%+18.4%+18.2%+17.9%
2015-02+16.3%+16.2%+16.4%+16.3%+16.3%
2015-03+15.9%+15.7%+16.1%+15.8%+16.0%
2015-04+13.0%+13.0%+13.1%+12.8%+13.0%
2015-05+11.9%+12.1%+12.3%+11.6%+11.9%
2015-06+9.9%+10.1%+10.4%+9.9%+9.4%
2015-07+7.6%+7.7%+8.0%+7.5%+7.3%
2015-08+7.5%+7.4%+7.7%+7.6%+7.2%
2015-09+6.5%+6.6%+6.6%+6.4%+6.4%
2015-10+8.0%+8.3%+8.2%+8.0%+7.7%
2015-11+8.1%+8.5%+8.5%+8.2%+7.5%
2015-12+10.3%+10.7%+10.8%+10.5%+9.4%
2016-01+10.9%+11.2%+11.6%+11.1%+10.0%
2016-02+12.5%+13.0%+13.5%+12.8%+11.4%
2016-03+13.2%+13.7%+14.0%+13.4%+12.1%
2016-04+14.0%+14.2%+14.5%+14.4%+13.2%
2016-05+12.8%+12.3%+12.8%+13.2%+12.6%
2016-06+13.1%+12.2%+12.8%+13.4%+13.5%
2016-07+14.3%+13.8%+13.9%+14.4%+14.8%
2016-08+13.8%+13.5%+13.4%+13.6%+14.4%
2016-09+11.3%+10.5%+11.3%+11.2%+11.8%
2016-10+7.0%+6.2%+6.9%+6.5%+7.9%
2016-11+5.6%+5.1%+5.4%+4.8%+6.6%
2016-12+4.4%+4.1%+3.9%+3.4%+5.7%
2017-01+5.6%+5.4%+4.8%+4.8%+6.9%
2017-02+4.6%+3.9%+3.5%+3.9%+6.3%
2017-03+4.0%+3.1%+3.0%+3.5%+5.8%
2017-04+3.0%+2.4%+2.1%+2.0%+4.8%
2017-05+3.5%+3.5%+3.0%+2.3%+4.8%
2017-06+2.7%+2.6%+2.2%+1.4%+4.0%
2017-07+1.3%+0.8%+1.0%+0.2%+2.7%
2017-08+0.2%-0.4%-0.1%-0.6%+1.4%
2017-09+1.3%+1.1%+0.9%+0.5%+2.2%
2017-10+3.1%+3.2%+2.8%+2.7%+3.5%
2017-11+4.2%+3.8%+4.1%+4.1%+4.5%
2017-12+3.8%+3.2%+4.0%+4.1%+3.7%
2018-01+2.3%+1.6%+2.6%+2.5%+2.3%
2018-02+2.3%+2.1%+2.9%+2.6%+1.7%
2018-03+1.3%+1.2%+2.3%+1.9%+0.4%
2018-04+1.3%+1.1%+2.7%+2.4%-0.3%
2018-05-0.5%-0.3%+1.0%+0.8%-2.6%
2018-06-1.5%-0.7%+0.2%-0.5%-3.8%
2018-07-1.0%+0.9%+0.6%0.0%-3.4%
2018-08+0.1%+1.8%+1.5%+0.8%-2.0%
2018-09+1.2%+2.7%+2.4%+2.0%-0.8%
2018-10+1.0%+2.1%+2.0%+1.7%-0.7%
2018-110.0%+1.6%+1.1%+0.8%-1.9%
2018-12-0.5%+1.0%+0.5%+0.1%-2.1%
2019-01-1.4%+0.4%-0.3%-0.9%-3.1%
2019-02-1.4%-0.1%-0.4%-1.2%-2.7%
2019-03-1.2%+0.1%-0.5%-1.0%-2.4%
2019-04-2.1%-1.1%-1.6%-2.0%-2.9%
2019-05-2.3%-1.6%-2.0%-2.1%-3.0%
2019-06-1.8%-1.4%-1.5%-1.4%-2.4%
2019-07-1.7%-2.0%-1.4%-1.3%-2.2%
2019-08-0.8%-0.9%-0.3%-0.2%-1.6%
2019-09-1.7%-2.0%-1.4%-1.1%-2.3%
2019-10-1.9%-1.8%-1.3%-1.2%-2.8%
2019-11-2.0%-2.2%-1.3%-1.5%-2.7%
2019-12-1.2%-1.1%-0.4%-0.6%-2.3%
2020-01-1.5%-1.6%-0.8%-0.6%-2.7%
2020-02-1.6%-1.4%-0.8%-0.4%-3.1%
2020-03-1.1%-1.0%-0.3%0.0%-2.5%
2020-04+0.3%+1.4%+1.1%+1.1%-1.5%
2020-05-0.4%+1.0%+0.3%0.0%-1.8%
2020-06-0.9%+0.5%-0.1%-0.4%-2.4%
2020-07-1.0%-0.1%-0.3%-0.4%-2.3%
2020-08-1.5%-0.7%-0.5%-0.8%-3.2%
2020-09-1.0%+0.1%+0.3%-0.4%-3.0%
2020-10-0.3%+1.0%+1.0%+0.6%-2.5%
2020-11+2.3%+3.5%+3.4%+3.4%+0.2%
2020-12+3.3%+4.4%+4.2%+4.6%+1.3%
2021-01+5.2%+5.8%+5.8%+6.4%+3.8%
2021-02+5.0%+4.6%+5.3%+6.0%+4.2%
2021-03+5.7%+4.2%+5.5%+6.8%+5.8%
2021-04+6.4%+4.2%+6.0%+7.4%+7.1%
2021-05+8.9%+6.9%+8.6%+10.0%+9.3%
2021-06+10.3%+8.3%+9.6%+11.5%+10.7%
2021-07+9.3%+9.0%+8.7%+10.2%+9.4%
2021-08+8.6%+9.1%+8.0%+8.9%+8.5%
2021-09+8.0%+8.8%+7.6%+8.1%+7.7%
2021-10+8.3%+9.3%+8.1%+8.3%+7.6%
2021-11+6.7%+7.7%+6.6%+6.6%+5.9%
2021-12+5.4%+7.1%+5.7%+5.1%+4.4%
2022-01+5.1%+7.0%+5.8%+5.1%+3.4%
2022-02+6.6%+9.3%+7.6%+6.6%+4.3%
2022-03+6.8%+10.8%+8.4%+6.7%+3.4%
2022-04+6.3%+10.0%+7.9%+6.4%+2.8%
2022-05+6.5%+10.0%+8.2%+7.0%+2.7%
2022-06+7.2%+10.3%+8.9%+7.5%+3.8%
2022-07+8.0%+10.3%+9.9%+9.0%+4.3%
2022-08+8.8%+9.8%+10.5%+10.2%+5.4%
2022-09+9.1%+9.6%+10.6%+11.0%+5.8%
2022-10+9.5%+9.5%+10.5%+11.3%+7.1%
2022-11+9.0%+9.2%+10.0%+10.7%+6.5%
2022-12+9.1%+8.4%+9.7%+10.9%+7.3%
2023-01+7.9%+7.6%+8.5%+9.2%+6.2%
2023-02+5.5%+5.5%+6.1%+6.4%+3.9%
2023-03+2.5%+3.0%+3.2%+2.9%+0.9%
2023-04+1.9%+2.7%+2.6%+1.9%+0.4%
2023-05+0.5%+1.1%+1.0%+0.2%-0.3%
2023-06-1.1%-0.3%-0.6%-1.3%-2.0%
2023-07-1.9%-1.4%-1.6%-2.0%-2.6%
2023-08-3.1%-2.1%-2.7%-3.2%-4.0%
2023-09-3.3%-2.7%-3.0%-3.4%-4.0%
2023-10-4.5%-4.2%-4.2%-4.6%-4.9%
2023-11-5.8%-5.7%-5.4%-6.0%-5.9%
2023-12-5.9%-6.0%-5.5%-6.3%-6.0%
2024-01-5.7%-5.8%-5.5%-5.9%-5.8%
2024-02-4.7%-5.2%-4.6%-4.4%-4.8%
2024-03-3.7%-4.6%-4.0%-3.0%-3.5%
2024-04-4.5%-5.8%-4.9%-3.9%-4.2%
2024-05-3.2%-4.5%-3.7%-2.5%-2.8%
2024-06-2.6%-4.1%-2.9%-1.9%-2.3%
2024-07-1.7%-2.9%-1.9%-0.8%-1.5%
2024-08-0.8%-2.3%-1.0%+0.1%-0.5%
2024-090.0%-0.8%-0.1%+0.7%-0.1%
2024-10+0.3%-0.1%+0.2%+0.8%+0.1%
2024-11+1.2%+1.1%+1.3%+1.9%+0.8%
2024-12+0.5%+0.7%+0.6%+1.5%-0.3%
2025-01+1.4%+1.4%+1.6%+2.4%+0.3%
2025-02+2.7%+3.0%+3.1%+3.8%+1.5%
2025-03+5.8%+4.7%+6.0%+7.1%+5.3%
2025-04+7.2%+7.0%+8.1%+8.4%+5.6%
2025-05+7.2%+7.7%+8.8%+8.4%+4.9%
2025-06+6.5%+8.3%+8.7%+7.3%+3.0%
2025-07+5.8%+6.9%+7.6%+6.7%+3.1%
2025-08+3.8%+4.4%+5.7%+4.5%+1.2%
2025-09+2.2%+2.3%+4.0%+3.1%-0.2%
2025-10+3.3%+3.3%+5.4%+4.6%+0.5%
2025-11+4.7%+4.6%+6.5%+6.3%+2.1%
2025-12+5.6%+5.3%+7.3%+7.1%+3.2%
2026-01+3.8%+3.2%+5.4%+5.3%+1.6%
2026-02+1.3%+1.0%+2.9%+2.4%-0.8%
2026-03+0.2%+1.2%+2.4%+1.4%-3.0%

Source: HM Land Registry House Price Index for Bromley, January 1995 to March 2026.

Sold House Prices in Bromley

The average sold price in Bromley is £518,311, which is 78.8% above the England average of £289,946. The premium runs across every property type, but it is not even: houses carry the heaviest gap and flats the lightest, which is the first thing the table tells a buyer about where the value lands.

Property Type Bromley Average England Average Difference
Detached houses £1,075,312 £470,492 +128.6%
Semi-detached houses £660,284 £288,185 +129.1%
Terraced houses £490,365 £243,788 +101.1%
Flats and maisonettes £307,502 £214,563 +43.3%
All property types £518,311 £289,946 +78.8%

Detached houses in Bromley average £1,075,312, more than double the England figure at a 128.6% premium, and they are still edging up at 1.2% over the year. This is the borough's seven-figure stock, concentrated in BR7 (Chislehurst), TN14 (Cudham, Knockholt) and TN16 (Biggin Hill), where large period houses on substantial plots are common and green-belt land caps new supply. Almost half the homes in BR7, TN14 and TN16 are detached, which is why those postcodes carry the highest asking prices in the guide.

Semi-detached houses run almost level with detached on premium, up 129.1% on England at £660,284, and the fastest-growing type at 2.4% over the year. The semi is Bromley's classic commuter house, concentrated in the established suburban postcodes like BR2 (Hayes), BR5 (Petts Wood) and BR4 (West Wickham), where the interwar three-bed semi is the dominant form. These are family-buyer postcodes, which is why their yields sit lower and their prices higher.

Terraced houses average £490,365, a 101.1% premium and up 1.4% over the year. The terraced stock sits mainly in the northern and western postcodes, SE20 (Penge), SE26 (Sydenham) and BR1 (Bromley Town Centre), the parts of the borough that share a boundary with Lewisham and Croydon and where Victorian terraces are more common than newer semis.

Flats and maisonettes show the narrowest premium at 43.3%, averaging £307,502, and they were the only type to soften over the year at -3.0%. This is the property type where Bromley comes closest to the national average, and the lowest absolute entry point in a borough where the average detached house tops £1 million. Flats cluster in the north-western postcodes, SE19 (Crystal Palace), SE20 and SE26, which is exactly where the borough's highest rental yields show up.

Price Per Square Foot in Bromley

Sold prices per square foot in Bromley run from £447 in TN16 (Biggin Hill) to £597 in SE19 (Crystal Palace), ranked cheapest first. Measuring by the square foot strips out how big the homes are, so it compares the location rather than the house type, and the postcodes that top this table are not the ones with the highest asking prices, which tells you the priciest postcodes are pricey partly because their houses are larger.

Rank Area Price Per Sq Ft
1 TN16 (Biggin Hill) £447
2 BR8 (Swanley) £451
3 DA14 (Sidcup, Foots Cray) £480
4 SE9 (Eltham, Mottingham) £503
5 BR5 (St Mary Cray, Petts Wood) £511
6 BR1 (Bromley Town Centre, Bickley) £512
7 TN14 (Cudham, Knockholt) £523
8 BR4 (West Wickham) £531
9 BR2 (Bromley Common, Hayes) £540
10 BR6 (Orpington, Chelsfield) £548
11 SE20 (Penge, Anerley) £552
12 BR3 (Beckenham) £564
13 SE26 (Sydenham) £575
14 BR7 (Chislehurst) £577
15 SE19 (Crystal Palace) £597

SE19 (Crystal Palace) tops the table at £597 per square foot, yet its £445,881 asking price is only mid-table. That combination points to smaller average homes, a postcode of period conversions and purpose-built flats where buyers pay up for the square footage near Crystal Palace Park and the Lambeth and Lewisham boundary. SE26 (Sydenham) sits just behind at £575, the same north-western flat-and-terrace pattern.

TN16 (Biggin Hill) and BR8 (Swanley) are the cheapest space in the borough at £447 and £451 per square foot. Both sit on the borough's south-eastern fringe against the Kent border, where larger properties and distance from central London bring the per-foot figure down. That cheaper space is part of why both have delivered strong five-year growth from a lower base.

For Sale Asking Prices in Bromley

How far does price stretch across one borough? From £375,248 in SE20 (Penge, Anerley) to £788,699 in BR7 (Chislehurst), a gap of £413,451. The mean asking price across all 15 postcodes is £544,450, dragged up by the premium south and east. Eight postcodes sit below £500,000, and they are all in the northern and western half of the borough.

Rank Area Asking Price
1 SE20 (Penge, Anerley) £375,248
2 DA14 (Sidcup, Foots Cray) £419,487
3 BR8 (Swanley) £437,590
4 SE19 (Crystal Palace) £445,881
5 SE26 (Sydenham) £476,853
6 SE9 (Eltham, Mottingham) £488,523
7 BR1 (Bromley Town Centre, Bickley) £493,969
8 BR5 (St Mary Cray, Petts Wood) £495,093
9 BR3 (Beckenham) £531,603
10 TN16 (Biggin Hill) £569,418
11 BR2 (Bromley Common, Hayes) £593,062
12 BR6 (Orpington, Chelsfield) £640,921
13 TN14 (Cudham, Knockholt) £669,734
14 BR4 (West Wickham) £740,662
15 BR7 (Chislehurst) £788,699

BR7 (Chislehurst) at £788,699 costs more than double SE20 (Penge, Anerley) at £375,248. That £413,451 gap inside a single borough is the whole Bromley story in one line: inner-suburban flat stock in the north-west, large detached houses in the leafy south-east. BR4 (West Wickham) and TN14 (Cudham, Knockholt) also clear £650,000.

The eight postcodes below £500,000 all sit in the northern and western parts of the borough. These are the ones sharing boundaries with Croydon, Lewisham, Greenwich and Bexley, and they offer the lowest entry deposits in Bromley. For investors weighing buy-to-let property for sale, this is the tier worth starting with.

Market Square in Bromley
Market Square in Bromley

House Price Growth in Bromley

Five-year growth points the opposite way to yield. The two strongest performers are TN14 (Cudham, Knockholt) at 32.3% and BR8 (Swanley) at 15.7%, both fringe postcodes against the Kent border. The three-year column tells a similar story, with TN14 up 15.5% and SE26 (Sydenham) up 10.2% at the top, while TN16, BR3 and DA14 are the three postcodes negative over that window. Meanwhile DA14 (Sidcup, Foots Cray) is the laggard overall, up just 0.2% over five years and down 6.6% over the past year, the sharpest single-year fall in the borough.

Area 1 Year 3 Years 5 Years
TN14 (Cudham, Knockholt) +12.6% +15.5% +32.3%
BR8 (Swanley) +1.7% +5.3% +15.7%
TN16 (Biggin Hill) +3.5% -1.0% +11.3%
BR6 (Orpington, Chelsfield) -1.6% +0.7% +11.0%
BR4 (West Wickham) +3.5% +3.1% +10.9%
BR2 (Bromley Common, Hayes) +1.0% 0.0% +10.1%
BR7 (Chislehurst) +2.5% +2.9% +10.1%
SE9 (Eltham, Mottingham) +0.2% +2.9% +10.0%
BR5 (St Mary Cray, Petts Wood) +6.3% +6.1% +8.8%
BR3 (Beckenham) -1.6% -0.8% +6.9%
SE26 (Sydenham) +10.7% +10.2% +6.6%
SE20 (Penge, Anerley) +1.1% +4.4% +5.2%
BR1 (Bromley Town Centre, Bickley) -1.1% +0.8% +3.1%
DA14 (Sidcup, Foots Cray) -6.6% -3.0% +0.2%
SE19 (Crystal Palace) +1.2% +7.0% -0.8%

TN14 and BR8, two of the three cheapest postcodes by price per square foot, have delivered the strongest five-year growth. One reading is that these are the spots where affordability relative to the rest of the borough is still pulling buyers in, lifting prices from a lower base. BR5 (St Mary Cray, Petts Wood) shows a milder version of the same, up 6.3% over the year and 8.8% over five from a mid-range £495,093 asking price.

SE19 (Crystal Palace) is the only postcode with negative five-year growth, at -0.8%, while DA14 (Sidcup, Foots Cray) is the weakest over the past year at -6.6%. DA14 straddles the Bexley boundary, and its figures sit at the meeting point of two local authority markets. Both are reminders that the growth picture varies postcode by postcode, not borough-wide.

Monthly Property Sales in Bromley

Monthly sales volume is a read on how liquid a postcode is, and across Bromley it tracks population density more than price. BR3 (Beckenham) and BR6 (Orpington, Chelsfield) are the busiest at 41 and 39 sales a month, while the Kent-border postcodes TN14 and TN16 are the quietest at 13 each.

Area Sales Per Month Turnover Asking Price
BR3 (Beckenham) 41 11% £531,603
BR6 (Orpington, Chelsfield) 39 9% £640,921
SE9 (Eltham, Mottingham) 38 13% £488,523
BR1 (Bromley Town Centre, Bickley) 37 9% £493,969
BR5 (St Mary Cray, Petts Wood) 35 12% £495,093
BR2 (Bromley Common, Hayes) 32 7% £593,062
SE19 (Crystal Palace) 21 7% £445,881
BR8 (Swanley) 21 18% £437,590
SE26 (Sydenham) 20 10% £476,853
SE20 (Penge, Anerley) 18 9% £375,248
BR7 (Chislehurst) 16 9% £788,699
BR4 (West Wickham) 15 17% £740,662
DA14 (Sidcup, Foots Cray) 14 9% £419,487
TN14 (Cudham, Knockholt) 13 7% £669,734
TN16 (Biggin Hill) 13 5% £569,418

BR3 (Beckenham), BR6 (Orpington), SE9 (Eltham) and BR1 (Bromley Town Centre) each clear 37 or more sales a month. These are the dense, mid-priced suburban cores of the borough, the postcodes with the most homes and the most owners moving, so a buyer here has the deepest pool of stock to choose from and the most recent comparable sales to price against.

TN14 and TN16, the two Kent-border postcodes, are the thinnest markets at 13 sales a month each. Low volume in high-value, low-density postcodes is typical of areas where owners hold for longer and fewer homes change hands. It also means less frequent transaction data, so pricing in those postcodes leans on a smaller recent sample.

How Long Properties Take to Sell in Bromley

Exit speed splits Bromley by a factor of three: BR4 (West Wickham) clears in around 203 days, while TN16 (Biggin Hill) sits for roughly 608 days before it sells. Days on market is the typical time a home is listed before a sale; the months of unsold stock shows how much for-sale supply is queued at the current rate of sales. It is the holding cost a yield figure never shows, and in Bromley it varies more than the yield does.

Area Avg Days to Sell Months of Unsold Stock Market
BR4 (West Wickham) 203 6.7 Balanced market
BR5 (St Mary Cray, Petts Wood) 234 7.7 Balanced market
SE9 (Eltham, Mottingham) 234 7.7 Balanced market
BR3 (Beckenham) 277 9.1 Balanced market
DA14 (Sidcup, Foots Cray) 304 10.0 Balanced market
SE26 (Sydenham) 304 10.0 Balanced market
BR1 (Bromley Town Centre, Bickley) 338 11.1 Balanced market
BR6 (Orpington, Chelsfield) 338 11.1 Balanced market
BR7 (Chislehurst) 338 11.1 Balanced market
SE20 (Penge, Anerley) 380 12.5 Buyer's market
BR2 (Bromley Common, Hayes) 435 14.3 Buyer's market
TN14 (Cudham, Knockholt) 435 14.3 Buyer's market
SE19 (Crystal Palace) 507 16.7 Buyer's market
TN16 (Biggin Hill) 608 20.0 Buyer's market
BR8 (Swanley) Not enough data Not enough data Not enough data

Two postcodes can carry near-identical yields and still tie your money up for very different lengths of time, and Bromley is where that shows. BR4 at 6.7 months of unsold stock is a far quicker exit than TN16 at 20.0, even though both are higher-priced postcodes. The slower end of this table, SE19, TN16 and BR2, leans toward buyer's-market conditions where a sale takes patience, so the speed of exit is worth weighing alongside the yield before committing to a postcode.

What Type of Property Can You Buy in Bromley?

The housing mix flips end to end across the borough: detached houses reach 59.0% of stock in TN16 (Biggin Hill) out by the Kent border, while flats dominate the north-west at 64.9% in SE20 (Penge, Anerley). That mix decides which strategies fit where. The shares quoted here and in the table are the housing-type breakdown a commercial property-data provider reports for each postcode, which it describes as Census-based. The Census release and the areas behind each figure are not specified in the data we hold, so read the percentages as the provider's reported figures rather than verified proportions of all the homes in the postcode.

Area Detached Semi-detached Terraced Flats
SE20 (Penge, Anerley) 2.2% 9.6% 23.2% 64.9%
SE19 (Crystal Palace) 8.4% 14.7% 14.3% 62.6%
SE26 (Sydenham) 5.2% 13.9% 22.7% 57.8%
DA14 (Sidcup, Foots Cray) 14.0% 41.5% 13.8% 30.7%
SE9 (Eltham, Mottingham) 8.9% 38.6% 23.1% 29.3%
BR1 (Bromley Town Centre, Bickley) 25.4% 22.2% 23.5% 28.8%
BR7 (Chislehurst) 49.7% 14.8% 11.8% 23.7%
BR2 (Bromley Common, Hayes) 34.7% 29.9% 10.7% 21.3%
BR3 (Beckenham) 19.6% 25.2% 21.9% 33.2%
BR4 (West Wickham) 24.3% 53.5% 8.7% 13.1%
BR5 (St Mary Cray, Petts Wood) 22.6% 46.3% 18.7% 12.3%
TN14 (Cudham, Knockholt) 54.0% 21.4% 13.9% 10.3%
BR8 (Swanley) 28.4% 39.7% 21.2% 9.4%
BR6 (Orpington, Chelsfield) 47.8% 30.8% 13.3% 8.0%
TN16 (Biggin Hill) 59.0% 25.0% 9.5% 4.7%

The north-western trio is flat country. SE20 (Penge, Anerley) is 64.9% flats, SE19 (Crystal Palace) 62.6% and SE26 (Sydenham) 57.8%, with terraces adding most of the rest. That flat-and-terrace stock is the type that usually drives buy-to-let income, and it lines up with these postcodes carrying the lowest asking prices and the highest yields in the borough.

The south and east are house markets. TN16 (Biggin Hill) is 59.0% detached, TN14 (Cudham, Knockholt) 54.0% and BR7 (Chislehurst) 49.7%, while BR4 (West Wickham) is 53.5% semi-detached, the heaviest semi share in the borough. These are the family-home postcodes, which fits their higher asking prices and lower yields.

Flats here cover both purpose-built blocks and conversions, and a small share of non-standard dwellings is left out, so rows may not total 100%.

A shopping street in Bromley
A shopping street in Bromley

Bromley Rental Market Analysis

Monthly rents in Bromley run from £1,538 in BR8 (Swanley) to £2,181 in BR7 (Chislehurst), with gross yields from 3.3% to 5.4% across the 13 priced postcodes. For investors asking is buy-to-let worth it in Bromley, the sections below break down rents, yields and tenant affordability postcode by postcode. If you are looking at how do I build a property portfolio in London, the borough's north-western postcodes pair sub-£500,000 asking prices with yields above 4.5%, a combination that is increasingly rare inside Greater London.

Average Rent & Gross Rental Yields in Bromley

Where does the rent stretch furthest against the purchase price? SE20 (Penge, Anerley) leads at 5.4%, the result of the lowest asking price in the borough (£375,248) paired with a £1,678 monthly rent. Gross rental yield is annual rent divided by the asking price. For the full method, see our guide to working out rental yield.

Area Average Monthly Rent Asking Price Gross Yield
SE20 (Penge, Anerley) £1,678 £375,248 5.4%
SE9 (Eltham, Mottingham) £2,048 £488,523 5.0%
DA14 (Sidcup, Foots Cray) £1,643 £419,487 4.7%
SE26 (Sydenham) £1,872 £476,853 4.7%
SE19 (Crystal Palace) £1,710 £445,881 4.6%
BR1 (Bromley Town Centre, Bickley) £1,837 £493,969 4.5%
BR3 (Beckenham) £1,889 £531,603 4.3%
BR8 (Swanley) £1,538 £437,590 4.2%
BR5 (St Mary Cray, Petts Wood) £1,635 £495,093 4.0%
BR2 (Bromley Common, Hayes) £1,833 £593,062 3.7%
BR6 (Orpington, Chelsfield) £1,952 £640,921 3.7%
TN14 (Cudham, Knockholt) £1,973 £669,734 3.5%
BR7 (Chislehurst) £2,181 £788,699 3.3%
BR4 (West Wickham) Not enough data £740,662 Not enough data
TN16 (Biggin Hill) Not enough data £569,418 Not enough data

The yield table follows a clean pattern: the five postcodes returning 4.6% or above all ask below £490,000. SE20, SE9, DA14, SE26 and SE19 form the income cluster, where monthly rents of £1,643 to £2,048 land on those lower asking prices. SE9 (Eltham, Mottingham) holds a 5.0% yield on the strength of a £2,048 rent while its £488,523 price keeps it inside the cluster.

BR7 (Chislehurst) commands the highest rent in the borough at £2,181 a month, yet returns the lowest yield at 3.3%. Its £788,699 asking price is the reason: the rent is strong, but the purchase price is 45% above the borough mean. TN14 (Cudham, Knockholt) sits just above at 3.5% for the same reason, a healthy rent on a £669,734 price. The premium south-eastern postcodes earn their return from capital value, not income.

Gross Rental Yield by Postcode

Is Bromley Rent High?

Monthly rents in Bromley take between 36.0% and 51.1% of the local median gross monthly income. Rent as a share of income is a read on tenant affordability: the higher the share, the more of a tenant's earnings goes on rent, which can shape both payment reliability and void risk.

The median gross weekly salary in Bromley is £964.50, and the median annual salary is £51,225, about £4,269 a month, above the London regional median of £902.70 a week and the Great Britain median of £766.60 a week. Data from the Nomis Labour Market Profile (ASHE 2025).

Rank Area Rent as % of Income
1 BR7 (Chislehurst) 51.1%
2 SE9 (Eltham, Mottingham) 48.0%
3 TN14 (Cudham, Knockholt) 46.2%
4 BR6 (Orpington, Chelsfield) 45.7%
5 BR3 (Beckenham) 44.3%
6 SE26 (Sydenham) 43.9%
7 BR1 (Bromley Town Centre, Bickley) 43.0%
8 BR2 (Bromley Common, Hayes) 42.9%
9 SE19 (Crystal Palace) 40.1%
10 SE20 (Penge, Anerley) 39.3%
11 DA14 (Sidcup, Foots Cray) 38.5%
12 BR5 (St Mary Cray, Petts Wood) 38.3%
13 BR8 (Swanley) 36.0%
- BR4 (West Wickham) Not enough data
- TN16 (Biggin Hill) Not enough data

BR7 (Chislehurst) tops the table at 51.1%, pushed there by the borough's highest rent of £2,181 a month. A mid-range band of seven postcodes sits between 42% and 46%, while BR8 (Swanley) at 36.0% is the most affordable for tenants, where £1,538 a month is the smallest share of local income in the borough. The income postcodes in the north-west, SE20, SE19 and DA14, all sit in the lower half of this table, so the higher yields there do not come at the cost of tenant affordability.

How Big Is Bromley's Private Rented Sector?

The private rented sector is deepest in the north-west, reaching 27.2% of households in SE20 (Penge, Anerley) and 26.2% in SE19 (Crystal Palace), and thinnest in the family south at 8.7% in BR4 (West Wickham). The share of homes already let privately is a guide to how big and how established the local tenant pool is. The table shows household tenure by postcode.

Area Owned Outright Owned with Mortgage Private Rented Social Rented
SE20 (Penge, Anerley) 14.2% 27.1% 27.2% 29.4%
SE19 (Crystal Palace) 19.1% 30.7% 26.2% 22.2%
SE26 (Sydenham) 19.7% 31.1% 21.5% 26.4%
BR1 (Bromley Town Centre, Bickley) 32.3% 36.0% 18.5% 12.4%
TN14 (Cudham, Knockholt) 42.5% 33.6% 17.5% 5.5%
BR3 (Beckenham) 34.2% 36.2% 17.4% 11.6%
TN16 (Biggin Hill) 46.7% 31.5% 17.2% 4.1%
DA14 (Sidcup, Foots Cray) 35.5% 33.4% 15.6% 12.9%
BR2 (Bromley Common, Hayes) 41.8% 36.5% 15.4% 6.0%
SE9 (Eltham, Mottingham) 29.5% 32.9% 14.3% 22.2%
BR7 (Chislehurst) 44.4% 36.1% 13.3% 5.8%
BR8 (Swanley) 41.3% 36.2% 11.4% 10.1%
BR5 (St Mary Cray, Petts Wood) 38.4% 35.9% 10.8% 14.1%
BR6 (Orpington, Chelsfield) 48.5% 36.0% 10.5% 4.9%
BR4 (West Wickham) 47.1% 40.3% 8.7% 3.3%

SE20 (Penge, Anerley) and SE19 (Crystal Palace) carry the largest private rented sectors at 27.2% and 26.2%, and they sit right alongside the borough's top yields. A deep rented sector next to a strong yield points to an active, tested local lettings market rather than an untried one, and these north-western postcodes are where renters already make up a quarter of households.

The southern house postcodes run the other way. BR4 (West Wickham) is 87.4% owner-occupied and BR6 (Orpington) 84.5%, with BR5 (Petts Wood) at 74.3%, and private rented shares across the three run from 8.7% to 10.8%. These are settled family areas where less stock reaches the rental market, which fits the 4.0% yield in BR5 and 3.7% in BR6; BR4 publishes no rental figure in this snapshot. Selling times vary widely across the three, from 203 days in BR4 to 234 in BR5 and 338 in BR6.

Local Housing Allowance Rates in Bromley

Bromley spans four Broad Rental Market Areas, so the housing support a tenant can claim towards rent depends entirely on the postcode: the two-bedroom Local Housing Allowance ranges from £228.99 a week in the North West Kent area up to £356.71 in Inner South East London. Local Housing Allowance is the maximum a tenant on housing support can claim, and a tenant whose rent sits above the applicable rate covers the gap from their own income. Because Bromley straddles the London-Kent boundary and reaches into inner south-east London, four different rates apply across the borough.

Property Size Inner South East London (weekly) Outer South East London (weekly) High Weald (weekly) North West Kent (weekly)
Shared accommodation £149.59 £138.08 £105.82 £103.87
1 bedroom £298.15 £241.64 £184.11 £172.60
2 bedrooms £356.71 £299.18 £247.40 £228.99
3 bedrooms £448.77 £356.71 £304.47 £276.16
4 bedrooms £604.11 £414.25 £420.00 £333.70

Inner South East London covers SE19 and SE26 in the north-west, and its two-bedroom rate of £356.71 a week is about £1,546 a month, the highest of the four. Outer South East London is the largest area, covering BR1 to BR7, DA14, SE9 and SE20, at £299.18 a week (£1,296 a month) for a two-bed. The two Kent-border postcodes split: TN14 and TN16 fall in High Weald at £247.40, and BR8 in North West Kent at £228.99. All four sit below Bromley's open-market rents of £1,538 to £2,181 a month, so a benefit-backed tenancy clears under what the open market pays, and the stock that fits these rates concentrates in the cheaper postcodes. The rates are reviewed each April, so to check the current figure for a specific address use the government's official Local Housing Allowance calculator.

Buy-to-Let Considerations

Are House Prices High in Bromley? Price-to-Earnings Ratios

Buying in Bromley takes between 7.3 and 15.4 times the median annual salary. This uses the Nomis Labour Market Profile for Bromley, where the median gross annual income for residents is £51,225.

The national benchmark for price-to-earnings is 7.4x (England's average sold price of £289,946 divided by the Great Britain median annual salary of £39,125). SE20 (Penge, Anerley) at 7.3x actually undercuts that benchmark, which is rare for a London postcode and the clearest sign of where Bromley's affordability sits.

Rank Area Price-to-Earnings Ratio
1 SE20 (Penge, Anerley) 7.3x
2 DA14 (Sidcup, Foots Cray) 8.2x
3 BR8 (Swanley) 8.5x
4 SE19 (Crystal Palace) 8.7x
5 SE26 (Sydenham) 9.3x
6 SE9 (Eltham, Mottingham) 9.5x
7 BR1 (Bromley Town Centre, Bickley) 9.6x
8 BR5 (St Mary Cray, Petts Wood) 9.7x
9 BR3 (Beckenham) 10.4x
10 TN16 (Biggin Hill) 11.1x
11 BR2 (Bromley Common, Hayes) 11.6x
12 BR6 (Orpington, Chelsfield) 12.5x
13 TN14 (Cudham, Knockholt) 13.1x
14 BR4 (West Wickham) 14.5x
15 BR7 (Chislehurst) 15.4x

SE20 (Penge, Anerley) at 7.3 times earnings sits just under the national benchmark, an unusual reading for a London postcode. DA14 and BR8, at 8.2x and 8.5x, are the next most affordable, and all three are sub-£500,000 entry points with the lowest deposits in the borough. BR7 (Chislehurst) at 15.4x and BR4 (West Wickham) at 14.5x sit at the top. At those ratios the purchase price runs to more than 14 years of gross earnings, and the 8.1-times gap between top and bottom is one of the widest in any London borough, a direct read-out of Bromley's housing range. For more on the running costs of a let, see our guide to buy to let fees.

Deposit Requirements in Bromley

A 30% deposit is the standard assumption for buy-to-let mortgage maths. Deposits in Bromley run from £112,574 in SE20 (Penge, Anerley) to £236,610 in BR7 (Chislehurst), a difference of £124,036. Use our stamp duty calculator buy to let to work out the full upfront cost including stamp duty land tax.

Rank Area 30% Deposit Required
1 SE20 (Penge, Anerley) £112,574
2 DA14 (Sidcup, Foots Cray) £125,846
3 BR8 (Swanley) £131,277
4 SE19 (Crystal Palace) £133,764
5 SE26 (Sydenham) £143,056
6 SE9 (Eltham, Mottingham) £146,557
7 BR1 (Bromley Town Centre, Bickley) £148,191
8 BR5 (St Mary Cray, Petts Wood) £148,528
9 BR3 (Beckenham) £159,481
10 TN16 (Biggin Hill) £170,825
11 BR2 (Bromley Common, Hayes) £177,919
12 BR6 (Orpington, Chelsfield) £192,276
13 TN14 (Cudham, Knockholt) £200,920
14 BR4 (West Wickham) £222,199
15 BR7 (Chislehurst) £236,610

The eight postcodes below a £150,000 deposit (SE20, DA14, BR8, SE19, SE26, SE9, BR1 and BR5) all sit in the northern and western half of the borough. They are the same postcodes that carry the yields of 4.0% and above. An investor entering at SE20's £112,574 deposit puts down less than half the £236,610 BR7 demands. For a wider view of entry costs and finding stock below market value, see BMV properties, and for ways to reduce the deposit, our guide on investing in property with little or no money.

A shopping high street in Bromley, Greater London.
Bromley High Street

What the Bromley Data Tells Buy-to-Let Investors

In Bromley the income sits in the north-west and the prices sit in the south-east. SE20 (Penge, Anerley) leads on yield at 5.4% with the borough's lowest asking price (£375,248), lowest deposit (£112,574) and a 7.3x price-to-earnings ratio that undercuts the national benchmark. SE9 (Eltham, Mottingham) at 5.0%, DA14 (Sidcup, Foots Cray) at 4.7% and SE19 (Crystal Palace) at 4.6% fill out the income band, all of them sub-£490,000 entry points sharing a boundary with Lewisham, Greenwich or Croydon. That is where the income shows up for buyers of investment properties in the borough.

The growth data points the other way. TN14 (Cudham, Knockholt) leads five-year growth at 32.3%, with BR8 (Swanley) at 15.7% and TN16 (Biggin Hill) at 11.3% behind it. These are the southern and eastern fringe postcodes where larger, lower-density, green-belt-adjacent housing drives prices rather than rent, so their yields sit at 3.3% to 4.2%. The yield leaders and the growth leaders barely overlap; BR5 (St Mary Cray, Petts Wood), with 8.8% five-year growth and a 4.0% yield, comes closest to appearing in both columns.

DA14 (Sidcup, Foots Cray) is the most mixed profile in the borough. It carries the third-highest yield at 4.7% and the second-lowest deposit at £125,846, but it is also the weakest performer over the past year at -6.6% and barely positive over five years at 0.2%. DA14 straddles the Bexley boundary, and its data sits where two local authority markets meet. Two postcodes, BR4 (West Wickham) and TN16 (Biggin Hill), have too little rental data to read a yield, and both sit in the upper half of the price table.

Bromley has no borough-wide selective licensing scheme in place, though landlords should always check the current designation on Bromley Council's property licensing pages before buying. Buyers who want to come in under asking tend to work the off-market properties and repossessed properties for sale routes, and in Bromley the cheaper north-western postcodes are where both the highest yields and the most affordable entry points sit, while the premium south delivers its return through capital value from a higher base.

How Bromley Compares

Bromley's mean asking price of £544,450 is the highest of the five neighbouring south-east London boroughs, yet its top yield of 5.4% is the lowest of the group, level with Croydon. The comparison below sets Bromley alongside four nearby boroughs, each with a different investor profile. Mean asking price and mean monthly rent are simple averages across all priced postcodes; top gross yield is the single highest postcode yield in each location.

Location Mean Asking Price Mean Monthly Rent Mean Gross Yield Top Yield (postcode)
Bexley £428,037 £1,762 4.9% 6.3% (SE28)
Greenwich £464,537 £2,045 5.3% 6.3% (SE28)
Croydon £466,187 £1,771 4.6% 5.4% (SE20)
Lewisham £490,640 £1,965 4.8% 6.0% (SE8)
Bromley £544,450 £1,830 4.0% 5.4% (SE20)

Bromley carries the highest mean asking price of the five at £544,450, around £116,000 above Bexley at £428,037. That price premium does not buy a higher yield: Bexley, Greenwich and Lewisham all return more, between 6.0% and 6.3%, while Croydon matches Bromley at 5.4%. Bexley and Greenwich share the highest top yield at 6.3%, and both do it on mean asking prices well below Bromley's.

Greenwich and Lewisham command higher mean rents (£2,045 and £1,965) than Bromley's £1,830, while Croydon runs a lower mean rent on a lower mean price, landing on the same 5.4% top yield as Bromley. The pattern reads consistently: Bromley is the settled, higher-priced, owner-occupier end of the south-east London group, where bigger houses and green space carry the headline value and the income return compresses. Its own sub-£490,000 postcodes, SE20, DA14 and BR8, are priced in line with these neighbours' borough averages, while the premium south and east lift Bromley's mean well above them. For a data-led comparison across every UK location, see our best buy-to-let locations guide. The full library covers more than 160 areas for property investment in the UK, with every guide using the same sold-price basis.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Bromley a good place to live for buy-to-let tenants?

For a London borough it suits renters who want space and a reliable commute. Bromley is the largest London borough by area, 329,992 residents spread across suburban streets, town-centre flats and semi-rural fringes, with no Underground but around 26 National Rail stations and a 16-minute express into London Victoria from Bromley South. Local wages run above the London median at £964.50 a week, so tenants here are generally in steady work and can carry London-level rents.

It also works for people priced out closer to town. Rents run from £1,538 to £2,181 a month depending on the postcode, below much of inner south-east London, while the trains still reach the City and the West End. That tends to draw professional renters and families who settle rather than move every year.

What are the best areas in Bromley for property investment?

It comes down to whether you are buying for income or growth, and the borough splits north-west against south-east. For yield, the north-west leads: SE20 (Penge, Anerley) tops the borough at 5.4% on a £375,248 asking price, with SE9 (Eltham, Mottingham) next at 5.0% and DA14 (Sidcup, Foots Cray) and SE19 (Crystal Palace) close behind. All four ask below £490,000.

For growth, the fringe postcodes lead on the data: TN14 (Cudham, Knockholt) is up 32.3% over five years and BR8 (Swanley) 15.7%, both out near the Kent border. The south-eastern postcodes like BR7 (Chislehurst) and BR6 (Orpington) are pricier family markets with yields around 3.3% to 3.7%, leaning toward owner-occupier demand rather than rental income.

Which Bromley postcodes have the highest rental yields?

SE20 (Penge, Anerley) at 5.4%, then SE9 (Eltham, Mottingham) at 5.0%, DA14 (Sidcup, Foots Cray) and SE26 (Sydenham) both at 4.7%, and SE19 (Crystal Palace) at 4.6%. All five sit in the northern and western half of the borough, with asking prices between £375,248 and £488,523. The lowest yield with data is BR7 (Chislehurst) at 3.3%, where a £788,699 asking price holds the return down despite the borough's highest rent of £2,181 a month. In short, the cheaper north-west carries the yield and the dearer south-east carries the capital value.

What is the average house price in Bromley in 2026?

The average sold price across the London Borough of Bromley is £518,311 on the Land Registry index for March 2026, about 78.8% above the England average of £289,946 and 4.4% below the London average of £542,065. By type, detached houses average £1,075,312, semi-detached £660,284, terraced £490,365 and flats £307,502. The all-time high was £529,819 in December 2022, so current prices sit 2.2% below that peak after recent easing.

Which Bromley postcodes have the strongest house price growth?

TN14 (Cudham, Knockholt) leads five-year growth at 32.3%, followed by BR8 (Swanley) at 15.7% and TN16 (Biggin Hill) at 11.3%, all on or near the Kent border. Over the past year, SE26 (Sydenham) leads at 10.7%, with BR5 (St Mary Cray, Petts Wood) at 6.3% and TN14 at 12.6%. SE19 (Crystal Palace) is the only postcode with negative five-year growth at -0.8%, while DA14 (Sidcup, Foots Cray) is the weakest over the past year at -6.6%.

What type of property is most common in Bromley?

It depends which end of the borough you are in. In the north-west, flats dominate: SE20 (Penge, Anerley) is 64.9% flats, SE19 (Crystal Palace) 62.6% and SE26 (Sydenham) 57.8%, mostly period conversions and purpose-built blocks. That flat-and-terrace stock is the type that usually suits buy-to-let, and it lines up with the north-west carrying the lowest asking prices and the highest yields.

In the south and east, the detached house takes over. TN16 (Biggin Hill) is 59.0% detached, TN14 (Cudham, Knockholt) 54.0% and BR7 (Chislehurst) 49.7%, while BR4 (West Wickham) is the most semi-detached at 53.5%. The January 2026 Land Registry data shows detached houses averaging £1,075,312, semi-detached £660,284, terraced £490,365 and flats £307,502.

What are the Local Housing Allowance rates in Bromley?

Bromley spans four Broad Rental Market Areas, so the rate depends on the postcode. SE19 and SE26 fall in Inner South East London, where as of June 2026 the rate runs at £149.59 a week for a shared room, £298.15 for a one-bed, £356.71 for two beds, £448.77 for three and £604.11 for four. Most of the borough (BR1 to BR7, DA14, SE9 and SE20) falls in Outer South East London at £138.08 shared, £241.64 one-bed, £299.18 two-bed, £356.71 three-bed and £414.25 four-bed. TN14 and TN16 fall in High Weald and BR8 in North West Kent, both at lower rates.

That figure is the most a tenant on housing support can claim toward rent, so it is a reference point for the benefit-supported end of local demand, not a limit on the rent. The rates update each April, and you can check the live figure for any address with the government's Local Housing Allowance calculator.

Is there demand for shared and HMO rooms in Bromley?

Yes, concentrated in the central and northern postcodes. A sample of current room adverts puts a double room with a shared bathroom at around £196 a week in BR2 (Bromley Common, Hayes) and £191 in SE9 (Eltham, Mottingham), with BR1 (Bromley Town Centre) at roughly £182 and BR5 (St Mary Cray) at £174. Ensuite and single-room rents are harder to pin down because too few are advertised at any one time. For how the numbers work on a shared house, see our complete guide to investing in HMOs.

How do I buy an investment property in Bromley?

Start by settling whether you are buying for income or for growth, because that points you north-west or south-east. The north-west leads on yield: SE20 (Penge, Anerley) is the cheapest entry at £375,248 and the top yield at 5.4%, with SE9 (Eltham, Mottingham) next at 5.0%. The south-eastern fringe is the growth case, led by TN14 (Cudham, Knockholt) at 32.3% over five years. Budget for a 30% deposit, which runs from £112,574 in SE20 to £236,610 in BR7 (Chislehurst).

Beyond what is listed openly, plenty of experienced investors buy under asking through BMV properties for sale and off market properties channels. To see what is on the market now, browse investment properties or buy-to-let homes for sale.

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