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SE21 house prices & rental yield

Homes in SE21 sell for a median of £700,000 across 191 sales over two years (HM Land Registry), which is +30% against the Lambeth median of £537,750. Set against the local average rent of £2,519 a month (ONS), that implies a 4.3% gross yield here versus 5.6% for Lambeth as a whole.

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Implied gross yield
4.3%
Median sold
£700,000
vs Lambeth
+30%
Sales, 2 yrs
191

Rents are published per district, not per postcode, so the yield above applies the Lambeth average rent to SE21 prices. It's the right way to compare postcodes on entry price, but rents do vary street by street, and gross yield ignores costs, voids and mortgage interest.

What renters pay across Lambeth
All sizes
£2,519
1-bed
£1,878
2-bed
£2,337
3-bed
£2,676
4+ bed
£3,708
Office for National Statistics averages for Lambeth, what tenants actually pay rather than asking rents.
Cheaper entry points near SE21
SW161,144 sales6.4% yield£468,750SW9472 sales5.9% yield£510,000SW2786 sales5.8% yield£525,000SE27304 sales5.5% yield£550,000SW8506 sales5.4% yield£563,000SE11286 sales5.1% yield£597,500SW4603 sales4.9% yield£620,000SE24239 sales4.7% yield£646,000
Averages don't buy houses

SE21 averages tell you where to look, not whether one particular flat stacks up. Paste a listing and gemhome runs the actual numbers: yield, cash flow, the lender stress test, EPC work and what the public records say about that specific address.

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