Lambeth: the market in figures
Lambeth's average has come back almost exactly to its lowest point. The series low was £539,162 in 2018, and the 2026 reading is £540,198. In between, 2020 gave a rise of 4.1% and 2021 a fall of 4.2%, then 2022 delivered 7.2%, which set the peak of £594,977. After that, 2023 lost 3.4%, 2024 lost 0.8%, 2025 gained 1.2% and 2026 lost 6.5%. Against £567,232 in 2016, the price is down 4.8%, or £27,034. The 2026 price of £540,198 sits below every year in the series except 2018, when it was £539,162.
Lambeth is 10th among 135 areas and 9th among 13 London areas. Lambeth is 2.6% below London's £554,430 yet 97.8% over the UK's £273,037. London fell 2.2% over the year, so Lambeth's fall is the larger.
Type by type: £441,815 for a flat, £804,615 for a terraced house, £1,036,529 for a semi-detached and £1,160,559 for a detached house. Detached stands £718,744 over a flat, or 162.7%. For a first purchase the average is £474,320, 12.2% under the figure for all buyers.
Only Lewisham costs less, at £486,416, which is 10% below. Southwark (£569,160) costs 5.4% more, Wandsworth (£694,210) 28.5% more, City of Westminster (£887,206) 64.2% more and Kensington and Chelsea (£1,204,072) 122.9% more. Southwark, Lewisham and Wandsworth lost between 1.6% and 5.3% over the year, much less than Lambeth.
A move at the average price carries £17,010 of Stamp Duty Land Tax, 3.1% of the price, and the same for a first-time buyer. An additional property owes £44,020. The HM Land Registry fee is £295, and Lambeth's sales volume is 3,279 over the period closing in May 2026.
Southwark is the closest at 3 km, and Lewisham is 7 km away. All five neighbours fell over the year too, the smallest being Lewisham at 1.6% and the largest City of Westminster at 14.3%.
Payotte, from the UK HPI and the calculator.
Property professionals in Lambeth
One firm per trade, selected by Payotte on public data (4 of 5 trades filled in Lambeth). Companies, never individuals, with a regulator or register you can check with the official body.
| Trade | Firm | Google rating | Reviews | Score /100 | Status | Listing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estate agent | Vacant | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mortgage adviser | Mortgage Scout Kennington | — | — | 50 | Partial | View |
| Conveyancer | Anthony Gold Solicitors | 3.7 | 75 | 55 | Partial | View |
| Surveyor | RM Surveyors | 5 | 58 | 61 | Partial | View |
| Valuer | RM Surveyors | 5 | 58 | 61 | Partial | View |
One firm per trade and per area, chosen on public data and scored out of 100 points — Google reviews (35), age of the company (30), checkable regulator or register (15), local anchoring (15), bonus (5). The ranking is never paid for. No firm can buy its place or its recommendation. How Payotte ranks firms
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Frequently asked questions
What is the average house price in Lambeth?
The average price of a home in Lambeth was £540,198 in August 2026, -6.5% over twelve months (UK House Price Index).
Have house prices gone up in Lambeth?
The average price in Lambeth went from £567,232 in August 2016 to £540,198 in August 2026, a change of -4.8%; -6.5% over the last twelve months (UK House Price Index).
How much Stamp Duty Land Tax on an average-priced home in Lambeth?
On £540,198, Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) comes to £17,010 for a home mover, £17,010 for a first-time buyer and £44,020 for an additional property, at the rates in force in England.
How much tax when you sell a home in Lambeth?
None on your main home if it was your only home, lived in for all the time you owned it, not let out and not used exclusively for business (Private Residence Relief). A second home or a buy-to-let pays Capital Gains Tax above the £3,000 allowance (2026 to 2027; rates in the calculator above). The tax is reported and paid within 60 days of completion (HMRC).
Is Lambeth expensive?
Lambeth ranks 10th of the 135 areas Payotte covers for the average price in August 2026, from £1,204,072 in Kensington and Chelsea to £133,782 in City of Aberdeen.
Prices by property type, August 2026
| Type | Average price | London |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £1,160,559 | £1,164,439 |
| Semi-detached | £1,036,529 | £730,580 |
| Terraced | £804,615 | £648,650 |
| Flat or maisonette | £441,815 | £427,310 |
| All types | £540,198 | £554,430 |
| First-time buyers | £474,320 | £473,051 |
The UK HPI is a mix-adjusted average (a hedonic model), not the price of the homes sold in the month. Northern Ireland figures are quarterly.
The trend, August of each year
| Year | Average price | Change on the year before |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | £567,232 | — |
| 2017 | £568,783 | +0.3% |
| 2018 | £539,162 | -5.2% |
| 2019 | £556,727 | +3.3% |
| 2020 | £579,325 | +4.1% |
| 2021 | £554,902 | -4.2% |
| 2022 | £594,977 | +7.2% |
| 2023 | £575,015 | -3.4% |
| 2024 | £570,507 | -0.8% |
| 2025 | £577,618 | +1.2% |
| 2026 | £540,198 | -6.5% |
Sources
- Prices and sales: UK House Price Index, file UK-HPI-full-file-2026-08.csv. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2020. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Purchase tax: rates and sources of the calculator (HMRC).
- Tax when you sell: Capital Gains Tax rates, Tax when you sell your home and Report and pay your Capital Gains Tax (GOV.UK, HMRC).