What is the median house price in Kensington and Chelsea?

Homes in Kensington and Chelsea sold for a median £1,478,428 over the 12 months to Apr 2026, 929 sales. Per square metre that is £11,002/m². Registered completions, not asking prices.

What is the average rent in Kensington and Chelsea?

Homes to let in Kensington and Chelsea asked a median £4,378 a month over the 12 months to Jul 2026, 9,587 lets. Asking rent, not the rent agreed.

What is the gross rental yield in Kensington and Chelsea?

3.8% on the asking basis: the asking rent times twelve over the asking sale price in the same listing cell, before costs, voids and finance, over the 12 months to Aug 2026, 23,971 lets. +3.1% on the previous 12 months.

How quickly do homes sell in Kensington and Chelsea?

1.2% of the homes in Kensington and Chelsea changed hands over the 12 months to Jan 2026, 1,172 sales.

Local authority

Kensington and Chelsea property market

Sold £11,002/m² · Median sold £1,478,428 (929 sales) · Index -4.4% y/y · Turnover 1.2% · 12 months, sales to Apr 2026, listings to Aug 2026

What is Kensington and Chelsea?

What does Kensington and Chelsea cost?

Kensington and Chelsea: sold price per m² £11,002/m² (12 months to Apr 2026, 941 sales). -4.4% over the year to Dec 2025 by the house price index, which follows the same homes over time.

Sold price per m²

£11,002/m² 12 months to Apr 2026

941 sales

-4.4% over the year to Dec 2025 by the house price index, which follows the same homes over time.

Sold price

£1,478,428 12 months to Apr 2026

929 sales

-4.4% over the year to Dec 2025 by the house price index, which follows the same homes over time.

Sample is the matched completed sales behind the latest month. A month in which this cohort recorded no sale of its own carries the parent area's price rather than a measurement, and is published as null with no sample.

Asking price

£1,293,756 12 months to Aug 2026

9,315 listings

-0.6% on the previous 12 months.

Sample is the dated listings that came to market in the latest month (added and reduced cohorts).

Sold price per m²: 6,367.7 GBP/m2 in Nov 2023 to 13,717.7 GBP/m2 in Jul 2026.

Sold price: £1,308,197 in Jul 2016 to £1,454,321 in Jul 2026.

Asking price: £1,199,950 in Jan 2022 to £995,000 in Aug 2026.

Asking price per m²: 14,032.8 GBP/m2 in Aug 2025 to 13,289.7 GBP/m2 in Jul 2026.

Asking to sold: 0.981 in Jan 2022 to 1.076 in Nov 2024.

Settled months to Dec 2025; the dashed tail is the pipeline's projection of the index 12 months ahead, inside its 80% band. A projection of the index, not a forecast of any home's price.

ObservedForecast with intervalIndex points, not property prices

Asking price index: 98.3 in Jan 2022 to 86.5 in Aug 2026.

What does Kensington and Chelsea earn?

Kensington and Chelsea: asking rent £4,378 a month (12 months to Jul 2026, 9,587 lets).

Asking rent

£4,378 a month 12 months to Jul 2026

9,587 lets

Gross yield, asking basis

3.8% 12 months to Aug 2026

23,971 lets

+3.1% on the previous 12 months.

Sample is the dated lettings behind the latest month's rent cell.

Asking rent: £3,978 pcm in Aug 2025 to £4,047 pcm in Jul 2026.

Gross yield, asking basis: 0.031 in Jan 2022 to 0.046 in Aug 2026.

How does Kensington and Chelsea vary by home size?

Asking price in Kensington and Chelsea runs from £633,073 for 1 bedroom to £6,040,665 for 5+ bedrooms.

Asking price by bedroom band in Kensington and Chelsea, 12 months to Aug 2026. A band with fewer than 30 dated listings in the year is not published.
Homes	Asking price	Window	Change	Listings
1 bedroom	£633,073	12 months to Aug 2026	-2.6% on the previous 12 months	2026
2 bedrooms	£1,108,798	12 months to Aug 2026	-4% on the previous 12 months	3340
3 bedrooms	£2,113,655	12 months to Aug 2026	-9.4% on the previous 12 months	2000
4 bedrooms	£3,452,621	12 months to Aug 2026	-5.9% on the previous 12 months	876
5+ bedrooms	£6,040,665	12 months to Aug 2026	+4.8% on the previous 12 months	680

Asking price by bedroom band: the monthly medians of sale listings that came to market, weighted by their dated listings, over the last 12 observed months, from portal listings. A band with fewer than 30 dated listings in the year is not published.

How liquid is Kensington and Chelsea?

Kensington and Chelsea: turnover 1.2% (12 months to Jan 2026, 1,172 sales). -21.4% on the previous 12 months.

Turnover

1.2% 12 months to Jan 2026

1,172 sales

-21.4% on the previous 12 months.

Sample is the matched completed sales behind the latest month. A month in which this cohort recorded no sale of its own has a rate of zero by arithmetic rather than a measured rate, and is published as null with no sample.

Listings for sale

3,122 12 months to Jul 2026

3,122 listings

New listings

4,982 12 months to Aug 2026

4,982 listings

+6.1% on the previous 12 months.

Never-reduced cohort: undercounts new listings by the reduction share.

Who is active in Kensington and Chelsea?

166 agents listed homes for sale in Kensington and Chelsea; the three largest took 9.3% of the listings.

Agents active: 166
Top three agents’ share: 9.3%
New homes among listings: 2.7%

days_to_completion is on the registry-matched subset (sold_matched_n), not a sell-through rate.

Who owns Kensington and Chelsea?

Corporate landlords hold 51% of the 6,989 units in Kensington and Chelsea whose freeholder is classified; 94% of all units are not yet classified.

Corporate landlords51% of classified · 3,590 units
Individuals (not traceable in bulk)27% of classified · 1,864 units
Housing associations12% of classified · 838 units
RMC9.7% of classified · 675 units
Offshore companies0.3% of classified · 20 units
RTM0.0% of classified · 2 units

Freeholder class per addressable unit, from HM Land Registry CCOD/OCOD matched to the title and Companies House. Individuals are counted, never itemised.

Where does Kensington and Chelsea rank?

Kensington and Chelsea ranks 3rd of 33 local authorities in London for sold price per m², at £11,002/m².

Sold price per m² · local authorities in London

Kensington and Chelsea ranks 3rd of 33 local authorities in London for sold price per m², at £11,002/m².

Sold price per m² across local authorities in London, 12 months to Apr 2026. Sample and confidence tier beside every value.
#	Area	Sold price per m²	Sample	Tier
1	City and County of the City of London	£12,439/m²	149	measured
2	City of Westminster	£11,187/m²	1,197	measured
3	Kensington and Chelsea	£11,002/m²	941	measured
4	Camden	£10,904/m²	840	measured
5	Hammersmith and Fulham	£9,751/m²	990	measured

Full table: sold price per m² across local authorities in London →

Gross yield, asking basis · local authorities in London

Kensington and Chelsea ranks 33rd of 33 local authorities in London for gross yield, asking basis, at 3.8%.

Gross yield, asking basis across local authorities in London, 12 months to Aug 2026. Sample and confidence tier beside every value.
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Where next from Kensington and Chelsea?

LondonThe wider market this area sits in.
SW10Postcode district · £13,646/m²
SW1XPostcode district · £56,144/m²
SW3Postcode district · £18,701/m²
SW5Postcode district · £18,821/m²
SW7Postcode district · £18,907/m²
W10Postcode district · £8,892/m²
W11Postcode district · £10,722/m²
W8Postcode district · £18,038/m²
Barking and DagenhamNeighbouring local authority · £5,029/m²
BarnetNeighbouring local authority · £6,931/m²
BexleyNeighbouring local authority · £4,988/m²
BrentNeighbouring local authority · £6,544/m²
BromleyNeighbouring local authority · £6,298/m²
CamdenNeighbouring local authority · £10,585/m²
City and County of the City of LondonNeighbouring local authority · £13,295/m²
City of WestminsterNeighbouring local authority · £14,418/m²
Homes for sale in Kensington and ChelseaLive sale listings, the same place and cohort.

Questions about Kensington and Chelsea

What is the median house price in Kensington and Chelsea?: Homes in Kensington and Chelsea sold for a median £1,478,428 over the 12 months to Apr 2026, 929 sales. Per square metre that is £11,002/m². Registered completions, not asking prices.
How have house prices in Kensington and Chelsea changed?: -4.4% over the year to Dec 2025 by the house price index, which follows the same homes over time.
What is the average rent in Kensington and Chelsea?: Homes to let in Kensington and Chelsea asked a median £4,378 a month over the 12 months to Jul 2026, 9,587 lets. Asking rent, not the rent agreed.
What is the gross rental yield in Kensington and Chelsea?: 3.8% on the asking basis: the asking rent times twelve over the asking sale price in the same listing cell, before costs, voids and finance, over the 12 months to Aug 2026, 23,971 lets. +3.1% on the previous 12 months.
How quickly do homes sell in Kensington and Chelsea?: 1.2% of the homes in Kensington and Chelsea changed hands over the 12 months to Jan 2026, 1,172 sales.

Where these figures come from

Every figure on this page: the dataset behind it, the window it covers, the last month in it and its sample. A monthly point is never a figure here.
Figure	Dataset	Window	Last month	Sample
Sold price per m²	HM Land Registry Price Paid and portal listings, monthly rollup	12 months to 2026-04	Apr 2026	941 sales
Sold price	HM Land Registry Price Paid and portal listings, monthly rollup	12 months to 2026-04	Apr 2026	929 sales
Asking price	Asking, not achieved	12 months to 2026-08	Aug 2026	9,315 listings
Asking price per m²	the area_facts listing rollup	12 months to 2026-07	Jul 2026	3,122 listings
Asking to sold	Portal listings, monthly rollup	12 months to 2024-11	Nov 2024	267 matched sales
Asking rent	Asking, not achieved	12 months to 2026-07	Jul 2026	9,587 lets
Gross yield, asking basis	gross_yield_asking (cells with fewer than 5 dated listings are not built)	12 months to 2026-08	Aug 2026	23,971 lets
Turnover	UPRN-matched sales, a floor on the registry count; the newest months fill in as registrations land	12 months to 2026-01	Jan 2026	1,172 sales
Listings for sale	the area_facts listing rollup	12 months to 2026-07	Jul 2026	3,122 listings
New listings	the warehouse	12 months to 2026-08	Aug 2026	4,982 listings
Price reductions	the warehouse	12 months to 2026-08	Aug 2026	4,333 listings
Live listings	2026-09-05	On one day	19 Sep 2026	—
Days to completion	first listing to registered completion, over the registry-matched subset; not a sell-through rate	12 months to 2024-11

1	Newham	6.4%	15,165	measured
2	Tower Hamlets	6.3%	37,624	measured
3	Southwark	6.0%	22,986	measured
4	Wandsworth	5.8%	34,359	measured
5	Barking and Dagenham	5.8%	5,982	measured
33	Kensington and Chelsea	3.8%	23,971	measured