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Greater London · Q2 2026

Southwark prices soften 3.7% as flatted resales set the lender comparables

A £525,000 borough median across 2,132 transactions, with new-build at a 23.1% premium and just 38 new-build sales in the rolling year.

Median sale price
£520,000
-3.7% YoY
Median price trend
£520k
Pending dev applications
73
593 units
Pipeline value (GDV)
£291.6m
78% approval rate (recent decisions)

Southwark's Q2 2026 picture is a borough working through a price correction while its development pipeline data is, for this quarter, unusually thin. For developers, the read across is that resale comparables, not new-build pricing, are doing the heavy lifting on lender valuations across SE1, SE15, SE16 and SE22.

What's driving the Southwark market

Southwark's median sale price sits at £525,000 across 2,132 transactions in the last twelve months, with prices down 3.7% year on year. That softening is consistent with the broader inner-London repricing seen since rates moved higher, and it lands in a borough where unit mix swings hard on geography. The median by property type is wide: detached at £1,460,000, semis at £1,340,000, terraces at £872,875 and flats at £450,000. Flats account for the overwhelming majority of stock turnover, which means a Southwark scheme stands or falls on its flatted exit. Only 38 of the 2,132 sales (1.8%) were new-build, but those new-build transactions cleared at a 23.1% premium to existing stock. For development finance, that gap is the underwriting question: lenders are comfortable funding to a premium if the comparables stack, but valuers in SE15, SE5 and SE17 are pricing cautiously while the broader trend is negative.

Market data at a glance

The Southwark numbers, visualised

Median sale price by property type

3,283 sales clearing across the type-mix

F
£450k
£450,000
T
£875k
£875,000
S
£1.3m
£1,345,000
D
£1.7m
£1,700,000

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid, rolling 12 months.

New build mix

-4.3% premium
154
3,129
New build · 4.7%Existing stock
Planning approval rate
78%approved
of 114 decided applications
Southwark quarterly median price & volume
Median sale priceTransactions

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Median computed across all registered transactions per period.

How Southwark compares
Market
Median
YoY
12m txns
Southwark
£520,000
-3.7%
3,283
London average
£525,000
+0.8%
—
UK average
£285,000
+1.4%
—

Development pipeline

Live planning activity in Southwark

We have to be transparent here: our scrape of the Southwark planning portal for this reporting period did not return a usable dataset, so the live pending-units and pipeline-GDV numbers we publish for other boroughs are not available for Southwark this quarter. Rather than estimate, we will pivot to context. Southwark continues to carry one of the largest development pipelines in inner London on a multi-year view, anchored by the Old Kent Road Opportunity Area (around 20,000 homes proposed across the AAP), Canada Water masterplan (around 3,000 homes plus commercial) and ongoing infill across Bermondsey, Elephant and Castle and the Aylesbury Estate regeneration zones. What developers we are speaking to in the borough report is fewer ground-up starts on speculative flatted schemes, more scrutiny on viability assessments and more activity on commercial-to-residential conversions in SE1 and SE16. We will refresh this section with full live planning data in our Q3 2026 update once portal access is restored.
Top schemes by GDV in the pipeline

Notable pending applications

Pending25/AP/0752
253
units

Discharge of Schedule 10, Clause 2.1 'Estate Management Plan' of the Section 106 Agreement associated with permission 19/AP/1773, which gave consent for: "Demolition of existing buildings and the erection of a part 2/3, 9 and 28 storey (up to 94.65m AOD) mixed-use development comprising of 3,581 sqm including 2,538 sqm of industrial floorspace (Use Classes B1c/B8) at ground and intermediate levels, 598 sqm of internal loading yard, 445 sqm ancillary plant and equipment; and 253 residential apartments (C3), 35.75% affordable by habitable room, and other associated infrastructure".

227 - 255 Ilderton Road London Southwark SE15 1NS
£113.8m
Filed Mar 2025
Pending26/AP/1703
167
units

Schedule 8, Clause 2.2 Public Realm Works relating to Phase 1 Tustin Estate (refs: LEG/RP/PL/S106RR020/339 / 22/AP/1221) for Hybrid application comprising a full planning application for Phase 1 comprising the demolition of Hillbeck Close, Ullswater House and garages at Manor Grove and the erection of four buildings at 2/3-storeys (D1 and D2), 5/9-storeys (C) and 7/13-storeys (G1) providing 167 homes (Class C3) with associated parking, public realm, open spaces, landscaping and ancillary infrastructure; and the refurbishment of properties at Manor Grove. Outline planning permission (all matters reserved except for access) for phases 2, 3 and 4 comprising the demolition of Bowness House, Pilgrims Way Primary School, Kentmere House and Heversham House and the erection of 12 buildings (A, B, E1, E2, E3, E4, F1, F2, G2, H, J and Pilgrims Way Primary School) ranging in height from 2 to 21 storeys to provide up to 57,786 sqm of floorspace (GEA), comprising up to 523 affordable and market homes (Class C3), up to 3,452 sqm (GEA) of flexible commercial floorspace (Class E, F1 and sui generis) and up to 2,214 sqm (GEA) of educational floorspace (Class F1) including temporary space for the children's centre, with associated parking, public realm, open spaces (including MUGA), landscaping and ancillary infrastructure. Providing a total of 690 homes (Use Class C3) and 5,666 sqm (GEA) of non-residential floorspace (Use Classes E, F1 and sui generis)

Tustin Estate Land Bounded By Manor Grove Ilderton Road Hillbeck Close Old Kent Road London Southwark SE1
£86.8m
Filed Jun 2026
Pending26/AP/1361
91
units

Details to satisfy Schedule 8, paragraph 1.4 with the energy efficiency assessment at first occupation, in respect of planning permission ref. 20/AP/3285 dated 20/04/2022 for 'Demolition of all buildings on the site and construction of a development of 91 residential units within four buildings (a 7-storey Block A building, a 6-storey Block B/C building and two buildings in Block D of 2- and 4-storeys), together with alterations to the retained basement, provision of car and cycle parking and landscaping.'

40-46 Solomons Passage London Southwark SE15 3UH
£47.3m
Filed May 2026
Pending25/AP/3252
11
units

Erection of seven-storey building, plus basement to provide eleven dwellings with commercial and community floorspace on the ground floor, including associated landscaping, parking and refuse storage.

1 Rodney Road London Southwark SE17 1BA
£5.7m
Filed Nov 2025
Pending26/AP/0864
9
units

Erection of a part single and part 4 storey rear extension. Part demolition at first floor, along with first and second floor extensions and reconfiguration and a third floor roof extension. Creation of a central courtyard and associated amenity spaces and stairwells. Reconfiguration of existing commercial units (use class E) including increased ground floor provision. Conversion of upper floors and new build elements to create 9 residential dwellings (use class C3) along with associated entrances, cycle and refuse storage.

297 And 299 Walworth Road London Southwark SE17 2TG
£4.7m
Filed Mar 2026
Pending26/AP/2472
8
units

Demolition of the existing supported living accommodation in association with hostel use at Springfield Lodge (8 units) (Sui Generis Use) and construction of new supported living accommodation in association with hostel use at Springfield Lodge (9 units plus office and music studio) (Sui Generis Use).

Springfield Lodge 1 Grove Hill Road London Southwark SE5 8DF
£4.2m
Filed Aug 2026

Source: London Borough of Southwark portal. GDV estimates use local sales medians by property type.

Sales activity

Recent Southwark sold prices

Recent Land Registry transactions show the spread that defines Southwark underwriting. At the upper end, 244 Friern Road (SE22 0BB) traded at £1,470,000 in March as a freehold semi, and a flat at 260 Waterloo Road (SE1 8RH) cleared at £950,000, both anchoring the family-house and prime-flatted comparables. The terraced market printed 59 Ondine Road (SE15 4EA) at £935,000 and 14 Abbotswood Road (SE22 8DL) at £700,000. The bulk of activity sat in the £400,000 to £625,000 flat band: 26A Aberdour Street (SE1 4SG) at £625,000, Flat 2, 377 Upland Road (SE22 0DR) at £625,000, and Apartment 305, Hurlock Heights, 4 Deacon Street (SE17 1GD) at £525,000 (exactly on the borough median). At the lower end, ex-local-authority flatted stock cleared from £335,000 (Widecombe House, Crawford Estate, SE5 9HF; South City Court, Peckham Grove, SE15 6AU). That £335k to £1.47m spread inside a single borough is why valuer comparables in Southwark are so postcode-sensitive.

Latest registered sales

Land Registry · 28 September 2026
DateAddressTypeTenurePrice
28 July 2026
FLAT 10, LACKLAND HOUSE, ROWCROSS STREETFL£345,000
27 July 2026
25, BREWHOUSE WALKTF£850,000
27 July 2026
27, RYE HILL PARKFL£324,600
24 July 2026
FLAT 148, LADLANDS, OVERHILL ROADFL£453,000
24 July 2026
55A, CHADWICK ROADFL£670,000
24 July 2026
FLAT 28, FLORIN COURT, 70, TANNER STREETFL£637,500
24 July 2026
FLAT 56, PRIORY COURT, 1, CHELTENHAM ROADFL£375,000
24 July 2026
305D, LORDSHIP LANEFL£330,000

Southwark new-builds command a 23.1% premium, but only 38 of 2,132 sales cleared as new-build in the last twelve months.

For developers

What this means for Southwark schemes

For senior debt on Southwark flatted schemes, 65-70% LTGDV remains the typical envelope, with all-in rates of 9-12% depending on sponsor track record, exit profile and scheme size. Ticket sizes tend to be larger than outer-London comparables: a 20-unit SE1 or SE16 conversion can easily print a £15m to £25m GDV, which moves the conversation into the challenger-bank and specialist senior pool rather than the smaller bridging desks. Above 70% LTGDV, mezzanine to 80% is available but priced sharply on inner-London flatted exits given the current negative trend. Bridging from 0.65% per month is doing real work in Southwark on commercial-to-residential conversions, permitted-development plays and site assembly along Old Kent Road. Developers benchmarking exits should anchor to the £450,000 flat median for resale stock and only argue the 23.1% new-build premium where the spec, location and finish genuinely support it. Schemes pricing flats above £750,000 in SE15 or SE5 need a thicker stack of evidenced comparables.
Where we fund in Southwark

Outlook

The next 12 months in Southwark

We expect Southwark transaction volume to stabilise through the second half of 2026 even as headline prices remain under modest pressure. The borough's long pipeline anchors, Old Kent Road, Canada Water and Aylesbury, will continue to dominate forward GDV, but near-term lender activity is concentrated in smaller conversions and PD/MA schemes rather than large speculative new-builds. Developers active across SE1, SE15, SE16 and SE17 should stress-test exits against current resale data, hold meaningful contingency and avoid pricing into the new-build premium without comparable depth. We continue to arrange capital across the borough on schemes with disciplined numbers.

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Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data (sold prices); London Borough of Southwark planning portal (planning applications); ONS House Price Index (regional benchmarks). Report generated 20 May 2026 by Construction Capital's market intelligence team.

Methodology: Pending GDV is estimated by multiplying declared unit counts by local sales medians for the corresponding property type. Approval rate is the share of decided applications (last 12 months) granted permission. Sold-price changes are year-on-year comparisons of the median sale price. Pipeline activity refers to residential development applications only — household extensions, conditions variations, and other non-development applications are excluded. Construction Capital is a trading name of Lenzie Consulting Ltd. (08174104).