House prices in BR4 9 (West Wickham)

This article reveals price per square metre data and various charts to help you understand current housing market in 'BR4 9' (West Wickham) - statistics were last calculated on 30 June 2024.

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Defining 'BR4 9'

This analysis is limited to properties whose postcode starts with "BR4 9", this is also called the postcode sector. It is shown in red on the map above. There are no official names for postcode sectors so I've just labelled it West Wickham.

You can click on the map labels to change to a neighbouring sector, or you can enter a different postcode sector (e.g. CM23 4) below.

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FYI, a postcode sector is the full postcode without the last two letters.

Price per square metre

Knowing the average house price in West Wickham is not much use. However, knowing average price per square metre can be quite useful. Price per sqm allows some comparison between properties of different size. We define price per square metre as the sold price divided by the internal area of a property:

£ per sqm = price ÷ internal area

E.g. 2, Boleyn Gardens, West Wickham, sold for £780,000 on May-2024. Given the internal area of 168 square metres, the price per sqm is £4,642.

England & Wales have been officially metric since 1965. However house price per square foot is prefered by some estate agents and those of sufficiently advanced age ;-) They may want to convert square meters on this page to square feet.

The chart below is called a histogram, it helps you see the distribution of this house price per sqm data. To make this chart we put the sales data into a series of £ per sqm 'buckets' (e.g. £5,700-£6,000, £6,000-£6,300, £6,300-£6,600 etc...) we then count the number of sales with within in each bucket and plot the results. The chart is based on 162 sales in West Wickham (BR4 9) that took place in the last two years.

You can see the spread of prices above. This is because although internal area is a key factor in determining valuation, it is not the only factor. Many factors other than size affect desirability; these factors could be condition, aspect, garden size, negotiating power of the vendor etc.

The spread of prices will give you a feel of the typical range to expect in West Wickham (BR4 9). Of the 162 transactions, half were sold for between £5,160 and £6,580 per square metre. The median, or 'middle', price per square metre in 'BR4 9' is £5,830. Notably, only 25% of properties that sold recently were valued at more than £6,580 sqm. For anything to be valued more than this means it has to be more desireable than the clear majority of homes.

Price map for West Wickham

Do have a look at the interactive price map I created. I find it useful and I am sure it will help you in exploring West Wickham. You can zoom in all the way to individual properties and then all the way back out to see the whole country. The colours show the current estimated property values.

House price heatmap for West Wickham

Comparison with neighbouring postcode sectors

The table below shows how 'BR4 9' compares to neighbouring postcode sectors.

Postcode sector	Lower quartile	Middle quartile	Upper quartile
BR4 0 West Wickham	£5,120 sqm	£5,820 sqm	£6,690 sqm
BR4 9 West Wickham	£5,160 sqm	£5,830 sqm	£6,580 sqm

Will West Wickham house prices drop in 2024?

I cannot tell the future and don't believe anyone who says they can. I can however plot price trends - I have done this in the chart below for BR4 9 (West Wickham) compared with both the wider area BR4 and inflation (CPIH from the Office of National Statistics). The dashed trend lines in the chart show the average over time.

Download time series data as CSV (paying users only).

For the most recent sales activity, rather than a summarized average, it is better to see the underlying data. This is shown in the chart below, where blue dots represent individual sales, click on them to see details. If there is an obvious trend you should be able to spot it here amid the noise from outliers.

Data from Land Registry comes in gradually over time. I update it every month but it takes about 5 months for the majority of sales for West Wickham to be recorded. Disclaimer: I do not verify and cannot guarantee the accuracy of any data shown. Outliers exist in the data, typically these are where the EPC registry records the internal area incorrectly, sometimes although very rarely the Land Registry price paid data can be wrong. The data provided throughout this website about West Wickham and any other area, is not financial advice. Any information provided does not and cannot ever take in to account the particular financial situation, objectives or property needs of either you or anyone reading this information.

Street level data

Street	Avg size	Avg £sqm	Recent sales
The Alders, West Wickham, BR4 9P	66 sqm	£5,334	27
Addington Road, West Wickham, BR4 9B	99 sqm	£4,825	21
Queensway, West Wickham, BR4 9D	105 sqm	£5,727	19
Birch Tree Avenue, West Wickham, BR4 9E	98 sqm	£6,356	18
Courtfield Rise, West Wickham, BR4 9B	123 sqm	£5,461	16
Kingsway, West Wickham, BR4 9J	100 sqm	£5,901	16
Queensway, West Wickham, BR4 9E	102 sqm	£6,146	14
Copse Avenue, West Wickham, BR4 9N	152 sqm	£6,153	13

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New build activity

Street	Avg size	Avg £sqm	New build sales
Albertine Grove, West Wickham, BR4 9F	143 sqm	£4,934	17

Albertine Grove, West Wickham, BR4 9F has seen 17 new build sales in the last 4 years (average price £714,289). These new build homes typically have an internal area of 143 sqm, with an average price of £4,934 sqm. This £sqm average is £-896 below the average for BR4 9. New builds typically command a £ per sqm premium. In the case of Albertine Grove the premium seems not to exist. Without more info we can only speculate why this may be. Perhaps it may be greater density and smaller gardens, but this is just a guess.

Raw data

Our analysis of West Wickham is derived from what is essentially a big table of sold prices from Land Registry with added property size information. Below are three rows from this table to give you an idea.

Address	Paid	sqm	£/sqm
2, Boleyn Gardens, West Wickham	£780,000 May-2024	168	4,642
22, Oaklands Avenue, West Wickham	£790,000 Apr-2024	170	4,647
4, Oaklands Avenue, West Wickham	£806,000 Apr-2024	154	5,233

See the entire list of all sales in West Wickham (BR4 9) here.