House prices in SW15 5 (Barnes)

This article reveals price per square metre data and various charts to help you understand current housing market in Barnes, London (SW15 5).

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Defining 'SW15 5'

This analysis is limited to properties whose postcode starts with "SW15 5", 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 Barnes.

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 Barnes 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. 75, Arabella Drive, Barnes, London, sold for £530,000 on Feb-2024. Given the internal area of 77 square metres, the price per sqm is £6,883.

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. £6,950-£7,500, £7,500-£8,050, £8,050-£8,600 etc...) we then count the number of sales with within in each bucket and plot the results. The chart is based on 180 sales in Barnes (SW15 5) 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 Barnes (SW15 5). Of the 180 transactions, half were sold for between £6,200 and £8,580 per square metre. The median, or 'middle', price per square metre in 'SW15 5' is £7,620. Notably, only 25% of properties that sold recently were valued at more than £8,580 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 Barnes, London

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 London. 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 Barnes, London

Comparison with neighbouring postcode sectors

The table below shows how 'SW15 5' compares to neighbouring postcode sectors.

Postcode sector	Lower quartile	Middle quartile	Upper quartile
SW15 6 Putney	£6,800 sqm	£7,860 sqm	£9,200 sqm
SW15 3 Putney	£5,790 sqm	£6,870 sqm	£7,980 sqm
SW15 4 Barnes	£4,260 sqm	£4,760 sqm	£5,440 sqm
SW15 1 Putney	£8,580 sqm	£9,670 sqm	£10,760 sqm
SW15 5 Barnes	£6,200 sqm	£7,620 sqm	£8,580 sqm
SW15 2 East Putney	£7,710 sqm	£8,580 sqm	£9,670 sqm

Will London 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 SW15 5 (Barnes) compared with both the wider area SW15 and inflation (CPIH from the Office of National Statistics). The dashed trend lines in the chart show the average over time.

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 London 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 London 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
Dover House Road, Barnes, SW15 5A	78 sqm	£8,292	39
Huntingfield Road, Barnes, SW15 5E	78 sqm	£8,161	31
Holford Way, Barnes, SW15 5D	64 sqm	£6,362	15
Roehampton Lane, Barnes, SW15 5L	164 sqm	£7,287	15
Putney Park Lane, Barnes, SW15 5H	92 sqm	£8,199	13
Arabella Drive, Barnes, SW15 5L	77 sqm	£5,786	13
Roedean Crescent, Barnes, SW15 5J	435 sqm	£10,130	12
Roehampton Lane, Barnes, SW15 5F	65 sqm	£6,764	12

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Raw data

Our analysis of Barnes 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
75, Arabella Drive, Barnes, London	£530,000 Feb-2024	77	6,883
484, Upper Richmond Rd, Barnes, London	£128,500 Feb-2024	63	2,039
44, Swinburne Rd, Barnes, London	£850,000 Jan-2024	73	11,643

See the entire list of all sales in Barnes (SW15 5) here.