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Lessing Street, SE23

Sold prices, £/m² and street profile from HM Land Registry records.

Median sold price
£237,975
all recorded sales
£ per m²
£5,155
from EPC floor areas
Recorded sales
44
Distinct homes
23
Price range
£85,000 – £982,000
Sales recorded
2000 → 2024
first to latest sale
The street in brief

Sales on Lessing Street are mostly flats. Homes here typically change hands around £237,975 — roughly 51% below the SE23 norm. Recent sales are too thin to call a trend for the street itself; SE23 prices as a whole have been rising. HM Land Registry records 44 sales across 23 homes since 2000.

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Lessing Street prices over time

Median sold price on the street by year, from 44 HM Land Registry records. Years with no recorded sales are left blank rather than joined up.

This street — yearly medianSE23 district trend
£0£500k£1M£1.5M2000200520102015202020252000: £87,950 median · 1 sale2001: £120,000 median · 6 sales2002: £186,000 median · 4 sales2003: £141,000 median · 2 sales2004: £274,000 median · 2 sales2005: £166,500 median · 4 sales2006: £244,475 median · 4 sales2007: £224,000 median · 3 sales2009: £215,000 median · 1 sale2010: £250,000 median · 3 sales2012: £485,000 median · 1 sale2013: £304,000 median · 1 sale2014: £331,500 median · 4 sales2017: £446,500 median · 2 sales2018: £642,000 median · 1 sale2020: £499,000 median · 2 sales2022: £982,000 median · 1 sale2023: £418,500 median · 1 sale2024: £820,000 median · 1 sale

Median sold price by year vs the SE23 district trend. Street medians on thin years reflect few sales — hover a dot for the exact figure.

How Lessing Street compares

Lessing Street against the SE23 district's busiest streets, the district itself, and the official UK House Price Index for the wider area.

Woolstone Road£500k · 75
Wood Vale£454k · 98
Honor Oak Park£450k · 74
Honor Oak Road£440k · 72
Devonshire Road£413k · 203
St German'S Road£392k · 68
Stanstead Road£383k · 125
Taymount Rise£362k · 96
Perry Vale£350k · 92
Lessing Street£238k · 44*

Median sold price and sale count over the last 8years for the district's busiest streets. *This street's figures cover all recorded sales (fewer than 3 in the last 8 years).

This street
£237,975
median · all recorded sales
SE23 district
£482,000
median · last 8 years · street -51%
England
£291,445
average price (UK House Price Index), Apr 2026 · +3.9% in 12 months

Lessing Street's £237,975 median sits about 51% below SE23's £482,000.

Street and SE23 figures are medians of HM Land Registry sales; the England figures are the UK House Price Index mix-adjusted average — a different basis, so compare direction rather than levels between the two.

Prices by property type

Median sold price by property type on Lessing Street.

Flat
£215,000
27 sales
Terraced
£280,000
17 sales

Every recorded sale on Lessing Street

Individual transactions as recorded by HM Land Registry, newest first.

DateAddressTypeNew buildPrice
10 May 202424 · SE23 1DSTerraced—£820,000
1 Aug 20232 · SE23 1DSFlat—£418,500
14 Dec 20221 · SE23 1DSTerraced—£982,000
7 Sept 202025 · SE23 1DSTerraced—£648,000
1 Jun 202012a · SE23 1DSFlat—£350,000
23 Mar 20209a · SE23 1DSnon-standardOther—£370,000
29 Mar 201811 · SE23 1DSTerraced—£642,000
1 Nov 2017Ground Floor Flat, 5 · SE23 1DSFlat—£400,000
16 Jun 201712b · SE23 1DSFlat—£493,000
21 Oct 2014Ground Floor Flat, 5 · SE23 1DSFlat—£330,500
29 Aug 2014Lower Maisonette, 21 · SE23 1DSFlat—£330,000
6 May 201419 · SE23 1DSTerraced—£630,000
2 May 20143b · SE23 1DSFlat—£332,500
20 Dec 20132 · SE23 1DSFlat—£304,000
13 Sept 20128 · SE23 1DSTerraced—£485,000
5 Nov 20109a · SE23 1DSFlat—£210,000
21 May 201021 · SE23 1DSFlat—£250,000
29 Jan 201023 · SE23 1DSTerraced—£434,000
28 Aug 20099b · SE23 1DSFlat—£215,000
3 Sept 200721 · SE23 1DSFlat—£223,000
23 Aug 2007Ground Floor Flat, 5 · SE23 1DSFlat—£236,000
5 Jan 2007Upper Maisonette, 5 · SE23 1DSFlat—£224,000
31 Oct 200612b · SE23 1DSFlat—£239,950
27 Oct 200623 · SE23 1DSTerraced—£307,000
21 Aug 200618 · SE23 1DSTerraced—£249,000
10 May 20069a · SE23 1DSFlat—£170,000
2 Sept 200512a · SE23 1DSFlat—£174,000
22 Aug 20054 · SE23 1DSTerraced—£280,000
20 Jun 2005Ground Floor Flat, 5 · SE23 1DSFlat—£159,000
4 May 2005Lower Maisonette, 21 · SE23 1DSFlat—£148,000
17 Mar 200424 · SE23 1DSTerraced—£272,000
1 Mar 20047 · SE23 1DSTerraced—£276,000
31 Mar 200316 · SE23 1DSTerraced—£135,000
28 Mar 200317 · SE23 1DSFlat—£147,000
31 Oct 200212a · SE23 1DSFlat—£160,000
23 Sept 20024 · SE23 1DSTerraced—£225,000
12 Aug 20029b · SE23 1DSFlat—£150,000
16 Jul 200223 · SE23 1DSTerraced—£212,000
31 Oct 20019a · SE23 1DSFlat—£115,000
6 Sept 2001Upper Maisonette, 5 · SE23 1DSFlat—£120,000
22 Aug 200129 · SE23 1DSTerraced—£192,500
18 Jul 20018 · SE23 1DSTerraced—£210,000
11 Apr 2001Upper Maisonette, 5 · SE23 1DSFlat—£85,000
23 Feb 200112b · SE23 1DSFlat—£120,000
5 May 2000Ground Floor Flat, 5 · SE23 1DSFlat—£87,950

Sales marked non-standardare Land Registry “additional price paid” entries — bulk purchases, repossessions, right-to-buy and similar transfers. They're listed for completeness but excluded from every median and comparison figure on this page.

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More streets in SE23

Sold-price profiles for nearby streets, and the wider SE23 area guide.

Devonshire RoadStanstead RoadPerry ValeWood ValeTaymount RiseHonor Oak ParkStondon ParkLondon RoadWoolstone RoadHonor Oak RoadDartmouth RoadBovill Road
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Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, including the UK House Price Index. EPC data © Crown copyright. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures summarise recorded sales on the street and are not a valuation of any individual home.