There is a nice split in Sydenham's Estate Agents. Two (Mann & Your Move) are part of nationwide chains while the others are small and local to the South East London property market. Local knowledge is particulary important in Sydenham where the houses and flats are very varied in price and character and where the market is split between sale and rental.

Sydenham & Lewisham may be the unfashionable part of London - but that gives the benefit of amongst the cheapest prices in London for a wide range of attractive property with fast train services to central London and the soon the tube. This is one reason why many famous, but impecunious people choose the area for their homes and families. The Independent view is <here>
 

Latest Property Prices (Oct-Dec 2004)

Lewisham Average Cost: £202,988
Detached: £398,177
Semi-detached: £296,144
Terraced: £222,693
Flat: £161,459

Change in last quarter: -0.9%
Change in last year: 8.6%
Sales: 1017

Source BBC/Land Registry

London Borough

Average Price

Kensington And Chelsea

£717,174

City Of Westminster

£492,887

Camden

£463,852

Richmond Upon Thames

£376,509

Hammersmith And Fulham

£374,113

Islington

£336,123

Wandsworth

£322,594

Barnet

£297,486

City Of London

£291,419

Haringey

£275,358

Merton

£274,546

Harrow

£274,121

Bromley

£263,610

Tower Hamlets

£263,313

Kingston Upon Thames

£261,775

Southwark

£260,128

Ealing

£257,596

Lambeth

£255,680

Hounslow

£253,428

Brent

£253,180

Redbridge

£236,532

Hackney

£232,733

Hillingdon

£229,480

Enfield

£226,735

Croydon

£219,246

Sutton

£217,968

Havering

£216,767

Greenwich

£215,974

Lewisham

£202,988

Waltham Forest

£202,359

Newham

£196,646

Bexley

£193,912

Barking And Dagenham

£171,228