Area guides

London area guides

What it is actually like to live somewhere, and what it costs. Written from our agents' experience on the ground and from the registered numbers.

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Prime Central London

The W1, SW1, SW3, SW7 and W8 postcodes: the thinnest, slowest and most privately traded market in the country, where presentation and timing decide the price.

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West London

Seymont's home patch and its neighbours — Notting Hill, Holland Park, Bayswater, Maida Vale — plus the family belt running out through Chiswick, Ealing and Acton.

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South West London

Fulham, Battersea, Clapham, Wandsworth, Putney and Wimbledon: the deepest family-house market in London, and the most volume-driven.

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North London

Islington, Highbury, Highgate, Crouch End and the suburban north — Victorian terraces, strong schools and a market that moves on catchment.

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North West London

Hampstead, St John's Wood, Camden Town, Kilburn and the NW suburbs: the widest price spread of any London region.

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South East London

Greenwich, Blackheath, Dulwich, Peckham and the Thames-side regeneration corridor, where new-build and period stock sit street by street.

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East London

Hackney, Bow, Walthamstow, Stratford and Canary Wharf: London's fastest-changing market and its largest volume of registered sales.

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City & Fringe

The EC and WC postcodes: a small, lateral, apartment-led market driven by the working day rather than by schools.