Renting in Merton, in numbers.
Here's what the Merton market says about what a home costs, how that changes with a bedroom, and what you get for the money.
Median rent
£2,300
a month, 8% below the London median
Typical two-bed
£2,300
the most common home here
Time on market
8 days
a quarter had gone within 8 days of us first seeing them; half within 21
Typical size
734 sq ft
where floor area is given
What a bedroom costs in Merton.
Median asking rent, with the middle half of the market shown as a bar. Only sizes with enough listings to be worth a number appear.
Middle half of the marketMedian
What a budget reaches here
A median says what a size costs. This says how much of Merton a figure actually reaches, measured against the same listings.
What Merton asked, month by month.
Each listing counts once, in the month we first saw it, at the price it first asked. The latest month runs to 5 October 2026.
All sizesTwo-bed
| Month | Median rent, all sizes | Median rent, two-bed | Listings |
|---|---|---|---|
| June 2026 | £2,350 | £2,238 | 194 |
| July 2026 | £2,275 | £2,250 | 232 |
| August 2026 | £2,200 | £2,250 | 149 |
| September 2026 | £2,200 | £2,250 | 247 |
| October 2026 | £2,500 | £2,475 | 193 |
Between 149 and 247 listings a month, inside the same price band as every other figure here.
Half of Merton has gone by day 21.
Measured from the day we first saw a Merton listing to the day it left the market, counting the ones still listed rather than only the ones already gone. A quarter had gone by day 8. Because we time from first sight rather than from the agent’s own listing date, the real figure is a little longer than this.
When the price moves, it usually moves down.
Of the price changes we've recorded in Merton, 75% were reductions. Asking rents here soften after listing more often than they firm up, which is worth remembering before you treat the number in the ad as final.
When one does fall in Merton, it typically drops 6.5%, or about £150 a month, usually within 28 days of us first seeing the listing. Across London the typical fall is 5.7% and takes about 31 days, so Merton runs close to the London typical. Based on 95 reductions of 1% or more.
Merton rents around these neighbourhoods.
The neighbourhoods around the stations that come up most often as the nearest one to a Merton listing.
- Wimbledon
Also known as Dundonald Road, Wimbledon Park, Wimbledon Chase, Hillside, Wimbledon Town & Dundonald and Village. Postcode SW19.
- Raynes Park
Also known as Motspur Park and West Barnes. Postcodes SW20 and KT3.
- Mitcham
Also known as Mitcham Eastfields, Belgrave Walk, Mitcham Junction, Phipps Bridge, Tooting and Graveney. Postcode CR4.
- Morden
Also known as Morden South, Lower Morden, St Helier, South Merton and Cannon Hill. Postcode SM4.
Stations nearby: Southfields.
These numbers come from Roost's own pipeline: Merton listings gathered from estate agents across London between 8 March to 5 October 2026. Snapshot taken 5 October 2026.
It's what agents are marketing, not a census. It skews toward flats and toward the agents whose sites we watch, so it describes the market you'd actually meet while searching, not every home in Merton. Medians throughout, because a handful of prime listings pull an average upward and tell you nothing about your search.
Rents below £500 or above £15,000 a month are set aside as data errors or ultra-prime outliers. Where a figure would rest on too few listings to trust, we leave it blank rather than guess.
Closest to Merton.
The boroughs whose listings sit nearest Merton, closest first. Worth a look if your search is really about somewhere rather than exactly here.
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