UK Property Check · Printed on 8 November 2026ukpropertycheck.co.uk/house-prices/havering
Council areaLondon, England
House prices in Havering
Homes in Havering sold for a median of £450,000 from September 2024 to August 2026, across 5,799 standard sales.
That makes it the fifth cheapest of the 32 London boroughs with at least 300 sales. The median across the region was £525,000.
Prices over time
The median rose 36%, from £332,000 in 2016 to £451,000 in 2025, the biggest rise of the 32 council areas in London.
Prices by property type
| Type | Sales | Median price | Middle half | Per m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 549 | £699,000 | £535,000 to £900,000 | Too few |
| Semi-detached | 2,287 | £505,000 | £445,000 to £600,000 | £5,183/m²from 93 sales |
| Terraced | 1,873 | £435,000 | £400,000 to £485,000 | £5,003/m²from 58 sales |
| Flats and maisonettes | 1,090 | £265,000 | £210,000 to £308,000 | Too few |
Semi-detached houses were the most common type sold in Havering, at 39% of sales, ahead of terraced houses at 32%.
Flats and maisonettes stand out against London as a whole: a median of £265,000 here, 40% less than the £440,000 across the region.
Measured by floor area, homes here sold for a median of £5,058 per m², 21% below the £6,381 across London as a whole.
Postcode districts in Havering
The dearest district was RM14 (Upminster), at £576,000, and the cheapest was RM3 (Romford), at £410,000.
The next dearest were RM2 (Romford) and RM11 (Hornchurch), and the next cheapest RM13 (Rainham) and RM7 (Romford).
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Post towns in Havering, by number of sales: Romford (RM1, RM2, RM3, RM5, RM7), Hornchurch (RM11, RM12), Upminster (RM14), Rainham (RM13).
- RM14Upminster, 685 salesMedian price £576,000Price per square metre £5,493Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 +6%
- RM2Romford, 367 salesMedian price £520,000Price per square metre Too fewChange in the median from 2024 to 2025 +9%
- RM11Hornchurch, 815 salesMedian price £500,000Price per square metre £4,824Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 +4%
- RM12Hornchurch, 899 salesMedian price £465,000Price per square metre £5,022Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 +6%
- RM1Romford, 588 salesMedian price £460,000Price per square metre Too fewChange in the median from 2024 to 2025 +10%
- RM5Romford, 410 salesMedian price £440,000Price per square metre Too fewChange in the median from 2024 to 2025 +3%
- RM7Romford, 644 salesMedian price £425,000Price per square metre Too fewChange in the median from 2024 to 2025 +1%
- RM13Rainham, 657 salesMedian price £425,000Price per square metre £4,941Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 +1%
- RM3Romford, 853 salesMedian price £410,000Price per square metre £4,671Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 +2%
1-year change: 2025 against 2024, where both years had 100 or more standard sales. It moves with which homes sold, so treat it as a guide, not a price index.
From 2024 to 2025, the median rose in every district with enough sales to compare, most in RM1 (Romford), up 10%.
Streets with the most standard sales in the districts listed above, September 2024 to August 2026:
- Mawney Road, Romford (RM7)40 sales
- Havering Road, Romford (RM1)30 sales
- Maxwell Road, Romford (RM7)29 sales
- St Mary'S Lane, Upminster (RM14)25 sales
- Kidman Close, Romford (RM2)24 sales
- Main Road, Romford (RM2)24 sales
- London Road, Romford (RM7)23 sales
- Elm Park Avenue, Elm Park (RM12)22 sales
Of the streets with at least 10 sales, the dearest by median price were Corbets Tey Road, Upminster (RM14, £801,500), Sunnyside Gardens, Upminster (RM14, semi-detached houses, £775,500) and Ardleigh Green Road, Hornchurch (RM11, £750,000).
The cheapest were Fentiman Way, Hornchurch (RM11, flats, £140,000), Latimer Drive, Hornchurch (RM12, flats, £222,500) and White Hart Lane, Collier Row (RM7, £230,000).
Living in Havering
Crime
73 crimes per 1,000 residents in the year to August 2026
Near the middle of all council areas. England and Wales: 84. The middle half of council areas are between 59 and 95.
The rate counts every crime recorded in an area against the people who live there, so shops, stations and nightlife push it up.
Gigabit broadband
92% of homes can get it
Near the middle of all council areas. England and Wales: 89%. The middle half of council areas are between 84% and 95%.
Radon
2% of postcodes are in a 1 km square that includes a radon Affected Area
Lower than 83 in 100 council areas.
In a radon Affected Area, UKHSA recommends a radon test. A UKradon report gives the result for an exact address.
Council tax
Band D is £2,425 a year in Havering for 2026 to 2027
Near the middle of all council areas. England: £2,392. The middle half of council areas are between £2,323 and £2,526.
Band D includes every charge on the bill, such as police, fire and any county, parish or town council.
The free check gives these for a single home, with the nearest schools and road and rail noise (how we work them out).
Crime: data.police.uk, with Census 2021 population from the Office for National Statistics. Broadband: Ofcom Connected Nations, January 2026. Radon: the British Geological Survey and UKHSA. Council tax: the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
London boroughs
Median sale price of the 32 London boroughs with at least 300 standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026, dearest first. Havering and the 14 boroughs nearest it in the ranking are shown.
- Ealing£530,000
- Bromley£520,000
- Redbridge£507,000
- Hillingdon£505,000
- Tower Hamlets£500,000
- Hounslow£485,000
- Enfield£475,000
- Lewisham£475,000
- Greenwich£455,000
- Sutton£455,000
- Havering, this borough£450,000
- Newham£447,000
- Bexley£430,000
- Croydon£425,000
- Barking and Dagenham£380,000
About these figures
Havering's figures come from 5,799 standard sales, each placed in the council area by its own postcode (how we build council pages).
Updated 15 October 2026 with sales recorded to August 2026. Next update due in late November 2026.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Energy certificate data from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Both are licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.