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UK Property Check · Printed on 8 November 2026ukpropertycheck.co.uk/postcode/rm

House prices in the RM postcode area, Romford

Homes in the RM postcode area sold for a median of £412,000 between September 2024 and August 2026, from 10,682 standard sales.

That is 22% below the £525,000 median for London, where most of the area lies.

Median sale price£412,00010,682 standard sales
Middle half of prices£330,000 to £495,000
Change since 2016+38%Median, 2016 to 2025, before inflation

Districts ranked by median price

The dearest district was RM4 (Stapleford Abbotts), at £640,000, and the cheapest was RM19 (Purfleet-on-Thames), at £225,000. The dearest median is 2.8 times the cheapest.

The next dearest were RM14 (Upminster) and RM2 (mostly Squirrels Heath ward), and the next cheapest RM20 (Grays) and RM17 (Grays).

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Each dot is a postcode district in the RM area, placed at the centre of its postcodes and shaded by the median price of its standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026. The ranked list below gives the same figures.

Post towns in the RM area, by number of sales: Romford (7 districts), Hornchurch (RM11, RM12), Grays (RM16, RM17, RM20), Dagenham (RM8, RM9, RM10), Upminster (RM14), Rainham (RM13), South Ockendon (RM15), Tilbury (RM18), Purfleet-on-Thames (RM19).

Districts with at least 100 standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026
  1. RM4Romford, 103 sales£640,000Too few
  2. RM14Upminster, 685 sales£576,000+6%
  3. RM2Romford, 367 sales£520,000+9%
  4. RM11Hornchurch, 815 sales£500,000+4%
  5. RM12Hornchurch, 899 sales£465,000+6%
  6. RM1Romford, 588 sales£460,000+10%
  7. RM5Romford, 410 sales£440,000+3%
  8. RM6Romford, 452 sales£435,000+4%
  9. RM7Romford, 644 sales£425,000+1%
  10. RM13Rainham, 657 sales£425,000+1%
  11. RM3Romford, 853 sales£410,000+2%
  12. RM16Grays, 937 sales£395,500+2%
  13. RM8Dagenham, 515 sales£380,000+6%
  14. RM10Dagenham, 473 sales£380,000+4%
  15. RM9Dagenham, 444 sales£377,500+6%
  16. RM15South Ockendon, 657 sales£355,000+6%
  17. RM18Tilbury, 293 sales£334,000+4%
  18. RM17Grays, 598 sales£330,000+7%
  19. RM20Grays, 159 sales£298,500Too few
  20. RM19Purfleet-on-Thames, 133 sales£225,000Too few

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, September 2024 to August 2026:

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 Parsonage Road, Grays (RM20, £140,000), Fentiman Way, Hornchurch (RM11, flats, £140,000) and Linnet Way, Purfleet-on-Thames (RM19, flats, £178,500).

Neighbouring postcode areas include DA (Dartford), IG (Ilford) and CM (Chelmsford).

Prices by property type

Standard sales in the RM area, September 2024 to August 2026
TypeSalesMedian priceMiddle halfPer m²
Detached952£605,000£490,000 to £781,000£4,925/m²from 28 sales
Semi-detached3,317£470,000£416,000 to £565,000£5,205/m²from 124 sales
Terraced4,364£400,000£355,000 to £450,000£4,877/m²from 168 sales
Flats and maisonettes2,049£239,000£196,000 to £280,000£4,173/m²from 50 sales

Terraced houses were the most common type sold in the RM area, at 41% of sales, ahead of semi-detached houses at 31%.

Measured by floor area, homes in the RM area sold for a median of £4,931 per m², 23% below the £6,381 across London as a whole.

Prices over time

  1. 2016
  2. 2017
  3. 2018
  4. 2019
  5. 2020
  6. 2021
  7. 2022
  8. 2023
  9. 2024
  10. 2025
  11. 2026
Yearly median of standard sales, not adjusted for inflation. 2026 covers January to August only, and the ringed bar, 2025, is the latest full year.

The median rose 38%, from £300,000 in 2016 to £415,000 in 2025, more than the 35% rise across England and Wales.

Council areas in the RM postcode area

Within RM, the median ran from £353,000 in Thurrock to £450,000 in Havering, counting council areas with at least 100 sales in the area (how postcode areas and council areas overlap).

Standard sales in the RM area by council area, placed by postcode, September 2024 to August 2026
Council areaSales in RMMedian in RMWhole council area
Havering5,799£450,000£450,000
Thurrock2,802£353,000£360,000
Barking and Dagenham1,756£385,000£380,000
Redbridge235£444,500£507,000
Epping Forest87£640,000£515,000
1 other council area3Too fewNot shown

About these figures

The RM figures come from 10,682 standard sales in 20 postcode districts across 6 council areas (how sales are placed). The busiest district was RM16 (Grays), with 937 sales.

Updated 15 October 2026 with sales recorded to August 2026. Next update due in late November 2026.

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