Postcode sector

Sector RM8 1 house prices

Becontree Heath · Barking and Dagenham · district RM8 · 174 postcodes

Median £5,130 per m² over 164 sales in the 24 months to Aug 2026, down 1.8% in a year after inflation.

Median £/m²£5,130/m²Sales in the 24 months to Aug 2026
Last year, after inflation−1.8%
Sales, 24 months164with a floor area

£/m² of sales, 24 months to Aug 2026

£1,740/m² to £2,020/m²: 4 sales£2,020/m² to £2,290/m²: 1 sale£2,290/m² to £2,570/m²: 2 sales£2,850/m² to £3,120/m²: 1 sale£3,120/m² to £3,400/m²: 2 sales£3,400/m² to £3,670/m²: 2 sales£3,670/m² to £3,950/m²: 10 sales£3,950/m² to £4,220/m²: 6 sales£4,220/m² to £4,500/m²: 14 sales£4,500/m² to £4,770/m²: 12 sales£4,770/m² to £5,050/m²: 23 sales£5,050/m² to £5,330/m²: 15 sales£5,330/m² to £5,600/m²: 23 sales£5,600/m² to £5,880/m²: 19 sales£5,880/m² to £6,150/m²: 13 sales£6,150/m² to £6,430/m²: 8 sales£6,430/m² to £6,700/m²: 2 sales£6,700/m² to £6,980/m²: 5 sales£6,980/m² to £7,260/m²: 2 salesRM8 1RM8£0£2k£4k£6k£8k
RM8 1
£5,130/m² middle · £4,490–£5,700/m² middle half · 164 sales
District RM8
£5,000/m² middle · £4,420–£5,510/m² middle half · 508 sales

Bars: sales in each £/m² band. Strips: the box is the middle half, the line the middle, the whiskers the 9th to 91st percentile.

Median £/m² since 2004 (2004 = 100)

5010015020025020052010201520202025RM8 1, 2026: 133RM8, 2026: 135Barking and Dagenham houses, 2026: 135
  • RM8 1
  • RM8
  • Barking and Dagenham houses
  • After inflation (CPIH)
  • In pounds of the day

Growth a year

Compound growth in median £/m² a year, after inflation (CPIH) and in pounds of the day
OverRM8 1District RM8
RealNominalRealNominal
1 year−1.8%+1.5%−0.8%+2.5%
5 years−2.1%+2.8%−2.3%+2.7%
10 years+0.1%+3.6%−0.1%+3.3%
20 years+1.3%+4.2%+1.4%+4.3%

Real is after inflation (ONS CPIH). A horizon with too few sales at either end is left out.

Nearby sectors, middle half of £/m²

£4,000–£6,000/m²
  1. RM8 1Becontree Heath£4,490–£5,700/m²
  2. RM6 4Chadwell Heath South West£4,520–£5,720/m²
  3. RM8 3Becontree East£4,440–£5,570/m²
  4. IG3 9South Park£4,470–£5,410/m²
  5. RM7 0Rush Green£4,530–£5,520/m²
  6. RM8 2Becontree West£4,400–£5,370/m²
  7. RM6 6Chadwell Heath East£4,430–£5,270/m²
  8. RM10 7Central Park & Frizlands Lane£4,360–£5,330/m²
  9. RM9 9Becontree EastToo few sales

Streets, last five years

Streets with five or more sales in five years: sales, median floor area and median £ per m²
StreetSalesMedian sizeMedian £/m²
Temple Avenue2086 m²£4,910/m²
Whalebone Lane South1765 m²£4,180/m²
Spring Close1646 m²£2,380/m²
Ager Avenue1552 m²£4,670/m²
Grosvenor Road1490 m²£4,850/m²
Stanley Avenue1383 m²£5,490/m²
Turnage Road1381 m²£4,830/m²
Burnside Road1284 m²£4,940/m²
Lymington Road1267 m²£5,480/m²
Pedley Road1258 m²£5,930/m²
Royal Anglian Way1175 m²£4,130/m²
Rosslyn Avenue1071 m²£4,600/m²
Sources

Sold prices: HM Land Registry Price Paid (category A sales). Floor areas: energy performance certificates (EPC). Inflation: ONS CPIH (series L522). Postcodes: ONS Postcode Directory. All under the Open Government Licence.

£/m² uses EPC floor area; sector names are informal. Middles of many sales, never one home's value.