Barking and Dagenham
RM8 house prices in Barking and Dagenham
Sold prices, council tax, schools, deprivation and planning for Barking and Dagenham, from official UK data in one place.
Typical sold price
£390,000
Range £249,800–£478,100 · 250 real sales
- Real sales
- 250
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 10 Oct 2025 and 18 Aug 2026.
Summary
House prices in RM8: the typical (median) sold price is £390,000, well above the UK average (£272,611) (UK House Price Index, July 2026). RM8 is an active market, with about 24 recorded sales a month. By property type, 75% were terraced homes (typically £400,000) and 14% were flats (typically £230,750).
Data from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, up to 28 August 2026.
Council tax on a Band D home there is £2,199 a year: Barking and Dagenham's published charge for 2026-27.
Source: Council tax: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities, Barking and Dagenham, 2026-27.
Our take · opinion, not advice
Our take on RM8: steady sales, so price from the evidence
Roughly 24 homes a month change hands in RM8, and with no dependable year-on-year figure to hand, recent sold homes are a safer guide than any headline.
If you are thinking of selling, RM8 buyers have mostly paid between £249,800 and £478,100, so find the sold homes closest to yours and price against those; buyers can compare homes at this pace but are not spoilt for choice.
Sell houseIf you are looking to buy, typical prices in RM8 sit well above the UK average, so a premium over the average needs a reason you can see in the sold homes of the same type.
On any RM8 home we would check what has been applied for nearby (952 applications on record within 500 m), whether the home is at risk of flooding and council tax (Band D is £2,199 a year), and ask a conveyancer to read the title.
Our free RM8 OfferCheck puts the rest of the picture alongside these prices, and the Report explains which parts deserve a second look.
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At a glance
RM8 in four numbers
The headline figures from the records below, each one real and dated.
Typical price
£390,000
HM Land Registry
Sales a month
24.4
Across 250 sales
Council tax, Band D
£2,199
A year
On the map
Where RM8 sits in Barking and Dagenham
The pins are the 5 most recent recorded sales: real prices on real streets, not a valuation.
Latest sales
The most recent sales in RM8
13, CORNSHAW ROAD, DAGENHAM
Terraced · Freehold · 18 Aug 2026
£405,000
120, WINDING WAY, DAGENHAM
Semi-detached · Freehold · 14 Aug 2026
£400,000
169, ILCHESTER ROAD, DAGENHAM
Terraced · Freehold · 13 Aug 2026
£370,000
567, BECONTREE AVENUE, DAGENHAM
Terraced · Freehold · 10 Aug 2026
£395,000
63, STANLEY AVENUE, DAGENHAM
Semi-detached · Freehold · 6 Aug 2026
£410,000
Sources: HM Land Registry · postcodes.io / ONS · OpenStreetMap (© contributors). RM8 includes the Becontree ward.
The data, honestly
House prices in RM8
These 250 sales are what every figure here rests on. The typical price is the middle sale.
By property type
Average house price in RM8 by property type
Semi-detached homes have the highest typical price at £410,000, and flat / maisonette the lowest at £230,750.
See the figures
| Type | Sales | Typical | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Semi-detached | 27 | £410,000 | £358,000–£487,800 |
| Terraced | 185 | £400,000 | £347,000–£476,800 |
| Flat / maisonette | 34 | £230,750 | £132,450–£267,100 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 10 Oct 2025 and 18 Aug 2026.
24-month trend
Typical price by quarter in RM8
The quarterly typical price fell 6.4%, from £406,000 in Q4 2025 (90 sales) to £380,000 in Q3 2026 (20 sales).
See the figures
| Quarter | Typical price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2025 | £406,000 | 90 |
| Q1 2026 | £385,000 | 84 |
| Q2 2026 | £391,000 | 56 |
| Q3 2026 | £380,000 | 20 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 10 Oct 2025 and 18 Aug 2026. Median of each quarter's recorded sales.
Range and mix
The spread of RM8 prices
How far prices run either side of the typical one, who owns what, and homes that have sold twice.
Price range
Where most RM8 homes sold
Eight in ten sales fell between £249,800 and £478,100, around a typical £390,000.
Lower and upper end are the 10th and 90th percentile of recorded sales.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 10 Oct 2025 and 18 Aug 2026.
Mix of homes
Who is selling in RM8
Terraced homes were 75% of recorded sales (185 of 246). 86% of sales were freehold and 14% leasehold.
Property type
- Semi-detached11%
- Terraced75%
- Flat / maisonette14%
Tenure
- Freehold86%
- Leasehold14%
See the figures
216 freehold (86%) and 34 leasehold (14%) across the 250 most recent recorded sales in RM8. Leasehold is normal for flats; check the remaining lease term before you offer.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 10 Oct 2025 and 18 Aug 2026.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Real transactions, never estimates. All sales.
In plain English
What the Barking and Dagenham (RM8) numbers mean
- The headline number blends very different homes: semi-detached homes sold for a typical £410,000 against £230,750 for flats: about 1.8 times as much. Use the figure for your type of home, not the mix.
- This is an active district: about 24 recorded sales a month.
Based on 250 recorded sales between 10 October 2025 and 18 August 2026. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, to 28 August 2026; page data refreshed 7 October 2026. Compared with the UK House Price Index. Written by Your Property Check (Check Labs Ltd, Birmingham) from this data. How we read the data · spotted a mistake? Tell us. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right. UK House Price Index licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Area data
What else the records hold on RM8
Council tax and schools, each from the body that publishes it, with the sample it rests on stated beside it.
Council tax
What council tax costs in RM8
£2,199
Band D a year in Barking and Dagenham, 2026-27: the benchmark band every English authority is compared on.
All bands
| Band | 1991 value | A year |
|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,466 |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £1,710 |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £1,954 |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,199 |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £2,687 |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,176 |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £3,664 |
| H | over £320,000 | £4,397 |
These are Barking and Dagenham's charges for 2026-27, the authority RM8 falls in, not an estimate for any individual home. A property's band is set by the Valuation Office Agency and we never guess it; look up a band on GOV.UK and read your row. Bands reflect what a home was worth on 1 April 1991, not today.
Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities · 8 of 8 bands published for Barking and Dagenham · data to 2026-27 financial year
Schools
Schools near RM8
8
open schools within 3 km, nearest Valence Primary School.
All schools
Valence Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · RM8 3AR
237 m
Good · 2014
Henry Green Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · RM8 1UR
537 m
Good · 2016
St Vincent's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academies · RM8 2JN
556 m
Good · 2012
SENARP Vibe Independent School
Special schools · RM8 2UT
585 m
Not graded
Southwood Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · RM9 5LT
700 m
Good · 2023
Grafton Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · RM8 3EX
703 m
Outstanding · 2019
Becontree Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · RM8 2QR
797 m
Good · 2023
The St Teresa Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academies · RM8 2XJ
799 m
Outstanding · 2014
School data from the Department for Education “Get Information about Schools” (GIAS) and Ofsted inspection outcomes. Open Government Licence v3.0. The Ofsted grade shown is the last single overall grade on record (single grades were withdrawn in September 2024). Shows nearest schools by distance, not legal catchment areas. Distances are from the RM8 district centroid, not from any address.
Source: Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · 8 open schools within 3 km, 7 with a grade on record
Area context
Planning and deprivation near RM8
What is being built nearby and how the area ranks, as context for the neighbourhood and never a judgement on a home.
Planning applications
Planning activity around RM8
952
applications within 500 m of the district centre, as last checked 23 July 2026.
Recent applications
361 m
Details pursuant to Conditions 4 (Archaeology) and 5 (Construction Phase) attached to planning consent 26/00047/FULL dated 25/02/2026
Received 2026-07-03
Application for a lawful development certificate (proposed) for the use of the dwelling (Use Class C3) as a childminder for up to 6 children aged 0-8 years
Received 2026-06-16
Demolition of existing outbuilding and the construction of a two storey building compromising of 2no residential units (1 x 3bed and 1 x 2bed) with associated landscaping, amenity space, cycle and refuse storage
Received 2026-06-15
Application for a lawful development certificate (proposed) for the construction of a rear dormer extension and two side dormer windows including three roof lights to the side to facilitate conversion of roof space into habitable accommodation, construction of a front porch and the construction of a single storey side extension
Received 2026-06-11
Application for a lawful development certificate (proposed) for the construction of a hip-to-gable roof extension to accommodate a rear dormer extension including two roof lights to the front and a Juliette balcony to facilitate conversion of roof space into habitable accommodation
Received 2026-06-05
Prior notification application for the construction of a single storey rear extension. The proposed extension will extend beyond the rear wall by 6.00 metres. The maximum height of the proposed extension from the natural ground level is 3.00 metres. The height at eaves level of the proposed extension measured from the natural ground level is 3.00 metres.
Received 2026-06-05
Applications are matched within 500 m of the RM8 district centroid, so this is activity in the area, not at any one address. Register wording and status are reproduced as the local planning authority published them. Showing 6 of 20 held; run a live planning search for RM8 for the current picture.
Source: Local planning authority records via PlanIt · 952 applications matched within 500 m of the district centre · data to 23 July 2026
Deprivation (IMD)
Area profile for RM8
Decile 3 of 10
Median across 12 sampled postcodes; 1 is the most deprived 10% of England, 10 the least.
Read the detail
Across the 12 sampled RM8 postcodes, deprivation runs decile 2 to decile 5, with a median of decile 3 of 10: where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived.
RM8 1SS, the sampled postcode sitting at that median: On the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, this postcode falls in decile 3 of 10, where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived. It's area context for the wider neighbourhood, not a judgement on any individual home.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (English Indices of Deprivation 2025, MHCLG). Deprivation is published for small areas (LSOAs), not for postcode districts, so RM8 spans several. We sampled 12 postcodes in RM8: the ones with the most recent recorded sales, up to a limit of 12. That is a convenience sample, not a random one, so it leans toward streets where homes are changing hands. 12 returned a row. It is context for the neighbourhood, never a judgement on any individual home. How we choose the sample.
Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. English Indices of Deprivation 2025 · 12 postcodes sampled of 12 checked · data to 2025 indices
Cost to run
Two sources, one table
What it costs to run a home in RM8, band by band
Barking and Dagenham's council tax for 2026-27 set against the RM8 median sold price of £390,000 across 250 recorded sales: the annual running cost beside the purchase price, which neither source shows on its own.
| Band | 1991 valueVOA basis | A yearBarking and Dagenham | A month÷ 12 | Of the median÷ £390,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,466 | £122 | 0.38% |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £1,710 | £143 | 0.44% |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £1,954 | £163 | 0.50% |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,199 | £183 | 0.56% |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £2,687 | £224 | 0.69% |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,176 | £265 | 0.81% |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £3,664 | £305 | 0.94% |
| H | over £320,000 | £4,397 | £366 | 1.13% |
The last column is the band's annual charge divided by the RM8 median sold price. A comparison of two published figures, not a rate anyone charges. It is not a mapping from price to band: a band records what a home was worth on 1 April 1991 and is set by the Valuation Office Agency, so it cannot be worked out from a 2020s sale price. Look up a specific band on GOV.UK. Instalment counts vary by authority, so the monthly column is simply the year over twelve.
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Median across 250 recorded sales. · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities, Barking and Dagenham, 2026-27.
Address by address
Address by address
What individual homes in RM8 sold for
The 24 most recently sold doors of the 244 distinct addresses in the records we hold for RM8. Real recorded transactions: never estimates.
13, CORNSHAW ROAD, DAGENHAM
RM8 1SS · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£405,000
2026-08-18
120, WINDING WAY, DAGENHAM
RM8 2TB · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£400,000
2026-08-14
169, ILCHESTER ROAD, DAGENHAM
RM8 2YX · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£370,000
2026-08-13
567, BECONTREE AVENUE, DAGENHAM
RM8 3JR · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£395,000
2026-08-10
63, STANLEY AVENUE, DAGENHAM
RM8 1JL · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£410,000
2026-08-06
12, STANHOPE ROAD, DAGENHAM
RM8 3DA · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£365,000
2026-07-31
8, WARRINGTON ROAD, DAGENHAM
RM8 3JH · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£435,000
2026-07-31
209, GRAFTON ROAD, DAGENHAM
RM8 3QA · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£479,000
2026-07-31
96, VALENCE AVENUE, DAGENHAM
RM8 1TL · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£255,000
2026-07-31
7, PURLAND CLOSE, DAGENHAM
RM8 1AS · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£527,000
2026-07-30
2, FULLER ROAD, DAGENHAM
RM8 2TT · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£425,000
2026-07-29
40, WALDEGRAVE ROAD, DAGENHAM
RM8 2QD · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£380,000
2026-07-24
23, MARGERY ROAD, DAGENHAM
RM8 3AX · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£355,000
2026-07-20
109, TURNAGE ROAD, DAGENHAM
RM8 1QT · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£380,000
2026-07-20
37, AMIDAS GARDENS, DAGENHAM
RM8 2HX · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£377,000
2026-07-20
BLANCHARD APARTMENTS, 13, AGER AVENUE, DAGENHAM
RM8 1DY · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£200,000
2026-07-15
94, HAYDON ROAD, DAGENHAM
RM8 3RR · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£397,000
2026-07-10
512, BECONTREE AVENUE, DAGENHAM
RM8 3HR · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£367,000
2026-07-03
ACADEMY COURT, 566, LONGBRIDGE ROAD, DAGENHAM
RM8 2AR · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£245,000
2026-07-02
158, BENTRY ROAD, DAGENHAM
RM8 3PT · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£380,000
2026-07-01
158, BURNSIDE ROAD, DAGENHAM
RM8 2JW · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£378,000
2026-06-30
34, BONHAM ROAD, DAGENHAM
RM8 3BD · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£405,000
2026-06-30
61, BROMHALL ROAD, DAGENHAM
RM8 2HN · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£410,000
2026-06-29
14, TENTERDEN ROAD, DAGENHAM
RM8 1QA · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£422,000
2026-06-29
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Addresses come from recorded sales since 1995, so homes that have never sold do not appear. 0 of these 24 doors resolve to a confident property record and link through; the rest are listed without a link. We match a door to a property record only where the match is certain, never by guessing.
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Postcode districts near RM8
The closest districts to RM8 by straight-line distance between district centres.
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- House prices in RM6 (Romford) 1.3 miles
- House prices in RM10 (Dagenham) 1.5 miles
- House prices in RM7 (Romford) 2.1 miles
- House prices in IG11 (Barking) 2.2 miles
- House prices in IG1 (Ilford) 2.4 miles
- House prices in IG2 (Ilford) 2.4 miles
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Data sources
Every RM8 figure is official and dated
Real recorded data from the UK's official registers, never an estimated valuation.
- HM Land RegistrySold prices
- MHCLGCouncil tax & deprivation
- Department for Education · OfstedSchools
- Local planning authoritiesPlanning applications
- Police.UKStreet-level crime
- Environment AgencyFlood risk
- postcodes.io · ONSGeography
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities · Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. English Indices of Deprivation 2025 · Local planning authority records via PlanIt · Police.UK · Environment Agency · postcodes.io / ONS. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. All figures are real, attributed and carry the sample they rest on: never estimates, never a valuation. All sales · Get Free Valuation · About Your Property Check.