The average Romford home sold for £441,555, up 2.17% in a year while London fell 3.7%. Prices by type, the busiest band and the streets at each extreme.

Every Romford street has two prices: the one in the agent’s window and the one a buyer actually paid. Only the second one is a fact, and HM Land Registry records it when each sale completes. This page reads those sold-price records plainly: the Romford average, the Havering borough picture, what each property type goes for, the streets at both extremes of the market, and the quiet headline underneath, which is that Havering is rising while London as a whole falls.

The quick answer

The average sold price for a home in Romford is £441,555, from HM Land Registry data compiled by PropertySolvers for the last rolling year across the RM postcode districts the town’s sales area covers. That is up £9,996 (2.17%) over twelve months and about £50,000 (11.87%) over five years: steady, unhurried growth.

The official UK House Price Index puts the whole London Borough of Havering at £452,798 for May 2026, up 2.8% on the year. Set that against London as a whole, down 3.7% over the same twelve months (UK HPI), and Havering is one of the few corners of the capital where prices are actually climbing.

What it means for you

If you are selling, the market is thinner than the price rise suggests: PropertySolvers counts 914 sales in the last rolling year, down 43% on the year before, homes take an average of 132 days to sell, and the typical gap between asking and sold price is £11,613 (about 2%) below asking. A realistic price from day one beats a hopeful one trimmed later. If you are buying, the busiest bracket is £414,000 to £506,000, with 244 sales in the year, so that is where competition sits; below £414,000 there is noticeably more room. If you are renting, Havering’s average private rent reached £1,563 a month in June 2026, up 2.7% on the year (ONS).

Prices by property type

The UK House Price Index breaks the borough down by type. These are the Havering figures for May 2026, the smallest geography the official index publishes:

  • Detached houses: £846,421 (up 2.9% on the year), concentrated in Emerson Park, Gidea Park and Upminster.
  • Semi-detached houses: £545,897 (up 4.0%), the strongest riser and the classic stock of Gidea Park, Hornchurch and Collier Row.
  • Terraced houses: £438,611 (up 3.3%), the workhorse of central Romford, Rush Green and Harold Hill.
  • Flats and maisonettes: £254,880 (down 0.2%), the entry point, including the new blocks around Romford town centre.

A first-time buyer in Havering paid an average of £392,230 (up 2.7% on the year); a home mover paid £546,445. All figures from the Havering UK HPI data for May 2026.

Romford against its neighbours

Average sold prices, Romford and comparators, 2026 Horizontal bar chart. London 544,814 pounds. Hornchurch 455,176 pounds. Havering borough 452,798 pounds. Romford 441,555 pounds. England 292,095 pounds. Sources: UK House Price Index May 2026 for London, Havering and England; HM Land Registry data via PropertySolvers for Romford and Hornchurch. Average sold prices: the local ladder UK HPI May 2026 (London, Havering, England) and HM Land Registry data via PropertySolvers (towns) London £544,814 Hornchurch £455,176 Havering £452,798 Romford £441,555 England £292,095 Town figures are rolling-year sold-price averages; London, Havering and England figures are the UK HPI for May 2026. Havering rose 2.8% in the year to May 2026 while London as a whole fell 3.7%.
Romford sells about £100,000 under the London average, and the gap is closing from both ends: Havering rising, London falling.

Hornchurch averages £455,176 (up 1.68% on the year), a modest premium over Romford that reflects its larger stock of semis and detached homes around Emerson Park. Within the RM postcodes the Romford sales area covers, the most expensive street on the sold-price record is Harrow Drive in Hornchurch’s RM11, averaging £1,630,000 across its recorded sales, with Broadway in Gidea Park’s RM2 the priciest address labelled Romford at £1,313,333. At the other end, flats at Merritt House on Frazer Close (RM1) average £104,909 (PropertySolvers). The distance between those addresses, a few miles apart, is the whole local market in one line.

How Romford compares more widely

Romford’s £441,555 sits about £100,000 below the London average of £544,814, and both dwarf the England average of £292,095, up 2.3% in the same year (UK HPI). The direction of travel is the story: while inner London gives ground, Havering’s mix of houses with gardens, grammar-school-free but improving schools and the Elizabeth line run into the City keeps pulling buyers east. What gets built next, from Romford’s town-centre towers to Beam Park, is covered in our Havering planning news page.

For context, Rightmove’s Romford page shows an overall average of £434,513 for the last year, close to the PropertySolvers figure and described as similar to the previous year; small differences come down to which postcodes and months each source counts.

Frequently asked questions

What is the average house price in Romford?

£441,555, from HM Land Registry sold-price data for the last rolling year across the Romford sales area’s RM postcodes, compiled by PropertySolvers. The official UK House Price Index puts the wider borough of Havering at £452,798 for May 2026.

Are Romford house prices going up or down in 2026?

Up, gently. Romford rose 2.17% over the last rolling year and the Havering borough index was up 2.8% in the year to May 2026. London as a whole fell 3.7% over the same period, which makes Havering one of the capital’s strongest boroughs right now.

How much is a semi-detached house in Havering?

The borough average for a semi was £545,897 in May 2026, with detached houses at £846,421, terraces at £438,611 and flats at £254,880 (UK House Price Index).

What do first-time buyers pay in Havering?

An average of £392,230 (May 2026, UK House Price Index), which in practice usually means a flat or a smaller terrace. Flats are the one type not rising, down 0.2% on the year.

What is the most expensive street in the Romford area?

On the sold-price record, Harrow Drive (RM11, Hornchurch) averages £1,630,000; the priciest address labelled Romford is Broadway in Gidea Park (RM2) at £1,313,333 (PropertySolvers, Land Registry data). The premium corners are Gidea Park and Emerson Park.

Where can I check what a specific house sold for?

Every completed sale in England and Wales is public. Search any street free on the HM Land Registry Price Paid service, or browse the same data on Rightmove and Zoopla.

Sources

Figures are provisional and revised as more sales are registered; town, borough and regional figures cover different areas and time windows, as labelled. Always confirm the latest numbers against the linked sources before making a decision. Last checked 8 August 2026.