Typical 3-bedroom house£446kmost £416k–£478k
Houses per m²£5,392flats £4,604
Sold last year1751,162 in five years
Prices in Barking and Dagenham+5.3%on a year ago
A typical 3-bedroom house in RM8 sold for £445,507 over the last five years, in today's money; most went for between £416,171 and £478,280, for about 85 m² of space. That is about the same as the same home across Dagenham (£446,000).
175 homes sold here in the last year: a steady market with homes coming up most weeks. Flats start at around £222k for one bedroom. Within the district, houses cost the least per m² in RM8 2 (£5,391) and the most in RM8 1 (£5,396).
Across Barking and Dagenham, prices are up 5.3% on a year ago and up 20.3% over five years. Renting a similar home there costs about £1,899 a month; a 90% mortgage on the typical price would be around £2,032 a month at 4.5% over 30 years. Lenders would typically want a household income of about £89,000 for that mortgage: what £90,000 buys.
Questions about RM8
Is RM8 a good area to buy a home?
What the numbers say: a 3-bedroom house costs about the same as across Dagenham; prices in Barking and Dagenham are up 5.3% on a year ago; the best state primary nearby is above the England average (83% against 64%); the best secondary is above it (80.7% against 43.8%); 175 homes sold here last year. Whether it suits you depends on your budget and what you need nearby, so compare it with the districts around it below.
How much is a 3-bedroom house in RM8?
A typical 3-bedroom house in RM8 sold for £445,507 over the last five years, in today's money. Most sold between £416,171 and £478,280.
Is RM8 expensive for Dagenham?
A 3-bedroom house in RM8 costs about the same as the typical 3-bedroom house across Dagenham (£446,000).
How many homes sell in RM8 each year?
175 homes sold in the last year and 1,162 in five years: a steady market with homes coming up most weeks.
What are the schools like near RM8?
The best-performing state primary within 2 km is The Sydney Russell School, where 83% of pupils met the expected standard at age 11 (England: 64%).
Sources: HM Land Registry price paid data matched to the EPC register for size and bedrooms, last five years in today's prices; UK House Price Index (July 2026); ONS private rents (August 2026); DfE school performance tables. Districts with fewer than five sales of a kind are left out. The mortgage figure is an illustration, not advice.