Buying a home in E20, London. What it costs, what you get and where else to look.

Typical 3-bedroom flat£630kmost £591k–£670k
Houses per m²£6,748flats £7,143
Sold last year114 in five years
Prices in Newham-5.0%on a year ago

A typical 3-bedroom flat in E20 sold for £630,178 over the last five years, in today's money; most went for between £591,045 and £670,232, for about 93 m² of space.

1 homes sold here in the last year: a small market where few homes come up, so it pays to set alerts and be patient. Flats start at around £495k for two bedrooms. Within the district, houses cost the least per m² in E20 1 (£6,677) and the most in E20 3 (£7,477).

Across Newham, prices are down 5% on a year ago and down 3.8% over five years. Renting a similar home there costs about £2,212 a month; a 90% mortgage on the typical price would be around £2,874 a month at 4.5% over 30 years. Lenders would typically want a household income of about £126,000 for that mortgage: what £130,000 buys.

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Prices by type of home

1 bed2 bed3 bed4 bed5+ bed
Flats—£495k£630k——

Typical sale price over the last five years, adjusted to today's prices with the UK House Price Index.

Price per m² across E20

Postcode sectorHousesFlats
E20 1£6,677£7,076
E20 3£7,477£7,917

Schools near E20

Best state primary within 2 kmMossbourne Riverside Academy92% met the expected standard at 11 · England 64%23 state primaries within 2 km
Best state secondary within 5 kmMossbourne Community Academy81.2% got grade 5+ in English and maths · England 43.8%61 state secondaries within 5 km

Nearby areas

Questions about E20

Is E20 a good area to buy a home?

What the numbers say: prices in Newham are down 5% on a year ago; the best state primary nearby is above the England average (92% against 64%); the best secondary is above it (81.2% against 43.8%); 1 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 flat in E20?

A typical 3-bedroom flat in E20 sold for £630,178 over the last five years, in today's money. Most sold between £591,045 and £670,232.

How many homes sell in E20 each year?

1 homes sold in the last year and 14 in five years: a small market where few homes come up, so it pays to set alerts and be patient.

What are the schools like near E20?

The best-performing state primary within 2 km is Mossbourne Riverside Academy, where 92% 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.