Buying a home in E6, London. What it costs, what you get and where else to look.

Typical 3-bedroom house£435kmost £400k–£474k

Houses per m²£5,090flats £4,726

Sold last year1791,321 in five years

Prices in Newham-5.0%on a year ago

A typical 3-bedroom house in E6 sold for £434,847 over the last five years, in today's money; most went for between £400,278 and £473,994, for about 88 m² of space. That is 48% less than the same home across London (£840,000).

179 homes sold here in the last year: a steady market with homes coming up most weeks. Flats start at around £208k for one bedroom. Within the district, houses cost the least per m² in E6 1 (£4,660) and the most in E6 5 (£5,856).

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 £1,983 a month at 4.5% over 30 years. Lenders would typically want a household income of about £87,000 for that mortgage: what £90,000 buys.

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House prices in E6 by bedrooms

Bedrooms	Typical price	Most sell for	Size	Sold, 5 years
1	£255,453	£231k–£318k	46 m²	12
2	£397,610	£366k–£428k	72 m²	358
3	£434,847	£400k–£474k	88 m²	576
4	£493,743	£427k–£525k	106 m²	100
5+	£503,474	£470k–£611k	122 m²	26

Prices by type of home

	1 bed	2 bed	3 bed	4 bed	5+ bed
Houses	£255k	£398k	£435k	£494k	£503k
Detached	—	—	£445k	—	—
Semi-detached	—	£413k	£464k	£503k	—
Terraced	£287k	£394k	£434k	£488k	£501k
Flats	£208k	£258k	£286k	£256k	—

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

Price per m² across E6

Postcode sector	Houses	Flats
E6 1	£4,660	£4,207
E6 2	£4,946	£4,657
E6 3	£5,029	£4,237
E6 5	£5,856	£4,871
E6 6	£5,181	£4,305
E6 7	—	£5,707

Schools near E6

Best state primary within 2 kmRoman Road Primary School94% met the expected standard at 11 · England 64%35 state primaries within 2 km

Best state secondary within 5 kmArk Isaac Newton Academy72% got grade 5+ in English and maths · England 43.8%47 state secondaries within 5 km

Nearby areas

E13 London · 2 km3-bed house £428k E16 London · 2 km3-bed house £446k E12 London · 3 km3-bed house £480k IG11 Barking · 3 km3-bed house £510k E7 London · 3 km3-bed house £567k E15 London · 4 km3-bed house £550k IG1 Ilford · 4 km3-bed house £489k SE28 London · 4 km3-bed house £410k

Questions about E6

Is E6 a good area to buy a home?

What the numbers say: a 3-bedroom house costs 48% less than across London; prices in Newham are down 5% on a year ago; the best state primary nearby is above the England average (94% against 64%); the best secondary is above it (72% against 43.8%); 179 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 E6?

A typical 3-bedroom house in E6 sold for £434,847 over the last five years, in today's money. Most sold between £400,278 and £473,994.

Is E6 expensive for London?

A 3-bedroom house in E6 costs 48% less than the typical 3-bedroom house across London (£840,000).

How many homes sell in E6 each year?

179 homes sold in the last year and 1,321 in five years: a steady market with homes coming up most weeks.

What are the schools like near E6?

The best-performing state primary within 2 km is Roman Road Primary School, where 94% 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.