Typical 3-bedroom house£491kmost £457k–£523k
Houses per m²£5,478flats £4,464
Sold last year1441,161 in five years
Prices in Barking and Dagenham+5.3%on a year ago
A typical 3-bedroom house in RM6 sold for £490,838 over the last five years, in today's money; most went for between £456,540 and £523,440, for about 87 m² of space. That is about the same as the same home across Romford (£492,000).
144 homes sold here in the last year: a steady market with homes coming up most weeks. Flats start at around £184k for one bedroom. Within the district, houses cost the least per m² in RM6 5 (£5,390) and the most in RM6 4 (£5,679).
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 £2,238 a month at 4.5% over 30 years. Lenders would typically want a household income of about £98,000 for that mortgage: what £100,000 buys.
Questions about RM6
Is RM6 a good area to buy a home?
What the numbers say: a 3-bedroom house costs about the same as across Romford; prices in Barking and Dagenham are up 5.3% on a year ago; the best state primary nearby is above the England average (95% against 64%); the best secondary is above it (80.7% against 43.8%); 144 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 RM6?
A typical 3-bedroom house in RM6 sold for £490,838 over the last five years, in today's money. Most sold between £456,540 and £523,440.
Is RM6 expensive for Romford?
A 3-bedroom house in RM6 costs about the same as the typical 3-bedroom house across Romford (£492,000).
How many homes sell in RM6 each year?
144 homes sold in the last year and 1,161 in five years: a steady market with homes coming up most weeks.
What are the schools like near RM6?
The best-performing state primary within 2 km is St Bede's Catholic Primary School, where 95% 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.