That is the middle of 8,643 standard sales recorded by HM Land Registry from September 2023 to August 2026, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. The typical home sells for 6.9 times as much as in 1995. Below: what each type of home sells for, the spread of prices, every year since 1995, new builds, the busiest streets and the neighbours. Rents and council tax are on Cost of living.
8,643 homes sold in three years: 814 detached houses, 3,356 semi-detached houses, 2,760 terraced houses and 1,713 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.6 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£678K
median sale · 814 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£525K–£895K
Last 12 months
£700K213 sold
Semi-detached houses£500K
median sale · 3,356 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£439K–£590K
Last 12 months
£510K981 sold
New build
£589K
Terraced houses£430K
median sale · 2,760 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£395K–£480K
Last 12 months
£435K770 sold
New build
£515K
Flats and maisonettes£265K
median sale · 1,713 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£210K–£305K
Last 12 months
£265K457 sold
New build
£313K
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 39% of sales
Detached houses9%
Semi-detached houses39%
Terraced houses32%
Flats and maisonettes20%
Standard sales, Sep 2023 to Aug 2026. A median needs 5 sales of a type; “middle half” is the 25th to 75th percentile of 10 or more.
Price range
Half of Havering’s homes sold for between £370K and £540K
One sale in ten was under £260K and one in ten over £680K. 9% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £445,000, sits in the £400–500K band
8,643 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 6.9 times as much as in 1995, a faster rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £66,225 in 1995 to £455,000 in the last 12 months (£367,500 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
2,421 sales in the last 12 months, against 5,395 in 2007, the busiest year, and 2,397 in 2009. Sales fell by 56% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 10%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 63% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Havering costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Havering, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Terraced houses rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£120K
£203K
£367K
£418K
£500K
£600K
£700K
Semi-detached houses
£77K
£129K
£225K
£250K
£340K
£425K
£510K
Terraced houses
£60K
£101K
£185K
£208K
£285K
£375K
£435K
Flats and maisonettes
£44K
£69K
£140K
£155K
£200K
£250K
£265K
Calendar years; a year’s median needs 5 sales of the type, so gaps are years with fewer.
Prices are as paid, not adjusted for inflation. Standard (category A) sales only; Land Registry adds a sale when it is registered, so the newest months fill in later.
New builds
Hardly any new homes: 0.1% of sales in the last 12 months
7,422 new homes have been sold in Havering since 1995; the share peaked at 14% in 2015.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
A new home sold for a median £382,000
against £445,000 for a home sold on, 14% less, over three years. New homes are often a different mix from the homes sold on, so part of the gap is size and type.
21% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 1.1% sold leasehold in Havering. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
Streets
Kidman Close is Havering’s busiest street, with 50 sales in three years
663 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 232 of them ten or more. A busy street is often a new estate selling its first homes, or a long road of terraces and flats.
#
Street
Postcode area
Sales
Median
Homes
1
Kidman Close
RM2
50
£287,500
Mostly flats
2
Mawney Road
RM7
49
£460,000
Mixed
3
Havering Road
RM1
44
£455,000
Mixed
4
Maxwell Road
RM7
38
£300,000
Mostly flats
5
Elm Park Avenue
RM12
35
£400,000
Mostly terraced houses
6
St Mary's Lane
RM14
32
£375,000
Mixed
7
South Street (RM1)
RM1
32
£278,000
Mostly flats
8
Main Road (RM2)
RM2
31
£676,000
Mixed
9
Stafford Avenue
RM11
30
£306,500
Mostly flats
10
Corbets Tey Road
RM14
27
£800,000
Mixed
11
Pettits Lane
RM1
27
£630,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
12
Fentiman Way
RM11
27
£150,000
Mostly flats
13
Osborne Road
RM11
26
£600,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
14
Chase Cross Road
RM5
26
£422,499
Mixed
15
Victoria Road
RM1
26
£225,000
Mostly flats
Dearest streets
Ernest Road: £1,700,000
Havering median£445K
Ernest Road£1.7M
Nelmes Way£1.5M
Harrow Drive£1.2M
Hall Lane£1.2M
Herbert Road£1.2M
Cheapest streets
Firwood Lane: £102,000
Havering median£445K
Firwood Lane£102K
Admiral Lodge£105K
Regarth Avenue£115K
Broadis Way£117K
Holmeoak Avenue£127K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 16.7 times the cheapest’s. Street medians mix types: a street of detached houses beats one of flats.
Standard sales with a street name, grouped by street and postcode district (Sep 2023 to Aug 2026); a name used in two districts shows the district. Medians only: we don’t list individual sales.
Across London
Havering is the 30th most expensive of 33 towns in London
Havering is one of London’s cheapest towns to buy in; the typical UK town’s median is £277,000.
Median: standard sales over three years (10+ needed). Since 2016: the median over three years against 2016’s. Miles: centre to centre.
Questions about property prices in Havering
What is the average house price in Havering?
The median home in Havering sold for £445,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 8,643 standard sales (£455,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £677,750, semi-detached houses £500,000, terraced houses £430,000 and flats and maisonettes £265,000.
Are house prices going up in Havering?
The median was £450,994 in 2025, up 4% on 2024 (£435,000), and £455,000 in the last 12 months. A town’s median moves with the mix of homes sold each year as well as with prices.
How many homes sell in Havering each year?
2,421 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 3,476 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Havering?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Ernest Road (RM11, £1,700,000), Nelmes Way (RM11, £1,475,000) and Harrow Drive (RM11, £1,246,000).
How much does a new build cost in Havering?
New homes sold for a median £382,000 over three years, against £445,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 1.5% of sales.
Is Havering expensive for London?
Havering is the 30th most expensive of 33 towns of 2,500 or more in London by median sale price.
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid, every standard sale since January 1995 (yearly files of 28 September 2026), inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary by postcode (ONS Postcode Directory) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.