High Road, Romford house prices are built from 655 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1995 and the most recent on 19 Mar 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £163,500. Across the 10 years from 2015 to 2025 the median moved +13.8% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -17.5%.
Median price paid
£163,500
Change in cash, 2015–2025
+13.8%
Change in real terms
-17.5%
Median per m²
£2,245
HM Land Registry655 sales153 with floor areaLatest sale 19 Mar 2026
Section 01
How High Road, Romford prices moved
The chart tracks the median High Road, Romford house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1995 to 2025. The dashed line restates each year in 2026 money, so the two lines separate exactly as much as inflation has eroded the cash figure.
| Decade | Years with sales | Median paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5 | £38,500 | £85,488 |
| 2000s | 10 | £146,998 | £267,786 |
| 2010s | 10 | £187,200 | £263,952 |
| 2020s | 5 | £246,500 | £251,859 |
The highest yearly median on record for High Road, Romford is £294,000 in 2022; the lowest is £31,500 in 1995. Across the full 31-year record the cash median has moved from £31,500 to £235,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £69,945, so the real change over the whole record is +243.3% — about +4.20% a year after inflation. Cash growth and real growth are not the same story, and the gap is the part most price reports leave out.
Over the last decade alone the difference is stark: +13.8% in cash against -17.5% once inflation is removed. A buyer who sold at the end of that decade would have needed the real figure, not the headline one, to know whether they had actually gained.
Section 02
The most recent sales
Every row is a completed sale as lodged with HM Land Registry. The right-hand column restates the price in 2026 money, which is the only fair way to compare a sale from the 1990s with one from last year.
| Address | Sold | Type | Price paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 334 | 19 Mar 2026 | Semi-detached | £450,000 | £450,000 |
| 238a | 12 Feb 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £120,000 | £120,000 |
| 1119 | 29 Jul 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £207,000 | £211,500 |
| 972 | 12 Jun 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £300,000 | £306,522 |
| 333 | 6 Jun 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £235,000 | £240,109 |
| 973 | 9 May 2025 | Terraced | £350,000 | £357,609 |
| 910 | 5 Mar 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £210,000 | £214,565 |
| 908 | 11 Sep 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £197,500 | £207,817 |
| 331 | 21 Aug 2024 | Terraced | £263,000 | £276,739 |
| 1026 | 29 Jul 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £288,000 | £303,045 |
| 342 | 14 Jun 2024 | Semi-detached | £385,000 | £405,112 |
| 988 | 7 Jun 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £280,000 | £294,627 |
| 10b the Pinnacle, 156 – 162 | 20 May 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £230,000 | £242,015 |
| Flat 3 Ashton Court, 201 | 19 Jan 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £95,000 | £99,963 |
| Flat 18 Ashton Court, 201 | 5 Jan 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £97,500 | £102,593 |
| 325 | 20 Oct 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £285,000 | £307,931 |
| 976 | 7 Jul 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £210,000 | £226,897 |
| Flat 56 Elgin House, 235 | 5 May 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £255,000 | £275,517 |
| Flat 10 Azure Court, 1149a | 28 Feb 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £250,000 | £270,115 |
| Flat 56 New Enterprise House, 149 – 151 | 19 Dec 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £329,000 | £381,175 |
| Flat 34 Ashton Court, 201 | 16 Dec 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £80,000 | £92,687 |
| Flat 44 Elgin House, 235 | 20 Oct 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £235,000 | £272,268 |
| Flat 10 New Enterprise House, 149 – 151 | 12 Oct 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £300,000 | £347,576 |
| 320 | 6 Oct 2022 | Terraced | £592,000 | £685,883 |
| Flat 17 Ashton Court, 201 | 26 Sep 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £89,995 | £104,267 |
Section 03
Homes that sold twice
These addresses appear in the register more than once, so the same bricks are being priced twice. That makes them the strongest evidence of what actually happened to High Road, Romford values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 334 High Road | £240,000 (2004) | £450,000 (2026) | +2.9% | +0.0% |
| 238A High Road | £30,000 (1995) | £120,000 (2026) | +4.6% | +1.9% |
| 972 High Road | £133,000 (2003) | £300,000 (2025) | +3.8% | +0.9% |
| 333 High Road | £57,000 (1999) | £235,000 (2025) | +5.6% | +2.8% |
| 973 High Road | £46,000 (1998) | £350,000 (2025) | +7.8% | +5.0% |
| 910 High Road | £43,000 (1998) | £210,000 (2025) | +6.0% | +3.3% |
| 908 High Road | £68,287 (2001) | £197,500 (2024) | +4.7% | +1.9% |
| 331 High Road | £62,950 (1999) | £263,000 (2024) | +5.9% | +3.1% |
| 1026 High Road | £88,000 (2012) | £288,000 (2024) | +10.4% | +7.2% |
| 988 High Road | £76,995 (2001) | £280,000 (2024) | +5.8% | +2.9% |
| FLAT 3 ASHTON COURT, 201 High Road | £87,500 (2002) | £95,000 (2024) | +0.4% | -2.4% |
| FLAT 18 ASHTON COURT, 201 High Road | £106,000 (2004) | £97,500 (2024) | -0.4% | -3.2% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. High Road, Romford is dominated by the type at the top of this table, so its overall median leans that way.
| Property type | Sales | Share | Median paid | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat or maisonette | 515 | 78.6% | £157,500 | £15,120 – £365,000 |
| Terraced | 115 | 17.6% | £179,995 | £22,000 – £592,000 |
| Semi-detached | 20 | 3.1% | £235,000 | £70,000 – £450,000 |
| Detached | 5 | 0.8% | £225,000 | £70,000 – £410,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in High Road, Romford
530 of the sales on record are leasehold and 125 freehold — 80.9% of the market. Tenure is not a detail: a leasehold flat and a freehold house are different assets, and mixing them into one median hides the difference.
The median leasehold sale is £157,500 and the median freehold sale £197,000 — a gap of +25.1%. Most of that gap is property type rather than tenure itself: leasehold here is largely flats, freehold largely houses.
| Category | Sales | Share | Median paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leasehold | 530 | 80.9% | £157,500 |
| Freehold | 125 | 19.1% | £197,000 |
| New build | 162 | 24.7% | £196,750 |
| Existing home | 493 | 75.3% | £125,000 |
New builds sold for more than the median existing home — +57.4%. A new-build premium is normal: the buyer gets a warranty and nothing to fix, and the price is set by a developer rather than negotiated between two households.
A further 134 transfers for this area are on the register but are left out of every figure above. HM Land Registry marks them as additional price paid entries: repossessions, buy-to-let portfolio moves, transfers between companies or family, and sales at a discount such as right to buy. They are real records but they are not open-market prices, and including them would drag the median somewhere no buyer ever paid.
Section 09
How High Road, Romford compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. High Road, Romford sits above that national figure — +3.8%.
Within Romford the street ranks 959 of 1235 by median price, and its median is below the town figure of £200,000 (-18.3%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £2,245 per square metre, across 153 of the 655 sales on record. Price per square metre is the only figure that compares a two-bed flat with a four-bed house honestly.
The full range on record runs from £15,120 to £592,000. Extremes usually mean something unusual — a plot sold without a house on it, a transfer between family members, or a very large property — so the median is the number to trust.
Section 10
Nearby on the record
Streets nearby
- Chadwell Heath Lane£155,500 median
- Burns Avenue£83,995 median
- Millhaven Close£98,000 median
- Grove Road£127,500 median
- Glandford Way£190,000 median
- Heathfield Park Drive£123,750 median
- Havering Gardens£250,000 median
- Brian Road£220,000 median
- Overton Drive£120,000 median
- Somerville Road£220,000 median
- Padnall Road£143,000 median
- Heath Road£176,500 median
- Grantham Gardens£110,000 median
- Kenneth Road£200,000 median
- Primrose Avenue£249,995 median
- Eccleston Crescent£240,000 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- FLAT 7, 920 High Road6 sales
- 982 High Road5 sales
- FIRST FLOOR FLAT, 304 High Road5 sales
- 988 High Road4 sales
- FLAT 38, ASHTON COURT, 201 High Road4 sales
- 1C, the PINNACLE, 156 – 162 High Road4 sales
- 313A High Road4 sales
- 983 High Road4 sales
- 1000 High Road4 sales
- 339 High Road4 sales
- 14 High Road4 sales
- 1012 High Road4 sales
- FLAT 16, ASHTON COURT, 201 High Road4 sales
- 1A, the PINNACLE, 156 – 162 High Road4 sales
- 200A High Road4 sales
- 196A High Road4 sales
- 980 High Road4 sales
- 238A High Road3 sales
- 973 High Road3 sales
- 910 High Road3 sales
- 908 High Road3 sales
- 331 High Road3 sales
- FLAT 3, ASHTON COURT, 201 High Road3 sales
- 325 High Road3 sales
Back to Romford house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in High Road, Romford?
The median price paid in High Road, Romford across every sale on the register is £163,500. The median is used rather than the mean because a handful of very large sales would otherwise drag the average away from what a typical buyer paid.
How many homes have sold in High Road, Romford?
655 sales are on record for High Road, Romford, the most recent completing on 19 Mar 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have High Road, Romford house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +13.8% between 2015 and 2025. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -17.5%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were High Road, Romford house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £294,000, set in 2022. That is the cash figure; measured in 2026 money the peak may fall in a different year, because inflation reshapes the series.
What is the price per square metre in High Road, Romford?
£2,245 per square metre, from the 153 sales where an EPC floor area could be matched to the address. Price per square metre strips out size, so a flat and a house can be compared on the same basis.
How current is this data?
The latest sale shown here completed on 19 Mar 2026. HM Land Registry publishes Price Paid Data monthly and a sale can take a month or two to appear after completion, so the most recent weeks are always incomplete.
Cite this page: Sold Price History, “High Road, Romford house prices”, 2026. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data © Crown copyright and database right, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Inflation adjustment: ONS CPIH.