RM4 — Romford
Romford's RM4 postcode sits in Epping Forest. The board behind it is assembled from 2,041 sales over 32 years of actual sales in 7 areas.
Across the recorded period the typical RM4 sale went from £74,450 in 1995 to £675,000 in 2026 — 9.1× growth. If you could time-travel once, aim for just before 1996 — prices moved +92.2% that year. The one to avoid was 2022: the median moved -11.3%, the roughest year in the local record.
Median sold price in RM4
| Year | Median sold price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | £74,450 | 60 |
| 2000 | £171,500 | 69 |
| 2005 | £310,000 | 73 |
| 2010 | £335,000 | 45 |
| 2015 | £445,000 | 80 |
| 2020 | £536,000 | 48 |
| 2025 | £620,000 | 76 |
| 2026 | £675,000 | 9 |
The areas on the board
7 areas make up the board, weighted by sales activity:
- Abridge (51% of local sales) — busiest streets: London Road, Orchid Close, Pancroft
- Stapleford Abbotts (23% of local sales) — busiest streets: Oak Hill Road, Tysea Hill, Bournebridge Lane
- Havering-Atte-Bower (13% of local sales) — busiest streets: North Road, Orange Tree Hill, Broxhill Road
- Lambourne End (5% of local sales) — busiest streets: New Road, Manor Road, Lambourne Square
- Navestock (4% of local sales) — busiest streets: Curtis Mill Lane, Navestock Heath, Church Road
- Stapleford Tawney (3% of local sales) — busiest streets: Tawney Lane, London Road, Epping Lane
- Noak Hill (1% of local sales) — busiest streets: Paternoster Row, Benskins Lane, Church Road
Reading about 1996 is easy; surviving 2022 is the game. Play the RM4 board.
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Prices are medians of real Land Registry sales. Street lists show street names only — never individual addresses. New to the game? Start with how to play.