Average Rent, House Prices and Buy-to-Let Yield in Barking and Dagenham (July 2026)
The average private rent in Barking and Dagenham is £1,696 a month (ONS, July 2026) and the average house price £371,030 (HM Land Registry, June 2026): a gross yield of 5.5%, ranked 35 of 316 local authorities.
Rent in Barking and Dagenham
The average private rent across all property types is £1,696 a month (+2.8% on a year earlier). The regional median in London is £1,962.
| Property | Per month | Per year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 bedroom | £1,376 | £16,512 a year |
| 2 bedrooms | £1,718 | £20,616 a year |
| 3 bedrooms | £1,896 | £22,752 a year |
| 4+ bedrooms | £2,516 | £30,192 a year |
The bedroom ladder in Barking and Dagenham: one to two bedrooms adds 24.9% to the rent, two to three adds 10.4% and three to four-plus adds 32.7% (England-and-Wales medians 27.3%, 20.9% and 40.9%). The biggest step here is three to four or more bedrooms — the size where an extra room earns most, and the first place to look when comparing a conversion against its cost.
House prices in Barking and Dagenham
The average price paid is £371,030 (+4.3% on a year earlier).
| Type | Average price |
|---|---|
| Detached | £655,264 |
| Semi-detached | £487,957 |
| Terraced | £404,009 |
| Flat | £249,680 |
Prices are outrunning rents in Barking and Dagenham. Prices moved +4.3% over the year against +2.8% for rents — a gap of 1.5 points that compresses the yield for anyone buying now, while an owner already holding takes the capital growth. Barking and Dagenham ranks 220th of 316 local authorities for rent growth and 106th of 316 for price growth; the England-and-Wales medians are +3.8% and +2.8%.
Gross yield by property type in Barking and Dagenham
| Type | Rent / month | Average price | Gross yield | E&W median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat | £1,718 | £249,680 | 8.3% | 7.5% |
| Terraced house | £1,896 | £404,009 | 5.6% | 5.7% |
| Semi-detached | £1,896 | £487,957 | 4.7% | 4.6% |
| Detached | £2,516 | £655,264 | 4.6% | 4.1% |
On these pairings the strongest gross yield in Barking and Dagenham is on flats at 8.3%, against an England-and-Wales median of 7.5% for that type; the weakest is detached. Gross figures ignore service charges, which usually make flats the thinnest net yield of the four.
What that means for a landlord
- Gross yield 5.5% (rent × 12 ÷ price) — rank 35 of 316 local authorities; the regional median is 4.5%. Net yield is lower once mortgage interest, insurance, maintenance and voids come off.
- Tenant affordability: referencing at 30× means a household income of about £50,880 a year for the average rent.
- EPC before 2030: 42% of EPCs lodged in Barking and Dagenham over the last year were below band C — the level a rented home needs by 1 October 2030 — with 39% at D (EPC ratings in Barking and Dagenham).
- Council tax: Band D in Barking and Dagenham is £2,199 for 2026/27 (council tax in Barking and Dagenham).
Lender maths on the averages. At a 5.5% stress rate and 145% rent cover — the common buy-to-let convention — the average rent of £1,696 supports a loan of about £255,197, which is 68.8% of the average price. That falls short of 75% loan-to-value, so a buyer of an average home here needs a larger deposit or a stronger rent to pass the stress test. Both numbers are conventions rather than rules — change them in the stress test.
Run the numbers for Barking and Dagenham
- Yield calculator with £371,030 and £1,696 already filled in
- Mortgage stress test at 75% LTV on the average price
- Rent affordability: the income a tenant needs to reference at £1,696 a month
- Rental income tax on £20,352 a year of rent
Nearest neighbours by yield, in London
| Area | Rent | Price | Yield | Rent 12m |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tower Hamlets | £2,439 | £456,898 | 6.4% | +3% |
| Newham | £1,927 | £403,032 | 5.7% | +2.8% |
| Lambeth | £2,519 | £548,034 | 5.5% | +4.2% |
| Hackney | £2,644 | £605,442 | 5.2% | +3.2% |
| Greenwich | £1,980 | £465,132 | 5.1% | +5.6% |
| Islington | £2,854 | £673,384 | 5.1% | +5.9% |
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Rents: ONS, Price Index of Private Rents (average monthly private rent by local authority, July 2026). Prices: HM Land Registry UK House Price Index (average price, June 2026). Gross yield = rent × 12 ÷ price, our calculation. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0; contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Rankings and medians are ours, across 316 local authorities.
Asked about this area
£1,696 a month across all property types (ONS Price Index of Private Rents, July 2026), up 2.8% on a year earlier.
£371,030 (HM Land Registry UK House Price Index, June 2026).
About 5.5% gross on the averages — £1,696 rent against a £371,030 price — ranking 35 of 316 local authorities. Net yield depends on your mortgage and costs.
Flats on our pairing: 8.3% gross (£1,718 rent on a £249,680 price), against an England-and-Wales median of 7.5% for that type.
Rents +2.8% against prices +4.3% over the year — prices ahead, so yield is compressing.
Referencing at 30 times the monthly rent points to roughly £50,880 a year of household income for the average home; the affordability calculator shows 24× and 36× too.
Postcode districts in Barking and Dagenham
Council tax bands, sold prices and build periods for each district — all IG postcodes · all RM postcodes.