Newham house prices dropped more than London average in March

House prices dropped by 2.9% – more than the average for London – in Newham in March, new figures show.

But the drop does not reverse the longer-term trend, which has seen property prices in the area grow by 1.8% over the last year.

The average Newham house price in March was £406,295, Land Registry figures show – a 2.9% decrease on February.

Over the month, the picture was different to that across London, where prices decreased 1.7%, and Newham was lower than the 1.2% drop for the UK as a whole.

Over the last year, the average sale price of property in Newham rose by £7,100 – putting the area 25th among London’s 33 local authorities with price data for annual growth.

The highest annual growth in the region was in Tower Hamlets, where property prices increased on average by 11%, to £510,000. At the other end of the scale, properties in Westminster lost 17.4% of their value, giving an average price of £876,000.

First steps on the property ladder

First-time buyers in Newham spent an average of £396,100 on their property – £7,400 more than a year ago, and £51,000 more than in March 2018.

By comparison, former owner-occupiers paid £417,000 on average in March – 5.3% more than first-time buyers.

Property types

Owners of terraced houses saw the biggest fall in property prices Newham in March – they dropped 3.5% in price, to £443,946 on average. But over the last year, prices rose by 0.5%.

Among other types of property:

• Detached: down 2.8% monthly; down 0.1% annually; £732,392 average
• Semi-detached: down 3% monthly; up 0.5% annually; £588,318 average
• Flats: down 2.2% monthly; up 3.2% annually; £379,901 average

How do property prices in Newham compare?

Buyers paid 22.4% less than the average price in London (£523,000) in March for a property in Newham. Across London, property prices are low compared to those across the UK, where the average cost £285,000.

The most expensive properties in London were in Kensington and Chelsea – £1.3 million on average, and 3.2 times as much as more than in Newham. Kensington and Chelsea properties cost 3.8 times as much as homes in Barking and Dagenham (£347,000 average), at the other end of the scale.

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Factfile

Average property price in March

• Newham: £406,295
• London:£523,325
• UK: £285,009

Annual growth to March

• Newham: +1.8%
• London: +1.5%
• UK: +4.1%

Highest and lowest annual growth in London

• Tower Hamlets: +11%
• Westminster: -17.4%