Standing view · housing · Havering
deteriorating, held with established confidence, formed on 31 August 2026 from movements in 2026-07.
Households in bed and breakfast accommodation in Havering rose to 88 in the first quarter of 2026. Homes sold fell from 209 in March 2026 to 169 in April. The average house price was £456,759 in June, and rents were broadly flat: a two-bedroom home cost £1,541 a month in May and £1,539 in June, a three-bedroom home £1,845 in March and a home with four or more bedrooms £2,501 in April. More households in emergency accommodation alongside falling sales is the unfavourable part of this picture.
A view is formed only where the evidence names a figure you can check. Each movement listed as a reason had to be large enough to matter and distinctive in at least one way — unusual against this area's own history, unusual against comparable areas, or sustained over several periods. A movement shared with peers counts for less, because it says something about the country rather than about Havering. Where no figure supports a direction we hold no view rather than a hedged one.
| Measure | Period | Direction |
|---|---|---|
| Households in bed and breakfast | 2026-Q1 | deteriorating |
These figures carry no defensible direction of their own: a rising house price is good news to an owner and bad news to someone trying to buy, so we do not score one as an improvement. They are shown because they are part of the picture, and they did not decide the view above.
| Measure | Period | Series |
|---|---|---|
| Homes sold | 2026-03 | falling |
| Average private rent, three bedrooms | 2026-03 | — |
| Homes sold | 2026-04 | falling |
| Average private rent, four or more bedrooms | 2026-04 | — |
| Average private rent, two bedrooms | 2026-05 | — |
| Average house price | 2026-06 | — |
| Average private rent, two bedrooms | 2026-06 | — |