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UK Property Check · Printed on 8 November 2026ukpropertycheck.co.uk/postcode/ig

House prices in the IG postcode area, Ilford

Homes in the IG postcode area sold for a median of £495,000 between September 2024 and August 2026, from 4,906 standard sales.

That is 6% below the £525,000 median for London, where most of the area lies.

Median sale price£495,0004,906 standard sales
Middle half of prices£360,000 to £641,000
Change since 2016+30%Median, 2016 to 2025, before inflation

Prices by property type

Standard sales in the IG area, September 2024 to August 2026
TypeSalesMedian priceMiddle halfPer m²
Detached395£982,500£755,000 to £1,360,000Too few
Semi-detached1,015£630,000£525,000 to £780,000£5,396/m²from 39 sales
Terraced2,018£525,000£447,000 to £610,000£5,252/m²from 74 sales
Flats and maisonettes1,478£305,000£245,000 to £370,000£5,381/m²from 52 sales

Terraced houses were the most common type sold in the IG area, at 41% of sales, ahead of flats and maisonettes at 30%.

269 sales in the IG area, or 5%, were for £1 million or more, against 3% across England and Wales.

Measured by floor area, homes in the IG area sold for a median of £5,410 per m², 15% below the £6,381 across London as a whole.

Districts ranked by median price

The dearest district was IG9 (Buckhurst Hill), at £622,500, and the cheapest was IG11 (Barking), at £355,000.

The next dearest were IG8 (Woodford Green) and IG5 (mostly Fullwell ward), and the next cheapest IG1 (Ilford) and IG3 (Ilford).

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Each dot is a postcode district in the IG area, placed at the centre of its postcodes and shaded by the median price of its standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026. The ranked list below gives the same figures.

Post towns in the IG area, by number of sales: Ilford (IG1, IG2, IG3, IG4, IG5, IG6), Loughton (IG10), Woodford Green (IG8), Barking (IG11), Chigwell (IG7), Buckhurst Hill (IG9).

Districts with at least 100 standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026
  1. IG9Buckhurst Hill, 344 sales£622,500−1%
  2. IG8Woodford Green, 740 sales£606,500+5%
  3. IG5Ilford, 198 sales£597,500+14%
  4. IG2Ilford, 252 sales£520,000−3%
  5. IG10Loughton, 866 sales£509,000+6%
  6. IG6Ilford, 484 sales£495,000−1%
  7. IG7Chigwell, 415 sales£490,000+9%
  8. IG3Ilford, 385 sales£485,000+5%
  9. IG1Ilford, 441 sales£450,000+10%
  10. IG11Barking, 690 sales£355,000+8%

Fewer than 100 sales, not ranked: IG4 £590k (91 sales).

1-year change: 2025 against 2024, where both years had 100 or more standard sales. It moves with which homes sold, so treat it as a guide, not a price index.

From 2024 to 2025, the median rose most in IG5 (mostly Fullwell ward), up 14%, and fell most in IG2 (Ilford), down 3%.

Streets with the most standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026:

Of the streets with at least 10 sales, the dearest by median price were Abbotsford Gardens, Woodford Green (IG8, £854,000), High Road, Chigwell (IG7, £795,000) and Princes Road, Buckhurst Hill (IG9, £768,500).

The cheapest were Limewood Court, Ilford (IG4, flats, £110,000), Ilford Hill, Ilford (IG1, flats, £127,500) and Albert Road, Buckhurst Hill (IG9, flats, £206,500).

Neighbouring postcode areas include E (East London) and RM (Romford).

Prices over time

  1. 2016
  2. 2017
  3. 2018
  4. 2019
  5. 2020
  6. 2021
  7. 2022
  8. 2023
  9. 2024
  10. 2025
  11. 2026
Yearly median of standard sales, not adjusted for inflation. 2026 covers January to August only, and the ringed bar, 2025, is the latest full year.

The median rose 30%, from £385,000 in 2016 to £500,000 in 2025, less than the 35% rise across England and Wales.

Council areas in the IG postcode area

Within IG, the median ran from £360,000 in Barking and Dagenham to £546,500 in Epping Forest, counting council areas with at least 100 sales in the area (how postcode areas and council areas overlap).

Standard sales in the IG area by council area, placed by postcode, September 2024 to August 2026
Council areaSales in IGMedian in IGWhole council area
Redbridge2,685£510,000£507,000
Epping Forest1,443£546,500£515,000
Barking and Dagenham680£360,000£380,000
Waltham Forest98£597,500£538,500

About these figures

The IG figures come from 4,906 standard sales in 11 postcode districts across 4 council areas (how sales are placed). The busiest district was IG10 (Loughton), with 866 sales.

Updated 15 October 2026 with sales recorded to August 2026. Next update due in late November 2026.

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