IG1 — Ilford
Ilford's IG1 postcode sits in Redbridge. The board behind it is assembled from 22,070 sales over 32 years of actual sales in 8 areas.
Across the recorded period the typical IG1 sale went from £55,000 in 1995 to £430,000 in 2026 — 7.8× growth. If you could time-travel once, aim for just before 2020 — prices moved +34.5% that year. The one to avoid was 2019: the median moved -27.6%, the roughest year in the local record.
Median sold price in IG1
| Year | Median sold price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | £55,000 | 917 |
| 2000 | £98,500 | 1,003 |
| 2005 | £200,000 | 948 |
| 2010 | £214,000 | 559 |
| 2015 | £270,500 | 582 |
| 2020 | £370,000 | 326 |
| 2025 | £442,500 | 383 |
| 2026 | £430,000 | 81 |
The areas on the board
8 areas make up the board, weighted by sales activity:
- Ilford (IG1 2) (33% of local sales) — busiest streets: Ilford Hill, Mortlake Road, Henley Road
- Ilford (IG1 3) (25% of local sales) — busiest streets: Wanstead Park Road, The Drive, Argyle Road
- Ilford (IG1 1) (22% of local sales) — busiest streets: High Road, Kingston Road, Green Lane
- Ilford (IG1 4) (20% of local sales) — busiest streets: Ley Street, Thorold Road, Balfour Road
- Boundaries Road (0% of local sales)
- Elmhurst Road (0% of local sales)
- Grange Road (0% of local sales)
- The Broadway (0% of local sales) — busiest streets: Ground Floor Flat
Reading about 2020 is easy; surviving 2019 is the game. Play the IG1 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.