IG7 — Chigwell
Chigwell's IG7 postcode sits in Epping Forest. The board behind it is assembled from 10,084 sales over 32 years of actual sales in 5 areas.
Across the recorded period the typical IG7 sale went from £87,375 in 1995 to £475,000 in 2026 — 5.4× growth. If you could time-travel once, aim for just before 2003 — prices moved +31.7% that year. The one to avoid was 1996: the median moved -14.8%, the roughest year in the local record.
Median sold price in IG7
| Year | Median sold price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | £87,375 | 250 |
| 2000 | £126,000 | 377 |
| 2005 | £203,500 | 339 |
| 2010 | £285,000 | 194 |
| 2015 | £327,500 | 344 |
| 2020 | £500,000 | 303 |
| 2025 | £478,750 | 262 |
| 2026 | £475,000 | 48 |
The areas on the board
5 areas make up the board, weighted by sales activity:
- Chigwell (IG7 5) (38% of local sales) — busiest streets: Limes Avenue, Manor Road, Trotwood
- Chigwell (IG7 4) (37% of local sales) — busiest streets: Manford Way, Brocket Way, Long Green
- Chigwell (IG7 6) (24% of local sales) — busiest streets: High Road, Lambourne Road, The Bowls
- Hainault (1% of local sales) — busiest streets: Burrow Road, Churchall Terrace
- Overbury Road (0% of local sales)
Reading about 2003 is easy; surviving 1996 is the game. Play the IG7 board.
Local business? Put your name on the IG7 board — one sponsor per postcode.
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.