IP4 — Ipswich
Ipswich's IP4 postcode sits in Ipswich. The board behind it is assembled from 23,580 sales over 32 years of actual sales in 8 areas.
Across the recorded period the typical IP4 sale went from £47,500 in 1995 to £245,000 in 2026 — 5.2× growth. If you could time-travel once, aim for just before 2003 — prices moved +26.8% that year. The one to avoid was 2009: the median moved -9.1%, the roughest year in the local record.
Median sold price in IP4
| Year | Median sold price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | £47,500 | 773 |
| 2000 | £70,000 | 922 |
| 2005 | £138,500 | 835 |
| 2010 | £156,000 | 600 |
| 2015 | £175,500 | 789 |
| 2020 | £220,000 | 561 |
| 2025 | £247,000 | 581 |
| 2026 | £245,000 | 112 |
The areas on the board
8 areas make up the board, weighted by sales activity:
- Ipswich (IP4 2) (24% of local sales) — busiest streets: Woodbridge Road, Cemetery Road, Hervey Street
- Ipswich (IP4 5) (23% of local sales) — busiest streets: Spring Road, Cauldwell Hall Road, Britannia Road
- Ipswich (IP4 4) (22% of local sales) — busiest streets: Woodbridge Road, Brunswick Road, Colchester Road
- Ipswich (IP4 1) (14% of local sales) — busiest streets: The Mill, Finbars Walk, Rosebery Road
- Ipswich (IP4 3) (8% of local sales) — busiest streets: Humber Doucy Lane, Renfrew Road, Sidegate Lane
- Rushmere St Andrew (8% of local sales) — busiest streets: Audley Grove, Kelvedon Drive, Broadlands Way
- Thurleston Lane (0% of local sales)
- Donnefield Avenue (0% of local sales)
Reading about 2003 is easy; surviving 2009 is the game. Play the IP4 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.