HouseMarketBook

IG7, Chigwell and Hainault, Epping Forest

Postcode district in Epping Forest · 527 sales in the last 24 months, 397 with a floor area counted

Median price per square metre, last 24 months£5,530397 sales · £513 per sq ft · down 1.6% on a year ago

Prices per square metre in IG7 are down 1.6% on a year ago, at a median of £5,530 (£513 per sq ft).

Half of the 397 counted sales were between £4,950 and £6,240 per square metre, and the median price paid was £495,000. HM Land Registry records 10,339 sales in this postcode district since 1995.

Median price, 24 months£495,000
£ per m², middle half£4,950 to £6,240
Sales, 24 months527397 with a floor area counted
Typical floor area93 m²

By property type

TypeSales£ / m²Middle halfMedian price
Detached87£6,310£5,380–7,470£1,160,000
Flat or maisonette97£5,350£4,840–5,780£304,500
Semi-detached106£5,550£4,960–6,180£625,000
Terraced107£5,380£4,850–5,900£431,000
Counted sales over the last 24 months. A type needs 12 sales for a median; each type's median is what the fair-value check compares against in a sector.

The trend

Median £ per m² in IG7 by quarter, down 1.6% on a year ago
5,1605,4205,680£5,6202024 Q42026 Q3
Median £ per m² by year since 1995
8403,2055,570£5,34019952026
Each point is the median of the counted sales in that period. Older sales use the floor area on the latest certificate.

Busiest streets in IG7

By sales in the last 24 months
A street needs 12 counted sales for a median of its own; a dash means it has fewer.

Year by year

Counted sales
YearSalesMedian priceMedian £ / m²
2026109£495,000£5,340
2025237£487,500£5,540
2024216£458,800£5,480
2023173£450,000£5,570
2022224£505,000£5,490
2021355£450,000£5,140
2020249£500,000£4,930
2019291£400,000£4,850
2018335£485,000£5,000
2017287£435,000£5,050
2016266£393,500£4,400
2015292£327,500£3,960
The last 12 years; the chart above runs from 1995.

Sales to September 2026 · HM Land Registry price paid data · MHCLG energy certificates · ONS postcode directory · medians of counted sales over 24 months · typical floor area 93 m² · change on a year ago −1.6% · An index-based comparison of sold prices, not a valuation.