That is the middle of 4,955 standard sales recorded by HM Land Registry from September 2023 to August 2026, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. The typical home sells for 5.5 times as much as in 1995. Below: what each type of home sells for, the spread of prices, every year since 1995, new builds, the busiest streets and the neighbours. Rents and council tax are on Cost of living.
4,955 homes sold in three years: 932 detached houses, 1,954 semi-detached houses, 1,412 terraced houses and 657 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.9 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£380K
median sale · 932 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£320K–£475K
Last 12 months
£385K269 sold
New build
£433K
Semi-detached houses£260K
median sale · 1,954 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£228K–£297K
Last 12 months
£262K573 sold
New build
£318K
Terraced houses£208K
median sale · 1,412 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£178K–£240K
Last 12 months
£205K425 sold
New build
£304K
Flats and maisonettes£130K
median sale · 657 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£105K–£155K
Last 12 months
£125K183 sold
New build
£253K
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 39% of sales
Detached houses19%
Semi-detached houses39%
Terraced houses28%
Flats and maisonettes13%
Standard sales, Sep 2023 to Aug 2026. A median needs 5 sales of a type; “middle half” is the 25th to 75th percentile of 10 or more.
Price range
Half of Ipswich’s homes sold for between £190K and £307K
One sale in ten was under £140K and one in ten over £395K. 52% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £245,000, sits in the £200–250K band
4,955 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.5 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £44,500 in 1995 to £245,000 in the last 12 months (£205,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
1,450 sales in the last 12 months, against 3,838 in 2006, the busiest year, and 1,673 in 2023. Sales fell by 47% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 14%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 46% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Ipswich costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Ipswich, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Terraced houses rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£80K
£117K
£203K
£223K
£280K
£333K
£385K
Semi-detached houses
£46K
£70K
£135K
£141K
£175K
£225K
£262K
Terraced houses
£36K
£56K
£115K
£122K
£144K
£184K
£205K
Flats and maisonettes
£30K
£49K
£120K
£90K
£107K
£128K
£125K
Calendar years; a year’s median needs 5 sales of the type, so gaps are years with fewer.
Prices are as paid, not adjusted for inflation. Standard (category A) sales only; Land Registry adds a sale when it is registered, so the newest months fill in later.
New builds
Hardly any new homes: 0.3% of sales in the last 12 months
7,829 new homes have been sold in Ipswich since 1995; the share peaked at 22% in 2009.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
A new home sold for a median £338,922
against £242,500 for a home sold on, 40% more, over three years. New homes are often a different mix from the homes sold on, so part of the gap is size and type.
14% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 0.7% sold leasehold in Ipswich. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
Streets
Bramford Road is Ipswich’s busiest street, with 52 sales in three years
363 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 104 of them ten or more. A busy street is often a new estate selling its first homes, or a long road of terraces and flats.
#
Street
Postcode area
Sales
Median
Homes
1
Bramford Road
IP1
52
£178,750
Mixed
2
Woodbridge Road
IP4
41
£212,500
Mixed
3
Norwich Road
IP1
39
£239,000
Mixed
4
Spring Road
IP4
38
£187,250
Mixed
5
Bramford Lane
IP1
36
£190,000
Mixed
6
Hawthorn Drive
IP2
35
£230,000
Mixed
7
Henley Road
IP1
33
£345,000
Mixed
8
Foxhall Road (IP3)
IP3
32
£232,500
Mixed
9
Felixstowe Road (IP3)
IP3
30
£252,000
Mixed
10
Wherstead Road
IP2
27
£206,000
Mixed
11
Brunswick Road
IP4
26
£302,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
12
Nacton Road
IP3
26
£247,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
13
Cauldwell Hall Road
IP4
26
£203,500
Mixed
14
Dover Road
IP3
25
£237,500
Mixed
15
Cliff Lane
IP3
25
£110,000
Mostly flats
Dearest streets
Warrington Road: £873,750
Ipswich median£245K
Warrington Road£874K
The Avenue£725K
Westerfield Road£670K
Bucklesham Road (IP3)£640K
Borrowdale Avenue£630K
Cheapest streets
Christchurch Court: £70,000
Ipswich median£245K
Christchurch Court£70K
St Johns Court£75K
Oakstead Close£75K
Rapier Street£90K
Handford Road£90K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 12.5 times the cheapest’s. Street medians mix types: a street of detached houses beats one of flats.
Standard sales with a street name, grouped by street and postcode district (Sep 2023 to Aug 2026); a name used in two districts shows the district. Medians only: we don’t list individual sales.
Across Suffolk
Ipswich is the 29th most expensive of 35 towns in Suffolk
Ipswich is one of Suffolk’s cheapest towns to buy in; the typical UK town’s median is £277,000.
Median: standard sales over three years (10+ needed). Since 2016: the median over three years against 2016’s. Miles: centre to centre.
Questions about property prices in Ipswich
What is the average house price in Ipswich?
The median home in Ipswich sold for £245,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 4,955 standard sales (£245,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £380,000, semi-detached houses £260,000, terraced houses £207,500 and flats and maisonettes £130,000.
Are house prices going up in Ipswich?
The median was £240,000 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£245,000), and £245,000 in the last 12 months. A town’s median moves with the mix of homes sold each year as well as with prices.
How many homes sell in Ipswich each year?
1,450 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 2,122 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Ipswich?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Warrington Road (IP1, £873,750), The Avenue (IP1, £725,000) and Westerfield Road (IP4, £670,000).
How much does a new build cost in Ipswich?
New homes sold for a median £338,922 over three years, against £242,500 for homes sold on. New builds were 2.2% of sales.
Is Ipswich expensive for Suffolk?
Ipswich is the 28th most expensive of 35 towns of 2,500 or more in Suffolk by median sale price.
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid, every standard sale since January 1995 (yearly files of 28 September 2026), inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary by postcode (ONS Postcode Directory) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.