Babergh
IP7 house prices in Babergh
Sold prices, council tax, schools, deprivation and planning for Babergh, from official UK data in one place.
Typical sold price
£321,000
Range £199,750–£663,792 · 250 real sales
- Real sales
- 250
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 31 Jul 2025 and 21 Aug 2026.
Summary
House prices in IP7: the typical (median) sold price is £321,000, above the UK average (£272,611) (UK House Price Index, July 2026). IP7 is an active market, with about 20 recorded sales a month. By property type, 42% were detached homes (typically £410,000) and 30% were semi-detached homes (typically £285,000).
Data from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, up to 28 August 2026.
Council tax on a Band D home there is £2,342 a year: Babergh's published charge for 2026-27.
Source: Council tax: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities, Babergh, 2026-27.
Our take · opinion, not advice
Our take on IP7: a steady market, so let the sold prices lead
At around 20 sales a month, IP7 ticks along steadily, so there is a fair body of evidence, but not enough of it for a trustworthy twelve-month trend.
When selling here, detached homes typically sold for £410,000 against £180,000 for flats, which explains a spread of £199,750 to £663,792, so lean on the nearest like-for-like sale rather than the middle figure; sales arrive at a steady pace, so there is no need to rush to a low price.
Sell houseFor buyers, typical prices in IP7 sit above the UK average, so a price above the norm for the area should be earned by the home itself, not assumed.
Worth checking before you commit: long-term flood risk, council tax (Band D is £2,342 a year) and planning applications nearby; your conveyancer should look at the title too.
The sold prices leave a lot open; the free IP7 OfferCheck closes some of the gap with flood, crime, planning and council tax.
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At a glance
IP7 in four numbers
The headline figures from the records below, each one real and dated.
Typical price
£321,000
HM Land Registry
Sales a month
19.7
Across 250 sales
Council tax, Band D
£2,342
A year
The data, honestly
House prices in IP7
These 250 sales are what every figure here rests on. The typical price is the middle sale.
By property type
Average house price in IP7 by property type
Detached homes have the highest typical price at £410,000, and flat / maisonette the lowest at £180,000.
See the figures
| Type | Sales | Typical | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 97 | £410,000 | £293,000–£718,000 |
| Semi-detached | 70 | £285,000 | £195,000–£463,500 |
| Terraced | 56 | £235,000 | £206,000–£382,550 |
| Flat / maisonette | 9 | £180,000 | £84,000–£278,240 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 31 Jul 2025 and 21 Aug 2026.
24-month trend
Typical price by quarter in IP7
The quarterly typical price fell 2.3%, from £327,500 in Q3 2025 (52 sales) to £320,000 in Q3 2026 (25 sales).
See the figures
| Quarter | Typical price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2025 | £327,500 | 52 |
| Q4 2025 | £314,000 | 69 |
| Q1 2026 | £287,000 | 64 |
| Q2 2026 | £325,000 | 40 |
| Q3 2026 | £320,000 | 25 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 31 Jul 2025 and 21 Aug 2026. Median of each quarter's recorded sales.
Range and mix
The spread of IP7 prices
How far prices run either side of the typical one, who owns what, and homes that have sold twice.
Price range
Where most IP7 homes sold
Eight in ten sales fell between £199,750 and £663,792, around a typical £321,000.
Lower and upper end are the 10th and 90th percentile of recorded sales.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 31 Jul 2025 and 21 Aug 2026.
Mix of homes
Who is selling in IP7
Detached homes were 42% of recorded sales (97 of 232). 95% of sales were freehold and 5% leasehold.
Property type
- Detached42%
- Semi-detached30%
- Terraced24%
- Flat / maisonette4%
Tenure
- Freehold95%
- Leasehold5%
See the figures
238 freehold (95%) and 12 leasehold (5%) across the 250 most recent recorded sales in IP7, including 9 new-build sales. Leasehold is normal for flats; check the remaining lease term before you offer.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 31 Jul 2025 and 21 Aug 2026.
Sold twice: what the same home resold for
The strongest price signal there is: the same door, sold twice. Change shown in £, %, and per year. A big % over two decades is smaller than it looks.
HARVEST COTTAGE, UPPER STREET, IPSWICH
£169,000 (2026)£203,000 (2026)+20.1% over 0.5 yrs (+41.7%/yr)
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Real transactions, never estimates. All sales.
On the map
Where IP7 sits in Babergh
The pins are the 5 most recent recorded sales: real prices on real streets, not a valuation.
Latest sales
The most recent sales in IP7
80, CLOPTON GARDENS, IPSWICH
Semi-detached · Freehold · 21 Aug 2026
£295,000
THE OLD MALTHOUSE, 24, NEW CUT, IPSWICH
Detached · Freehold · 17 Aug 2026
£700,000
12, CHURCH HILL, IPSWICH
Terraced · Freehold · 13 Aug 2026
£395,000
4, PRIORY MEADOWS, IPSWICH
Detached · Freehold · 11 Aug 2026
£699,950
KATES HILL COTTAGE, POND HALL ROAD, IPSWICH
Detached · Freehold · 7 Aug 2026
£735,000
Sources: HM Land Registry · postcodes.io / ONS · OpenStreetMap (© contributors). IP7 includes the Battisford & Ringshall ward.
In plain English
What the Babergh (IP7) numbers mean
- The headline number blends very different homes: detached homes sold for a typical £410,000 against £180,000 for flats: about 2.3 times as much. Use the figure for your type of home, not the mix.
- Prices here are widely spread: most sales fell between £199,750 and £663,792, so the median says little about any one home.
- Nearly all of these sales (95%) were freehold, which points to mostly houses.
- This is an active district: about 20 recorded sales a month.
Based on 250 recorded sales between 31 July 2025 and 21 August 2026. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, to 28 August 2026; page data refreshed 7 October 2026. Compared with the UK House Price Index. Written by Your Property Check (Check Labs Ltd, Birmingham) from this data. How we read the data · spotted a mistake? Tell us. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right. UK House Price Index licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Area data
What else the records hold on IP7
Council tax and schools, each from the body that publishes it, with the sample it rests on stated beside it.
Council tax
What council tax costs in IP7
£2,342
Band D a year in Babergh, 2026-27: the benchmark band every English authority is compared on.
All bands
| Band | 1991 value | A year |
|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,561 |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £1,821 |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,081 |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,342 |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £2,862 |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,382 |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £3,903 |
| H | over £320,000 | £4,683 |
These are Babergh's charges for 2026-27, the authority IP7 falls in, not an estimate for any individual home. A property's band is set by the Valuation Office Agency and we never guess it; look up a band on GOV.UK and read your row. Bands reflect what a home was worth on 1 April 1991, not today.
Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities · 8 of 8 bands published for Babergh · data to 2026-27 financial year
Schools
Schools near IP7
4
open schools within 3 km, nearest Whatfield Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School.
All schools
Whatfield Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · IP7 6QU
1.1 km
Good · 2023
Beaumont Community Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · IP7 6GD
2.0 km
Good · 2024
Kersey Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academies · IP7 6EG
2.1 km
Requires improvement · 2019
St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Hadleigh
Primary · Academies · IP7 5BH
2.9 km
Good · 2020
School data from the Department for Education “Get Information about Schools” (GIAS) and Ofsted inspection outcomes. Open Government Licence v3.0. The Ofsted grade shown is the last single overall grade on record (single grades were withdrawn in September 2024). Shows nearest schools by distance, not legal catchment areas. Distances are from the IP7 district centroid, not from any address.
Source: Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · 4 open schools within 3 km, 4 with a grade on record
Area context
Planning and deprivation near IP7
What is being built nearby and how the area ranks, as context for the neighbourhood and never a judgement on a home.
Planning applications
Planning activity around IP7
We hold no cached planning record for IP7: either nothing was found near the district centre when it was last checked, or this district has not been checked yet. Either way we do not fetch on this page, so you can run a live planning search for IP7.
Source: Local planning authority records via PlanIt
Deprivation (IMD)
Area profile for IP7
Decile 7 of 10
Median across 12 sampled postcodes; 1 is the most deprived 10% of England, 10 the least.
Read the detail
Across the 12 sampled IP7 postcodes, deprivation runs decile 4 to decile 10, with a median of decile 7 of 10: where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived.
IP7 6FN, the sampled postcode sitting at that median: On the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, this postcode falls in decile 7 of 10, where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived. It's area context for the wider neighbourhood, not a judgement on any individual home.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (English Indices of Deprivation 2025, MHCLG). Deprivation is published for small areas (LSOAs), not for postcode districts, so IP7 spans several. We sampled 12 postcodes in IP7: the ones with the most recent recorded sales, up to a limit of 12. That is a convenience sample, not a random one, so it leans toward streets where homes are changing hands. 12 returned a row. It is context for the neighbourhood, never a judgement on any individual home. How we choose the sample.
Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. English Indices of Deprivation 2025 · 12 postcodes sampled of 12 checked · data to 2025 indices
Cost to run
Two sources, one table
What it costs to run a home in IP7, band by band
Babergh's council tax for 2026-27 set against the IP7 median sold price of £321,000 across 250 recorded sales: the annual running cost beside the purchase price, which neither source shows on its own.
| Band | 1991 valueVOA basis | A yearBabergh | A month÷ 12 | Of the median÷ £321,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,561 | £130 | 0.49% |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £1,821 | £152 | 0.57% |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,081 | £173 | 0.65% |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,342 | £195 | 0.73% |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £2,862 | £239 | 0.89% |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,382 | £282 | 1.05% |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £3,903 | £325 | 1.22% |
| H | over £320,000 | £4,683 | £390 | 1.46% |
The last column is the band's annual charge divided by the IP7 median sold price. A comparison of two published figures, not a rate anyone charges. It is not a mapping from price to band: a band records what a home was worth on 1 April 1991 and is set by the Valuation Office Agency, so it cannot be worked out from a 2020s sale price. Look up a specific band on GOV.UK. Instalment counts vary by authority, so the monthly column is simply the year over twelve.
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Median across 250 recorded sales. · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities, Babergh, 2026-27.
Address by address
Address by address
What individual homes in IP7 sold for
The 24 most recently sold doors of the 246 distinct addresses in the records we hold for IP7. Real recorded transactions: never estimates.
80, CLOPTON GARDENS, IPSWICH
IP7 5JQ · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£295,000
2026-08-21
THE OLD MALTHOUSE, 24, NEW CUT, IPSWICH
IP7 5DA · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£700,000
2026-08-17
12, CHURCH HILL, IPSWICH
IP7 7JQ · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£395,000
2026-08-13
4, PRIORY MEADOWS, IPSWICH
IP7 5FP · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£699,950
2026-08-11
KATES HILL COTTAGE, POND HALL ROAD, IPSWICH
IP7 5PP · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£735,000
2026-08-07
17, STOCKTON CLOSE, IPSWICH
IP7 5SH · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£195,000
2026-08-07
HOLLYTREE COTTAGE, WATER RUN, IPSWICH
IP7 7LN · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£406,000
2026-08-05
16, HUDSON WAY, IPSWICH
IP7 6FN · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£320,000
2026-08-03
HARVEST COTTAGE, UPPER STREET, IPSWICH
IP7 5JZ · Semi-detached · Freehold · 2 recorded sales
£203,000
2026-07-31
15, VALE LANE, IPSWICH
IP7 6EH · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£276,000
2026-07-31
CANTIUM, CHURCH LANE, IPSWICH
IP7 6JD · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£200,000
2026-07-31
17, CHAPEL STREET, IPSWICH
IP7 7EP · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£342,000
2026-07-31
41, GEORGE STREET, IPSWICH
IP7 5BD · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£277,500
2026-07-28
9, EDWIN PANKS ROAD, IPSWICH
IP7 5JL · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£330,000
2026-07-28
4, TANNER WALK, IPSWICH
IP7 6FT · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£337,000
2026-07-27
4, BETTS CLOSE, IPSWICH
IP7 6DW · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£325,000
2026-07-24
7, RELEET CLOSE, IPSWICH
IP7 7FA · Semi-detached · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£210,000
2026-07-24
3, MILL LANE, IPSWICH
IP7 6LP · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£220,000
2026-07-23
44, STOCKTON CLOSE, IPSWICH
IP7 5SH · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£235,000
2026-07-21
1, THE SQUARE, IPSWICH
IP7 6AT · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£390,000
2026-07-21
40, CASTLE ROAD, IPSWICH
IP7 6JN · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£354,668
2026-07-10
17, ANGEL STREET, IPSWICH
IP7 5EY · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£242,500
2026-07-10
34, TYEFIELD PLACE, IPSWICH
IP7 5FE · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£267,334
2026-07-10
2, CHURCH ROAD, IPSWICH
IP7 7AH · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£440,000
2026-07-06
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Addresses come from recorded sales since 1995, so homes that have never sold do not appear. 0 of these 24 doors resolve to a confident property record and link through; the rest are listed without a link. We match a door to a property record only where the match is certain, never by guessing.
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Data sources
Every IP7 figure is official and dated
Real recorded data from the UK's official registers, never an estimated valuation.
- HM Land RegistrySold prices
- MHCLGCouncil tax & deprivation
- Department for Education · OfstedSchools
- Local planning authoritiesPlanning applications
- Police.UKStreet-level crime
- Environment AgencyFlood risk
- postcodes.io · ONSGeography
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities · Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. English Indices of Deprivation 2025 · Local planning authority records via PlanIt · Police.UK · Environment Agency · postcodes.io / ONS. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. All figures are real, attributed and carry the sample they rest on: never estimates, never a valuation. All sales · Get Free Valuation · About Your Property Check.