HouseMarketBook

Colchester

Council area · 6,143 sales in the last 24 months, 5,059 with a floor area counted

Median price per square metre, last 24 months£3,7705,059 sales · £350 per sq ft · down 0.8% on a year ago

Prices per square metre in Colchester are down 0.8% on a year ago, at a median of £3,770 (£350 per sq ft).

Half of the 5,059 counted sales were between £3,270 and £4,350 per square metre, and the median price paid was £325,000. HM Land Registry records 116,956 sales in this council area since 1995.

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Median price, 24 months£325,000
£ per m², middle half£3,270 to £4,350
Sales, 24 months6,1435,059 with a floor area counted
Typical floor area85 m²

By property type

TypeSales£ / m²Middle halfMedian price
Detached1,684£4,090£3,610–4,530£450,000
Flat or maisonette754£2,940£2,590–3,410£175,000
Semi-detached1,530£3,850£3,400–4,380£325,000
Terraced1,091£3,670£3,230–4,220£274,000
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 Colchester by quarter, down 0.8% on a year ago
3,7203,8103,900£3,7602024 Q42026 Q3
Median £ per m² by year since 1995
6902,2803,870£3,75019952026
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 Colchester

By sales in the last 24 months
StreetSales£ / m²
Maigold Avenue37£4,520
Elizabeth Drive34£4,580
Bergholt Road30£3,670
Meadowsweet Way29£3,550
Chinook28£4,300
Colchester Road28£3,880
Ipswich Road28£3,600
Clarendon Way27—
Harwich Road27£3,170
James Ward Road27£4,220
Greenstead Road25£3,460
Magdalen Street23—
Maldon Road23£3,250
London Road22£3,940
Mile End Road22£3,690
Mill Road22£3,720
George Williams Way20£2,940
Canterbury Road19£3,260
Straight Road19£3,600
Whitmore Drive19£3,370
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
20261,448£320,000£3,750
20252,855£332,000£3,800
20242,517£325,000£3,740
20232,367£325,000£3,870
20223,178£320,000£3,810
20214,003£305,000£3,410
20202,631£283,000£3,240
20192,976£270,000£3,170
20183,499£275,000£3,130
20173,371£265,000£3,080
20163,583£240,000£2,820
20153,505£217,000£2,560
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 85 m² · change on a year ago −0.8% · An index-based comparison of sold prices, not a valuation.