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CO3, Stanway and Fordham Heath, Colchester

Postcode district in Colchester · 1,099 sales in the last 24 months, 980 with a floor area counted

Median price per square metre, last 24 months£3,920980 sales · £364 per sq ft · down 1.3% on a year ago

Prices per square metre in CO3 are down 1.3% on a year ago, at a median of £3,920 (£364 per sq ft).

Half of the 980 counted sales were between £3,400 and £4,480 per square metre, and the median price paid was £350,800. HM Land Registry records 20,592 sales in this postcode district since 1995.

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Median price, 24 months£350,800
£ per m², middle half£3,400 to £4,480
Sales, 24 months1,099980 with a floor area counted
Typical floor area87 m²

By property type

TypeSales£ / m²Middle halfMedian price
Detached365£4,130£3,630–4,600£455,000
Flat or maisonette141£2,940£2,540–3,490£182,500
Semi-detached317£4,040£3,590–4,630£337,000
Terraced157£3,850£3,370–4,470£290,000
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 CO3 by quarter, down 1.3% on a year ago
3,8204,0604,300£3,9402024 Q42026 Q3
Median £ per m² by year since 1995
7102,3654,020£3,91019952026
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 CO3

By sales in the last 24 months
StreetSales£ / m²
Maldon Road23£3,250
Straight Road19£3,600
Betony Way17£4,440
St Marys Fields17£1,980
Dale Close16£4,280
Henry Laver Court16£2,660
Christopher Garnett Chase15£3,690
Collingwood Road15£3,400
Halstead Road15£3,710
Shrub End Road15£3,360
Lexden Road14—
London Road13—
Penguin Parade13—
Rotary Way12—
Heath Road11—
Martin Hunt Drive10—
Ostrich Street10—
Sandmartin Crescent10—
Weyland Drive10—
Alexandra Road9—
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
2026279£340,000£3,910
2025556£357,800£3,930
2024540£359,000£3,830
2023517£373,000£4,020
2022592£355,000£3,980
2021838£330,000£3,580
2020572£306,200£3,470
2019614£287,000£3,280
2018770£310,000£3,220
2017716£312,000£3,300
2016677£275,000£3,020
2015624£253,000£2,690
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 87 m² · change on a year ago −1.3% · An index-based comparison of sold prices, not a valuation.