Sold house prices in Colchester have an overall average of £318,964, based on all 51,376 residential sales on record — drawn from every recorded UK house sale.
Medians over the most recent 12 months of all UK property sales (to July 2026). Median is used, not mean — it isn't skewed by the odd very-high sale.
Across Colchester, the median sold price over the 12 months to July 2026 was £325,000 — it fell 1.5% on the year before. That reflects 3,356 recorded sales. Detached homes are the priciest at a median of £450,000, while flat/maisonette homes are the most affordable at £165,000. Over the past year, other homes moved the most (+22.9%). Within Colchester, the CO5 district saw the strongest recent growth (+0%) and CO3 the softest (-8%).
New-build homes were 0.1% of recent sales, a share that is falling.
These figures track the median of prices actually paid, not a like-for-like index. A move can reflect a change in what sold — more new homes, or a different mix of house types and sizes — as much as any change in what a given home is worth.
| Type | Median | 12-month change | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | £450,000 | -2.2% | 1,101 |
| Semi-detached | £325,000 | +1.6% | 992 |
| Terraced | £270,000 | +0% | 699 |
| Flat/Maisonette | £165,000 | -5.7% | 456 |
| Other | £430,000 | +22.9% | 108 |
Change compares the median for the last 12 months with the 12 months before.
| District | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | Median |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CO1 | +9.6% | -4.5% | +1.3% | +0.9% | -4.3% | £220,000 |
| CO2 | +11.9% | +1.1% | +0.6% | +1.2% | -1.8% | £275,000 |
| CO3 | +7.7% | +4.3% | -4.1% | +1.4% | -8% | £326,750 |
| CO4 | +3.3% | +0% | -1.6% | +4.6% | -4.2% | £305,500 |
| CO5 | +4.1% | -1.3% | +1.1% | +0.1% | +0.1% | £385,000 |
| CO6 | +10.5% | -7.1% | -1% | +3.6% | -6% | £376,000 |
| CO7 | +10.6% | -2% | +0.3% | -1.1% | -7% | £330,000 |
Year-on-year change in the median sold price; green = up, red = down. Final column is the latest-year median. Tap a postcode district for its own sold prices.
New-build homes were 0.1% of sales in the latest year, and the share is ▼ falling over the period — a marker of how much new housing is being built here (not a price forecast). See the new-build chart above.
How these figures are calculated. Year-on-year change compares the median sold price over the most recent 12 months of data with the 12 months before it. We use the median, not the average, so a few unusually high or low sales don't distort it. Because HM Land Registry data lags — sales take time to be registered — the most recent month or two are provisional and tend to revise upward. Figures track the mix of what actually sold, so they are not a like-for-like index. The same method is used across this site, so an area's figure here matches its ranking in investment trends.
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