Postcode sector

Sector CO3 3 house prices

Abbey Field · Colchester · district CO3 · 231 postcodes

Median £3,680 per m² over 226 sales in the 24 months to Aug 2026, down 5.1% in a year after inflation.

Median £/m²£3,680/m²Sales in the 24 months to Aug 2026
Last year, after inflation−5.1%
Sales, 24 months226with a floor area

£/m² of sales, 24 months to Aug 2026

£1,640/m² to £1,840/m²: 7 sales£1,840/m² to £2,040/m²: 2 sales£2,040/m² to £2,230/m²: 8 sales£2,230/m² to £2,430/m²: 10 sales£2,430/m² to £2,630/m²: 7 sales£2,630/m² to £2,830/m²: 11 sales£2,830/m² to £3,030/m²: 11 sales£3,030/m² to £3,230/m²: 14 sales£3,230/m² to £3,430/m²: 18 sales£3,430/m² to £3,630/m²: 20 sales£3,630/m² to £3,830/m²: 22 sales£3,830/m² to £4,020/m²: 26 sales£4,020/m² to £4,220/m²: 13 sales£4,220/m² to £4,420/m²: 14 sales£4,420/m² to £4,620/m²: 20 sales£4,620/m² to £4,820/m²: 4 sales£4,820/m² to £5,020/m²: 6 sales£5,020/m² to £5,220/m²: 4 sales£5,220/m² to £5,420/m²: 5 sales£5,420/m² to £5,620/m²: 4 salesCO3 3CO3£1k£2k£3k£4k£5k£6k
CO3 3
£3,680/m² middle · £3,050–£4,220/m² middle half · 226 sales
District CO3
£3,920/m² middle · £3,390–£4,480/m² middle half · 948 sales

Bars: sales in each £/m² band. Strips: the box is the middle half, the line the middle, the whiskers the 9th to 91st percentile.

Median £/m² since 2004 (2004 = 100)

5010015020025020052010201520202025CO3 3, 2026: 95CO3, 2026: 107Colchester houses, 2026: 111
  • CO3 3
  • CO3
  • Colchester houses
  • After inflation (CPIH)
  • In pounds of the day

Growth a year

Compound growth in median £/m² a year, after inflation (CPIH) and in pounds of the day
OverCO3 3District CO3
RealNominalRealNominal
1 year−5.1%−1.9%−4.5%−1.4%
5 years−4.4%+0.4%−3.0%+1.9%
10 years−1.2%+2.2%−0.4%+3.0%
20 years−0.8%+2.0%0.0%+2.8%

Real is after inflation (ONS CPIH). A horizon with too few sales at either end is left out.

Nearby sectors, middle half of £/m²

£2,000–£8,000/m²
  1. RM14 3Upminster South & Corbets Tey£5,320–£6,530/m²
  2. CO3 8Marks Tey & Wakes Colne£3,470–£4,630/m²
  3. CO3 4Prettygate & Westlands£3,540–£4,810/m²
  4. CO3 0Stanway£3,450–£4,470/m²
  5. ME3 9Hoo Peninsula£3,430–£4,330/m²
  6. CO3 9Prettygate & Westlands£3,460–£4,420/m²
  7. CO4 5Horkesley Heath, Langham & Dedham£3,170–£4,360/m²
  8. CO3 3Abbey Field£3,050–£4,220/m²
  9. CO1 1Central Colchester£3,030–£3,950/m²
  10. CO2 7New Town & Hythe£3,040–£3,780/m²

Streets, last five years

Streets with five or more sales in five years: sales, median floor area and median £ per m²
StreetSalesMedian sizeMedian £/m²
Maldon Road57104 m²£3,200/m²
St Marys Fields4262 m²£2,630/m²
Rotary Way3568 m²£2,760/m²
Henry Laver Court3088 m²£2,620/m²
Butt Road2981 m²£3,840/m²
Sheepen Place2347 m²£2,800/m²
Wickham Road2072 m²£3,670/m²
Crowhurst Road1977 m²£3,770/m²
Lexden Road19181 m²£4,120/m²
Salisbury Avenue1678 m²£3,440/m²
Constantine Road1596 m²£4,230/m²
Victoria Road15107 m²£4,370/m²
Sources

Sold prices: HM Land Registry Price Paid (category A sales). Floor areas: energy performance certificates (EPC). Inflation: ONS CPIH (series L522). Postcodes: ONS Postcode Directory. All under the Open Government Licence.

£/m² uses EPC floor area; sector names are informal. Middles of many sales, never one home's value.