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Sector CO5 7 house prices

Layer-de-la-Haye, Abberton & Mersea East · Colchester · district CO5 · 172 postcodes

Median £3,730 per m² over 160 sales in the 24 months to Aug 2026, down 3.0% in a year after inflation.

Median £/m²£3,730/m²Sales in the 24 months to Aug 2026
Last year, after inflation−3.0%
Sales, 24 months160with a floor area

£/m² of sales, 24 months to Aug 2026

£2,170/m² to £2,320/m²: 3 sales£2,480/m² to £2,630/m²: 3 sales£2,630/m² to £2,790/m²: 3 sales£2,790/m² to £2,940/m²: 9 sales£2,940/m² to £3,100/m²: 5 sales£3,100/m² to £3,250/m²: 13 sales£3,250/m² to £3,410/m²: 10 sales£3,410/m² to £3,560/m²: 14 sales£3,560/m² to £3,720/m²: 20 sales£3,720/m² to £3,870/m²: 12 sales£3,870/m² to £4,030/m²: 16 sales£4,030/m² to £4,180/m²: 7 sales£4,180/m² to £4,340/m²: 10 sales£4,340/m² to £4,500/m²: 6 sales£4,500/m² to £4,650/m²: 8 sales£4,650/m² to £4,810/m²: 9 sales£4,810/m² to £4,960/m²: 3 sales£4,960/m² to £5,120/m²: 4 sales£5,120/m² to £5,270/m²: 5 salesCO5 7CO5£2k£3k£4k£5k£6k
CO5 7
£3,730/m² middle · £3,350–£4,240/m² middle half · 160 sales
District CO5
£4,070/m² middle · £3,590–£4,570/m² middle half · 963 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)

5010015020025020052010201520202025CO5 7, 2026: 108CO5, 2026: 106Colchester houses, 2026: 111
  • CO5 7
  • CO5
  • 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
OverCO5 7District CO5
RealNominalRealNominal
1 year−3.0%+0.2%−5.6%−2.5%
5 years−3.4%+1.5%−3.0%+1.8%
10 years−0.1%+3.3%−0.3%+3.1%
20 years0.0%+2.9%+0.3%+3.1%

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. CO5 9Coggeshall & Kelvedon£3,910–£4,660/m²
  3. CO5 8West Mersea£3,620–£4,570/m²
  4. CO5 0Tiptree£3,580–£4,610/m²
  5. CO2 0Layer-de-la-Haye, Abberton & Mersea East£3,500–£4,610/m²
  6. CO7 9Wivenhoe & University£3,440–£4,670/m²
  7. ME3 9Hoo Peninsula£3,430–£4,330/m²
  8. CM9 8Tollesbury, Tolleshunt & Goldhanger£3,380–£4,490/m²
  9. CO7 8Alresford, Great Bentley & Thorrington£3,390–£4,060/m²
  10. CO5 7Layer-de-la-Haye, Abberton & Mersea East£3,350–£4,240/m²
  11. ME3 0Hoo Peninsula£3,170–£3,650/m²
  12. CO2 8Old Heath & Rowhedge£2,960–£3,800/m²
  13. CO7 0Brightlingsea & Point Clear£2,890–£3,840/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
Mersea Road17115 m²£3,680/m²
Layer Road1567 m²£2,610/m²
Oxton Close1460 m²£3,280/m²
Church Road13115 m²£3,660/m²
Rectory Road1391 m²£3,730/m²
High Street1294 m²£3,790/m²
Maritime Approach12112 m²£3,510/m²
Waterfront Promenade1267 m²£4,530/m²
Parkfield Street1181 m²£3,650/m²
Abberton Road10136 m²£3,940/m²
Church Street1060 m²£3,870/m²
Ferry Road10164 m²£3,990/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.