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Sector CO5 8 house prices

West Mersea · Colchester · district CO5 · 261 postcodes

Median £4,130 per m² over 239 sales in the 24 months to Aug 2026, down 8.2% in a year after inflation.

Median £/m²£4,130/m²Sales in the 24 months to Aug 2026
Last year, after inflation−8.2%
Sales, 24 months239with a floor area

£/m² of sales, 24 months to Aug 2026

£2,560/m² to £2,770/m²: 4 sales£2,770/m² to £2,980/m²: 7 sales£2,980/m² to £3,190/m²: 15 sales£3,190/m² to £3,410/m²: 15 sales£3,410/m² to £3,620/m²: 19 sales£3,620/m² to £3,830/m²: 26 sales£3,830/m² to £4,040/m²: 24 sales£4,040/m² to £4,250/m²: 23 sales£4,250/m² to £4,460/m²: 31 sales£4,460/m² to £4,670/m²: 23 sales£4,670/m² to £4,880/m²: 3 sales£4,880/m² to £5,100/m²: 10 sales£5,100/m² to £5,310/m²: 7 sales£5,310/m² to £5,520/m²: 13 sales£5,520/m² to £5,730/m²: 7 sales£5,730/m² to £5,940/m²: 5 sales£6,150/m² to £6,360/m²: 3 sales£6,360/m² to £6,570/m²: 1 sale£6,570/m² to £6,790/m²: 3 salesCO5 8CO5£2k£4k£6k£8k
CO5 8
£4,130/m² middle · £3,620–£4,570/m² middle half · 239 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 8, 2026: 106CO5, 2026: 106Colchester houses, 2026: 111
  • CO5 8
  • 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 8District CO5
RealNominalRealNominal
1 year−8.2%−5.1%−5.6%−2.5%
5 years−3.5%+1.4%−3.0%+1.8%
10 years−0.4%+3.0%−0.3%+3.1%
20 years+0.3%+3.2%+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. ME3 9Hoo Peninsula£3,430–£4,330/m²
  6. CM9 8Tollesbury, Tolleshunt & Goldhanger£3,380–£4,490/m²
  7. CO5 7Layer-de-la-Haye, Abberton & Mersea East£3,350–£4,240/m²
  8. CM0 7Southminster, Bradwell & Dengie Peninsula£3,190–£4,180/m²
  9. ME3 0Hoo Peninsula£3,170–£3,650/m²
  10. CO7 0Brightlingsea & Point Clear£2,890–£3,840/m²
  11. ME12 2Minster North£2,340–£3,880/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
East Road26114 m²£3,900/m²
High Street2348 m²£3,810/m²
Sanderling Approach23121 m²£4,070/m²
Fairhaven Avenue20142 m²£4,500/m²
Seaview Avenue19128 m²£3,590/m²
Victoria Esplanade1461 m²£4,520/m²
Whittaker Way1382 m²£4,630/m²
Turnstone Drive11146 m²£4,110/m²
Coast Road10104 m²£5,300/m²
Empress Avenue10136 m²£4,110/m²
Kingsland Road10122 m²£4,060/m²
Little Egret Way10112 m²£4,110/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.