marketcodeSold price per m²
£4,184/m² 12 months to Apr 2026
350 sales
+1.1% over the year to Dec 2025 by the house price index, which follows the same homes over time.
Postcode district
CO5 property market
Sold £4,184/m² · Median sold £428,987 (350 sales) · Index +1.1% y/y · Turnover 3.2% · 12 months, sales to Apr 2026, listings to Aug 2026
What is CO5?
- Buildings
- 10,618
- Mixed-use buildings
- 95%
- HMO-shaped units
- 4.0%
What does CO5 cost?
CO5: sold price per m² £4,184/m² (12 months to Apr 2026, 350 sales). +1.1% over the year to Dec 2025 by the house price index, which follows the same homes over time.
Sold price
£428,987 12 months to Apr 2026
350 sales
+1.1% over the year to Dec 2025 by the house price index, which follows the same homes over time.
Sample is the matched completed sales behind the latest month. A month in which this cohort recorded no sale of its own carries the parent area's price rather than a measurement, and is not published with no sample.
Asking price
£423,520 12 months to Aug 2026
1,324 listings
+0.6% on the previous 12 months.
Sample is the dated listings that came to market in the latest month (added and reduced cohorts).
Settled months to Dec 2025; the dashed tail is the pipeline's projection of the index 12 months ahead, inside its 80% band. A projection of the index, not a forecast of any home's price.
ObservedForecast with intervalIndex points, not property prices
What does CO5 earn?
CO5: asking rent £1,355 a month (12 months to Jul 2026, 133 lets).
Asking rent
£1,355 a month 12 months to Jul 2026
133 lets
Gross yield, asking basis
3.8% 12 months to Aug 2026
213 lets
+1.7% on the previous 12 months.
Sample is the dated lettings behind the latest month's rent cell.
How does CO5 vary by home size?
Asking price in CO5 runs from £144,048 for 1 bedroom to £875,309 for 5+ bedrooms.
| Homes | Asking price | Window | Change | Listings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 bedroom | £144,048 | 12 months to Mar 2026 | — | 42 |
| 2 bedrooms | £266,553 | 12 months to Aug 2026 | +4.9% on the previous 12 months | 334 |
| 3 bedrooms | £395,940 | 12 months to Aug 2026 | +1.7% on the previous 12 months | 415 |
| 4 bedrooms | £614,651 | 12 months to Aug 2026 | +8.9% on the previous 12 months | 373 |
| 5+ bedrooms | £875,309 | 12 months to Aug 2026 | +1.1% on the previous 12 months | 141 |
Asking price by bedroom band: the monthly medians of sale listings that came to market, weighted by their dated listings, over the last 12 observed months, from portal listings. A band with fewer than 30 dated listings in the year is not published.
How liquid is CO5?
CO5: turnover 3.2% (12 months to Jan 2026, 459 sales). +4.3% on the previous 12 months.
Turnover
3.2% 12 months to Jan 2026
459 sales
+4.3% on the previous 12 months.
Sample is the matched completed sales behind the latest month. A month in which this cohort recorded no sale of its own has a rate of zero by arithmetic rather than a measured rate, and is not published with no sample.
Completed sales
570 12 months to Jan 2026
570 sales
+13.5% on the previous 12 months.
Sample is the registry count itself; months within six months of the last ingest are still filling.
Listings for sale
690 12 months to Jul 2026
690 listings
Who is active in CO5?
37 agents listed homes for sale in CO5; the three largest took 34% of the listings.
- Agents active
- 37
- Top three agents’ share
- 34%
- New homes among listings
- 21%
days_to_completion is on the registry-matched subset (sold_matched_n), not a sell-through rate.
Who owns CO5?
Corporate landlords hold 52% of the 588 units in CO5 whose freeholder is classified; 96% of all units are not yet classified.
- Corporate landlords52% of classified · 305 units
- Individuals (not traceable in bulk)41% of classified · 241 units
- Housing associations6.6% of classified · 39 units
- RMC0.5% of classified · 3 units
Freeholder class per addressable unit, from HM Land Registry CCOD/OCOD matched to the title and Companies House. Individuals are counted, never itemised.
Where does CO5 rank?
CO5 ranks 1st of 6 postcode districts in Colchester for sold price per m², at £4,184/m².
Sold price per m² · postcode districts in Colchester
CO5 ranks 1st of 6 postcode districts in Colchester for sold price per m², at £4,184/m².
| # | Area | Sold price per m² | Sample | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CO5 | £4,184/m² | 350 | measured |
| 2 | CO6 | £4,030/m² | 324 | measured |
| 3 | CO3 | £3,982/m² | 406 | measured |
| 4 | CO4 | £3,786/m² | 509 | measured |
| 5 | CO2 | £3,529/m² | 367 | measured |
Full table: sold price per m² across postcode districts in Colchester →
Gross yield, asking basis · postcode districts in Colchester
CO5 ranks 6th of 6 postcode districts in Colchester for gross yield, asking basis, at 3.8%.
| # | Area | Gross yield, asking basis | Sample | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CO1 | 6.0% | 952 | measured |
| 2 | CO2 | 5.2% | 1,318 | measured |
| 3 | CO4 | 4.9% | 1,246 | measured |
| 4 | CO3 | 4.0% | 542 | measured |
| 5 | CO6 | 3.9% | 301 | measured |
| 6 | CO5 | 3.8% | 213 | measured |
Full table: gross yield, asking basis across postcode districts in Colchester →
Turnover · postcode districts in Colchester
CO5 ranks 1st of 6 postcode districts in Colchester for turnover, at 3.2%.
| # | Area | Turnover | Sample | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CO5 | 3.2% | 459 | measured |
| 2 | CO3 | 3.0% | 448 | measured |
| 3 | CO6 | 2.8% | 378 | measured |
| 4 | CO1 | 2.5% | 248 | measured |
| 5 | CO4 | 2.5% | 594 | measured |
Full table: turnover across postcode districts in Colchester →
Where next from CO5?
Questions about CO5
- What is the median house price in CO5?
- Homes in CO5 sold for a median £428,987 over the 12 months to Apr 2026, 350 sales. Per square metre that is £4,184/m². Registered completions, not asking prices.
- How have house prices in CO5 changed?
- +1.1% over the year to Dec 2025 by the house price index, which follows the same homes over time.
- What is the average rent in CO5?
- Homes to let in CO5 asked a median £1,355 a month over the 12 months to Jul 2026, 133 lets. Asking rent, not the rent agreed.
- What is the gross rental yield in CO5?
- 3.8% on the asking basis: the asking rent times twelve over the asking sale price in the same listing cell, before costs, voids and finance, over the 12 months to Aug 2026, 213 lets. +1.7% on the previous 12 months.
- How quickly do homes sell in CO5?
- 3.2% of the homes in CO5 changed hands over the 12 months to Jan 2026, 459 sales.
Everything else about CO5
- Properties in CO5Every addressable home with its floor area, tenure and last recorded sale.
- Buildings in CO5Footprints, heights and the units inside them.
- Land and plots in CO5Registered parcels with their area, tenure and what stands on them.
- Homes for sale in CO5What is on the market right now, with the evidence beside each asking price.
- Homes to rent in CO5What is available to rent, with the recorded rent and yield beside each asking price.
- Recent house sales in CO5Registered completions from Price Paid, newest first.
- Planning applications in CO5What was proposed, who decided it and whether it was approved.
- Estate agents active in CO5Who actually lists here, ranked by volume over 12 months.
Where these figures come from
| Figure | Dataset | Window | Latest | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sold price per m² | HM Land Registry Price Paid and portal listings, monthly rollup | 12 months to Apr 2026 | Apr 2026 | 350 sales |
| Sold price | HM Land Registry Price Paid and portal listings, monthly rollup | 12 months to Apr 2026 | Apr 2026 | 350 sales |
| Asking price | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 | 1,324 listings |
| Asking price per m² | the area_facts listing rollup | 12 months to Jul 2026 | Jul 2026 | 690 listings |
| Asking to sold | Portal listings, monthly rollup | 12 months to Nov 2024 | Nov 2024 | 44 matched sales |
| Asking rent | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Jul 2026 | Jul 2026 | 133 lets |
| Gross yield, asking basis | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 | 213 lets |
| Turnover | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Jan 2026 | Jan 2026 | 459 sales |
| Completed sales | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Jan 2026 | Jan 2026 | 570 sales |
| Listings for sale | the area_facts listing rollup | 12 months to Jul 2026 | Jul 2026 | 690 listings |
| New listings | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 | 806 listings |
| Price reductions | MarketCode market evidence | 12 months to Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 | 518 listings |
| Live listings | MarketCode market evidence | on 21 Sep 2026 | 21 Sep 2026 | — |
| Days to completion | first listing to registered completion, over the registry-matched subset; not a sell-through rate | 12 months to Nov 2024 | Nov 2024 | 44 matched sales |
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