CO5 — Colchester
Colchester's CO5 postcode sits in Colchester. The board behind it is assembled from 17,615 sales over 32 years of actual sales in 8 areas.
Across the recorded period the typical CO5 sale went from £65,000 in 1995 to £400,000 in 2026 — 6.2× growth. If you could time-travel once, aim for just before 2016 — prices moved +20.0% that year. The one to avoid was 2009: the median moved -6.8%, the roughest year in the local record.
Median sold price in CO5
| Year | Median sold price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | £65,000 | 436 |
| 2000 | £110,000 | 627 |
| 2005 | £209,000 | 517 |
| 2010 | £222,500 | 398 |
| 2015 | £255,000 | 583 |
| 2020 | £335,000 | 516 |
| 2025 | £384,750 | 540 |
| 2026 | £400,000 | 81 |
The areas on the board
8 areas make up the board, weighted by sales activity:
- Tiptree (37% of local sales) — busiest streets: Maldon Road, Wilkin Drive, Rectory Road
- West Mersea (29% of local sales) — busiest streets: Seaview Avenue, High Street, East Road
- Kelvedon (11% of local sales) — busiest streets: High Street, Coggeshall Road, Riverside Way
- Rowhedge (10% of local sales) — busiest streets: High Street, Rectory Road, Oxton Close
- Feering (7% of local sales) — busiest streets: Feering Hill, Sherwood Way, Watermill Road
- Fingringhoe (2% of local sales) — busiest streets: Abberton Road, Ferry Road, Chapel Road
- Langenhoe (2% of local sales) — busiest streets: Fingringhoe Road, Edward Marke Drive, Sawkins Close
- Abberton (2% of local sales) — busiest streets: Layer Road, Peldon Road, Mersea Road
Reading about 2016 is easy; surviving 2009 is the game. Play the CO5 board.
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Prices are medians of real Land Registry sales. Street lists show street names only — never individual addresses. New to the game? Start with how to play.