Property searches in Colchester

England · figures updated 2026-10-29

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House prices

The average home in Colchester cost £294,210 in August 2026. Prices have fallen 1.4% in the last year.

Type	Average	Last 12 months
All homes	£294,210	-1.4%
Detached	£493,135	-1.7%
Semi-detached	£326,614	-0.5%
Terraced	£264,000	-0.3%
Flat or maisonette	£161,277	-3.5%
First-time buyers	£247,168	-1.2%

UK House Price Index, HM Land Registry.

Council tax 2026-27

A band D home in Colchester pays £2,283 a year including parish charges (council average). A single adult gets 25% off.

Band	A year	A month (10 payments)
A	£1,522	£152
B	£1,776	£178
C	£2,029	£203
D	£2,283	£228
E	£2,790	£279
F	£3,297	£330
G	£3,805	£380
H	£4,566	£457

Renting

The average private rent is £1,200 a month (+1.7% in a year). Against the average price, that is a gross yield of about 4.9% a year before costs.

Bedrooms	A month
1	£821
2	£1,066
3	£1,306
4 or more	£1,801

ONS Price Index of Private Rents, September 2026.

Neighbourhoods

Colchester is split into 117 small neighbourhoods. 9% of them are among the most deprived 20% in England and 16% among the least deprived 20% (English Indices of Deprivation 2025). On average across them, 65% of homes are owned, 21% privately rented and 14% socially rented; 18% of people are 65 or over and 18% of households have no car (Census 2021). Search an address to see its own neighbourhood.

Mobile signal

99.4% of homes get 4G indoors from at least one network and 86.7% from all four; 100.0% get 5G outdoors (Ofcom, January 2026).

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