CO5 8EX
Empress Avenue, Colchester
Median, last 3 years
£600,000
3 sales, Jun 2023 – May 2026
Last standard sale
£540,000
12 Dec 2025
Standard sales
57
since 1996
(+2 additional entries)
CO5 district median
£385,000
466 sales, 12 months to May 2026
Medians count standard sales only (Price Paid category A). Additional entries (category B) - repossessions, buy-to-lets with an identifiable mortgage, and purchases by companies and other non-private buyers - are listed below but left out.
Median price by year
2011 to 2025. Every year since 1996 is in the figures below.
Paler bars rest on fewer than three sales, so they show which homes sold more than how prices moved.
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| Year | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 (few sales) | £570,000 | 2 |
| 2024 (few sales) | £765,000 | 1 |
| 2022 (few sales) | £517,500 | 2 |
| 2021 (few sales) | £537,500 | 1 |
| 2020 (few sales) | £625,000 | 1 |
| 2019 (few sales) | £575,000 | 2 |
| 2018 (few sales) | £495,000 | 2 |
| 2016 | £426,250 | 6 |
| 2015 (few sales) | £377,500 | 2 |
| 2014 (few sales) | £497,500 | 2 |
| 2013 (few sales) | £810,000 | 1 |
| 2012 (few sales) | £315,250 | 2 |
| 2010 (few sales) | £430,000 | 1 |
| 2009 (few sales) | £250,000 | 1 |
| 2008 (few sales) | £560,000 | 1 |
| 2007 | £407,500 | 3 |
| 2006 | £249,995 | 3 |
| 2005 (few sales) | £262,500 | 2 |
| 2004 (few sales) | £203,750 | 2 |
| 2003 (few sales) | £400,000 | 2 |
| 2002 (few sales) | £270,000 | 1 |
| 2001 | £181,500 | 6 |
| 2000 (few sales) | £229,000 | 1 |
| 1999 | £175,000 | 3 |
| 1997 | £160,000 | 3 |
| 1996 | £118,500 | 4 |
Sale history (59 records · 20 homes sold more than once)
| Address | Date | Type | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
|
48, EMPRESS AVENUE
11 Nov 1999 · Semi-detached
· Freehold
Previously £69,000 (Sep 1996) · +27%
|
11 Nov 1999 | Semi-detached · Freehold | £87,950 |
|
18, EMPRESS AVENUE
12 Jul 1999 · Detached
· Freehold
Previously £119,000 (Sep 1997) · +47%
|
12 Jul 1999 | Detached · Freehold | £175,000 |
|
18, EMPRESS AVENUE
1 Sep 1997 · Detached
· Freehold
|
1 Sep 1997 | Detached · Freehold | £119,000 |
|
9, EMPRESS AVENUE
8 Aug 1997 · Detached
· Freehold
|
8 Aug 1997 | Detached · Freehold | £160,000 |
|
35, EMPRESS AVENUE
24 Jul 1997 · Detached
· Freehold
|
24 Jul 1997 | Detached · Freehold | £165,000 |
|
31, EMPRESS AVENUE
3 Dec 1996 · Detached
· Freehold
|
3 Dec 1996 | Detached · Freehold | £250,000 |
|
44, EMPRESS AVENUE
29 Nov 1996 · Detached
· Freehold
|
29 Nov 1996 | Detached · Freehold | £125,000 |
|
7, EMPRESS AVENUE
29 Nov 1996 · Detached
· Freehold
|
29 Nov 1996 | Detached · Freehold | £112,000 |
|
48, EMPRESS AVENUE
27 Sep 1996 · Semi-detached
· Freehold
|
27 Sep 1996 | Semi-detached · Freehold | £69,000 |