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Greenstead market report CO4 3, Colchester
The standing CO4 3 (Greenstead) property market report, rebuilt from the full public record every month. Underneath every chart here sit 6,055 registered sales in CO4 3 (Colchester) since 1995, the HM Land Registry record of what buyers really paid, with ONS figures covering rents. Nothing is a valuation, an estimate or an asking price.
Covers registered sales to 2026 and ONS rents for May 2026. Refreshed monthly as new sales reach the register.
In short: the typical home in CO4 3 (Colchester) sold for £285,000 in 2026, the median of 51 registered sales, up 6% on five years earlier. The mean was £275,700, and by floor area homes here have averaged about £3,480 per square metre over the last five years. The figures cover 6,055 sales recorded by HM Land Registry since 1995 and refresh with each monthly release: completed sale prices, not valuations or asking prices.
CO4 3 is a postcode sector: one group of streets inside CO4 (Colchester). This is as local as the public record gets, but sector medians move on fewer sales than a district's, so expect the lines to be lumpier.
Where CO4 3 sits
Shaded by median price on the same scale as the average prices map. Click any shape to open it on the live map with every sale plotted at its address, or zoom in past street level to see the sold homes right here.
What buyers actually paid in CO4 3
Across 51 registered 2026 sales, the typical (median) CO4 3 home went for £285,000. The mean is £275,700, nearly identical to it, meaning sales cluster closely around the typical figure.
CO4 3 prices by floor area
Measured by floor area, the last five years of CO4 3 sales average about £3,480 per square metre. Price per square metre is the fair way to compare a one-bed flat with a four-bed house, and it comes from the Energy Performance Certificate on each sold home.
The national median for England and Wales is £285,000, which puts CO4 3 0% above the country at large.
CO4 3's median sold price, 1995 to 2026
One line records the median as paid; the other restates every year in today's money via ONS CPIH, the honest measure of getting dearer. Hover for year figures, click the legend to isolate a line.
See this chart as a table
| Year | Median (cash) | Median (today's £) | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | £285,000 | £285,000 | 51 |
| 2025 | £292,000 | £298,983 | 145 |
| 2024 | £280,000 | £297,698 | 94 |
| 2023 | £275,000 | £302,158 | 90 |
| 2022 | £300,000 | £351,784 | 112 |
| 2021 | £270,000 | £341,855 | 193 |
| 2020 | £239,000 | £310,107 | 115 |
| 2019 | £224,000 | £293,610 | 124 |
| 2018 | £234,400 | £312,460 | 144 |
| 2017 | £220,000 | £300,058 | 147 |
| 2016 | £200,000 | £279,802 | 195 |
| 2015 | £172,800 | £244,166 | 200 |
| 2014 | £160,000 | £226,988 | 198 |
| 2013 | £154,000 | £221,591 | 135 |
| 2012 | £145,000 | £213,422 | 148 |
| 2011 | £141,000 | £212,856 | 137 |
| 2010 | £141,500 | £221,908 | 156 |
| 2009 | £137,000 | £220,229 | 135 |
| 2008 | £152,000 | £249,160 | 193 |
| 2007 | £151,500 | £256,986 | 300 |
| 2006 | £141,500 | £245,626 | 302 |
| 2005 | £138,000 | £245,584 | 227 |
| 2004 | £129,000 | £234,289 | 239 |
| 2003 | £122,000 | £224,754 | 297 |
| 2002 | £105,000 | £197,557 | 308 |
| 2001 | £80,000 | £153,796 | 273 |
| 2000 | £70,000 | £137,375 | 249 |
| 1999 | £59,000 | £117,584 | 313 |
| 1998 | £53,400 | £107,792 | 236 |
| 1997 | £52,200 | £107,052 | 244 |
| 1996 | £45,800 | £96,590 | 182 |
| 1995 | £46,000 | £99,997 | 173 |
In cash terms the typical CO4 3 home went from £46,000 in 1995 to £285,000 in 2026, roughly 6 times the price. Adjusted for inflation it still comes to a real rise of roughly 185%, so homes here got dearer in substance, not only in cash. Measured in today's money the market peaked in 2022; the current median sits about 19% below that. Someone who bought at the 2022 peak has not yet seen that price back in real terms.
Year-on-year change in the CO4 3 median
Each bar is the change on the year before, in cash. The zero line is the boundary between rising and falling.
The strongest year on record here is 2002 (+31.3% on the year before); the weakest, 2009 (−9.9%). Single-year swings like these are why the annualised table below matters more than any one year's headline.
The long view: annualised growth
| Period | Cash, per year | Real terms, per year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 years (since 2025) | −2.4% | −4.7% |
| 5 years (since 2021) | +1.1% | −3.6% |
| 10 years (since 2016) | +3.6% | +0.2% |
| 20 years (since 2006) | +3.6% | +0.7% |
Compound annual growth of the median sold price; the real column deflates by ONS CPIH. Annualised figures smooth the cycle (the chart above shows the cycle), and past growth is a record, not a forecast.
The turnover behind the prices
The year-by-year sales count
Recorded sales per year. The dip after 2008 is the financial crisis; the last bar is still filling in as recent sales get registered.
Over the last twelve months of data, 51 sales completed in CO4 3. Like most of England and Wales, turnover never fully recovered from 2008: the market here averaged 274 sales a year before the financial crisis and 98 a year over the last five. Price without volume misleads: a median built on few sales jumps around, and one street can tilt it. Keep in mind too that the latest year is still filling in, since sales reach the register weeks or months after completion.
The shape of the CO4 3 market
Only 51 sales completed here in the last twelve months of data, which makes CO4 3 a thin market. Each figure rests on few transactions, so single streets can swing the median and the charts deserve a sceptical squint. Expect volatility in the annual figures: swings past ten per cent show up repeatedly above, and they usually reflect the mix of homes sold in a given year rather than genuine repricing. Within CO4, this sector trades 11% below the district median: one of its district's cheaper corners.
What tenants pay around CO4 3
For renting purposes CO4 3 sits in Colchester. The ONS average private rent there is £1,211 a month (May 2026). Size sets most of the rent: one-beds average £829 a month here against £1,819 for four or more bedrooms.
Average monthly rent by size, Colchester
ONS Price Index of Private Rents, May 2026.
£1,211 a month is £14,532 a year, which against the £285,000 median sold price makes a gross yield of 5.1%. Gross means before letting costs, voids, maintenance and tax: treat it as a ceiling. The ONS publishes rents by local authority, so neighbouring districts under the same authority share these numbers.
CO4 3 (Greenstead): the questions that come up
How much did a house sell for in CO4 3 (Greenstead)?
Are property prices falling in CO4 3 (Greenstead)?
Is CO4 3 (Greenstead) a good place to buy a house?
Are CO4 3 prices heading up or down?
The record answers a different question than "what happens next": the median is up 6% over five years in cash but down 17% after inflation. Put the volume chart beside the price chart before drawing conclusions, and allow for the register's lag behind actual completions.
On the market in CO4 today
Turning to what is actually available: 138 homes on the market right now, from 7 agents publishing to HomesIndex.
These cover the whole CO4 district, not just CO4 3: live asking prices are collected per district.
Of everything listed here, 31% asks less than the sold record of comparable homes. The comparison behind each listing uses recent recorded sales of similar homes close by.
- Orchard Gardens, Ipswich Road, Colche...
- Septimus Drive, Highwoods, Colchester
- Viceroy Close, Colchester
"Under comparable sales" compares each asking price with what similar homes nearby actually sold for. It is a starting point for a conversation, not a valuation. Always look at the home itself.
See every CO4 home for sale on the map →
Refreshed every Monday and Thursday from agents' own feeds to HomesIndex, so a sample of the market rather than all of it. An asking price remains an ask, not a sale.
Moving up a bedroom in CO: the cost
The Land Registry record, split by size: what each kind of home actually sold for across the CO area. How much a size step costs is a local fact: the third-bedroom premium runs from about a quarter to nearly four fifths depending on the area, and national rules of thumb miss it.
| Type | 1 bed | 2 bed | 3 bed | 4 bed | 5 bed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | — | £315,000 | £430,000 (+37%) | £625,000 (+45%) | £865,000 (+38%) |
| Semi-detached | £245,000 | £285,000 (+16%) | £335,000 (+18%) | £420,000 (+25%) | £565,000 (+35%) |
| Terraced | £225,000 | £255,000 (+13%) | £299,995 (+18%) | £381,000 (+27%) | £507,500 (+33%) |
| Flat | £150,000 | £190,000 (+27%) | £287,500 (+51%) | — | — |
Built from the last four years of recorded sales by form and bedroom count. Bedroom counts are estimated from EPC records (the register carries none), so expect a small number of homes one size adrift. Blank cells mean too few homes for the figure to mean anything.
The risers and the fallers
The spread across the CO area is the point: the same five years treated these districts very differently.
Winners and losers across the CO area, five years
Cash-terms risers and fallers across the area; click any row for that district's full report.
Other sectors in CO4
Sector boundaries hide real price steps. The rest of CO4, one report each:
| Sector | Median (latest) | Sales that year |
|---|---|---|
| CO4 0 | £317,000 | 40 |
| CO4 5 | £332,000 | 93 |
| CO4 6 | £380,000 | 29 |
| CO4 9 | £295,000 | 60 |
Zoom out to the full CO4 district report for the type split, monthly volumes and how CO4 compares with its neighbours.
Selling in CO4 3? Start from the sold record
Start from what homes here actually sold for, not an estimate. Before booking a house valuation or flat valuation in CO4 3, use the average prices map for a rough value: zoom from CO4 3's shading down to the sold homes on your own street. The figures above are every recorded CO4 3 sale; agents price with this same Land Registry record, and now you have it too.
For local estate agents: each district report carries one featured-agent spot, free while founding places last. Claim CO4 3.
Go deeper
The AI answers from the same Land Registry data this report is built on, already scoped to CO4 3. Free after a one click sign in.
Two maps carry on from here: every CO4 3 sale at its exact address, and the average prices map from area shading down to single homes. The report tool answers a specific question in writing, and each sale's mortgage and rent calculator prices a real purchase.
About the numbers: everything is computed from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data (Crown copyright, OGL v3.0), geocoded to the address; today's-money figures use the ONS CPIH index, and rents are the ONS Price Index of Private Rents by local authority. These are medians of recorded sales, not valuations, and none of it is financial advice.