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Brightlingsea market report CO7 9, Colchester
The CO7 9 (Brightlingsea) house price history in full, 1995 to 2026, in cash and in today's money. This page is built from the public record and nothing else: 5,061 completed sales registered with HM Land Registry in CO7 9 (Colchester) since 1995, plus current ONS rental figures. There are no valuations, estimates or asking prices in it.
Covers registered sales to 2026 and ONS rents for May 2026. Refreshed monthly as new sales reach the register.
In short: 44 registered 2026 sales put the CO7 9 (Colchester) median at £320,000, down 6% on five years earlier, with a mean of £349,400, and by floor area homes here have averaged about £4,140 per square metre over the last five years. Everything rests on 5,061 completed HM Land Registry sales since 1995, refreshed monthly; valuations and asking prices play no part.
CO7 9 is one sector of CO7 (Colchester): a handful of streets, and the most local view the sold record can give. The price of that locality is lumpier charts, because each year's median rests on fewer sales.
Where CO7 9 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.
Today's CO7 9 prices, from the sold record
In the CO7 9 property market, the 2026 median sale price is £320,000, from 44 registered sales; the mean, the "average house price" most sites quote, is £349,400, sitting a little above it, the familiar pattern where pricier homes stretch the average.
CO7 9 prices by floor area
The last five years of sales put CO7 9 at roughly £4,140 per square metre. That figure, built from each sale's Energy Performance Certificate floor area, is the one that makes a small flat and a big house comparable.
The national median for England and Wales is £285,000, which puts CO7 9 12% above the country at large.
A typical CO7 9 home, priced year by year (1995 to 2026)
The cash median beside its inflation-adjusted twin (ONS CPIH). The adjusted line answers the harder question, whether homes really got dearer. Hover for the figures; the legend toggles each series.
See this chart as a table
| Year | Median (cash) | Median (today's £) | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | £320,000 | £320,000 | 44 |
| 2025 | £325,000 | £332,772 | 141 |
| 2024 | £325,000 | £345,542 | 92 |
| 2023 | £346,000 | £380,170 | 108 |
| 2022 | £350,000 | £410,415 | 137 |
| 2021 | £338,800 | £428,965 | 168 |
| 2020 | £290,000 | £376,281 | 117 |
| 2019 | £305,000 | £399,782 | 122 |
| 2018 | £279,500 | £372,579 | 136 |
| 2017 | £280,000 | £381,892 | 132 |
| 2016 | £250,000 | £349,752 | 140 |
| 2015 | £220,000 | £310,860 | 148 |
| 2014 | £214,900 | £304,873 | 154 |
| 2013 | £210,000 | £302,169 | 134 |
| 2012 | £216,200 | £318,219 | 160 |
| 2011 | £210,000 | £317,019 | 158 |
| 2010 | £200,000 | £313,651 | 148 |
| 2009 | £182,000 | £292,567 | 143 |
| 2008 | £190,000 | £311,450 | 109 |
| 2007 | £193,000 | £327,382 | 204 |
| 2006 | £193,500 | £335,891 | 218 |
| 2005 | £181,500 | £322,997 | 190 |
| 2004 | £166,000 | £301,488 | 233 |
| 2003 | £160,000 | £294,759 | 183 |
| 2002 | £130,000 | £244,594 | 227 |
| 2001 | £114,800 | £220,697 | 222 |
| 2000 | £98,500 | £193,306 | 232 |
| 1999 | £72,500 | £144,489 | 210 |
| 1998 | £65,000 | £131,207 | 161 |
| 1997 | £57,500 | £117,921 | 211 |
| 1996 | £57,000 | £120,210 | 145 |
| 1995 | £57,000 | £123,909 | 134 |
In cash terms the typical CO7 9 home went from £57,000 in 1995 to £320,000 in 2026, roughly 6 times the price. Inflation explains only part of it: in today's money the rise is still about 158%, a genuine increase in what a home here costs. Measured in today's money the market peaked in 2021; the current median sits about 25% below that. Someone who bought at the 2021 peak has not yet seen that price back in real terms.
Year-on-year change in the CO7 9 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 2000 (+35.9% on the year before); the weakest, 2024 (−6.1%). 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) | −1.5% | −3.8% |
| 5 years (since 2021) | −1.1% | −5.7% |
| 10 years (since 2016) | +2.5% | −0.9% |
| 20 years (since 2006) | +2.5% | −0.2% |
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
How many homes change hands
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, 44 sales completed in CO7 9. Like most of England and Wales, turnover never fully recovered from 2008: the market here averaged 214 sales a year before the financial crisis and 104 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.
What homes rent for around CO7 9
The local authority for CO7 9 is Colchester, and its ONS average private rent currently stands at £1,211 a month (May 2026 figures). The spread runs from £829 a month for a typical one-bed to £1,819 at four-plus bedrooms, which is size doing most of the pricing.
Average monthly rent by size, Colchester
ONS Price Index of Private Rents, May 2026.
Against the £320,000 median purchase price, a rent of £1,211 a month (£14,532 a year) works out at a 4.5% gross yield, a ceiling figure that ignores letting costs, voids, maintenance and tax. Because rents are local-authority statistics, districts sharing the authority share the figure.
Reading the CO7 9 market
Only 44 sales completed here in the last twelve months of data, which makes CO7 9 a thin market. Each figure rests on few transactions, so single streets can swing the median and the charts deserve a sceptical squint.
What people ask about CO7 9 (Brightlingsea)
Are property prices falling in CO7 9 (Brightlingsea)?
Is CO7 9 (Brightlingsea) a good place to buy a house?
How much did a house sell for in CO7 9 (Brightlingsea)?
Where do CO7 9 prices go next?
That question has no honest answer, only evidence. The evidence: the median is down 6% over five years in cash but down 25% after inflation. Weigh the volume chart alongside the price one before deciding anything, and bear in mind every figure is a completed sale that reached the register weeks after completion.
What is for sale in CO7 right now
This is what you could actually buy today: 83 homes currently on the market from 6 agents publishing to HomesIndex.
These cover the whole CO7 district, not just CO7 9: live asking prices are collected per district.
31% of what is on the market here is asking below what comparable homes actually sold for. Every listing is measured against recent recorded sales of similar nearby homes.
- Broom Knoll, East Bergholt, Colchester, Suffolk
- Frances Close, Wivenhoe, Colchester
- Stable Cottage, Ford Lane, Alresford, Colchester, CO7
"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 CO7 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.
The price of an extra bedroom in CO
Real sold prices by size across the CO area, straight from the Land Registry record. The jump between sizes is local: in some areas a third bedroom adds a quarter to the price, in others nearly four fifths, so a national rule of thumb will mislead you here.
| 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. Sizes with too few homes to be meaningful are left blank.
The risers and the fallers
The spread across the CO area is the point: the same five years treated these districts very differently.
Five-year change in the median, CO area districts
The districts that gained and lost most in cash terms, each row linking through to its own report.
Other sectors in CO7
A few minutes' walk can separate two very different markets. Here are CO7's other sectors, each with its own report:
| Sector | Median (latest) | Sales that year |
|---|---|---|
| CO7 0 | £257,500 | 48 |
| CO7 6 | £505,000 | 22 |
| CO7 7 | £380,000 | 23 |
| CO7 8 | £353,800 | 52 |
Zoom out to the full CO7 district report for the type split, monthly volumes and how CO7 compares with its neighbours.
Selling a home in CO7 9? Price it on the evidence
Ground the asking price in real sold prices first. The average prices map gives a rough value in a minute: start at CO7 9's shading and zoom to the sold homes on the street itself. Agents work from this same Land Registry record when they value; this page puts it in front of you before they arrive.
For local estate agents: each district report carries one featured-agent spot, free while founding places last. Claim CO7 9.
Take it further
Behind the answers sits the same Land Registry record as this page, with CO7 9 already set as the subject. Free, one click sign in.
The live map plots every individual CO7 9 sale at its exact address, and the average prices map zooms from neighbourhood shading to single homes. For a specific question, the report tool writes a custom answer, and any sale's mortgage and rent calculator runs the numbers on a real purchase.
How this page is made: the statistics are computed from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data (Crown copyright, OGL v3.0), geocoded to address level; inflation adjustment uses the ONS CPIH index; rents are the ONS Price Index of Private Rents at local-authority level. Medians of recorded sales, not valuations. Nothing on this page is financial advice.