Photo: Geographer · CC BY-SA 2.0The median home in Earls Colne sells for £315,000
That is the middle of 174 standard sales recorded by HM Land Registry from September 2023 to August 2026, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. The typical home sells for 6.4 times as much as in 1995. Below: what each type of home sells for, the spread of prices, every year since 1995, new builds, the busiest streets and the neighbours. Rents and council tax are on Cost of living.
A third of Earls Colne’s sales are semi-detached houses
174 homes sold in three years: 59 detached houses, 63 semi-detached houses, 41 terraced houses and 11 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for twice what a flat does.
median sale · 59 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £400K–£555K
- Last 12 months
- £468K16 sold
- New build
- £513K
median sale · 63 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £285K–£350K
- Last 12 months
- £347K13 sold
- New build
- £300K
median sale · 41 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £240K–£298K
- Last 12 months
- £259K10 sold
median sale · 11 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £160K–£270K
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 36% of sales
Standard sales, Sep 2023 to Aug 2026. A median needs 5 sales of a type; “middle half” is the 25th to 75th percentile of 10 or more.
Half of Earls Colne’s homes sold for between £265K and £440K
One sale in ten was under £240K and one in ten over £552K. 16% sold for under £250K.
The median, £315,000, sits in the £300–400K band
174 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
The typical home costs 6.4 times as much as in 1995, a faster rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £52,000 in 1995 to £335,000 in the last 12 months (£270,000 in 2019).
Fewer homes sell than in most years
41 sales in the last 12 months, against 120 in 2021, the busiest year, and 40 in 2009. Sales fell by 50% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, though the median held. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 88% more sales than 2020.
Earls Colne costs about what England does
Median sale price each calendar year: Earls Colne, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
Detached houses rose the most since 1995
| 1995 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2020 | Last 12 months | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached houses | £72K | £150K | £267K | £350K | £338K | £400K | £468K |
| Semi-detached houses | £63K | £83K | £205K | £180K | £280K | £255K | £347K |
| Terraced houses | £45K | £70K | £168K | £152K | £211K | £255K | £259K |
Calendar years; a year’s median needs 5 sales of the type, so gaps are years with fewer.
Prices are as paid, not adjusted for inflation. Standard (category A) sales only; Land Registry adds a sale when it is registered, so the newest months fill in later.
New builds have slowed: 0% of sales in the last 12 months, after 51% in 2022
288 new homes have been sold in Earls Colne since 1995; the share peaked at 51% in 2022.
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
A new home sold for a median £399,000
against £310,000 for a home sold on, 29% more, over three years. New homes are often a different mix from the homes sold on, so part of the gap is size and type.
7% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 1.2% sold leasehold in Earls Colne. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
Rogers Avenue is Earls Colne’s busiest street, with 27 sales in three years
10 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 4 of them ten or more. A busy street is often a new estate selling its first homes, or a long road of terraces and flats.
| # | Street | Postcode area | Sales | Median | Homes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rogers Avenue | CO6 | 27 | £410,000 | Mostly detached houses · new builds |
| 2 | Thomas Bell Road | CO6 | 12 | £260,000 | Mostly terraced houses |
| 3 | High Street | CO6 | 12 | £249,500 | Mixed |
| 4 | Hunt Road | CO6 | 10 | £288,000 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
| 5 | Bourne Brook View | CO6 | 9 | £460,000 | Mostly detached houses |
| 6 | Queens Road | CO6 | 9 | £405,000 | Mixed |
| 7 | Lowefields | CO6 | 9 | £365,000 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
| 8 | Willow Tree Way | CO6 | 8 | £247,500 | Mostly terraced houses |
| 9 | Aubrey Close | CO6 | 6 | £665,000 | Mostly detached houses |
| 10 | Halstead Road | CO6 | 6 | £377,450 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
Standard sales with a street name, grouped by street and postcode district (Sep 2023 to Aug 2026); a name used in two districts shows the district. Medians only: we don’t list individual sales.
Earls Colne is the 68th most expensive of 81 towns in Essex
Earls Colne is one of Essex’s cheapest towns to buy in; the typical UK town’s median is £277,000.
Towns of 2,500 or more in Essex with 10+ standard sales; each links to its own Housing page.
Earls Colne’s neighbours
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries.
| Town | Miles | Median | Sold, 12 mo | Since 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earls Colne | — | £315K | 41 | +30% |
| Halstead | 2.7 | £310K | 181 | +44% |
| Coggeshall | 3.7 | £350K | 48 | +12% |
| Gosfield | 4.3 | £480K | 16 | +33% |
| Marks Tey | 4.5 | £331K | 19 | +20% |
| Bures | 4.7 | £375K | 19 | +46% |
| Eight Ash Green | 5.4 | £401K | 23 | +18% |
| Copford | 5.5 | £440K | 35 | +63% |
Median: standard sales over three years (10+ needed). Since 2016: the median over three years against 2016’s. Miles: centre to centre.
Questions about property prices in Earls Colne
What is the average house price in Earls Colne?
The median home in Earls Colne sold for £315,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 174 standard sales (£335,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £475,000, semi-detached houses £308,750, terraced houses £258,000 and flats and maisonettes £230,000.
Are house prices going up in Earls Colne?
The median was £315,000 in 2025, up 3% on 2024 (£305,000), and £335,000 in the last 12 months. A town’s median moves with the mix of homes sold each year as well as with prices.
How many homes sell in Earls Colne each year?
41 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 66 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Earls Colne?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Aubrey Close (CO6, £665,000), Bourne Brook View (CO6, £460,000) and Rogers Avenue (CO6, £410,000).
How much does a new build cost in Earls Colne?
New homes sold for a median £399,000 over three years, against £310,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 19% of sales.
Is Earls Colne expensive for Essex?
Earls Colne is the 68th most expensive of 81 towns of 2,500 or more in Essex by median sale price.
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid, every standard sale since January 1995 (yearly files of 28 September 2026), inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary by postcode (ONS Postcode Directory) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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