Local-authority profile · E07000071
Colchester
East of England · England
Yield proxy
71st UK percentile
August 202602 · Long lets£1,200 / monthMonthly rent
61st UK percentile
September 202603 · Long lets1.7%Rent growth
12th UK percentile
September 202604 · Sales£294,210Sale price
56th UK percentile
August 202605 · Sales-1.4%Price growth
19th UK percentile
August 202606 · Sales0.0%Two-year price growth
21st UK percentile
August 202607 · Short stays452.9 / 100 km²Supply density
40th UK percentile
22 Oct 202608 · Evidence100%Search completion
55th UK percentile
22 Oct 2026Comparative position
What stands out in Colchester
These are statistical positions, not causal claims. A high or low percentile says where the latest published value sits among comparable UK local authorities.
Annual rent growth
1.7% · UK median 4.1%
Annual sale-price growth
-1.4% · UK median 1.1%
Two-year sale-price growth
0.0% · UK median 3.5%
Observed change
Two years in context
Release history
How the observation layer changed
This compares approved observation releases for Colchester. It describes movement in the evidence system, not verified additions to or removals from local housing stock.
22 Oct 2026
+55.4%
+0 percentage points
Property size
Average private rent by bedroom count
Official modelled monthly rent levels. The four-bedroom band includes properties with four or more bedrooms.
One bedroom
Two bedrooms
Three bedrooms
Four or more
Interpretation boundary
What the profile measures—and what it does not
Mix-adjusted local price indices. Registered-sale counts show provisional source records and must not be read as final market activity.
A modelled stock measure covering new and existing tenancies. Scotland and Northern Ireland use rental geographies that do not map directly to local-authority boundaries, so those values remain blank here.
Average annual rent divided by average sale price for the same month. The source populations cover different homes and no costs are deducted.
1,504 aggregate records allocated from 8 intersecting observation cells. The value is not complete inventory or a count of unique dwellings.
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Source and citation
Upgraded Intelligence (2026), “Colchester property profile”, UK Property Atlas release 2026.10, updated 22 Oct 2026.