House prices in CO5 8 (West Mersea)

This article reveals price per square foot data and various charts to help you understand current housing market in 'CO5 8' (West Mersea, Tiptree) - statistics were last calculated on 30 August 2024.

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Defining 'CO5 8'

This analysis is limited to properties whose postcode starts with "CO5 8", this is also called the postcode sector. It is shown in red on the map above. There are no official names for postcode sectors so I've just labelled it West Mersea.

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FYI, a postcode sector is the full postcode without the last two letters.

Price per square foot

Knowing the average house price in West Mersea is not much use. However, knowing average price per square foot can be quite useful. Price per sqft allows some comparison between properties of different size. We define price per square foot as the sold price divided by the internal area of a property:

£ per sqft = price ÷ internal area

E.g. 17, City Road, West Mersea, Tiptree, sold for £457,500 on Jun-2024. Given the internal area of 979 square feet, the price per sqft is £467.

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The chart below is called a histogram, it helps you see the distribution of this house price per sqft data. To make this chart we put the sales data into a series of £ per sqft 'buckets' (e.g. £394-£418, £418-£441, £441-£464 etc...) we then count the number of sales with within in each bucket and plot the results. The chart is based on 125 sales in West Mersea (CO5 8) that took place in the last two years.

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You can see the spread of prices above. This is because although internal area is a key factor in determining valuation, it is not the only factor. Many factors other than size affect desirability; these factors could be condition, aspect, garden size, negotiating power of the vendor etc.

The spread of prices will give you a feel of the typical range to expect in West Mersea (CO5 8). Of the 125 transactions, half were sold for between £340 and £474 per square foot. The median, or 'middle', price per square foot in 'CO5 8' is £392. Notably, only 25% of properties that sold recently were valued at more than £474 sqft. For anything to be valued more than this means it has to be more desireable than the clear majority of homes.

Price map for West Mersea, Tiptree

Do have a look at the interactive price map I created. I find it useful and I am sure it will help you in exploring Tiptree. You can zoom in all the way to individual properties and then all the way back out to see the whole country. The colours show the current estimated property values.

House price heatmap for West Mersea, Tiptree

Comparison with neighbouring postcode sectors

The table below shows how 'CO5 8' compares to neighbouring postcode sectors.

Postcode sector	Lower quartile	Middle quartile	Upper quartile
CO5 9 Kelvedon	£340 sqft	£384 sqft	£424 sqft
CO5 7 Rowhedge	£315 sqft	£357 sqft	£408 sqft
CO5 0 Tiptree	£328 sqft	£366 sqft	£416 sqft
CO5 8 West Mersea	£340 sqft	£392 sqft	£474 sqft

Will Tiptree house prices drop in 2024?

I cannot tell the future and don't believe anyone who says they can. I can however plot price trends - I have done this in the chart below for CO5 8 (West Mersea) compared with both the wider area CO5 and inflation (CPIH from the Office of National Statistics). The dashed trend lines in the chart show the average over time.

Download time series data as CSV (paying users only).

For the most recent sales activity, rather than a summarized average, it is better to see the underlying data. This is shown in the chart below, where blue dots represent individual sales, click on them to see details. If there is an obvious trend you should be able to spot it here amid the noise from outliers.

Data from Land Registry comes in gradually over time. I update it every month but it takes about 5 months for the majority of sales for Tiptree to be recorded. Disclaimer: I do not verify and cannot guarantee the accuracy of any data shown. Outliers exist in the data, typically these are where the EPC registry records the internal area incorrectly, sometimes although very rarely the Land Registry price paid data can be wrong. The data provided throughout this website about Tiptree and any other area, is not financial advice. Any information provided does not and cannot ever take in to account the particular financial situation, objectives or property needs of either you or anyone reading this information.

Street level data

Street	Avg size	Avg £sqft	Recent sales
Seaview Avenue, West Mersea, CO5 8B	968 sqft	£337	15
Queen Anne Road, West Mersea, CO5 8B	0 sqft	£326	13
Whittaker Way, West Mersea, CO5 8L	990 sqft	£423	13
High Street, West Mersea, CO5 8S	452 sqft	£347	13
East Road, West Mersea, CO5 8E	968 sqft	£342	10
Oakwood Avenue, West Mersea, CO5 8E	0 sqft	£405	8
Firs Road, West Mersea, CO5 8J	0 sqft	£359	8
Prince Albert Road, West Mersea, CO5 8A	0 sqft	£365	8

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Raw data

Our analysis of West Mersea is derived from what is essentially a big table of sold prices from Land Registry with added property size information. Below are three rows from this table to give you an idea.

Address	Paid	sqft	£/sqft
17, City Rd, West Mersea, Tiptree	£457,500 Jun-2024	979	467
1, Digby Mews, West Mersea, Tiptree	£385,000 Jun-2024	656	586
6, New Captains Rd, West Mersea, Tiptree	£470,000 Jun-2024	1,194	393

See the entire list of all sales in West Mersea (CO5 8) here.