Feb 07, 2023 by HM

House prices in Earls Colne (CO6 2)

This article reveals price per square metre data and various charts to help you understand current housing market in Earls Colne (CO6 2).

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Price per square metre

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

£ per sqm = price ÷ internal area

E.g. 35, Monks Road, Earls Colne, Coggeshall, sold for £413,000 on Sep-2023. Given the internal area of 94 square metres, the price per sqm is £4,393.

England & Wales have been officially metric for many decades. However house price per square foot is sometimes prefered by those of sufficiently advanced age. They may want to convert metres on this page to square feet.

The chart below is called a histogram, it helps you see the distribution of this house price per sqm data. To make this chart we put the sales data into a series of £ per sqm 'buckets' (e.g. £3,800-£4,000, £4,000-£4,200, £4,200-£4,400 etc...) we then count the number of sales with within in each bucket and plot the results. The chart is based on 123 sales in Earls Colne (CO6 2) that took place in the last two years.

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.

That said, the spread of prices will give you a feel of the typical range to expect in Earls Colne (CO6 2). Of the 123 transactions, half were sold for between £3,380 and £4,530 per square metre. Notably, only 25% of properties that sold recently were valued at more than £4,530m². For anything to be valued more than this means it has to be more desireable than the clear majority of homes.

For the average, we calculate the 'median' or middle price. The median price per square metre in 'CO6 2' is £3,850. The table below shows how 'CO6 2' compares to neighbouring postcode sectors.

Postcode sector	Lower quartile	Middle quartile	Upper quartile
CO6 1 Coggeshall	£3,390m2	£3,870m2	£4,560m2
CO6 3 West Bergholt	£3,540m2	£3,930m2	£4,430m2
CO6 4 Great Horkesley	£3,510m2	£4,000m2	£4,550m2
CO6 2 Earls Colne	£3,380m2	£3,850m2	£4,530m2
CO6 5 Polstead	£3,400m2	£4,140m2	£4,880m2

Will Earls Colne 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 scatter plot below for CO6 2 (Earls Colne). From this one could infer a range of reasonable possible future price falls or rises. In the chart below, the red dashed line is the house price trend for CO6 2 and the blue dots are the individual property sales that inform this trend.

Disclaimer: The data provided throughout this website about Earls Colne 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. Furthermore, I cannot guarantee the accuracy of any data shown. This information is based on sold prices and internal area data provided by Land Registry and other third parties - I do not verify the accuracy of the Earls Colne data or any other data I am given.

Price map for Earls Colne

I've just finished coding the map I link to below. I find it useful and I am sure it will help you in exploring Earls Colne. 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. I will explain more about the methodology and create a key next week.

House price heatmap for Earls Colne

Street level data

Street	Avg size	Avg £/m2	Recent sales
Lowefields, Earls Colne, CO6 2L	69m2	£4,463	11
Queens Road, Earls Colne, CO6 2R	95m2	£3,873	11
Colchester Road, Earls Colne, CO6 2P	119m2	£3,534	11
High Street, Earls Colne, CO6 2P	98m2	£3,286	10
High Street, Earls Colne, CO6 2Q	93m2	£3,249	10
Coggeshall Road, Earls Colne, CO6 2J	167m2	£3,623	10
Hunt Road, Earls Colne, CO6 2N	69m2	£3,561	8
Spring Gardens Road, Earls Colne, CO6 2D	117m2	£3,605	8

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New build activity

Street	Avg size	Avg £/m2	New build sales
Monks Road, Earls Colne, CO6 2R	96m2	£3,936	10

Monks Road, Earls Colne, CO6 2R has seen 10 new build sales in the last 4 years (average price £359,438). These new build homes typically have an internal area of 96 m2, with an average price of £3,936 m2. This £sqm average is £86 above the average for CO6 2. New builds typically command a £ per sqm premium so this is normal.

Raw data

Our analysis of Earls Colne 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	m2	£/m2
35, Monks Rd, Earls Colne, Coggeshall	£413,000 Sep-2023	94	4,393
7, Mill Field, Earls Colne, Coggeshall	£388,500 Aug-2023	87	4,465
6, Atlas Bungalows, Earls Colne, Coggeshall	£280,000 Aug-2023	51	5,490

See the entire list of all sales in Earls Colne (CO6 2) here.