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Neighbourhood in Colchester

Layer-de-la-Haye, Abberton & Mersea East

From July 2023 to June 2026, homes in Layer-de-la-Haye, Abberton & Mersea East typically sold for £450,000. Half of the 374 sales were between £365k and £547k, against a typical £325,000 across Colchester.

Postcodes CO2, CO5

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Typical price Typical priceThe middle sale. Half sold for more and half for less. £450k half sold for £365k to £547k
Homes sold Homes soldHomes sold from July 2023 to June 2026. 374 July 2023 to June 2026
Over 5 years Over 5 yearsThe change in the typical price against the same three years five years before. +16.9% typical price, against 5 years before
New builds 22% of sales · 2% leasehold

By type of home

What homes sold for

The band is the middle half of sales, a quarter sold for less and a quarter for more, with the typical price marked. The dashed line is the typical price for the same type across Colchester.

  • Detached £502,500 typical
    Half between £425k and £650k · 253 sales · Colchester £460k
  • Semi-detached £365,000 typical
    Half between £333k and £396k · 88 sales · Colchester £325k
  • Terraced
    Not enough sales (28 in 3 years)
  • Flat
    Not enough sales (5 in 3 years)

Since 1995

Each year in Layer-de-la-Haye, Abberton & Mersea East

This neighbourhood Colchester Homes sold
£0£200k£400k£600k 1995: £81,0001996: £85,0001997: £87,6251998: £87,5001999: £111,2002000: £124,9952001: £140,0002002: £152,9952003: £207,0002004: £215,0002005: £228,0002006: £232,0002007: £256,2502008: £240,0002009: £245,5002010: £250,0002011: £249,9952012: £250,0002013: £260,5002014: £310,0002015: £293,2502016: £345,0002017: £367,0002018: £372,5002019: £357,5002020: £370,0002021: £437,5002022: £437,5002023: £407,0002024: £466,7502025: £435,000 1995: 117 sold1996: 112 sold1997: 122 sold1998: 115 sold1999: 171 sold2000: 206 sold2001: 283 sold2002: 232 sold2003: 153 sold2004: 174 sold2005: 130 sold2006: 167 sold2007: 178 sold2008: 75 sold2009: 120 sold2010: 98 sold2011: 95 sold2012: 106 sold2013: 120 sold2014: 103 sold2015: 140 sold2016: 115 sold2017: 97 sold2018: 112 sold2019: 82 sold2020: 87 sold2021: 168 sold2022: 116 sold2023: 109 sold2024: 104 sold2025: 177 sold 1995200020052010201520202025
£0£200k£400k£600k 1995: £81,0001996: £85,0001997: £87,6251998: £87,5001999: £111,2002000: £124,9952001: £140,0002002: £152,9952003: £207,0002004: £215,0002005: £228,0002006: £232,0002007: £256,2502008: £240,0002009: £245,5002010: £250,0002011: £249,9952012: £250,0002013: £260,5002014: £310,0002015: £293,2502016: £345,0002017: £367,0002018: £372,5002019: £357,5002020: £370,0002021: £437,5002022: £437,5002023: £407,0002024: £466,7502025: £435,000 1995: 117 sold1996: 112 sold1997: 122 sold1998: 115 sold1999: 171 sold2000: 206 sold2001: 283 sold2002: 232 sold2003: 153 sold2004: 174 sold2005: 130 sold2006: 167 sold2007: 178 sold2008: 75 sold2009: 120 sold2010: 98 sold2011: 95 sold2012: 106 sold2013: 120 sold2014: 103 sold2015: 140 sold2016: 115 sold2017: 97 sold2018: 112 sold2019: 82 sold2020: 87 sold2021: 168 sold2022: 116 sold2023: 109 sold2024: 104 sold2025: 177 sold 199520102025

The typical price is the middle sale of each full year, shown where at least 5 homes sold. It moves with which homes happened to sell, so a single year can jump.

The homes that sell here

  • Detached68% · Colchester 34%
  • Semi-detached24% · Colchester 30%
  • Terraced8% · Colchester 21%
  • Flat1% · Colchester 16%

New builds and leaseholds

New builds, share of sales22% · Colchester 7%
Leaseholds, share of sales2% · Colchester 16%

New builds can take up to a year to appear in Land Registry's figures, so the latest year may show fewer than were sold.

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Neighbourhoods around Layer-de-la-Haye, Abberton & Mersea East

About these figures

Every standard home sale registered with HM Land Registry since 1995: homes sold at full market value to a person, so repossessions and sales to companies are left out. Recent months fill in as late sales are registered. Not financial advice.

Sources and licences

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Neighbourhood names: contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 (House of Commons Library). Neighbourhood boundaries and the postcode lookup: source, Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026.