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Wivenhoe & University

From July 2023 to June 2026, homes in Wivenhoe & University typically sold for £325,000. Half of the 329 sales were between £278k and £410k, against a typical £325,000 across Colchester.

Postcode CO7

All of Colchester
GreensteadOld Heath & RowhedgeParson's Heath
Wivenhoe & University and the neighbourhoods next to it, in Colchester.Open the map
Typical price Typical priceThe middle sale. Half sold for more and half for less. £325k half sold for £278k to £410k
Homes sold Homes soldHomes sold from July 2023 to June 2026. 329 July 2023 to June 2026
Over 5 years Over 5 yearsThe change in the typical price against the same three years five years before. +7.4% typical price, against 5 years before
New builds 2% of sales · 8% 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 £411,000 typical
    Half between £328k and £546k · 112 sales · Colchester £460k
  • Semi-detached £310,000 typical
    Half between £276k and £350k · 127 sales · Colchester £325k
  • Terraced £290,000 typical
    Half between £250k and £354k · 63 sales · Colchester £273k
  • Flat
    Not enough sales (27 in 3 years)

Since 1995

Each year in Wivenhoe & University

This neighbourhood Colchester Homes sold
£0£200k£400k 1995: £57,0001996: £57,0001997: £57,5001998: £65,0001999: £72,4752000: £98,0002001: £113,7502002: £130,0002003: £159,5002004: £166,0002005: £181,0002006: £193,5002007: £193,0002008: £190,0002009: £182,0002010: £200,0002011: £210,0002012: £216,2502013: £210,0002014: £214,7502015: £220,0002016: £250,0002017: £280,0002018: £279,4982019: £305,0002020: £290,0002021: £337,5002022: £350,0002023: £346,0002024: £325,0002025: £326,250 1995: 134 sold1996: 145 sold1997: 211 sold1998: 161 sold1999: 210 sold2000: 231 sold2001: 218 sold2002: 226 sold2003: 182 sold2004: 232 sold2005: 189 sold2006: 218 sold2007: 204 sold2008: 109 sold2009: 143 sold2010: 148 sold2011: 158 sold2012: 160 sold2013: 133 sold2014: 153 sold2015: 148 sold2016: 140 sold2017: 132 sold2018: 136 sold2019: 122 sold2020: 117 sold2021: 167 sold2022: 136 sold2023: 108 sold2024: 92 sold2025: 142 sold 1995200020052010201520202025
£0£200k£400k 1995: £57,0001996: £57,0001997: £57,5001998: £65,0001999: £72,4752000: £98,0002001: £113,7502002: £130,0002003: £159,5002004: £166,0002005: £181,0002006: £193,5002007: £193,0002008: £190,0002009: £182,0002010: £200,0002011: £210,0002012: £216,2502013: £210,0002014: £214,7502015: £220,0002016: £250,0002017: £280,0002018: £279,4982019: £305,0002020: £290,0002021: £337,5002022: £350,0002023: £346,0002024: £325,0002025: £326,250 1995: 134 sold1996: 145 sold1997: 211 sold1998: 161 sold1999: 210 sold2000: 231 sold2001: 218 sold2002: 226 sold2003: 182 sold2004: 232 sold2005: 189 sold2006: 218 sold2007: 204 sold2008: 109 sold2009: 143 sold2010: 148 sold2011: 158 sold2012: 160 sold2013: 133 sold2014: 153 sold2015: 148 sold2016: 140 sold2017: 132 sold2018: 136 sold2019: 122 sold2020: 117 sold2021: 167 sold2022: 136 sold2023: 108 sold2024: 92 sold2025: 142 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

  • Semi-detached39% · Colchester 30%
  • Detached34% · Colchester 34%
  • Terraced19% · Colchester 21%
  • Flat8% · Colchester 16%

New builds and leaseholds

New builds, share of sales2% · Colchester 7%
Leaseholds, share of sales8% · 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.

Next door

Neighbourhoods around Wivenhoe & University

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.