Nicholsons Grove, Colchester house prices are built from 275 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1995 and the most recent on 17 Apr 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £78,000. Across the 16 years from 2007 to 2023 the median moved +25.8% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -21.8%.
Median price paid
£78,000
Change in cash, 2007–2023
+25.8%
Change in real terms
-21.8%
Median per m²
£2,093
HM Land Registry275 sales86 with floor areaLatest sale 17 Apr 2026
Section 01
How Nicholsons Grove, Colchester prices moved
The chart tracks the median Nicholsons Grove, Colchester house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1995 to 2023. The dashed line restates each year in 2026 money, so the two lines separate exactly as much as inflation has eroded the cash figure.
| Decade | Years with sales | Median paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5 | £35,108 | £77,956 |
| 2000s | 8 | £81,500 | £148,469 |
| 2010s | 5 | £123,500 | £174,135 |
| 2020s | 2 | £134,750 | £137,679 |
The highest yearly median on record for Nicholsons Grove, Colchester is £150,000 in 2019; the lowest is £32,000 in 1997. Across the full 29-year record the cash median has moved from £38,000 to £146,250.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £84,378, so the real change over the whole record is +87.3% — about +2.27% a year after inflation. Cash growth and real growth are not the same story, and the gap is the part most price reports leave out.
Over the last decade alone the difference is stark: +25.8% in cash against -21.8% once inflation is removed. A buyer who sold at the end of that decade would have needed the real figure, not the headline one, to know whether they had actually gained.
Section 02
The most recent sales
Every row is a completed sale as lodged with HM Land Registry. The right-hand column restates the price in 2026 money, which is the only fair way to compare a sale from the 1990s with one from last year.
| Address | Sold | Type | Price paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 92 | 17 Apr 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £125,000 | £125,000 |
| 96 | 30 Jan 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £110,000 | £110,000 |
| 4 | 22 Sep 2025 | Terraced | £285,000 | £291,196 |
| 14 | 15 Nov 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £152,000 | £159,940 |
| 33 | 1 Nov 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £138,000 | £145,209 |
| 90 | 28 Aug 2024 | Semi-detached | £142,000 | £149,418 |
| 15 | 10 Nov 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £185,000 | £199,885 |
| 86 | 27 Sep 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £90,000 | £97,241 |
| 36 | 26 Sep 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £170,000 | £183,678 |
| 81 | 31 Aug 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £127,500 | £137,759 |
| 84 | 19 May 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £145,000 | £156,667 |
| 60 | 10 Mar 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £147,500 | £159,368 |
| 8 | 6 Sep 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £162,500 | £188,270 |
| 49 | 31 Aug 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £145,000 | £167,995 |
| 30 | 13 May 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £175,000 | £202,753 |
| 38 | 8 Feb 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £165,000 | £191,167 |
| 40 | 1 Oct 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £127,000 | £160,457 |
| 10 | 30 Sep 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £153,500 | £193,938 |
| 121 | 28 Jul 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £139,500 | £176,250 |
| 60 | 28 Jul 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £130,000 | £164,247 |
| 101 | 12 Mar 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £150,000 | £189,516 |
| 60 | 8 Feb 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £102,500 | £129,503 |
| 66 | 30 Nov 2020 | Flat or maisonette | £110,000 | £142,424 |
| 15 | 12 Jun 2020 | Flat or maisonette | £165,000 | £213,636 |
| 40 | 20 Mar 2020 | Flat or maisonette | £126,500 | £163,788 |
Section 03
Homes that sold twice
These addresses appear in the register more than once, so the same bricks are being priced twice. That makes them the strongest evidence of what actually happened to Nicholsons Grove, Colchester values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 92 Nicholsons Grove | £32,650 (1997) | £125,000 (2026) | +4.7% | +2.1% |
| 96 Nicholsons Grove | £33,500 (1997) | £110,000 (2026) | +4.2% | +1.5% |
| 4 Nicholsons Grove | £72,350 (1999) | £285,000 (2025) | +5.4% | +2.7% |
| 14 Nicholsons Grove | £87,500 (2002) | £152,000 (2024) | +2.5% | -0.2% |
| 33 Nicholsons Grove | £81,000 (2003) | £138,000 (2024) | +2.6% | -0.3% |
| 90 Nicholsons Grove | £119,500 (2004) | £142,000 (2024) | +0.9% | -2.0% |
| 15 Nicholsons Grove | £31,995 (1996) | £185,000 (2023) | +6.7% | +4.0% |
| 86 Nicholsons Grove | £22,700 (1997) | £90,000 (2023) | +5.4% | +2.7% |
| 36 Nicholsons Grove | £138,000 (2016) | £170,000 (2023) | +3.0% | -0.7% |
| 81 Nicholsons Grove | £35,108 (1996) | £127,500 (2023) | +4.9% | +2.2% |
| 60 Nicholsons Grove | £35,950 (1996) | £147,500 (2023) | +5.4% | +2.7% |
| 8 Nicholsons Grove | £132,000 (2016) | £162,500 (2022) | +3.5% | +0.4% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Nicholsons Grove, Colchester is dominated by the type at the top of this table, so its overall median leans that way.
| Property type | Sales | Share | Median paid | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat or maisonette | 246 | 89.5% | £79,995 | £19,500 – £185,000 |
| Terraced | 18 | 6.5% | £71,000 | £45,000 – £285,000 |
| Semi-detached | 11 | 4.0% | £72,000 | £44,250 – £295,600 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Nicholsons Grove, Colchester
254 of the sales on record are leasehold and 21 freehold — 92.4% of the market. Tenure is not a detail: a leasehold flat and a freehold house are different assets, and mixing them into one median hides the difference.
The median leasehold sale is £80,000 and the median freehold sale £69,000 — a gap of -13.7%. Most of that gap is property type rather than tenure itself: leasehold here is largely flats, freehold largely houses.
| Category | Sales | Share | Median paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leasehold | 254 | 92.4% | £80,000 |
| Freehold | 21 | 7.6% | £69,000 |
| New build | 19 | 6.9% | £38,000 |
| Existing home | 256 | 93.1% | £82,000 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -53.7%. A new-build premium is normal: the buyer gets a warranty and nothing to fix, and the price is set by a developer rather than negotiated between two households.
A further 9 transfers for this area are on the register but are left out of every figure above. HM Land Registry marks them as additional price paid entries: repossessions, buy-to-let portfolio moves, transfers between companies or family, and sales at a discount such as right to buy. They are real records but they are not open-market prices, and including them would drag the median somewhere no buyer ever paid.
Section 09
How Nicholsons Grove, Colchester compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Nicholsons Grove, Colchester sits below that national figure — -50.5%.
Within Colchester the street ranks 2825 of 2866 by median price, and its median is below the town figure of £178,000 (-56.2%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £2,093 per square metre, across 86 of the 275 sales on record. Price per square metre is the only figure that compares a two-bed flat with a four-bed house honestly.
The full range on record runs from £19,500 to £295,600. Extremes usually mean something unusual — a plot sold without a house on it, a transfer between family members, or a very large property — so the median is the number to trust.
Section 10
Nearby on the record
Streets nearby
- High Street£180,000 median
- Old Heath Road£159,000 median
- Greenstead Road£97,750 median
- George Williams Way£125,950 median
- St Peters Street£123,725 median
- Claremont Heights£70,000 median
- Clarendon Way£139,950 median
- Brook Street£128,000 median
- Victoria Chase£87,750 median
- Morant Road£130,000 median
- Cowdray Avenue£153,250 median
- Hythe Hill£119,950 median
- Kendall Road£112,500 median
- Artillery Street£118,000 median
- Harsnett Road£140,000 median
- Winnock Road£121,000 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 15 Nicholsons Grove8 sales
- 49 Nicholsons Grove6 sales
- 52 Nicholsons Grove6 sales
- 47 Nicholsons Grove6 sales
- 60 Nicholsons Grove5 sales
- 104 Nicholsons Grove5 sales
- 92 Nicholsons Grove4 sales
- 96 Nicholsons Grove4 sales
- 36 Nicholsons Grove4 sales
- 38 Nicholsons Grove4 sales
- 101 Nicholsons Grove4 sales
- 66 Nicholsons Grove4 sales
- 119 Nicholsons Grove4 sales
- 70 Nicholsons Grove4 sales
- 43 Nicholsons Grove4 sales
- 118 Nicholsons Grove4 sales
- 62 Nicholsons Grove4 sales
- 48 Nicholsons Grove4 sales
- 76 Nicholsons Grove4 sales
- 51 Nicholsons Grove4 sales
- 4 Nicholsons Grove3 sales
- 33 Nicholsons Grove3 sales
- 90 Nicholsons Grove3 sales
- 81 Nicholsons Grove3 sales
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Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Nicholsons Grove, Colchester?
The median price paid in Nicholsons Grove, Colchester across every sale on the register is £78,000. The median is used rather than the mean because a handful of very large sales would otherwise drag the average away from what a typical buyer paid.
How many homes have sold in Nicholsons Grove, Colchester?
275 sales are on record for Nicholsons Grove, Colchester, the most recent completing on 17 Apr 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Nicholsons Grove, Colchester house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +25.8% between 2007 and 2023. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -21.8%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Nicholsons Grove, Colchester house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £150,000, set in 2019. That is the cash figure; measured in 2026 money the peak may fall in a different year, because inflation reshapes the series.
What is the price per square metre in Nicholsons Grove, Colchester?
£2,093 per square metre, from the 86 sales where an EPC floor area could be matched to the address. Price per square metre strips out size, so a flat and a house can be compared on the same basis.
How current is this data?
The latest sale shown here completed on 17 Apr 2026. HM Land Registry publishes Price Paid Data monthly and a sale can take a month or two to appear after completion, so the most recent weeks are always incomplete.
Cite this page: Sold Price History, “Nicholsons Grove, Colchester house prices”, 2026. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data © Crown copyright and database right, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Inflation adjustment: ONS CPIH.