Postcode district
CO8
Median asking price
£575K
Across 21 for-sale listings
Growth, 3 years
-0.7%
A year, annualised
Gross yield
-
Needs 5 or more listings to let and for sale
Days on market
117
Average time on market
Investment overview
Median asking price
£575K
Average £631K, range £180K to £1.2M
Gross yield
-
Needs 5 or more listings to let and for sale
Price growth
% a year, annualised over each horizon
Market heat
Cool
117 days average time on market
Median asking rent
£2,625/mo
Of 2 to-let listings
Most common type
Detached
4 bedrooms on average
Market data
Listings
Summary
Homes listed
23
For sale and to let
Median asking price
£575K
Asking price range
£180K to £1.2M
Homes analysed
1,098
Behind the growth and area averages
For-sale listings equal 1.9% of the homes analysed.
Strategy fit
Buy to let
Not assessedGross yield
-
- Fewer than 5 listings to let or for sale in CO8, too few for an indicative yield.
HMO
WeakMedian asking price
£575K
- High entry price (£575K) squeezes HMO returns
- 10% of households rent privately
- Most listings are detached
Flip
WeakGrowth, 3 years
-0.7% a year
- Prices moving -0.7% a year over 3 years raises resale risk
- Slow exits: 117 days average time on market
Recent listings
The 6 most recently updated for-sale listings, a sample of 21 in CO8.
Maltings Close, Bures CO8
£325,000
Terraced · Seen 7 Nov 2026
Lamarsh, Bures, Essex CO8
£1,000,000
Detached · Seen 7 Nov 2026
Colchester Road, Bures, Suffolk CO8
£475,000
Detached · Seen 6 Nov 2026
Plot 2, 8 Stour Mews, Colchester Road, Bures Hamlet, Essex CO8
£575,000
Detached · Seen 6 Nov 2026
Alphamstone, Bures, Essex CO8
£1,200,000
Detached · Seen 6 Nov 2026
Pebmarsh Road, Alphamstone, Bures CO8
£650,000
Detached · Seen 4 Nov 2026