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AL5 vs CO15: house prices per square metre compared

AL5 (Bower Heath) is the more expensive of the two: a median of £7,103 per against £2,961 in CO15 (Holland-On-Sea)CO15 is 58% cheaper per . The figures come from 308 and 508 sales with an EPC-matched floor area in the last 12 months of HM Land Registry data.

AL5

Bower Heath, Harpenden

High confidence

£7,103median per m²

Median sale price
£800,000
Middle 60% of sales (p20–p80)
£5,959 – £8,431
Sales (last 12 months)
325
With a matched floor area
308
Mean floor area (matched sales)
134 m²
Change over 10 years
+22.0%
All AL5 sold prices

CO15

Holland-On-Sea, Clacton-On-Sea

High confidence

£2,961median per m²

Median sale price
£240,000
Middle 60% of sales (p20–p80)
£2,211 – £3,729
Sales (last 12 months)
591
With a matched floor area
508
Mean floor area (matched sales)
83 m²
Change over 10 years
+33.1%
All CO15 sold prices

Side by side

Every figure covers sales in the last 12 months, on the same dataset and the same method for both areas.

AL5 compared with CO15
MeasureAL5CO15Difference
Median price per m²£7,103£2,961−58%
Median sale price£800,000£240,000−70%
Sales (last 12 months)325591+266
Change over 10 years+22.0%+33.1%+11.1 pts

By property type

Median price per m² for each property type sold in the last 12 months. Only types with matched sales are listed, and a dash means too few sales to publish.

Median price per m² by property type
Property typeAL5CO15
Detached£7,778n = 109£3,308n = 201
Semi-detached£7,238n = 96£3,046n = 175
Terraced£7,057n = 50£2,258n = 39
Flat£5,513n = 53£2,264n = 93

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