TW8 home values up by nearly a quarter over the last year
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Brentford property prices have remained strong so far in 2015 according to the latest figures.
The average price of a home in the TW8 post code area reported as sold to the Land Registry in the first three months of the year was £437,207 close to an all-time high. This is an increase of 24.5% on the same period in 2014.
A house on Boston Gardens was the highest priced sale during the period changing hands for £1,350,000. This makes it the twelfth most expensive residential property and the third most expensive house in TW8.
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) UK Residential Market Survey says that London house prices were back into positive territory in April, after seven months in decline, with short term predictions suggesting further rises.
28% more chartered surveyors saw prices rise in London in April, the first positive reading in the capital after seven negative months in the run up to the election. Price expectations over the next three months are also positive, with 11% more respondents expecting prices to rise further.
New instructions fell sharply with 36% more chartered surveyors seeing a decline, while the capital also saw an increase in buyer enquiries for the first time in a year as both these factors contributed to the pick-up in prices. Activity levels over the last month decreased most sharply in London where 21% more respondents reported a fall rather than rise in newly agreed sales
52% more respondents expect prices to rise over the next twelve months in London and the predicted average percentage price rise for houses in the capital over each of the next five years is 5.4%.
Meanwhile, in the lettings sector, supply has been rising steadily in London for three years now but the growth in tenant demand is not far behind. As a result, 39% more chartered surveyors expect rents to rise over the next three months which is the highest reading since the first half of 2011.
Simon Rubinsohn, RICS Chief Economist, said: “It is conceivable that the decisive outcome to the election could encourage a pick-up in instructions to agents and ease some of the recent upward pressure on house prices but it is doubtful that this will be substantive enough to provide anything more than temporary relief. Alongside an increased flow of second hand stock, it is absolutely critical that new government focuses on measures to boost the flow of new build.’’
According to Land Registry figures London as a whole continued to see the highest price rises in the country in March rising by 11.3% to £462,799. This compares to a 5.3% increase for England and Wales which brought the average price up to £178,007. The peak was achieved in November 2007 when the average reached £181,049.
The number of properties sold in England and Wales for over £1 million decreased by 19 per cent to 851 from 1,049 a year earlier. Repossessions in England and Wales decreased by 45 per cent to 590 compared with 1,081 in January 2014
London was the region with the greatest fall in repossession sales with only 65 taking place in January 2015.
A list of properties sold in the Brentford area will appear in a forthcoming edition of the BrentfordTW8.com newsletter.
| Brentford Property Prices - (January - March 2015) | ||||||||||
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| Area | Detached | Sales | Semi-detached | Sales | Terrace | Sales | Flat/ mais |
Sales | Overall Ave | Overall Sales |
| TW8 0 | 0 | 0 | 690000 | 1 | 584064 | 7 | 427181 | 76 | 443384 | 84 |
| TW8 8 | 0 | 0 | 746667 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 416020 | 15 | 471128 | 18 |
| TW8 9 | 380000 | 1 | 462000 | 1 | 566733 | 3 | 313413 | 12 | 370774 | 17 |
| Total | 380000 | 1 | 678400 | 5 | 578865 | 10 | 412301 | 103 | 437207 | 119 |
| Change in quarter | 63.5% | 400.0% | 6.2% | -41.2% | 10.1% | -18.9% | 9.0% | -18.5% | ||
 Change in year |
60.5% | -37.5% | 23.8% | -47.4% | 30.9% | 33.8% | 24.5% | 14.4% | ||
| Change in 3 years |
- | - | 81.0% | 42.9% | 52.8% | 178.4% | 57.4% | 170.5% | ||
| Change in 5 years | - | - | 90.2% | 25.0% | 58.0% | 442.1% | 59.7% | 340.7% | ||
| Change in 10 years | 159.6% | 66.7% | 100.8% | -23.1% | 64.5% | 134.1% | 68.6% | 98.3% | ||
| Brentford Property Prices - (October - December 2014) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Area | Detached | Sales | Semi-detached | Sales | Terrace | Sales | Flat/ mais |
Sales | Overall Ave | Overall Sales |
| TW8 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | 425244 | 8 | 376465 | 105 | 379918 | 113 |
| TW8 8 | - | - | 415000 | 1 | 731750 | 4 | 414480 | 15 | 477960 | 20 |
| TW8 9 | 1352000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 587500 | 5 | 257354 | 7 | 468537 | 13 |
| Total | 1352000 | 1 | 415000 | 1 | 545085 | 17 | 374390 | 127 | 401239 | 146 |
| Change in quarter | -12.0% | -83.3% | 10.2% | -32.0% | -1.3% | 81.4% | -9.1% | 43.1% | ||
| Change in year |
-20.7% | -75.0% | 31.4% | -15.0% | 22.7% | 13.4% | 22.4% | 7.4% | ||
| Change in 3 years |
25.7% | -85.7% | 47.6% | 70.0% | 38.4% | 225.6% | 35.7% | 160.7% | ||
| Change in 5 years | - | - | 52.7% | 13.3% | 54.7% | 243.2% | 45.8% | 180.8% | ||
| Change in 10 years | 40.4% | -90.0% | 122.0% | -15.0% | 31.8% | 111.7% | 45.0% | 62.2% | ||
Where do I live? Brentford TW8 postcodes are divided into three sectors, TW8 0xx, TW8 8xx and TW8 9xx. Broadly speaking, TW8 0xx covers areas east of Boston Manor Road, TW8 8xx goes west of Boston Manor Road, whilst TW8 9xx covers the areas to the north of the A4.
Source: Land Registry
May 14, 2015
