Whetstone Local Market Update Q3

MARKET SUMMARY

N20

Market review Winter Market Update NATIONAL MARKET

1.3%

96,920

UK house price growth, year to August 2019

Transactions in September, a 2.3% increase on a year ago

Source: ONS

We bring you the latest trends in the UK's housing market, with a detailed focus on North London.

Source: HMRC

House prices The average price of a home rose by 1.2% in August compared to a year ago, according to the official UK house price index. This is the highest level of annual growth recorded since April.

National housing market trends 7.5% 5%

Economy

2.5%

At 0.3% growth in the UK economy in the three months to August was slightly higher than expected.

Analysts expect growth of 0.5% over quarter 3, and 1.3% over 2019, down slightly from 1.4% in 2018 and 1.9% in 2017.

0% -2.5% -5% -7.5% Sep 18

Oct 18

Nov 18

Dec 18

Jan 19

Mortgage approvals

Feb 19

Mar 19

Apr 19

House prices

May 19

Jun 19

Jul 19

Aug 19

Sept 19

Transactions

Average property values over last 12 months DETACHED

SEMI-DETACHED

TERRACED

FLAT/APARTMENT

£965,559

£638,525

£565,852

£405,343

GREATER LONDON

£857,701

£562,924

£537,085

£422,974

£214,750

£349,066

£178,086

£212,829

Annual change in private rents to September 2019 by region 1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

2.5% 2% 1.5% 1%

8.

9.

10.

11.

0.5% 0% 1

2

3

4

5

6

% change

Source: Dataloft, Land Registry, Bank of England and ONS

7

8

9

10

Sales level in September were at their highest monthly level since August 2017 according to the HMRC. 101,740 sales completed, up 2.3% year on year. Quarter on quarter sales volumes rose 1.8%.

Demand

NORTH LONDON

ENGLAND & WALES

Transactions

11

London South East South West East of England East Midlands West Midlands Yorkshire & The Humber North East North West Wales Scotland

The Bank of England report 65,545 mortgages were approved in August, down -0.9% on a year ago.

Quarter on quarter mortgage approvals were up 2.3%, thanks to the uptick in approvals seen in July.

Investment Average rents paid by UK private tenants grew by 1.3% in the year to September, a rate of growth which has remained unchanged from May. Strongest growth is currently in the South West and Yorkshire and the Humber.

Whetstone Local Market Update LOCAL MARKET ROUND UP

THE LAST 3 MONTHS, TOP 3 TRANSACTIONS

Over the last 12 full months there have been 273 sales in Whetstone. This is a –7% change on the previous 12 month period. The average sales price was £566,010.

£773K CHURCH WAY N20

£750K LYNTON MEAD N20

Transactions by price band over the last 12 months NATIONAL

WHETSTONE

£642K

less than £100k £100k-£250k

FRANKLIN CLOSE N20

£250k-£500k £500k-£750k £750k-£1m £1m-£2m £2m-£5m £5m+

HOUSE PRICE GROWTH OVER 1 YEAR AND 5 YEARS

Percentage of sales by property type over last 12 months

45%

28%

Apartments

Terraced

17% Semi-detached

10% Detached

–7%

+14%

STREET WITH MOST TRANSACTIONS IN LAST 3 MONTHS

Average prices over last 12 months

FRANKLIN CLOSE N20

£1,600,000 £1,200,000 £800,000 £400,000 0 Flat/Apartment

Whetstone

Terraced

Semi-detached

Detached

Greater London

Source:Dataloft, Land Registry

STEWART WILLERTON Whetstone Office 1286 High Road, Whetstone, N20 9HH T:: 020 8446 2111 E:: Stewartw@martyngerrard.co.uk

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