Bexley house prices increased in March

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House prices increased by 1.6% in Bexley in March, new figures show.

The boost contributes to the longer-term trend, which has seen property prices in the area achieve 10.3% annual growth.

The average Bexley house price in March was £395,675, Land Registry figures show – a 1.6% increase on February.

Over the month, the picture was better than that across London, where prices decreased 0.9%, and Bexley outperformed the 0.3% rise for the UK as a whole.

Over the last year, the average sale price of property in Bexley rose by £37,000 – putting the area third among London’s 33 local authorities with price data for annual growth.

The best annual growth in the region was in Kensington and Chelsea, where property prices increased on average by 20.3%, to £1,452,000. At the other end of the scale, properties in Lewisham lost 0.5% of their value, giving an average price of £447,000.

Winners and Losers

Owners of semi-detached houses saw the biggest improvement in property prices in Bexley in March – they increased 1.8%, to £509,369 on average. Over the last year, prices rose by 12%.

Among other types of property:

Detached: up 1.5% monthly; up 12.7% annually; £685,388 averageTerraced: up 1.5% monthly; up 10.2% annually; £401,831 averageFlats: up 1.2% monthly; up 6.8% annually; £257,377 average

First steps on the property ladder

First-time buyers in Bexley spent an average of £351,000 on their property – £31,000 more than a year ago, and £55,000 more than in March 2017.

By comparison, former owner-occupiers paid £436,000 on average in March – 24.3% more than first-time buyers.

How do property prices in Bexley compare?

Buyers paid 24.4% less than the average price in London (£524,000) in March for a property in Bexley. Across London, property prices are low compared to those across the UK, where the average cost £278,000.

The most expensive properties in London were in Kensington and Chelsea – £1.5 million on average, and 3.7 times as much as more than in Bexley. Kensington and Chelsea properties cost 4.2 times as much as homes in Barking and Dagenham (£342,000 average), at the other end of the scale.

The highest property prices across the UK were in Kensington and Chelsea.

Factfile

Average property price in March

Bexley: £395,675London:£523,666UK: £278,436

Annual growth to March

Bexley: +10.3%London: +4.8%UK: +9.8%

Best and worst annual growth in London

Kensington and Chelsea: +20.3%Lewisham: -0.5%