Greenwich house prices increased slightly in April
House prices increased slightly, by 0.8%, in Greenwich in April, new figures show.
The rise contributes to the longer-term trend, which has seen property prices in the area grow by 7.4% over the last year.
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Hide AdAn imbalance between supply and demand for properties has remained the primary reason behind climbing house prices across the UK throughout the pandemic.
The need for larger deposits and constraints on accessing mortgages have pushed homeownership further out of reach for many first-time buyers – despite Government figures showing 50% of renters would be able to afford the monthly payments.
In a recent major speech in Blackpool, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced a “comprehensive review” of the mortgage market would take place in a bid to help more people onto the property ladder.
The average Greenwich house price in April was £434,433, Land Registry figures show – a 0.8% increase on March.
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Hide AdOver the month, the picture was similar to that across London, where prices increased 1%, and Greenwich was lower than the 1.1% rise for the UK as a whole.
Over the last year, the average sale price of property in Greenwich rose by £30,000 – putting the area 16th among London’s 33 local authorities with price data for annual growth.
The highest annual growth in the region was in Kensington and Chelsea, where property prices increased on average by 26.7%, to £1,514,000. At the other end of the scale, properties in Hammersmith and Fulham lost 2.5% of their value, giving an average price of £721,000.
First steps on the property ladder
First-time buyers in Greenwich spent an average of £390,000 on their property – £27,000 more than a year ago, and £43,000 more than in April 2017.
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Hide AdBy comparison, former owner-occupiers paid £502,000 on average in April – 28.8% more than first-time buyers.
Property types
Owners of flats saw the biggest rise in property prices in Greenwich in April – they increased 1.1%, to £367,526 on average. Over the last year, prices rose by 7.7%.
Among other types of property:
Detached: up 0.5% monthly; up 9.6% annually; £933,952 averageSemi-detached: up 0.2% monthly; up 8.5% annually; £655,632 averageTerraced: up 0.7% monthly; up 6.8% annually; £488,239 average
How do property prices in Greenwich compare?
Buyers paid 18% less than the average price in London (£530,000) in April for a property in Greenwich. Across London, property prices are lower than those across the UK, where the average cost £281,000.
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Hide AdThe most expensive properties in London were in Kensington and Chelsea – £1.5 million on average, and 3.5 times as much as more than in Greenwich. Kensington and Chelsea properties cost 4.5 times as much as homes in Barking and Dagenham (£336,000 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 April
Greenwich: £434,433London:£529,829UK: £281,161
Annual growth to April
Greenwich: +7.4%London: +7.9%UK: +12.4%
Highest and lowest annual growth in London
Kensington and Chelsea: +26.7%Hammersmith and Fulham: -2.5%