Richmond house prices dropped in December
House prices dropped by 1.9% in Richmond in December, new figures show.
The drop contributes to the longer-term trend, which has seen property prices in the area suffer a 0.4% annual decline.
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Hide AdThe average Richmond house price in December was £742,061, Land Registry figures show – a 1.9% decrease on November.
Over the month, the picture was different to that across London, where prices remained static, and Richmond was lower than the 0.4% drop for the UK as a whole.
Over the last year, the average sale price of property in Richmond fell by £3,200 – putting the area 28th among London’s 33 local authorities with price data for annual growth.
The highest annual growth in the region was in City of London, where property prices increased on average by 20.8%, to £968,000. At the other end of the scale, properties in Westminster lost 13.4% of their value, giving an average price of £910,000.
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Hide AdThe average UK house price was £294,000 in December 2022, which was £26,000 higher than 12 months earlier.
It meant prices increased by 9.8% annually in December, slowing from 10.6% annual growth in November, according to the Office for National Statistics.
First steps on the property ladder
First-time buyers in Richmond spent an average of £580,900 on their property – £3,000 less than a year ago, but £56,600 more than in December 2017.
By comparison, former owner-occupiers paid £854,900 on average in December – 47.2% more than first-time buyers.
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Owners of terraced houses saw the biggest fall in property prices Richmond in December – they dropped 2.2% in price, to £854,461 on average. But over the last year, prices rose by 0.5%.
Among other types of property:
Detached: down 1.9% monthly; down 0.8% annually; £1,650,454 averageSemi-detached: down 1.9% monthly; up 0.3% annually; £1,087,643 averageFlats: down 1.5% monthly; down 1.8% annually; £483,154 average
How do property prices in Richmond compare?
Buyers paid 36.6% more than the average price in London (£543,000) in December for a property in Richmond. Across London, property prices are high compared to those across the UK, where the average cost £294,000.
The most expensive properties in London were in Kensington and Chelsea – £1.3 million on average, and 1.7 times as much as more than in Richmond. Kensington and Chelsea properties cost 3.5 times as much as homes in Barking and Dagenham (£362,000 average), at the other end of the scale.
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Factfile
Average property price in December
Richmond: £742,061London:£543,099UK: £294,329
Annual change to December
Richmond: -0.4%London: +6.7%UK: +9.8%
Highest and lowest annual growth in London
City of London: +20.8%Westminster: -13.4%