Richmond house prices increased in March
House prices increased by 1.5% in Richmond in March, new figures show.
The boost contributes to the longer-term trend, which has seen property prices in the area achieve 13.6% annual growth.
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Hide AdThe average Richmond house price in March was £770,509, Land Registry figures show – a 1.5% increase on February.
Over the month, the picture was better than that across London, where prices decreased 0.9%, and Richmond outperformed the 0.3% rise for the UK as a whole.
Over the last year, the average sale price of property in Richmond rose by £92,000 – putting the area second 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.
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Owners of detached houses saw the biggest improvement in property prices in Richmond in March – they increased 2.2%, to £1,701,039 on average. Over the last year, prices rose by 17.8%.
Among other types of property:
Semi-detached: up 2% monthly; up 16.3% annually; £1,120,345 averageTerraced: up 1.2% monthly; up 14.6% annually; £882,025 averageFlats: up 1.4% monthly; up 10.6% annually; £508,798 average
First steps on the property ladder
First-time buyers in Richmond spent an average of £605,000 on their property – £67,000 more than a year ago, and £70,000 more than in March 2017.
By comparison, former owner-occupiers paid £886,000 on average in March – 46.6% more than first-time buyers.
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Hide AdHow do property prices in Richmond compare?
Buyers paid 47.1% more than the average price in London (£524,000) in March for a property in Richmond. Across London, property prices are high 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 1.9 times as much as more than in Richmond. 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
Richmond: £770,509London:£523,666UK: £278,436
Annual growth to March
Richmond: +13.6%London: +4.8%UK: +9.8%
Best and worst annual growth in London
Kensington and Chelsea: +20.3%Lewisham: -0.5%