Southwark house prices increased slightly in April

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House prices increased slightly, by 0.5%, in Southwark in April, new figures show.

The rise contributes to the longer-term trend, which has seen property prices in the area grow by 2.6% over the last year.

An 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 Southwark house price in April was £527,636, Land Registry figures show – a 0.5% increase on March.

Over the month, the picture was different to that across London, where prices increased 1%, and Southwark was lower than the 1.1% rise for the UK as a whole.

Over the last year, the average sale price of property in Southwark rose by £13,000 – 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 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 Southwark spent an average of £460,100 on their property – £10,100 more than a year ago, and £4,300 more than in April 2017.

By comparison, former owner-occupiers paid £639,500 on average in April – 39% more than first-time buyers.

Property types

Owners of detached houses saw the biggest rise in property prices in Southwark in April – they increased 1%, to £1,831,870 on average. Over the last year, prices rose by 7.8%.

Among other types of property:

Semi-detached: up 0.6% monthly; up 6.1% annually; £1,070,575 averageTerraced: up 0.8% monthly; up 3.9% annually; £777,031 averageFlats: up 0.4% monthly; up 2% annually; £450,607 average

How do property prices in Southwark compare?

Buyers paid roughly the same as the average price in London (£530,000) in April for a property in Southwark. Across London, property prices are roughly the same as those across the UK, where the average cost £281,000.

The most expensive properties in London were in Kensington and Chelsea – £1.5 million on average, and 2.9 times as much as more than in Southwark. 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

Southwark: £527,636London:£529,829UK: £281,161

Annual growth to April

Southwark: +2.6%London: +7.9%UK: +12.4%

Highest and lowest annual growth in London

Kensington and Chelsea: +26.7%Hammersmith and Fulham: -2.5%