Enfield house prices increased in June
House prices increased by 1.5% in Enfield in June, new figures show.
The boost contributes to the longer-term trend, which has seen property prices in the area achieve 11.5% annual growth.
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Hide AdThe average Enfield house price in June was £432,250.4662, Land Registry figures show – a 1.5% increase on May.
Over the month, the picture was less good than that across London, where prices increased 2.5322733%, and Enfield underperformed compared to the 4.4989563% rise for the UK as a whole.
Over the last year, the average sale price of property in Enfield rose by £45,000 – putting the area third among London’s 33 local authorities for annual growth.
The best annual growth in the region was in Harrow, where property prices increased on average by 16.7%, to £522,000. At the other end of the scale, properties in City of London lost 13.2% of their value, giving an average price of £756,000.
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Owners of terraced houses saw the biggest improvement in property prices in Enfield in June – they increased 2%, to £460,890.8232 on average. Over the last year, prices rose by 13.4%.
Among other types of property:
Detached: up 0.7% monthly; up 11.5% annually; £1,031,498.331 averageSemi-detached: up 1.5% monthly; up 12.6% annually; £665,548.4932 averageFlats: up 1.1% monthly; up 8.8% annually; £301,179.1121 average
First steps on the property ladder
First-time buyers in Enfield spent an average of £378,000 on their property – £38,000 more than a year ago, and £38,000 more than in June 2016.
By comparison, former owner-occupiers paid £490,000 on average in June – 29.7% more than first-time buyers.
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Hide AdHow do property prices in Enfield compare?
Buyers paid 15.3% less than the average price in London (£510,000) in June for a property in Enfield. Across London, property prices are high compared to those across the UK, where the average cost £266,000.
The most expensive properties in London were in Kensington and Chelsea – £1.2 million on average, and 2.9 times as much as in Enfield. Kensington and Chelsea properties cost 3.9 times as much as homes in Barking and Dagenham (£319,000 average), at the other end of the scale.
The highest property prices across the UK were in Kensington and Chelsea, where the average June sale price of £1.2 million could buy 13 properties in Burnley (average £99,000).
Factfile
Average property price in June
Enfield: £432,250.4662London:£510,298.6011UK: £265,668.1787
Annual growth to June
Enfield: +11.5%London: +6.3%UK: +13.2%
Best and worst annual growth in London
Harrow: +16.7%City of London: -13.2%