Average house prices in London have jumped 19% in a year, with the typical cost of a property in one borough set to pass the 2m mark for the first time within weeks, according to new data.
The report, issued by estate agency group LSL Property Services and research firm Acadata, stated that, following a “temporary waning” of growth in the capital’s market, the average London house saw 2% – or almost 11,000 – added to its value in June alone.
In Lambeth the annual rate of price growth is running at 38.5%, while Wandsworth and Waltham Forest each notched up 25%-plus. Meanwhile, the average price-tag in Kensington and Chelsea – dubbed by some “the richest borough in Europe” – has climbed to 1.99m and “looks poised to set an average property price of 2m within the next few weeks”.
The report said the average price paid for a house in England and Wales now stood at 270,636 – up 9.9% on a year earlier. But David Newnes, director of Reeds Rains and Your Move estate agents, owned by LSL, said the government’s policies on housing “should not be led astray” by what was happening in prime central London.
He added: “If London and the south-east are removed from the equation, the annual change in average houses prices drops to 4.6% … Outside of London, the south-east and east Midlands, prices dropped and stabilised across all other seven regions in June.” Newnes said further interventions or tighter rules “could fracture the health of the recovery”.
via The Guardian
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