Bury St. Edmunds

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Bury St Edmunds is a market town in the county of Suffolk, England, and formerly the county town of West Suffolk. It is the main town in the borough of St Edmundsbury and known for the ruined abbey near the town centre. Bury is the seat of the Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich, with the episcopal see at St Edmundsbury Cathedral. The town, originally called Beodericsworth, is known for brewing and malting (with the large Greene King brewery) and for a British Sugar processing factory. Many large and small businesses are located in Bury, which traditionally has given Bury an affluent economy with low unemployment, with the town being the main cultural and retail centre for West Suffolk. Tourism is also a major part of the economy, plus local government. It is in the Bury St Edmunds parliamentary constituency and is represented in Parliament by David Ruffley. Bury St Edmunds (Beodericsworth, St Edmund's Bury), supposed by some to have been the Villa Faustina of the Romans, was one of the royal towns of the Saxons. Sigebert, king of the East Angles, founded a monastery here about 633, which in 903 became the burial place of King Edmund, who was slain by the Danes in 869, and owed
 
 

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Estimated Price: £280,326
Average Asking Price: £349,831
Price change in last one year: £23,547
Average Price Paid: £224,211
Average Rent Rates: £1,372

 
 

Property Prices Breakdown in Bury St. Edmunds

Average Price for property in Bury St. Edmunds is around £280,326 which varies based on type of property you are interested in and ranges from £369,056 for detached house to around £227,885 for semi-detached. Similarly terraced house is around £205,609 and a flat is worth £155,683. Values have been changing and have risen £3,463 in last 3 months alone. Similar historical trend can be observed in price changes e.g. prices changed £9,295 in last 6 months, £23,547 in last 1 year, £29,470 in last 2 years, £35,065 in last 3 years, £40,385 in last 4 years and £44,555 in last 5 years.

Currently average asking price of a property in Bury St. Edmunds is around £349,831 based on approximately 1,769 properties for sale. Same is the case with rental options based on 212 properties up for rent, average asking rent is around £1,372 per month.

Estimated property value in Bury St. Edmunds is £280,326. Average asking price is £349,831 while average price paid is £244,091 which is up by £23,547 and Avg. asking rent £1,372.Based on an Online Survey

Buyers are willing to pay high dollar prices to grab these properties because of the recent trend in real estate investment especially in Bury St. Edmunds area. In last 1 year alone average price buyer paid is around £244,091 based on approximately 1,769 sales in Bury St. Edmunds area alone. If you compare it to last 3 years sales of 5,132 properties where buyers paid around £228,869. It has been same for some time now for e.g. if you take an average of amount paid in last 5 years, it comes to around £224,211 for 8,328 and average amount paid for purchase of approx. 11,258 properties sold in last 7 years comes to about £220,952 per sale.

 
 

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Breakdown of asking prices for homes of different sizes show that price varies clearly based on no of bedrooms and type of house. Asking price for a house with 1 bedroom is around £116,736, £181,577 for a 2 bedroom house, £263,667 for a 3 bedroom house, £371,708 for a 4 bedroom house and £637,291 for a 5 bedroom house. For a flat similarly the prices varies from £105,039 for a single bedroom to £218,982 for a 2 bedroom Flat. Same is the case with 3 bedroom flat £425,000. To sum up the asking prices for properties in Bury St. Edmunds it comes to around average £108,381 for 1 bedroom property, £190,928 for 2 bedroom, £265,161 for 3 bedroom, £371,708 for 4 bedroom and £637,291 for a 5 bedroom property.

Rent per calendar month varies similarly based on type and size of the house. If you look at the rents per month for houses alone it can vary from £641 for 1 bedroom to £845 for 2 bedrooms, £994 for 3 bedrooms, £1,454 for 4 bedrooms and £1,883 for 5 bedrooms house. But if you are interested in renting a 1 bedroom flat then rent per month can be around £758. As the no. of bedroom increase so will the rent e.g. for a 2 bedroom flat it will be around £826 and £1,248 for 3 bedroom. You should be generally be expecting around average £700 rent per month for single bedroom property, £835 for 2 bedroom, £998 for 3 bedroom, £1,454 for 4 bedroom and approximately £1,883 for a 5 bedroom property in Bury St. Edmunds area.

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Disclaimer : Location real estate estimates and values are based on House price index background data and Sales data provided by United Kingdom Land registry Records available as public records from their website. This information is updated monthly on our website and may not reflect all public transactions. This information is based on estimated calculation generated from our developed algorithms. We are striving to make this information as accurate and useful as possible. This data covers the transactions received at Land Registry in the period 1/1/1995 to 9/1/2014. © Crown copyright 2014. Data produced by Land Registry © Crown copyright 2014.

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