Halstead

Area Guide For Halstead

Halstead is a village and civil parish in the Sevenoaks District of Kent, England. The parish is located on the North Downs, 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Orpington and 5 miles (8 km) north of Sevenoaks. The name Halstead is derived from the Old English hald (refuge, shelter) and stede (site, place), meaning 'safe place' or 'place of refuge'. The parish church is dedicated to St Margaret. Author Edith Nesbit spent some of her adolescence in Halstead during the 1870s and her book The Railway Children is thought to be based on her time living in a house, Halstead Hall, whose garden is about a mile and a half from the railway line. The parish is adjacent to Fort Halstead, a government defence research centre that is thought to have developed Britain's first atomic bomb.

 
 

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Estimated Price: £275,447
Average Asking Price: £355,067
Price change in last one year: £26,451
Average Price Paid: £221,273
Average Rent Rates: £885

 
 

Property Prices Breakdown in Halstead

Average Price for property in Halstead is around £275,447 which varies based on type of property you are interested in and ranges from £420,371 for detached house to around £227,067 for semi-detached. Similarly terraced house is around £187,442 and a flat is worth £129,013. Values have been changing and have risen £1,421 in last 3 months alone. Similar historical trend can be observed in price changes e.g. prices changed £4,622 in last 6 months, £26,451 in last 1 year, £33,984 in last 2 years, £32,378 in last 3 years, £38,994 in last 4 years and £33,032 in last 5 years.

Currently average asking price of a property in Halstead is around £355,067 based on approximately 385 properties for sale. Same is the case with rental options based on 18 properties up for rent, average asking rent is around £885 per month.

Estimated property value in Halstead is £275,447. Average asking price is £355,067 while average price paid is £239,718 which is up by £26,451 and Avg. asking rent £885.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 Halstead area. In last 1 year alone average price buyer paid is around £239,718 based on approximately 385 sales in Halstead area alone. If you compare it to last 3 years sales of 1,080 properties where buyers paid around £226,060. 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 £221,273 for 1,756 and average amount paid for purchase of approx. 2,334 properties sold in last 7 years comes to about £215,302 per sale.

 
 

Properties For Sale in Halstead

 
 

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 £133,735, £209,582 for a 2 bedroom house, £288,053 for a 3 bedroom house, £419,008 for a 4 bedroom house and £615,466 for a 5 bedroom house. For a flat similarly the prices varies from £125,998 for a single bedroom to £197,706 for a 2 bedroom Flat. To sum up the asking prices for properties in Halstead it comes to around average £129,437 for 1 bedroom property, £207,503 for 2 bedroom, £288,053 for 3 bedroom, £419,008 for 4 bedroom and £615,466 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 £734 for 2 bedroom to £970 for 3 bedroom and £1,296 for 4 bedroom. But if you are interested in renting a 1 bedroom flat then rent per month can be around £440. You should be generally be expecting around average £440 rent per month for single bedroom property, £734 for 2 bedroom, £970 for 3 bedroom and approximately £1,296 for 4 bedroom property in Halstead 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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