Burford

Area Guide For Burford

Burford is a small town on the River Windrush in the Cotswold hills in west Oxfordshire, England, about 18 miles (29 km) west of Oxford, 22 miles (35 km) southeast of Cheltenham and only about 2 miles (3 km) from the Gloucestershire boundary. The toponym derives from the Old English words burh meaning fortified town or hilltown and ford, the crossing of a river. Burford Priory is a country house that stands on the site of a 13th-century Augustinian hospital. In the 1580s an Elizabethan house was built incorporating remnants of the priory hospital. It was remodelled in Jacobean style, probably after 1637, when the estate had been bought by William Lenthall, Speaker of the House of Commons in the Long Parliament. The house and later the chapel were restored for the philanthropist Emslie John Horniman, M.P, after 1912 by the architect Walter Godfrey. From 1949 Burford Priory housed the Society of the Salutation of Our Lady, a community of Church of England nuns. In the 1980s, its numbers dwindled, so in 1987 it became a mixed community including Church of England Benedictine monks. In 2008 the community sold the property and it has now returned to being a private

 
 

Burford Map

Estimated Price: £537,559
Average Asking Price: £583,226
Price change in last one year: £65,942
Average Price Paid: £476,813
Average Rent Rates: £1,378

 
 

Property Prices Breakdown in Burford

Average Price for property in Burford is around £537,559 which varies based on type of property you are interested in and ranges from £500,632 for detached house to around £299,859 for semi-detached. Similarly terraced house is around £263,998 and a flat is worth £170,072. Values have been changing and have risen £6,154 in last 3 months alone. Similar historical trend can be observed in price changes e.g. prices changed £21,386 in last 6 months, £65,942 in last 1 year, £53,572 in last 2 years, £68,542 in last 3 years, £70,911 in last 4 years and £75,754 in last 5 years.

Currently average asking price of a property in Burford is around £583,226 based on approximately 40 properties for sale. Same is the case with rental options based on 16 properties up for rent, average asking rent is around £1,378 per month.

Estimated property value in Burford is £537,559. Average asking price is £583,226 while average price paid is £501,575 which is up by £65,942 and Avg. asking rent £1,378.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 Burford area. In last 1 year alone average price buyer paid is around £501,575 based on approximately 40 sales in Burford area alone. If you compare it to last 3 years sales of 126 properties where buyers paid around £498,534. 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 £476,813 for 223 and average amount paid for purchase of approx. 307 properties sold in last 7 years comes to about £470,978 per sale.

 
 

Properties For Sale in Burford

 
 

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 2 bedroom is around £295,612, £519,988 for a 3 bedroom house, £954,000 for a 4 bedroom house and £891,667 for a 5 bedroom house. To sum up the asking prices for properties in Burford it comes to around average £295,612 for 2 bedroom property, £519,988 for 3 bedroom, £954,000 for 4 bedroom and £891,667 for 5 bedroom.

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 £724 for 1 bedroom to £1,441 for 2 bedrooms, £1,390 for 3 bedrooms, £1,588 for 4 bedrooms and £1,850 for 5 bedrooms house. But if you are interested in renting a 1 bedroom flat then rent per month can be around £594. You should be generally be expecting around average £659 rent per month for single bedroom property, £1,441 for 2 bedroom, £1,390 for 3 bedroom, £1,588 for 4 bedroom and approximately £1,850 for a 5 bedroom property in Burford area.

Popular Houses in Burford

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.

Sold Properties in Burford

Browse by Streets in Burford

Browse by Outcodes in Burford