Northamptonshire

Area Guide For Northamptonshire

Northamptonshire is a county in the East Midlands of England. There are several towns in the county with Northampton being the largest and most populous. Northamptonshire has always held strong links with the nobility and its heritage of beautiful stately homes and picture perfect gardens. Offering a great family and parklands, all have witnessed some remarkable moments in history. At the time of the 2011 census, a population of 691,952 lived in the county with 212,069 living in Northampton. Famous for once being the focal area of manufacturing boots and shoes. Northampton has two major canals – the Oxford and the Grand Union as well as two trunk railway routes, the Midland Main Line and the West Coast Main Line.

 
 

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Estimated Price: £210,614
Average Asking Price: £259,583
Price change in last one year: £16,724
Average Price Paid: £176,574
Average Rent Rates: £1,340

 
 

Property Prices Breakdown in Northamptonshire

Average Price for property in Northamptonshire is around £210,614 which varies based on type of property you are interested in and ranges from £310,574 for detached house to around £181,173 for semi-detached. Similarly terraced house is around £149,668 and a flat is worth £124,099. Values have been changing and have risen £1,258 in last 3 months alone. Similar historical trend can be observed in price changes e.g. prices changed £3,698 in last 6 months, £16,724 in last 1 year, £23,674 in last 2 years, £30,582 in last 3 years, £28,150 in last 4 years and £26,461 in last 5 years.

Currently average asking price of a property in Northamptonshire is around £259,583 based on approximately 10,483 properties for sale. Same is the case with rental options based on 1,043 properties up for rent, average asking rent is around £1,340 per month.

Estimated property value in Northamptonshire is £210,614. Average asking price is £259,583 while average price paid is £186,029 which is up by £16,724 and Avg. asking rent £1,340.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 Northamptonshire area. In last 1 year alone average price buyer paid is around £186,029 based on approximately 10,483 sales in Northamptonshire area alone. If you compare it to last 3 years sales of 29,081 properties where buyers paid around £178,921. 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 £176,574 for 45,650 and average amount paid for purchase of approx. 62,481 properties sold in last 7 years comes to about £174,774 per sale.

 
 

Properties For Sale in Northamptonshire

 
 

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 £117,208, £146,902 for a 2 bedroom house, £200,934 for a 3 bedroom house, £323,206 for a 4 bedroom house and £465,402 for a 5 bedroom house. For a flat similarly the prices varies from £94,608 for a single bedroom to £113,070 for a 2 bedroom Flat. Same is the case with 3 bedroom flat £161,137 and £199,950 for a 4 bedroom flat. To sum up the asking prices for properties in Northamptonshire it comes to around average £98,067 for 1 bedroom property, £134,264 for 2 bedroom, £200,365 for 3 bedroom, £323,080 for 4 bedroom and £465,402 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 £425 for 1 bedroom to £637 for 2 bedrooms, £744 for 3 bedrooms, £1,020 for 4 bedrooms and £1,264 for 5 bedrooms house. But if you are interested in renting a 1 bedroom flat then rent per month can be around £510. As the no. of bedroom increase so will the rent e.g. for a 2 bedroom flat it will be around £594, £716 for 3 bedroom and £574 for 4 bedroom. You should be generally be expecting around average £466 rent per month for single bedroom property, £617 for 2 bedroom, £743 for 3 bedroom, £1,010 for 4 bedroom and approximately £1,264 for a 5 bedroom property in Northamptonshire 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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