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Area Guide For Orkney

Orkney, otherwise called the Orkney Islands, is an archipelago in northern Scotland, 16 kilometers north of the bank of Caithness. Orkney contains pretty nearly 70 islands, of which 20 are inhabited.The biggest island, Mainland, frequently alluded to as "the Mainland", has a region of 523.25 square kilometers, making it the sixth biggest Scottish island and the tenth-biggest island in the British Isles. The biggest settlement and authoritative focus is Kirkwall.

The Mainland is the largest island of Orkney. Both of Orkney's burghs, Kirkwall and Stromness, are on this island, which is also the heart of Orkney's transportation system, with ferry and air connections to the other islands and to the outside world. The island is more densely populated (75% of Orkney's population) than the other islands and has much fertile farmland.

 
 

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Estimated Price: £143,280
Average Asking Price: £184,231
Price change in last one year: £5,392
Average Price Paid: £121,842
Average Rent Rates: --

 
 

Property Prices Breakdown in Orkney

Average Price for property in Orkney is around £143,280 which varies based on type of property you are interested in and ranges from £160,650 for detached house to around £98,784 for semi-detached. Similarly terraced house is around £126,666 and a flat is worth £76,157. Values have been changing and have risen £483 in last 3 months alone. Similar historical trend can be observed in price changes e.g. prices changed £399 in last 6 months, £5,392 in last 1 year, £12,551 in last 2 years, £14,754 in last 3 years, £6,031 in last 4 years and £7,936 in last 5 years.

Currently average asking price of a property in Orkney is around £184,231 based on approximately 95 properties for sale.

Estimated property value in Orkney is £143,280. Average asking price is £184,231 while average price paid is £118,950 which is up by £5,392.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 Orkney area. In last 1 year alone average price buyer paid is around £118,950 based on approximately 95 sales in Orkney area alone. If you compare it to last 3 years sales of 272 properties where buyers paid around £126,901. 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 £121,842 for 427 and average amount paid for purchase of approx. 607 properties sold in last 7 years comes to about £117,909 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 £99,727, £105,700 for a 2 bedroom house, £172,952 for a 3 bedroom house, £181,875 for a 4 bedroom house and £254,833 for a 5 bedroom house. To sum up the asking prices for properties in Orkney it comes to around average £99,727 for 1 bedroom property, £105,700 for 2 bedroom, £172,952 for 3 bedroom, £181,875 for 4 bedroom and £254,833 for a 5 bedroom property.

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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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