Porthcawl

Area Guide For Porthcawl

Porthcawl is a town and group on the south shoreline of Wales in the province district of Bridgend, 25 miles (40 km) west of the capital city, Cardiff and 19 miles (31 km) southeast of Swansea. Arranged on a low limestone headland on the South Wales coast, ignoring the Bristol Channel, Porthcawl grew as a coal port amid the nineteenth century, yet its exchange was soon assumed control by all the more quickly creating ports, for example, Barry. Northwest of the town, in the ridges known as Kenfig Burrows, are concealed the last remainders of the town and Kenfig Castle, which were overpowered by sand around 1400. There are seven schools in Porthcawl: 4 grade schools, 1 complete school and 1 non-public school. Porthcawl is one of the top areas in Wales for surfing with both national and provincial rivalries held at Rest Bay. Other option games like skateboarding and rollerblading are additionally well known with the previous PADS skate stop by the Harbor and the new bowl stop off Heol Y Goedwig. There are three greens to the north of the town including Royal Porthcawl Golf Club, which pulls in players from as far and wide as possible.

 
 

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Estimated Price: £217,796
Average Asking Price: £281,435
Price change in last one year: £2,842
Average Price Paid: £196,028
Average Rent Rates: £721

 
 

Property Prices Breakdown in Porthcawl

Average Price for property in Porthcawl is around £217,796 which varies based on type of property you are interested in and ranges from £285,707 for detached house to around £190,554 for semi-detached. Similarly terraced house is around £161,870 and a flat is worth £142,309. Values have been changing and have risen £798 in last 3 months alone. Similar historical trend can be observed in price changes e.g. prices changed £686 in last 6 months, £2,842 in last 1 year, £15,693 in last 2 years, £15,262 in last 3 years, £6,946 in last 4 years and £14,790 in last 5 years.

Currently average asking price of a property in Porthcawl is around £281,435 based on approximately 219 properties for sale. Same is the case with rental options based on 36 properties up for rent, average asking rent is around £721 per month.

Estimated property value in Porthcawl is £217,796. Average asking price is £281,435 while average price paid is £202,059 which is up by £2,842 and Avg. asking rent £721.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 Porthcawl area. In last 1 year alone average price buyer paid is around £202,059 based on approximately 219 sales in Porthcawl area alone. If you compare it to last 3 years sales of 666 properties where buyers paid around £196,329. 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 £196,028 for 1,058 and average amount paid for purchase of approx. 1,414 properties sold in last 7 years comes to about £195,730 per sale.

 
 

Properties For Sale in Porthcawl

 
 

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 £109,975, £179,972 for a 2 bedroom house, £226,856 for a 3 bedroom house, £310,864 for a 4 bedroom house and £461,853 for a 5 bedroom house. For a flat similarly the prices varies from £161,133 for a single bedroom to £146,032 for a 2 bedroom Flat. Same is the case with 3 bedroom flat £149,475. To sum up the asking prices for properties in Porthcawl it comes to around average £140,670 for 1 bedroom property, £157,345 for 2 bedroom, £222,784 for 3 bedroom, £310,864 for 4 bedroom and £461,853 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 £461 for 1 bedroom to £535 for 2 bedroom, £709 for 3 bedroom and £1,060 for 4 bedroom. But if you are interested in renting a 1 bedroom flat then rent per month can be around £495. As the no. of bedroom increase so will the rent e.g. for a 2 bedroom flat it will be around £584. You should be generally be expecting around average £488 rent per month for single bedroom property, £576 for 2 bedroom, £709 for 3 bedroom and approximately £1,060 for 4 bedroom property in Porthcawl 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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