Livingston

Area Guide For Livingston

Livingston (Scots: Leivinstoun) is a town in West Lothian, Scotland. It is the fourth post-WWII new town to be built in Scotland, designated in 1962. It is about 15 miles (25 km) west of Edinburgh and 30 miles (50 km) east of Glasgow, and is bordered by the towns of Broxburn to the northeast and Bathgate to the northwest. Livingston is the biggest town in West Lothian. It was built around a collection of small villages, Livingston Village, Bellsquarry and Livingston Station (now part of Deans). It has a number of residential precincts or areas. These include Craigshill, Howden, Dedridge, Ladywell, Knightsridge, Murieston, Adambrae, Deans, Deer Park and Eliburn. The core locality of Livingston is defined by the General Register Office for Scotland (GRO) as including Uphall Station and Pumpherston. The wider urban settlement area also includes Mid Calder and East Calder. Other neighbouring villages include Kirknewton, Polbeth and West Calder. The 2001 census showed the town had a locality population of 50,826 (24,451 male and 26,375 female) and an urban settlement population of 59,511. The town's current locality population is estimated to be 54,740 and the urban settlement
 
 

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Estimated Price: £167,536
Average Asking Price: £170,383
Price change in last one year: £14,464
Average Price Paid: £140,833
Average Rent Rates: £630

 
 

Property Prices Breakdown in Livingston

Average Price for property in Livingston is around £167,536 which varies based on type of property you are interested in and ranges from £259,575 for detached house to around £154,348 for semi-detached. Similarly terraced house is around £121,079 and a flat is worth £121,030. Values have been changing and have risen £1,176 in last 3 months alone. Similar historical trend can be observed in price changes e.g. prices changed £3,756 in last 6 months, £14,464 in last 1 year, £16,544 in last 2 years, £21,534 in last 3 years, £17,528 in last 4 years and £19,608 in last 5 years.

Currently average asking price of a property in Livingston is around £170,383 based on approximately 804 properties for sale. Same is the case with rental options based on 50 properties up for rent, average asking rent is around £630 per month.

Estimated property value in Livingston is £167,536. Average asking price is £170,383 while average price paid is £148,796 which is up by £14,464 and Avg. asking rent £630.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 Livingston area. In last 1 year alone average price buyer paid is around £148,796 based on approximately 804 sales in Livingston area alone. If you compare it to last 3 years sales of 2,148 properties where buyers paid around £142,439. 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 £140,833 for 3,272 and average amount paid for purchase of approx. 4,831 properties sold in last 7 years comes to about £140,586 per sale.

 
 

Properties For Sale in Livingston

 
 

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 £85,580, £108,920 for a 2 bedroom house, £130,606 for a 3 bedroom house, £227,094 for a 4 bedroom house and £355,960 for a 5 bedroom house. For a flat similarly the prices varies from £69,083 for a single bedroom to £129,426 for a 2 bedroom Flat. Same is the case with 3 bedroom flat £128,618 and £155,000 for a 4 bedroom flat. To sum up the asking prices for properties in Livingston it comes to around average £73,935 for 1 bedroom property, £118,903 for 2 bedroom, £130,447 for 3 bedroom, £225,967 for 4 bedroom and £355,960 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 £555 for 2 bedroom to £676 for 3 bedroom, £871 for 4 bedroom and £1,234 for 5 bedroom. But if you are interested in renting a 1 bedroom flat then rent per month can be around £477. As the no. of bedroom increase so will the rent e.g. for a 2 bedroom flat it will be around £555 and £650 for 3 bedroom. You should be generally be expecting around average £476 rent per month for single bedroom property, £555 for 2 bedroom, £668 for 3 bedroom, £871 for 4 bedroom and approximately £1,234 for a 5 bedroom property in Livingston 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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