Galashiels

Area Guide For Galashiels

Galashiels is a small town and common area in Berwickshire, the population of the town is over 22,000 residents.
Galashiels is a big business centre for the Borders district. The town is known for material making, and is the area of Heriot-Watt University's School of Textiles and Design, Galashiels Academy and one grounds of the Borders College, which starting 2009 has moved and now joins with the University.

Notwithstanding the town's moderately low populace, the early 2000s saw numerous new advancements, including Asda, Boots drug store, Halfords, Marks & Spencer, Matalan, McDonald's, Next, Subway fast-food outlet and Tesco Extra. The vast majority of these are on previous factory and modern home destinations, while other neglected factories have been changed over to living settlement.

 
 

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Estimated Price: £159,103
Average Asking Price: £170,105
Price change in last one year: £4,692
Average Price Paid: £128,908
Average Rent Rates: £1,190

 
 

Property Prices Breakdown in Galashiels

Average Price for property in Galashiels is around £159,103 which varies based on type of property you are interested in and ranges from £301,738 for detached house to around £166,559 for semi-detached. Similarly terraced house is around £126,772 and a flat is worth £108,180. Values have been changing and have risen £385 in last 3 months alone. Similar historical trend can be observed in price changes e.g. prices changed £217 in last 6 months, £4,692 in last 1 year, £13,922 in last 2 years, £13,459 in last 3 years, £17,717 in last 4 years and £13,598 in last 5 years.

Currently average asking price of a property in Galashiels is around £170,105 based on approximately 231 properties for sale. Same is the case with rental options based on 16 properties up for rent, average asking rent is around £1,190 per month.

Estimated property value in Galashiels is £159,103. Average asking price is £170,105 while average price paid is £133,432 which is up by £4,692 and Avg. asking rent £1,190.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 Galashiels area. In last 1 year alone average price buyer paid is around £133,432 based on approximately 231 sales in Galashiels area alone. If you compare it to last 3 years sales of 636 properties where buyers paid around £130,302. 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 £128,908 for 953 and average amount paid for purchase of approx. 1,475 properties sold in last 7 years comes to about £139,828 per sale.

 
 

Properties For Sale in Galashiels

 
 

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 £155,000, £117,404 for a 2 bedroom house, £155,304 for a 3 bedroom house, £241,007 for a 4 bedroom house and £273,362 for a 5 bedroom house. For a flat similarly the prices varies from £63,779 for a single bedroom to £88,520 for a 2 bedroom Flat. Same is the case with 3 bedroom flat £114,706 and £128,000 for a 5 bedroom flat. To sum up the asking prices for properties in Galashiels it comes to around average £75,181 for 1 bedroom property, £97,598 for 2 bedroom, £149,127 for 3 bedroom, £241,007 for 4 bedroom and £257,211 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 £550 for 3 bedroom to £802 for 4 bedroom. But if you are interested in renting a 1 bedroom flat then rent per month can be around £329. As the no. of bedroom increase so will the rent e.g. for a 2 bedroom flat it will be around £400 and £464 for 3 bedroom. You should be generally be expecting around average £329 rent per month for single bedroom property, £400 for 2 bedroom, £507 for 3 bedroom and approximately £802 for 4 bedroom property in Galashiels 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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