West Calder

Area Guide For West Calder

West Calder is a town in West Lothian, Scotland, spotted 4 miles west of Livingston. The town was an essential habitat for the oil shale economy in the nineteenth and twentieth Centuries. West Calder has its own railway station. The encompassing towns that take the towns name in their location; Polbeth, Addiewell, Loganlee, Harburn and Westwood diagram the region that this town envelops and they all have had imperative impact in the historical backdrop of the town and the town has played in West Lothian. It is additionally has the most northerly middle of the Dogs Trust, nearly emulated by the new focus at Glasgow. The town is a 10 moment drive from Livingston, which is host to two vast strip malls. A dedication in the middle of the town recalls the fifteen men executed on 10 January 1947 as an aftereffect of a blast at the Burngrange oil shale mine southwest of the town.

 
 

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Estimated Price: £162,901
Average Asking Price: £203,592
Price change in last one year: £14,384
Average Price Paid: £131,887
Average Rent Rates: £1,777

 
 

Property Prices Breakdown in West Calder

Average Price for property in West Calder is around £162,901 which varies based on type of property you are interested in and ranges from £330,013 for detached house to around £147,024 for semi-detached. Similarly terraced house is around £111,715 and a flat is worth £109,326. Values have been changing and have risen £2,106 in last 3 months alone. Similar historical trend can be observed in price changes e.g. prices changed £5,417 in last 6 months, £14,384 in last 1 year, £18,825 in last 2 years, £20,642 in last 3 years, £20,588 in last 4 years and £17,788 in last 5 years.

Currently average asking price of a property in West Calder is around £203,592 based on approximately 80 properties for sale. Same is the case with rental options based on 6 properties up for rent, average asking rent is around £1,777 per month.

Estimated property value in West Calder is £162,901. Average asking price is £203,592 while average price paid is £141,251 which is up by £14,384 and Avg. asking rent £1,777.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 West Calder area. In last 1 year alone average price buyer paid is around £141,251 based on approximately 80 sales in West Calder area alone. If you compare it to last 3 years sales of 206 properties where buyers paid around £127,955. 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 £131,887 for 325 and average amount paid for purchase of approx. 506 properties sold in last 7 years comes to about £129,408 per sale.

 
 

Properties For Sale in West Calder

 
 

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 2 bedroom is around £103,158, £118,799 for a 3 bedroom house, £238,143 for a 4 bedroom house and £400,857 for a 5 bedroom house. For a flat similarly the prices varies from £50,000 for a single bedroom to £86,874 for a 2 bedroom Flat. Same is the case with 3 bedroom flat £120,000 and £125,500 for a 4 bedroom flat. To sum up the asking prices for properties in West Calder it comes to around average £50,000 for 1 bedroom property, £96,644 for 2 bedroom, £118,874 for 3 bedroom, £213,111 for 4 bedroom and £400,857 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 £3,055 for 1 bedroom to £2,055 for 3 bedroom and £945 for 4 bedroom. But if you are interested in renting a 2 bedroom flat then rent per month can be around £498. You should be generally be expecting around average £3,055 rent per month for single bedroom property, £498 for 2 bedroom, £2,055 for 3 bedroom and approximately £945 for 4 bedroom property in West Calder 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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