Wirral

Area Guide For Wirral

Wirral is a peninsula in North West England. It is bounded by three bodies of water: to the west by the River Dee, forming a boundary with Wales, to the east by the River Mersey and to the north by the Irish Sea. Both terms "Wirral" and "the Wirral" are used locally (and interchangeably), although the merits of each form are the subject of local debate. People from the Wirral are called Wirralians, which is also the name of a local rugby union club. The roughly rectangular peninsula is about 10 miles (16.1 km) long and 7 miles (11.3 km) wide. Under the Local Government Act 1972 the northern part constitutes the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral in Merseyside, and the southern part is administered as part of Cheshire West and Chester. Historically part of Cheshire, the Wirral's boundary with the rest of Cheshire was officially "Two arrow falls from Chester City Walls", as mentioned in the Domesday Book. On this larger definition, even places such as Ledsham, Puddington and Saughall would be part of Wirral. The peninsula has also been a hundred. The name Wirral occurs in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle as Wirheal, literally "myrtle-corner", from the Old English wir, a

 
 

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Estimated Price: £211,895
Average Asking Price: £273,615
Price change in last one year: £6,934
Average Price Paid: £186,955
Average Rent Rates: £782

 
 

Property Prices Breakdown in Wirral

Average Price for property in Wirral is around £211,895 which varies based on type of property you are interested in and ranges from £341,493 for detached house to around £178,181 for semi-detached. Similarly terraced house is around £136,398 and a flat is worth £145,730. Values have been changing and have risen £1,746 in last 3 months alone. Similar historical trend can be observed in price changes e.g. prices changed £3,924 in last 6 months, £6,934 in last 1 year, £15,403 in last 2 years, £14,788 in last 3 years, £14,439 in last 4 years and £12,318 in last 5 years.

Currently average asking price of a property in Wirral is around £273,615 based on approximately 2,280 properties for sale. Same is the case with rental options based on 249 properties up for rent, average asking rent is around £782 per month.

Estimated property value in Wirral is £211,895. Average asking price is £273,615 while average price paid is £191,873 which is up by £6,934 and Avg. asking rent £782.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 Wirral area. In last 1 year alone average price buyer paid is around £191,873 based on approximately 2,280 sales in Wirral area alone. If you compare it to last 3 years sales of 6,460 properties where buyers paid around £186,904. 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 £186,955 for 10,158 and average amount paid for purchase of approx. 13,468 properties sold in last 7 years comes to about £186,682 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 £86,154, £148,918 for a 2 bedroom house, £187,885 for a 3 bedroom house, £374,732 for a 4 bedroom house and £706,167 for a 5 bedroom house. For a flat similarly the prices varies from £90,828 for a single bedroom to £138,346 for a 2 bedroom Flat. Same is the case with 3 bedroom flat £250,711 and £162,500 for a 4 bedroom flat. To sum up the asking prices for properties in Wirral it comes to around average £89,493 for 1 bedroom property, £144,727 for 2 bedroom, £189,456 for 3 bedroom, £372,672 for 4 bedroom and £706,167 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 £329 for 1 bedroom to £558 for 2 bedrooms, £691 for 3 bedrooms, £945 for 4 bedrooms and £1,749 for 5 bedrooms house. But if you are interested in renting a 1 bedroom flat then rent per month can be around £443. As the no. of bedroom increase so will the rent e.g. for a 2 bedroom flat it will be around £523, £655 for 3 bedroom and £793 for 4 bedroom. You should be generally be expecting around average £436 rent per month for single bedroom property, £538 for 2 bedroom, £685 for 3 bedroom, £936 for 4 bedroom and approximately £1,749 for a 5 bedroom property in Wirral 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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