Westbury

Area Guide For Westbury

Westbury is a town and civil parish in the west of the English county of Wiltshire, most famous for the Westbury White Horse. The most likely origin of the West in Westbury is simply that the town is near the western edge of the county of Wiltshire, the bounds of which have been much the same since the Anglo-Saxon period. The bury part of the name is a form of borough, which has cognates in many languages, such as the German burg and the Greek pyrgos. It carries the idea of a hill or fortified town. For a fuller explanation, see borough. In Wiltshire, bury often indicates an Iron Age or Bronze Age fortified hill fort, and such a site is to be found immediately above the Westbury White Horse. Westbury is located 18 miles (29 km) south east of the city of Bath and about 5 miles (7.5 km) south of Trowbridge. Other nearby towns and cities include Bristol, Frome, Salisbury, Swindon and Warminster. Nearby villages include Bratton, Chapmanslade, Dilton Marsh, Edington, North Bradley, Rudge, Standerwick, Semington, West Ashton and Upton Scudamore. In the past, Westbury was sometimes known as Westbury-under-the-Plain to distinguish it from other towns of the same name. Westbury is

 
 

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Estimated Price: £222,481
Average Asking Price: £209,076
Price change in last one year: £17,746
Average Price Paid: £186,545
Average Rent Rates: £705

 
 

Property Prices Breakdown in Westbury

Average Price for property in Westbury is around £222,481 which varies based on type of property you are interested in and ranges from £305,427 for detached house to around £190,955 for semi-detached. Similarly terraced house is around £162,395 and a flat is worth £115,941. Values have been changing and have risen £1,665 in last 3 months alone. Similar historical trend can be observed in price changes e.g. prices changed £4,638 in last 6 months, £17,746 in last 1 year, £20,516 in last 2 years, £27,525 in last 3 years, £25,339 in last 4 years and £20,294 in last 5 years.

Currently average asking price of a property in Westbury is around £209,076 based on approximately 341 properties for sale. Same is the case with rental options based on 38 properties up for rent, average asking rent is around £705 per month.

Estimated property value in Westbury is £222,481. Average asking price is £209,076 while average price paid is £192,036 which is up by £17,746 and Avg. asking rent £705.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 Westbury area. In last 1 year alone average price buyer paid is around £192,036 based on approximately 341 sales in Westbury area alone. If you compare it to last 3 years sales of 947 properties where buyers paid around £187,543. 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 £186,545 for 1,526 and average amount paid for purchase of approx. 2,215 properties sold in last 7 years comes to about £185,351 per sale.

 
 

Properties For Sale in Westbury

 
 

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 £110,000, £148,731 for a 2 bedroom house, £198,266 for a 3 bedroom house, £320,867 for a 4 bedroom house and £496,998 for a 5 bedroom house. For a flat similarly the prices varies from £85,756 for a single bedroom to £108,242 for a 2 bedroom Flat. To sum up the asking prices for properties in Westbury it comes to around average £91,817 for 1 bedroom property, £134,086 for 2 bedroom, £198,266 for 3 bedroom, £320,867 for 4 bedroom and £496,998 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 £414 for 1 bedroom to £587 for 2 bedroom, £757 for 3 bedroom and £1,300 for 5 bedroom. But if you are interested in renting a 1 bedroom flat then rent per month can be around £396. As the no. of bedroom increase so will the rent e.g. for a 2 bedroom flat it will be around £676. You should be generally be expecting around average £403 rent per month for single bedroom property, £597 for 2 bedroom, £757 for 3 bedroom and approximately £1,300 for 5 bedroom property in Westbury 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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