House Prices & Sales in Buckinghamshire, September 2015 29

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House Prices & Sales in Buckinghamshire, September 2015

29 October 2015

Buckinghamshire’s average house price increased £1,127 (0.4 per cent) in September to reach a new of high £316,514. Over the last year prices in Buckinghamshire have risen 8.4 per cent (£24,603), ahead of the 5.3 per cent (£9,393) recorded the across country as a whole. Mean prices in London rose 9.6 per cent (£43,662). Table 1: Mean house prices, September 2015 Av Price Buckinghamshire Central Bedfordshire Hertfordshire Milton Keynes Northamptonshire Oxfordshire Reading Slough Windsor and Maidenhead Wokingham

316,514 210,163 311,247 189,623 155,019 296,476 257,842 217,567 420,137 350,815

South East England & Wales

256,737 186,553

Rank (of 172) 34 55 35 66 90 37 43 51 18 29 2 -

Annual Change Change 2007-15 % Rank % Rank 8.4 30 16.2 42 8.8 23 8.2 51 11.8 9 24.4 29 9.1 21 7.1 54 5.8 63 -3.1 80 8.6 25 18.7 38 15.3 1 20.2 36 12.1 6 16.4 41 8.7 24 24.4 28 9.7 16 22.2 35 8.5 5.3

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13.8 3.1

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Source: Land Registry, 2015

Since the pre-recession peak of November 2007, there have been wide variations in the recovery of house prices across England and Wales as shown in chart 2. At the national level, prices have risen by 3.1 per cent, however of the 11 NUTS 3 regions that make up England and Wales only London (up 43.1 per cent), the South East (13.8) and the East of England (9.9) had higher mean house prices in September than in November 2007. Prices in the North East remain 21.3 per cent below the peak. There were 865 house sales in Buckinghamshire in July, the highest monthly total of the year and just 13 fewer than recorded in the same month last year. Over the last year there have been 9,166 house sales in the county, the fewest in any 12 month period since the year ending March 2014 and 26.3 per cent below 2007’s peak. Table 2: House sales, July 2015 Buckinghamshire Central Bedfordshire Hertfordshire Milton Keynes Northamptonshire Oxfordshire Reading Slough Windsor and Maidenhead Wokingham South East England

July 2015 865 508 2,010 361 1,163 944 236 155 231 235 14,427 77,729

Year to July 15 Change 2007-15 Rank 9,166 -26.3 30 5,541 -21.8 10 19,656 -29.4 51 4,274 -40.3 126 12,842 -36.8 102 10,709 -24.7 21 2,834 -31.8 74 1,995 -31.4 70 2,417 -31.0 67 2,933 -28.5 45 156,791 -29.5 3 829,380 -33.7 Source: Land Registry, 2015

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Chart 1: House sales over time (year ending September 2007=100) 110 100 90 80 70 Buckinghamshire 60

South East England

50

Manchester 40

Aug-Jul 2015

Aug-Jul 2014

Aug-Jul 2013

Aug-Jul 2012

Aug-Jul 2011

Aug-Jul 2010

Aug-Jul 2009

Aug-Jul 2008

Aug-Jul 2007

Aug-Jul 2006

Aug-Jul 2005

Aug-Jul 2004

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Source: Land Registry, 2015

Chart 2: Change in mean house prices by region since pre-recession peak (Nov 2007) London

South East

East

South West

East Midlands

West Midlands

Yorks & Humber

Wales

North West

North East -30

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Source: Land Registry, 2015

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