Chichester district house prices rose in July

Joanna Morris, Data Reporter
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The boost contributes to the longer-term trend, which has seen property prices in the area achieve 11.2% annual growth.

The average Chichester house price in July was £425,614, Land Registry figures show – a 1.6 per cent increase on June.

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Over the month, the picture was better than that across the South East, where prices decreased 1.3 per cent, and Chichester outperformed the 3.7 per cent drop for the UK as a whole.

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House prices increased in Chichester

Over the last year, the average sale price of property in Chichester rose by £43,000 – putting the area 24th among the South East’s 70 local authorities for annual growth.

The best annual growth in the region was in Hastings, where property prices increased on average by 23.6 per cent, to £263,000. At the other end of the scale, properties in Swale gained one per cent in value, giving an average price of £259,000.

Winners and losers

Owners of flats saw the biggest improvement in property prices in Chichester in July – they increased two per cent, to £221,729 on average. Over the last year, prices rose by 8.4 per cent.

Among other types of property:

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Detached: up 1.4 per cent monthly; up 12.1 per cent annually; £671,469 average

Semi-detached: up 1.8 per cent monthly; up 11.3 per cent annually; £405,885 average

Terraced: up 1.7 per cent monthly; up 11.7 per cent annually; £354,777 average

First steps on the property ladder

First-time buyers in Chichester spent an average of £323,000 on their property – £31,000 more than a year ago, and £46,000 more than in July 2016.

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By comparison, former owner-occupiers paid £482,000 on average in July – 49.1% more than first-time buyers.

How do property prices in Chichester compare?

Buyers paid 20.1 per cent more than the average price in the South East (£354,000) in July for a property in Chichester.

Across the South East, property prices are high compared to those across the UK, where the average cost £256,000.

The most expensive properties in the South East were in Elmbridge – £687,000 on average, and 1.6 times as much as in Chichester. Elmbridge properties cost 3.2 times as much as homes in Southampton (£217,000 average), at the other end of the scale.

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The highest property prices across the UK were in Kensington and Chelsea, where the average July sale price of £1.3 million could buy 13 properties in Burnley (average £101,000).

Factfile

Average property price in July

Chichester: £425,614

The South East: £354,278

UK: £255,535

Annual growth to July

Chichester: +11.2 per cent

The South East: +8.8 per cent

UK: +8 per cent

Best and worst annual growth in the South East

Hastings: +23.6 per cent

Swale: +1.0

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