Chiswick Property Is 'Rebalancing' Post-Brexit
Blogger Andy Berthier is optimistic as more properties come onto the market
The Chiswick Property Market continues to disregard the end of the world
prophecies of a post Brexit fallout with a return to business as usual
after the summer break.
The challenge every Chiswick property buyer has faced
over the last few years is a lack of choice – there simply hasn't been
much to choose from when buying (be it for investment or owner occupation).
Levels are still well down on what would be considered healthy levels
from earlier in this decade, as there is still a substantial demand/supply
imbalance. Until we start to see consistent and steady increases in properties
coming on to the market in Chiswick, the market is likely to see upward
pressure on property values continue.
However, there may be hope for first time buyers, with
homeowners looking to move upmarket and buy to let landlords looking for
their next investment, the Chiswick property supply crisis just might
be starting to ease, as the number of new properties coming onto the market
in Chiswick has increased.
For example, last month W4 saw 203 new properties coming on to the market,
not bad when you consider in the last year the figure has been as low
as the 110’s. With the average Chiswick property value hitting a record
high, reaching almost £1,104,200 according to my research, this
shortage of properties on the market over the last two years has contributed
to this ‘fuller' average property figure, but there is a glimmer of hope
that the Chiswick's supply crisis may be starting to ease.
As I write this article, 5.4% of Chiswick properties are up for sale.
In terms of actual chimney pots, that equates to 885 properties on the
market in Chiswick (within 1 miles of the centre of Chiswick) – which,
when compared to only a year ago when that figure stood at 673, is a serious
increase in the number of properties available to buy. Split down into
the type of property, it makes even more fascinating reading...
· Detached Properties in Chiswick - 56 on the market a year ago
compared to 30 on the market now – a decrease of 46%
· Semi Detached Properties in Chiswick - 55 on the market a year
ago compared to 75 on the market now - an increase of 36%
· Terraced Properties in Chiswick - 91 on the market a year ago
compared to 150 on the market now - an increase of 65%
· Flats / Apartments Properties in Chiswick - 410 on the market
a year ago compared to 551 on the market now - an increase of 34%
With realistically priced properties flying off the shelves and this increase
in new properties (especially semis and terraces), this is evidence of
strength in the Chiswick housing market that many didn't expect. Many
believed that the Chiswick property market wasn't going to be strong enough
post Brexit - as what was a sellers' market before the Brexit vote and
Buyers' market in the early months after it, may now be somewhere in between
and the market might just be coming back into balance.
However, all this will mean property values won't continue to grow at
the same extent they have been over the last 12 to 18 months, and in some
months (especially on the run up to Christmas and early in the New Year),
values might dip slightly. This won't be down to Brexit but a re-balancing
of the Chiswick Property Market – which is good news for everyone.
Andy Berthier
www.chiswickpropertyblog.co.uk
November 30, 2016
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