St Helens house prices dropped in April
House prices dropped by 1.2% in St Helens in April, new figures show.
But the drop does not reverse the longer-term trend, which has seen property prices in the area grow by 8.6% over the last year.
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Hide AdThe average St Helens house price in April was £179,520, Land Registry figures show – a 1.2% decrease on March.
Over the month, the picture was different to that across the North West, where prices increased 0.7%, and St Helens was lower than the 0.5% rise for the UK as a whole.
Over the last year, the average sale price of property in St Helens rose by £14,000 – putting the area sixth among the North West’s 35 local authorities with price data for annual growth.
The highest annual growth in the region was in Fylde, where property prices increased on average by 15.5%, to £249,000. At the other end of the scale, properties in Blackpool gained 0.4% in value, giving an average price of £130,000.
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First-time buyers in St Helens spent an average of £161,000 on their property – £13,000 more than a year ago, and £47,000 more than in April 2018.
By comparison, former owner-occupiers paid £202,000 on average in April – 25.7% more than first-time buyers.
Property types
Owners of terraced houses saw the biggest fall in property prices in St Helens in April – they dropped 1.5% in price, to £137,310 on average. But over the last year, prices rose by 7.5%.
Among other types of property:
- Detached: down 0.7% monthly; up 10.9% annually; £305,860 average
- Semi-detached: down 1.1% monthly; up 9% annually; £187,008 average
- Flats: down 1% monthly; up 6.7% annually; £98,156 average
How do property prices in St Helens compare?
Buyers paid 15.6% less than the average price in the North West (£213,000) in April for a property in St Helens. Across the North West, property prices are low compared to those across the UK, where the average cost £286,000.
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Hide AdThe most expensive properties in the North West were in Trafford – £363,000 on average, and twice the price as in St Helens. Trafford properties cost 3.2 times the price as homes in Burnley (£115,000 average), at the other end of the scale.
The highest property prices across the UK were in Kensington and Chelsea.
Factfile
Average property price in April
- St Helens: £179,520
- The North West:£212,814
- UK: £286,489
Annual growth to April
- St Helens: +8.6%
- The North West: +4.8%
- UK: +3.5%
Highest and lowest annual growth in the North West
- Fylde: +15.5%
- Blackpool: +0.4%