Rise in Chesterfield house prices, newest figures show
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The rise contributes to the longer-term trend, which has seen property prices in the area grow by 9.9% over the last year.
An imbalance between supply and demand for properties has remained the primary reason behind climbing house prices across the UK throughout the pandemic.
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The average Chesterfield house price in April was £190,086, Land Registry figures show – a 0.2% increase on March.
Over the month, the picture was different to that across the East Midlands, where prices decreased 0.5%, but Chesterfield was lower than the 1.1% rise for the UK as a whole.
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Over the last year, the average sale price of property in Chesterfield rose by £17,000 – putting the area 26th among the East Midlands’s 35 local authorities with price data for annual growth.
The highest annual growth in the region was in Boston, where property prices increased on average by 18.6%, to £197,000. At the other end of the scale, properties in Rutland gained just 0.2% in value, giving an average price of £354,000.
First steps on the property ladder
First-time buyers in Chesterfield spent an average of £160,000 on their property – £14,000 more than a year ago, and £36,000 more than in April 2017.
By comparison, former owner-occupiers paid £216,000 on average in April – 34.5% more than first-time buyers.
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Owners of detached houses saw the biggest rise in property prices in Chesterfield in April – they increased 0.5%, to £295,049 on average. Over the last year, prices rose by 12.5%.
Among other types of property:
Semi-detached: up 0.1% monthly; up 9.6% annually; £178,294 average
Terraced: up 0.1% monthly; up 8.1% annually; £138,850 average
Flats: down 0.4% monthly; up 4.1% annually; £108,266 average
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Buyers paid 20.1% less than the average price in the East Midlands (£238,000) in April for a property in Chesterfield. Across the East Midlands, property prices are low compared to those across the UK, where the average cost £281,000.
The most expensive properties in the East Midlands were in Harborough – £375,000 on average, and twice as much as more than in Chesterfield. Harborough properties cost 2.2 times as much as homes in Mansfield (£169,000 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
Chesterfield: £190,086
The East Midlands: £237,904
UK: £281,161
Annual growth to April
Chesterfield: +9.9%
The East Midlands: +12.4%
UK: +12.4%
Highest and lowest annual growth in the East Midlands
Boston: +18.6%
Rutland: +0.2%