Big Ticket House Sales Bright Spot for Wimbledon Property


Prices continue to edge higher as turnover plunges to historical lows


New build six bedroom house in St. Mary's Road went for £5.2 million

Wimbledon house prices seem to be performing better than the rest of London aided by continuing demand for large homes in the area. However, SW19 has not been immune to the collapse in the number of properties changing hands seen in the capital over the last year.

Seven Wimbledon residential properties each sold for £3 million or more in the past quarter as the latest figures from the Land Registry show the average price of an SW19 home sold during the same time frame was just over £850,000, up by 8% over the year as prices across London fell.

The sales data shows the average price of properties sold in the SW19 postcode area from April – June 2018 was £851,752. This is a new record high for the area, the record level achieved in the previous quarter was revised down after late reported sales brought down the average.

The sustainability of rising prices may be fragile as they are occurring at a time when the level of turnover is reaching historically low levels. The number of properties sold in the quarter is likely to be below that seen during the financial crisis in 2008 even allowing for more sales to be reported.

Prices across the latest quarter rose by an average of 4.9%, boosted by seven sales of £3 million or more. These range from the £3 million sale of the former Manor Club in Kingston Road, South Wimbledon, in April to the £5.8 million sale of a house in Alan Road, Wimbledon Village, in the same month. The Alan Road property featured 5 bedrooms, 6 bathrooms and an indoor pool.


Alan Road property was highest priced sale at £5.8million

More recently, a four-storey new-build house, with six bedrooms, in St Mary’s Road, Wimbledon Village, was sold for £5.2 million in June.

Away from the top end of the market, the number of flat sales has fallen again – a decrease of 35.9% in just three months. But the average price of the 66 flats sold in SW19 in the latest quarter did rise by 3.5% to £468,216.

There were 54 terraced homes sold in SW19 from April to June, with their average year-on-year price increasing by 2.1% to £808,531.

The latest House Price Index data published by the Land Registry shows that London prices are the only ones that have fallen over the last year (to May) with the average now £478,853.

Figures for July from the Nationwide House Price Index show that the average price of a home in the UK rose by 2.5% to £217,010.

The was before the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) will increased rates at their next meeting at the beginning of the month from 0.5% to 0.75%.

There is not a high degree of concern that the rise in interest rates will have much impact on the property market. Commenting on the figures, Robert Gardner, Nationwide's Chief Economist, said, “Providing the economy does not weaken further, the impact of a further small rise in interest rates on UK households is likely to be modest.

“This is partly because only a relatively small proportion of borrowers will be directly impacted by the change. Most lending on personal loans and credit cards is fixed or tends to be unaffected by movements in the Bank Rate. Similarly, in recent years, the vast majority of new mortgages have been extended on fixed interest rates.”

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Wimbledon Property Prices (April-June 2018)
Area Detached Sales Semi-det Sales Terrace Sales Flat/
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Sales Overall ave Total sales
SW19 1 0 0 950000 2 743154 13 417563 15 594148 30
SW19 2 0 0 677500 1 547500 6 398455 14 454327 21
SW19 3 0 0 1022722 4 762038 13 477500 3 771494 20
SW19 4 2375000 1 2061667 3 945000 1 588583 6 1185136 11
SW19 5 3533333 3 0 0 1146700 3 694986 4 1682004 10
SW19 6 0 0 560000 1 912500 2 450679 14 511441 17
SW19 7 4445000 3 1725000 3 1220000 2 1007500 2 2296500 10
SW19 8 1395000 1 885000 2 868432 14 374000 8 732602 25
Total 3463125 8 1272399 16 808531 54 468216 66 851572 144

Change in Quarter

30.0% -52.9% 17.9% -5.9% -2.1% -27.0% 3.5% -35.9% 4.9% -31.8%

Change in year

15.3% -42.9% 16.6% -38.5% 2.1% -28.0% 5.9% -41.6% 8.0% -36.8%

Change in Three Years

36.5% -55.6% 4.7% -55.6% 13.6% -44.9% 17.0% -61.2% 20.7% -55.3%
Change in Five Years 47.3% -33.3% 7.8% -68.6% 32.3% -53.4% 45.5% -62.7% 40.2% -59.6%
Change in Ten Years 78.8% -50.0% 57.0% -52.9% 59.1% -23.9% 64.0% -71.1% 86.1% -58.7%

Source: Land Registry

August 9, 2018