House prices increased by 1.1% in Dorset in June, new figures show.
The boost contributes to the longer-term trend, which has seen property prices in the area achieve 9.1% annual growth.
The average Dorset house price in June was £318,406.2893, Land Registry figures show – a 1.1% increase on May.
Over the month, the picture was less good than that across the South West, where prices increased 5.4581849%, and Dorset underperformed compared to the 4.4989563% rise for the UK as a whole.
Over the last year, the average sale price of property in Dorset rose by £27,000 – putting the area 24th among the South West’s 32 local authorities for annual growth.
The best annual growth in the region was in the Cotswolds, where property prices increased on average by 22.6%, to £463,000. At the other end of the scale, properties in Stroud gained 0.2% in value, giving an average price of £285,000.
Winners and Losers
Owners of terraced houses saw the biggest improvement in property prices in Dorset in June – they increased 1.4%, to £250,050.152 on average. Over the last year, prices rose by 9.8%.
Among other types of property:
Detached: up 1% monthly; up 9.9% annually; £468,945.7131 average
Semi-detached: up 1.1% monthly; up 9% annually; £308,318.5831 average
Flats: up 1.1% monthly; up 6.4% annually; £176,661.4242 average
First steps on the property ladder
First-time buyers in Dorset spent an average of £250,000 on their property – £20,000 more than a year ago, and £42,000 more than in June 2016.
By comparison, former owner-occupiers paid £355,000 on average in June – 42.4% more than first-time buyers.
How do property prices in Dorset compare?
Buyers paid 8% more than the average price in the South West (£295,000) in June for a property in Dorset. Across the South West, property prices are higher than those across the UK, where the average cost £266,000.
The most expensive properties in the South West were in the Cotswolds – £463,000 on average, and 1.5 times as much as in Dorset. The Cotswolds properties cost 2.4 times as much as homes in Plymouth (£194,000 average), at the other end of the scale.
The highest property prices across the UK were in Kensington and Chelsea, where the average June sale price of £1.2 million could buy 13 properties in Burnley (average £99,000).
Factfile
Average property price in June
Dorset: £318,406.2893
The South West: £294,905.8915
UK: £265,668.1787
Annual growth to June
Dorset: +9.1%
The South West: +13.7%
UK: +13.2%
Best and worst annual growth in the South West
The Cotswolds: +22.6%
Stroud: +0.2%
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