If you want to know the trends for house prices in your town, county or even postcode (the first part of the postcode - usually 3 or 4 characters) www.home.co.uk provides really informative graphs showing trends in sold house prices for your area.
To access this information all you have to do is click the blue 'Home Information' button on the extreme right hand side of the screen (it's the 5th button down out of 6). This will then open up a sub menu. You want to click on 'House Prices and Trends'.
Simply click on your county or, in the box marked 'Location' type in your town name or postcode.
Chances are you are going to be interested in more precise information about the price trends for your town or your postcode. So, say you live in Welwyn Garden City, you just type in 'Welwyn Garden City' or the first 3 or 4 digits of your postcode, eg 'AL8'.
Bob's your uncle, you have a selection of reports to view:
Asking Price Reports for AL8
Time On Market Reports for AL8
Selling Price Reports for AL8
Sold House Price Summary in AL8 by Month
Within each of these headings you can view graphs detailing the activity by type of property, eg detached, semi-detached, terraced or flat so you can really see how your property fits into the scheme of things.
So whether you live in Penzance, Perth or anywhere in between you can get a good understanding of the state of the property market where you live even before you put your property on the market.
Property Prices in England
