{"id":2931,"date":"2017-06-21T16:30:54","date_gmt":"2017-06-21T15:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.buyassociation.co.uk\/?p=2931"},"modified":"2023-09-29T21:50:15","modified_gmt":"2023-09-29T20:50:15","slug":"property-prices-uk-increased-3-35-since-brexit-vote-despite-slump-warnings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/2017\/06\/21\/property-prices-uk-increased-3-35-since-brexit-vote-despite-slump-warnings\/","title":{"rendered":"Property prices in the UK have increased by 3.35% since Brexit vote &#8211; despite slump warnings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Over the last 12 months, the average price for a home in Britain has increased by 3.35%, a new research has found, up from \u00a3212,950 to \u00a3220,094.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This result proves that any claims made during the lead up to the historic Brexit vote, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/2016\/10\/01\/former-chancellor-osborne-chair-northern-powerhouse-partnership\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">George Osborne<\/a>\u2019s forecast of prices dropping by up to 18% post-Brexit, were highly unrealistic.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"bfN9B6LnzX\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/2017\/03\/31\/brexit-big-change-little-impact-countrys-property-market\/\">Brexit: A big change with little impact on the country\u2019s property market<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Brexit: A big change with little impact on the country\u2019s property market&#8221; &#8212; BuyAssociation Group\" src=\"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/2017\/03\/31\/brexit-big-change-little-impact-countrys-property-market\/embed\/#?secret=a1ozB2NW7O#?secret=bfN9B6LnzX\" data-secret=\"bfN9B6LnzX\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The study was put together by eMoov and had a closer look at the different regions. It found that the areas which predominantly voted to leave the EU saw a bigger increase in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/2017\/02\/06\/manchester-property-prices-will-grow-28-2\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">property prices<\/a>, up by 2.27%. The average house prices in areas where people preferred to remain a member of the EU has only seen an increase of 1.36%.<\/p>\n<p>The country;s top five regions to see a property price increase post-Brexit vote all had the majority voting to leave the EU. They are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>East Midlands at 3.84%<\/li>\n<li>West Midlands at 3.62%<\/li>\n<li>East of England at 3.46%<\/li>\n<li>North West at 2.92%<\/li>\n<li>Yorkshire and the Humber at 2.92%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Whilst London as a whole saw its majority voting to remain in the EU house price growth experienced the biggest rise across boroughs that voted to leave, up by 11.1%. The boroughs with a majority voting to Remain <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/2017\/02\/02\/london-drop-started-prime-sales-fall\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">only saw a house price growth of 1.9%<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"liqr3Axq3S\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/2017\/04\/24\/londons-property-prices-dropped-10000-last-12-months\/\">London\u2019s property prices dropped by \u00a310,000 over the last 12 months<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;London\u2019s property prices dropped by \u00a310,000 over the last 12 months&#8221; &#8212; BuyAssociation Group\" src=\"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/2017\/04\/24\/londons-property-prices-dropped-10000-last-12-months\/embed\/#?secret=5SAQztcOOS#?secret=liqr3Axq3S\" data-secret=\"liqr3Axq3S\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Russell Quirk, eMoov\u2019s chief executive, pointed out that the research clearly revealed that those areas which voted to remain in the EU were already home to a much <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/2017\/06\/13\/house-prices-england-wales-reach-new-peak\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">higher house price<\/a>. It appears that it is this upper end part of the market that has now also experienced the slower house price growth.<\/p>\n<p>He then added:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWhat it certainly does highlight is that there are still swathes of the market, even in London, where the UK property market remains immune to any <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/2018\/02\/27\/brexit-still-biggest-concern-investors-2018\/\">external political uncertainty<\/a>, and this should stand us in good stead as we exit the EU and with the recent general election in mind.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the last 12 months, the average price for a home in Britain has increased by 3.35%, a new research has found, up from \u00a3212,950 to \u00a3220,094. 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