The British are more likely to buy a home than an apartment

Apartments in England and Wales are becoming less popular, giving its popularity for detached houses. National statistical Office of great Britain (Office of National Statistics (ONS) said that now house in England – the most popular form of real estate and he is ahead in number of sales of apartments. For the 12 months ending September 2015, the number of sold detached homes in England and Wales has reached 32%, for the first time in 10 years, outstripping the number of sold apartments. Also very popular paired home in England, when in one building two or several houses – the so-called terrace houses.

Detached houses in the UK – a kind of national idea and the symbol for the British. Every Briton believes that he needs to be at least a small piece of land with a lawn and a lawn that diligently shorn on the weekends.

In the 90 years the number of detached houses were prevalirovanie among all purchases of property in the UK and was in 1995 a significant proportion of all sales in the market – 44%. By 2000, the share of transactions with free-standing houses rose to 52% , but then began to fall until 2008. People started buying more economical homes in England on several hosts, so-called “terrace-house” and “semi-detached properties”, as well as apartments. As the urbanization of cities, the number of sold apartments in England grew continuously from 2001 to 2008. After 2008 began a reverse process – the number of sold flats in England and Wales has been steadily decreasing, giving way to houses.

Another interesting fact from the National Statistics Department, the Difference in average cost between the most expensive and the cheapest district on the price of property in England and Wales in 2015 has fallen from its peak in September 2014 of £3.5 million to £3.2 million in December 2015. The most expensive area was the Lancashire district in London’s Westminster.

The most expensive area outside London is the city of graffiti Elmbridge in Surrey, where average house price is £997475 .

® Helen Antre 28.03.2016 G.

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