Property for sale: Most lucrative postcodes where prices are increasing DESPITE Brexit
PROPERTY for sale? Perhaps you should consider buying in one of these postcodes next. New research has revealed the most lucrative property postcodes in the nation where house prices are booming.
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The most lucrative postcodes for property in the UK have been revealed.
The latest research by for sale by owner empowerment portal, OkayLah.co.uk, revealed the postcodes that generated the most cash in property sales in England and Wales last year.
Over £250bn worth of residential property was sold in the last year.
So where are the most lucrative postcodes in the UK?
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Most lucrative in England and Wales
London with the capital also home to the largest amount of property sold across all regions, but it’s not in Kensington. SE1 covers parts of Hillingdon, Lambeth, Southwark and Wandsworth and saw just under £1.3bn worth of property transacted during 2018.
The second highest was also in Wandsworth with SW11 enjoying over £1.1bn worth of property sales.
Kensington does finally place third with £895.1m worth of property sales in the last year in W8.
Despite London bearing most of the Brexit brunt, the top 15 most valuable property postcodes are all located in the capital.
Most lucrative outside London
The South East dominated the most valuable regions outside of London.
BN3 in the South East, covering Wealden and Brighton and Hove, is home to the most valuable property market postcode outside of London with £554,290,855 worth of property sold in the last year.
Also in the South East and spanning parts of Slough, South Bucks and Windsor and Maidenhead is SL6, the second most valuable property postcode outside of London at £549,531,484.
BN1 and BN2 in Brighton rank third and fourth and BA2 in the South West comes in fifth.
Most valuable in other regions
Outside of London and the South East/West, AL5 is the most lucrative in the East of England while SK9 is the North West’s most valuable.
In the East Midlands, it’s LE12 while in the West Midlands it’s CV37.
CF14 in Cardiff is the most valuable Welsh postcode, with HG2 in the North East and HU17 in Yorkshire and the Humber completing the most valuable postcodes in each region.
Most valuable postcode in England and Wales
SE1 - Southwark, London
SW11 - Wandsworth, London
W8 - Kensington and Chelsea, London
SW18 - Wandsworth, London
SW19 - Merton, London
SW6 - Hammersmith and Fulham, London
E14 - Tower Hamlets, London
NW3 - Camden, London
W2 - Westminster, London
Most valuable postcode outside of London
BN3 - Brighton and Hove
SL6 - South Buckinghamshire
BN1 - Brighton and Hove
BN2 - Brighton and Hove
BA2 - Bath and North East Somerset
BS16 - Bristol
BH23 - Christchurch
AL5 - St Albans
GL52 - Tewkesbury
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