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Street Vs Glastonbury – which is the best investment?

Glastonbury may have the best ley lines and more mystic megs per square mile but for investment potential how does it compare to its close relation just over the Brue – Street. Glastonbury has 4322 dwellings and neighbouring Street boasts it is the largest village in England with 4960 dwellings. (Source 2011 Census data on Nomisweb)

Let’s have a quick look at some metrics to see how these two parishes compare:

Capital Growth

Over the last 10 years Glastonbury property has seen capital growth of 23.2% while Street property has seen capital growth of just 17.2%. (Source Land Registry Price Paid data)

Rental Yield

Looking at data from the property portals provides an indication of what yields you can expect. Whilst the data on the property portals won’t tell us actual prices or rents paid it provides a guide for comparing the two parishes.

Glastonbury with an average asking price of £283492 and an average asking rent over the last 5 months of £685 PCM gives a gross yield of 2.9%

Street with an average asking price of £226686 and an average asking rent over the last 5 months of £675 PCM gives a gross yield of 3.6%

This brief analysis suggests Street produces a better yield than Glastonbury.

Saleability

We recently looked at the saleability of property in Street and Glastonbury here and at the time found that 38% of property on the market in Glastonbury had a buyer compared to just 25% in Street. (Source Rightmove.co.uk)

Time to Sell Analysis

Looking at the average time to sell property in the last 90 days in Glastonbury it was just 80 days compared to 117 days in Street. (Source home.co.uk)

My analysis suggests it is easier to sell a property in Glastonbury than Street.

How saleable is property in Glastonbury?

When considering a property investment with clients we usually consider things like rental yields, capital growth and voids. Eventually you will want to cash in your investment so saleability is another factor to consider. What happens if we have another property slump how easy will it be to sell your property? That was exactly the concern of a client who visited our office last week. Their concern was if the property market crashed would they be able to sell their property.

Even during a slump you can sell anything if you offer it at a low enough price but the question posed got me thinking about saleability. I did some research and the results were enlightening.

A good guide to judge the saleability of property is to compare the number of properties for sale to the numbers that are sold, subject to contract. Looking at the data today (19th January) of the 4322 dwellings in Glastonbury there are 129 on the market for sale. Of those 129 properties, 80 are waiting for a buyer and 49 are sold subject to contract. That means 38% of property currently on the market in Glastonbury has a buyer. Compare this to 26% in Wells and just 25% in Street.

Further analysis of the data for Glastonbury provides further insight:
· Detached ~ 13 of the 51 properties for sale (25%) are sold, subject to contract

· Semi-detached ~ 8 of the 16 properties for sale (50%) are sold, subject to contract

· Terraced ~ 16 of the 39 properties for sale (41%) are sold, subject to contract

· Flats ~ 9 of the 17 properties for sale (53%) are sold, subject to contract

· Bungalows ~ 6 of the 12 properties for sale (50%) are sold, subject to contract

My analysis suggests semi-detached, bungalows and flats are the most saleable property types in Glastonbury.

Meanwhile it would appear detached properties are the most difficult to sell – at this time at least!

When choosing your next investment property you are right to consider rental yields, capital growth and voids but you may eventually want to sell your property so consider also how saleable your next investment might be.

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