Feb 07, 2023 by HM

House prices in Westbury (BA13 2)

This article reveals price per square metre data and various charts to help you understand current housing market in Westbury (BA13 2).


Price per square metre

Knowing the average house price in Westbury is not much use. However, knowing average price per square metre can be quite useful. Price per sqm allows some comparison between properties of different size. We define price per square metre as the sold price divided by the internal area of a property:

£ per sqm = price ÷ internal area
E.g. 18, Fell Road, Westbury, sold for £365,000 on Jul-2023. Given the internal area of 133 square metres, the price per sqm is £2,744.

England & Wales have been officially metric for many decades. However house price per square foot is sometimes prefered by those of sufficiently advanced age. They may want to convert metres on this page to square feet.

The chart below is called a histogram, it helps you see the distribution of this house price per sqm data. To make this chart we put the sales data into a series of £ per sqm 'buckets' (e.g. £2,900-£3,000, £3,000-£3,100, £3,100-£3,200 etc...) we then count the number of sales with within in each bucket and plot the results. The chart is based on 26 sales in Westbury (BA13 2) that took place in the last two years.

Distribution of £ per sqm for Westbury (BA13 2)
Distribution of £ per sqm house prices in Westbury

You can see the spread of prices above. This is because although internal area is a key factor in determining valuation, it is not the only factor. Many factors other than size affect desirability; these factors could be condition, aspect, garden size, negotiating power of the vendor etc.

That said, the spread of prices will give you a feel of the typical range to expect in Westbury (BA13 2). Of the 26 transactions, half were sold for between £2,910 and £3,690 per square metre. Notably, only 25% of properties that sold recently were valued at more than £3,690m2. For anything to be valued more than this means it has to be more desireable than the clear majority of homes.

For the average, we calculate the 'median' or middle price. The median price per square metre in 'BA13 2' is £3,180. The table below shows how 'BA13 2' compares to neighbouring postcode sectors.

Postcode sector Lower quartile Middle quartile Upper quartile
BA13 4 Dilton Marsh £2,980m2 £3,330m2 £3,730m2
BA13 2 Westbury £2,910m2 £3,180m2 £3,690m2
BA13 3 Westbury £2,690m2 £3,200m2 £3,780m2

Will Westbury house prices drop in 2024?

I cannot tell the future and don't believe anyone who says they can. I can however plot price trends - I have done this in the scatter plot below for BA13 2 (Westbury). From this one could infer a range of reasonable possible future price falls or rises. In the chart below, the red dashed line is the house price trend for BA13 2 and the blue dots are the individual property sales that inform this trend.

Price per square metre in Westbury (BA13 2) over time
House price trends for Westbury

Hover on any blue dot to see details of specific sales

Disclaimer: The data provided throughout this website about Westbury and any other area, is not financial advice. Any information provided does not and cannot ever take in to account the particular financial situation, objectives or property needs of either you or anyone reading this information. Furthermore, I cannot guarantee the accuracy of any data shown. This information is based on sold prices and internal area data provided by Land Registry and other third parties - I do not verify the accuracy of the Westbury data or any other data I am given.

Price map for Westbury

I've just finished coding the map I link to below. I find it useful and I am sure it will help you in exploring Westbury. You can zoom in all the way to individual properties and then all the way back out to see the whole country. The colours show the current estimated property values. I will explain more about the methodology and create a key next week.

Property price heatmap for Westbury
House price heatmap for Westbury

Street level data

Street Avg size Avg £/m2 Recent sales
Fell Road, Westbury, BA13 2G 108m2 £2,844 22
Hackney Way, Westbury, BA13 2G 115m2 £3,175 13
Cleveland Way, Westbury, BA13 2G 94m2 £3,253 9
Timor Road, Westbury, BA13 2G 86m2 £2,836 9

Search for your street here.

Raw data

Our analysis of Westbury is derived from what is essentially a big table of sold prices from Land Registry with added property size information. Below are three rows from this table to give you an idea.

Address Paid m2 £/m2
18, Fell Rd, Westbury £365,000
Jul-2023
133 2,744
122, Hackney Way, Westbury £445,000
Jul-2023
158 2,816
23, Hackney Way, Westbury £395,000
Jul-2023
92 4,293

See the entire list of all sales in Westbury (BA13 2) here.

About

HouseMetric is a hobby, created out of a desire to see data and analysis not present on any free to use website. It is still a work in progress and I'll add more stuff in the near future.