Feb 07, 2023 by HM

House prices in Henstridge (BA8 0)

This article reveals price per square metre data and various charts to help you understand current housing market in Henstridge (BA8 0).

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Price per square metre

Knowing the average house price in Henstridge 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. 4 Church Farm Cottages, Church Street, Henstridge, sold for £225,000 on Aug-2023. Given the internal area of 50 square metres, the price per sqm is £4,500.

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. £3,350-£3,500, £3,500-£3,650, £3,650-£3,800 etc...) we then count the number of sales with within in each bucket and plot the results. The chart is based on 109 sales in Henstridge (BA8 0) that took place in the last two years.

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 Henstridge (BA8 0). Of the 109 transactions, half were sold for between £2,790 and £3,720 per square metre. Notably, only 25% of properties that sold recently were valued at more than £3,720m². 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 'BA8 0' is £3,190. The table below shows how 'BA8 0' compares to neighbouring postcode sectors.

Postcode sector	Lower quartile	Middle quartile	Upper quartile
BA8 0 Henstridge	£2,790m2	£3,190m2	£3,720m2

Will Henstridge 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 BA8 0 (Henstridge). 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 BA8 0 and the blue dots are the individual property sales that inform this trend.

Disclaimer: The data provided throughout this website about Henstridge 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 Henstridge data or any other data I am given.

Price map for Henstridge

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 Henstridge. 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.

House price heatmap for Henstridge

Street level data

Street	Avg size	Avg £/m2	Recent sales
Old Station Gardens, Henstridge, BA8 0P	118m2	£3,375	12
Yarn Barton, Henstridge, BA8 0J	71m2	£2,679	11
High Street, Henstridge, BA8 0J	88m2	£2,588	11
Townsend Green, Henstridge, BA8 0T	55m2	£2,828	11
Bowden Road, Henstridge, BA8 0L	117m2	£2,708	9
Slades Hill, Henstridge, BA8 0H	102m2	£3,127	9
High Street, Henstridge, BA8 0R	139m2	£2,214	8
West Street, Henstridge, BA8 0L	92m2	£3,294	7

Search for your street here.

Raw data

Our analysis of Henstridge 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
4 Church Farm Cottages, Church St, Henstridge	£225,000 Aug-2023	50	4,500
25, Brines Orchard, Henstridge	£230,000 Aug-2023	72	3,194
Park Close, Slades Hill, Henstridge	£500,000 Aug-2023	159	3,144

See the entire list of all sales in Henstridge (BA8 0) here.