Feb 07, 2023 by HM

House prices in Birchington (CT7 0)

This article reveals price per square metre data and various charts to help you understand current housing market in Birchington (CT7 0).

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Price per square metre

Knowing the average house price in Birchington 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. Ashbre, Manor Road, Birchington, sold for £620,000 on Aug-2023. Given the internal area of 211 square metres, the price per sqm is £2,938.

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. £3,800-£4,000, £4,000-£4,200, £4,200-£4,400 etc...) we then count the number of sales with within in each bucket and plot the results. The chart is based on 72 sales in Birchington (CT7 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 Birchington (CT7 0). Of the 72 transactions, half were sold for between £3,460 and £4,730 per square metre. Notably, only 25% of properties that sold recently were valued at more than £4,730m². 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 'CT7 0' is £4,120. The table below shows how 'CT7 0' compares to neighbouring postcode sectors.

Postcode sector	Lower quartile	Middle quartile	Upper quartile
CT7 0 Birchington	£3,460m2	£4,120m2	£4,730m2
CT7 9 Birchington	£3,320m2	£4,100m2	£5,050m2

Will Birchington 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 CT7 0 (Birchington). 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 CT7 0 and the blue dots are the individual property sales that inform this trend.

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

Price map for Birchington

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 Birchington. 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 Birchington

Street level data

Street	Avg size	Avg £/m2	Recent sales
Park Avenue, Birchington, CT7 0D	88m2	£4,285	16
Kings Road, Birchington, CT7 0D	95m2	£3,629	13
Barrows Close, Birchington, CT7 0D	48m2	£2,074	12
King Edward Road, Birchington, CT7 0E	78m2	£4,267	11
Park Lane, Birchington, CT7 0A	77m2	£3,376	11
Woodland Avenue, Birchington, CT7 0D	67m2	£5,000	11
Quex View Road, Birchington, CT7 0D	77m2	£4,579	8
Phillips Road, Birchington, CT7 0B	84m2	£3,693	8

Search for your street here.

Raw data

Our analysis of Birchington 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
Ashbre, Manor Rd, Birchington	£620,000 Aug-2023	211	2,938
27, Kings Rd, Birchington	£340,000 Aug-2023	90	3,777
4, Wansum Court, Birchington	£164,995 Aug-2023	40	4,124

See the entire list of all sales in Birchington (CT7 0) here.