We all know that rising property prices have created vast wealth in the UK. However, if you are looking to move house or get on the property ladder, rising property prices can be worrying. Average house prices in the UK have risen steadily over the last 100 years, especially in the last decade.

Whilst 2010 began with the country coming out of a recession and ended the decade with political uncertainty, average property prices across the UK have still risen by about a third.

So what might the property landscape look like if this rate of growth continues for the next 10 years? Use our calculator below to see how the value of your property could change by the year 2030 and compare to how things might look across the rest of the United Kingdom.

How much could your home be worth?

If you are wondering what all this could mean for your own home, enter your local authority and an estimate of your home’s current market value to find out how much it might be worth in 2030.

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The areas IN THE UK with the

HIGHEST rise

in property prices

The areas IN THE UK with the

Lowest rise

in property prices

Excluding London, if the growth in property values were to continue at the same pace as it has for the past ten years, the top ten areas that would see the biggest rise in value would all be located in the South. The top 2 areas would both be found in Essex.

Average house prices in Harlow cost £165,829 going into the 2010s, but had risen by 74.92% to £290,068 ten years later. At this rate of growth, they could cost as much as £507,387 by the year 2030.

Harlow is closely followed by Southend-on-Sea and Watford which rose by 74.85% to £522,636 and 74.75% to £622,884, respectively.

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The data also shows big contrasts between England and the rest of the UK, as well as the North and South. Prices in 13 local authorities are actually lower than they were ten years ago, including Belfast, Middlesbrough and, Aberdeen.

Ards and North Down in Northern Ireland are predicted to have the biggest drops, with property prices falling by 7.73% from £169,689 to £156,576 in the last ten years, which at the current rate of decline would drop to £144,476 by 2030.

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Lowest Rise UK Map | London Boroughs

The LONDON BOROUGHS with the

HIGHEST rise

in property prices

The LONDON BOROUGHS with the

Lowest rise

in property prices

Houses prices in the capital are far higher than the rest of the country and could be even higher in ten years time.

Waltham Forest is the borough predicted to have the highest growth, having increased by 105% from £213,488 to £437,867 in the last ten years which would equate to £898,072 by 2030. Waltham Forest is closely followed by Haringey (95%) and Southwark (93%).

Whilst it didn’t fall in the top ten, house prices in Kensington and Chelsea rose by 71.5%, which would mean they could cost as much as £2,220,768 by the end of the decade!

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Whilst average property values have increased by at least 50% in each area of the capital, the borough which is predicted to see the lowest price increase is Hammersmith and Fulham. Prices in this area rose by 50% from £467,825 to £699,566, which would still equate to an eye-watering £1,046,102 in 2030.

This was followed by Richmond upon Thames and Harrow, where prices could rise by 60.54% to £1,039,776 and 63.3% to £731,991, respectively.

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Lowest Rise London Map | Methodology

Methodology

All property price data has been sourced from the UK House Price Index, taking the average property prices for December 2009 and December 2019 (the most recent month available) for each local authority.

We then calculated the percentage change between the two figures and applied this increase to the current figure to indicate the potential average price in ten years time.

These predictions are simply based on the average rate of growth in each area over the last ten years and we cannot accurately predict how house prices may change over the coming years.

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