What The Uk Average House Price Will Buy:

[funkydung]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/economics/houseprices/7567429/What-the-UK-average-house-price-will-buy-in-pictures.html

We often get fixated on average UK prices so it is good to see in pictures what you get around the UK for £168K. Not a lot in some places

[RichB]

And to make you feel physically ill, across the channel in workshy land:

http://www.french-property.com/vp/nv/ds/poitou-charentes-deux-sevres-brioux-sur-boutonne-detached-house/id/260877/

http://www.french-property.com/vp/nv/ds/midi-pyrenees-gers-eauze-country-house--manoir/id/283358/

[pyracantha]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/economics/houseprices/7567429/What-the-UK-average-house-price-will-buy-in-pictures.html

We often get fixated on average UK prices so it is good to see in pictures what you get around the UK for £168K. Not a lot in some places

And look what you can get in France for less than £168k

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/overseas-property/property-15054855.html

Can anyone come up with a similar property in the UK for this sort of price?

UK house prices = madness.

[LuckyOne]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/economics/houseprices/7567429/What-the-UK-average-house-price-will-buy-in-pictures.html

We often get fixated on average UK prices so it is good to see in pictures what you get around the UK for £168K. Not a lot in some places

Or in Miami .....

http://www.trulia.com/property/1074558734-283-NE-107th-St-Miami-FL-33161

Interesting price history for the house .....

Date Event Price Source

06/30/2009 Sold $150,000 Public record

07/07/2004 Sold $420,000 Public record

02/06/2004 Sold $240,000 Public record

03/06/2003 Sold $210,000 Public record

05/30/2002 Sold $170,000 Public record

09/03/1997 Sold $123,500 Public record

[Executive Sadman]

And look what you can get in France for less than £168k

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/overseas-property/property-15054855.html

Can anyone come up with a similar property in the UK for this sort of price?

UK house prices = madness.

Best i can do from place in my search area...

A Barratt Box

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-24827416.html

A Repo

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-29119529.html

Another Repo - again not exactly attractive, quite a bit of space in this one at least

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-24960721.html

Chalet type thingy

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-29118671.html

Not much if youre into the older properties!

[brightone]

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-28903646.html

Will get you a nice liitle flat round the corner from me...probably need to replace the kitchen and bathroom though

Or if you can go to OIEO £170K you could get this one (as long as you dont mind your living room being in the kitchen and only 6 foot wide)

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-14690100.html

Edited April 10, 2010 by brightone

[@contradevian]

Someone please buy this slavebox. Its been on the market since the dawn of time:

Scotland

Edinburgh: Two-bedroom apartment – £165,000

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-29103767.html

[@contradevian]

And look what you can get in France for less than £168k

http://www.rightmove...y-15054855.html

Can anyone come up with a similar property in the UK for this sort of price?

UK house prices = madness.

Thats quite nice. Realistically priced I would think. Sold something similar in the Charente a few months ago for €180,000. Didn't have a pool though, so we didn't do too badly.

[Bear Goggles]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/economics/houseprices/7567429/What-the-UK-average-house-price-will-buy-in-pictures.html

We often get fixated on average UK prices so it is good to see in pictures what you get around the UK for £168K. Not a lot in some places

It's all a bit meaningless without knowledge of the exact location. I rent a two bed house in Oxford 'worth' almost £500k. You could buy a 3 bed house in a different part of town for £165k if you wanted to. However, you may not want to.

[deflation]

It's all a bit meaningless without knowledge of the exact location. I rent a two bed house in Oxford 'worth' almost £500k. You could buy a 3 bed house in a different part of town for £165k if you wanted to. However, you may not want to.

Agreed.

House no 7 is in Kingswinford, about 2 miles from me. You can get a 3 bed semi for about £30k less than that, it depends on the exact street. Some of them are 'rat-run' short-cuts at rush hour, with chavs and their bean can exhausts at night, some are quiet cul-de-sacs, makes a big difference I reckon.

[CrashMuppet]

£170k, might not buy much in some part of he country, but that's where the distortion of a national average price is misleading. In some areas that amount is going to be high compared to local wages. in others it is going to be much lower. Not to mention anything of desirability.

And as for "Workshy Land" - comparing suburban residential prices in the UK with holiday/rural areas in France is hardly a like for like comparison. Especially if you pick sparsely populated areas which have poor links and next to no non-agri local employment.

Prices are not that cheap in the more desirable areas of France. Try finding a detached 3 or 4 bed chalet in Haute-Savoie for under 500k for starters. Not going to happen. Even more expensive now that the hard working ethical financial management in the UK as caused our currency to become so worthless.

So I wonder who's really laughing, the "workshy French" or the Debt ridden Englishers.

PS: I wonder if that flat in Walthamstow comes with a free stab vest?

Edited April 10, 2010 by CrashMuppet

[LiveinHope]

I'd buy now while the average is only 168K

Oh dear oh dear

Why these articles are buoyant headline news defeats me, it just describes the "madness of 'king Brown"

[You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet]

Have to agree to CrashMuppet - whilst there is more affordable property - try living out in the rural parts and make yourself a good living. Most live on the breadline, and if you're not working 'on the black', then your wages will be drained by some of the highest social charges in the world. Don't forget taxe fonciere and taxe habitation, plus the prices of goods, which are more often than not more expensive than the UK (all bar wine). May seem like a bargain on the surface, but the dream is often cut short for many who didn't do their homework.

[jammo]

It does look a bit like the bulls were right. Houses aren't going to fall massively.

Sadly, though, whilst the price of a house stagnates, the cost of a litre of fuel continues to rise by at least 1 pence per fortnight, sometimes 3. Food gets smaller, and heaven forbit you have a niccotine/ alcohol habit..

QE may have come to an end, but it's effect on the pound lives on! I wonder what the official inflation figures are at? It doesn't matter, it's a lie, we all know it's at above 10%, probably 15. Shame your wages are unlikely to match it.

[miko]

Have to agree to CrashMuppet - whilst there is more affordable property - try living out in the rural parts and make yourself a good living. Most live on the breadline, and if you're not working 'on the black', then your wages will be drained by some of the highest social charges in the world. Don't forget taxe fonciere and taxe habitation, plus the prices of goods, which are more often than not more expensive than the UK (all bar wine). May seem like a bargain on the surface, but the dream is often cut short for many who didn't do their homework.

Out of all the stories I hear of people moving abroad and then coming back to the u.k. or wishing to come back , FRANCE must top the list of the dream turing sour !!

[RichB]

And as for "Workshy Land" - comparing suburban residential prices in the UK with holiday/rural areas in France is hardly a like for like comparison. Especially if you pick sparsely populated areas which have poor links and next to no non-agri local employment.

Prices are not that cheap in the more desirable areas of France.

Being from the london area I rather assumed that these out of the way places were of a similar location to the back of beyonds that were linked to in the OP.... just pleasant with it.

[pie-eater]

Someone please buy this slavebox. Its been on the market since the dawn of time:

Scotland

Edinburgh: Two-bedroom apartment – £165,000

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-29103767.html

That river and bridge you get thrown in with it makes it a bargain, though.

[guitarman001]

JESUS! Bit of an eye-opener..