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A guide on houses for sale in Barley

by | Nov 15, 2022

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As a landlord, whenever you are looking at houses for sale in Lancashire, you could find varying prices throughout an area like Barley. In this article, this data will be simplified so you can find all of the data on one, convenient page.

So, from the rental yield of Barley to the success you may expect to get when submitting planning permission. Everything you need to know about house for sale in the UK and in Barley will be revealed. Keep reading.

Choose the right house for sale that suits your needs

Find here below a list of criteria that we suggest you consider before looking for houses for sale in Barley

  • affordability – the UK gov website comes in helpful when you want to understand (see what house for sale you can afford)

  • Geographic Location – the county and region across the UK you are considering to invest in are crucial factors to consider when browsing houses for sale.

  • Transport network of the house for sale – Hopefully, the pandemic stays in the past. Therefore, working from home may become less predominant than a couple of years ago. Check the commuting time of the house for sale you are considering buying.

  • Bedrooms in the house for sale – are you looking for houses for sale for yourself, for a couple or for the whole family? This condition will narrow down the number of houses for sale relevant to buy.

  • EPC of the house for sale – today more than ever, the energy performance of the properties for sale on the market should be one of the first things you check.

  • Broadband speed – having a good internet connection is crucial nowadays. Always check the available subscriptions available for the areas of the house for sale you want to purchase

  • Are you a car owner? – if yes, you will have to check for parking availability of the house for sale. Does it come with a garage included in the price?

  • Conservation areas – when browsing for houses for sale, we suggest you take a look at the National Heritage list. When a house for sale is included it means that it is not possible for the future homeowner to make changes to the property, both inside and outside.

  • Houses for sale Conditions – some properties, like new builds, need no repairs or works; other houses listed for sale may need some investment to restore them and some others may need a complete renovation. Someone looking for houses for sale should always think about how much time and money they are willing to invest to complete the needed repairs.

How are rental yields of the houses for sale different to the rest of the UK in Barley?

Are there more or fewer houses being built in Barley?

Before making an investment and move forward with buying a house for sale, another important set of data an investor should analyse is the growth trends of the area in question.

Below are the forecasted growth rates for the city of Barley at 1 year, 3 year and 5 year intervals:

1 year 3 years 5 years
Barley growth rate -10% 17% 13%

Examine this figure carefully as the addition of a lot of new houses to meet demand could mean that house price of the houses for sale in Barley gradually reduces with an increase in the housing supply. This could be a good indicator to understand if your house will appreciate or not. Too many houses and too much supply could drive down the prices of homes or stagnate them. So be sure to check out what is exactly happening in Barley.

Assuming you are not looking for a house for sale in a certain area because of private reasons such as being close to a family member or you have been relocated to a new office, these are some of the factors to consider in order to understand if an investment is worth your money.

Investors typically look at data such as the average rental yield, the average asking price of rent per month, rent turnover and sale turnover. These KPIs give property investors a solid idea of how the market is performing in that area.

For the city of Barley, the below table demonstrates this well. To make things simple, it compares these numbers to the wider region of the UK; North West. As well as Lancashire, to give a smaller scale area to compare the data to.

Average Yield Average Asking rent Turnover (rental) Turnover (sale)
Barley 3.9% £528 92% 22.0%
Lancashire 4.25% £691 100.27% 17.49%
North West 4.36% £808 120.36% 20.19%

Assuming that in the future you want to re-sell the house you will eventually purchased in Barley you might be interested in the number of sales per month (40) that happen in the local housing market. Comparing this figure for Barley with the above table gives you a good understanding of the profitability of the area.

What are the people like in Barley?

How much do people in Barley earn?

While not always the case, the amount people earn can be associated with better schools in the area and perhaps a nicer environment to live in.

£37,300 is the average household income of the area. And the higher this figure is the more likely it is that there is a higher percentage of people with a social grade score in the A or B categories which is 16% for Barley.

In general, do people commit a lot of crime in Barley?

In Barley, for every 1000 people, there is currently a crime rate of 126. This can be compared to the national average of 79.52 for every 1000 people.

Low crime rates are desirable for your safety as a homeowner. Even if you don’t tend to leave the house too often and tend to not mind living in a slightly more dangerous area. Things like burglaries are always a possibility which could harm your ability to pay for home insurance and also may force you to install additional security in your home that can cost you further.

Having said this, you can look at the crime rate on a deeper level to find out what the threats are exactly. It could be the case that a proportion of these crimes (126 for every 1000 people) come from things like anti-social behaviour rather than more serious crimes like violence and sexual offences.

If this is the case you may be more willing to look over a high crime rate within the areas you’re looking to buy a home.

What is the population of Barley?

The city of Barley has a total population of 34,620. Large population sizes can be good to show there is a high demand for people to buy houses in the area but a better indication is if the population of Barley is growing.

A small population city can also have high prices of houses for sale, because, if there is a growing population, and demand is still high, this could mean the house prices are pushed up.

Either way, a population must also be looked at in terms of the appreciation of the area as well as the rental yields and if the area really meets your needs.

The five year population change of Barley

Over time, in the last five years, the population of the city of Barley has changed by 3%. This figure can tell you a lot because a growing population indicates a house is likely to appreciate. Read more here

In addition, looking at the 10 year figure for population growth in the below paragraphs can give you further evidence as to what the change in population has been for a longer period of time. As a result, you’ll know if this 3% population change is something that has been there for a while or if it is a new trend. Click here to know more on the UK population trends.

What is the difference in population over the last 10 years in Barley?

In the last 10 years, there has been a shift in the population of 4%.

Comparing this to the 5 year figure of Barley can tell you if there is a long history of population growth or decline, if there are population fluctuations or if the trend is stable.

New industries opening up in the area, the addition of new jobs and also international and national migration might all be reasons for changes in population size. Resulting in people moving in or leaving an area.

A good example of a quick change in population was in Stratford, London in 2012. Here, there was an increase in government spending in the area because of the Olympics which resulted in massive population growth.

What is the social grade score of Barley?

In the city of Barley and throughout the UK, the social grade score is assessed by observing what type of jobs people have and then grouping this into a grading system.

In general, the people at the top of the scale (the A category) have the highest paid, most skilled jobs and this is just 4% of the general UK population. On the lower end of the scale, people who are on benefits, state pensions and also manual workers all are grouped into this category that represents the most unskilled.

When trying to determine if the area of Barley has an abundance of highly skilled workers, the top two categories are grouped together and given a percentage. This percentage is 16%.

Below, you can see how this compares to the National average as the average for the top two categories nationwide is 27% (Adding together the A and B categories)

Social Score Category The proportion of the UK population (%)
A Professional, managerial or administrative 4
B Intermediate managerial or professional jobs 23
C1 Supervisory, junior managerial or professional jobs 29
C2 Skilled manual workers 21
D Semi and unskilled manual workers 15
E State pensioners, casual & lowest grade workers 8

Is there sufficient green space in Barley?

In the city of Barley, there are 7.3 acres of green space per 1000 residents.

The charity, ‘Fields in Trusts’ recommends a minimum of 6 acres of green space per 1000 people so it is easy to see where Barley is when seeing if green space availability is sufficient. This green space could be parks, nature reserves, public gardens or playing fields.

Are the deprivation levels of the UK any different to Barley?

Most of the time, high deprivation levels signal that people cannot afford to sustain their living expenses. In Barley, currently, 28% people fall into this category.

Measuring this statistic against the nationwide average of 33% should give you a pretty good idea of where the city lies in the scale of poverty in the area.

Barley in the county of Lancashire is notable for its specific demographics and has individual characteristics.

For localised cities and the bigger areas of the UK there are wide variations in the demographics that shape an area so the same is also true for the wider region Barley is located in; North West.

Below, these demographics are talked about in headings that explain how the city has grown, what the education levels are like in Barley, what the social grade score of the city is like and if the green space matches the recommended levels people living in the UK should have.

Is the education level of Barley important when buying a house?

The number of people as a percentage who have been through university and gained a degree is 21%. The ability to buy a home is greatly influenced by the number of people who have degrees. £37,300 is the amount people in Barley are earning.

As you can tell, this figure along with the number of people who have degrees roughly correlate. For reference, the percentage of people who have degrees in the UK is 22.6% and the average household income is.

As a general rule, the bigger the difference between this 22.6% figure and the percentage of people with a degree in Barley, the bigger the difference in the ability to earn and hence buy a house. A higher number of degrees will increase the potential for people to earn and hence the buying power of the population. This will also push up the price of houses in the area.

Nonetheless, making accurate estimates for the appreciation of homes must be done with other pieces of data in mind such as the rental yields or perhaps the crime rate of the area to name some examples.

houses for sale in other cities and regions in the UK

Below is a list of towns that differ from Barley.
Going over these locations will help you evaluate the different houses for sale across the UK. Whether that be in the same or a very different region to North West:

If you are interested in other cities or even regions of the UK, please visit the following page for more information:houses for sale in the UK it contains all the data related to the houses for sale in our nation.

In general, what do houses for sale sell for in Barley?

In Barley, the average sale price of a house for sale is in fact £135,778. This is dependent on the 10 year population growth of Barley being 4%. Growing populations are more likely to inflate the prices of houses for sale in the city of Barley.

Housing category Total final sale price
Aerage sold price (detached) £229,820
Aerage sold price (semi-detached) £142,633
Aerage sold price (terraced) £84,885
Aerage sold price (flat) £75,755

The list below is able to inform you of what these prices are. Giving you an accurate estimate of whether a landlord is likely to accept your offer based on the prices of the houses for sale in Barley.

Housing category Sale price per square foot
Aerage sold price/sqft £1,520
Aerage sold price/sqft (new build) £1,920
Aerage sold price/sqft (old stock) £1,380

Evidently, certain types of houses for sale will have different types of demand and this will be reflected on the final price.

On average, the cost of a house for sale per square foot works out to be £1,520. This means if you are just looking out the houses sold in Barley in general and didn’t take into consideration the type of build. For example, a new build.

Professional advice for houses for sale in Barley

In today’s market with an abundance of homes available for sale, choosing the best house for sale can be challenging.
With several houses for sale to choose from, who will guide you through the process of choosing?
We have listed here below several experts and companies able to advise and support potential buyers.

The process of finding and investing in a house for sale can be lengthy and time-consuming, this is why we suggest you consult with the following professionals:

  • Banks – Lend you the cash
  • Insurance companies – Insure your new real estate investment
  • Conveyancer – handles all the legal labour that is needed to proceed in buying a house for sale.
  • Surveyor – Carries out an independent and complete property valuation of the house for sale
  • Mortgage advisor – If you are thinking to get a mortgage to get the finances needed to afford to buy a house for sale, a mortgage advisor is the person you should be looking for
  • EPC person – Always get a quote on the Energy Performance Certificate of the houses for sale listed in a certain city

What are the asking prices for the houses for sale in the city of Barley?

Before a house gets sold, the figure it sells for always starts off as an asking price. This average asking price for the houses for sale in Barley determines the eventual sale price of the house so it isn’t the most important figure but is still important to take note of. This figure is currently £161,855.

Below, there is a table showing the asking price of the different sizes of houses based on the number of bedrooms of the houses in Barley.

In the city of Barley, what is the average asking price for the houses for sale?

Average asking price (1 bed) no relevant data for this city
Average asking price (2 bed) £92,226
Average asking price (3 bed) £190,381
Average asking price (4 bed) £300,076
Average asking price (5 bed) no relevant data for this city

Reading the table above should therefore give you a good idea of the type of house for sale that is within your budget in Barley and if you may need to look at a different area in order to buy the type of house you can afford.

Also, noting the £0 should also give you an overview of what the asking price for houses for sale are in general.

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Donnell Bailey property expert

Donnell Bailey

Property expert

Donnell is a property expert focusing on the property market, he looks at a combination of legislation, information from property managers, letting agents and market trends to produce information to help landlords.

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