CV13 (Barlestone) area guide
CV13
Barlestone
The CV13 postcode district lies within or includes part of the following towns, counties, localities, electoral wards and stations: Abbey, Ambien, Appleby, Atterton, Barlestone, Barlestone, Nailstone and Osbaston, Barton In The Beans, Bilstone, Bufton, Cadeby, Cadeby, Carlton and Market Bosworth with Shackerstone, Carlton, Congerstone, Dadlington, Fenny Drayton, Higham On The Hill, Higham-On-The-Hill, Leicestershire, Lindley, Market Bosworth, Nailstone, Nuneaton, Odstone, Osbaston, Shackerstone, Shenton, Sibson, Stoke Golding, Sutton Cheney, Twycross and Witherley with Sheepy, Upton, Wellsborough.
Notes:
A Mouseprice property guide for CV13 Barlestone is coming soon. In the meantime, please have a look at the raw data and statistics about CV13 that can be found by click the relevant links on the left hand side.
Old area guide:
The commentary below was written for the mouseprice.com website in 2006, please be aware that the comments below might be out of date. We recommend disregarding these comments in favour of the data that can be found either above or in the other sections of this website.
Market trends:
The size of the property market in CV13 is 4262 homes.
When compared against a national average compound annual growth rate (CAGR) over the last 5 years of 12.5%, the growth in this postcode district has been 12.4%. This could well be because this is a dynamic local economy and housing market. Property price growth in this area has significantly exceeded growth in earnings and the national average house price growth, and so the likelihood of it continuing will be dependent upon price earnings ratio, as well as investment by developers and local authorities in continually upgrading local infrastructure, schools, in addition to the continued strength of the local and national economies and any other economies upon which the area depends.
During the last 3 months, property in this postcode district has averaged a value of £229325.
When examining the ability of consumers to further extend themselves in the face of increasing property prices, many commentators pay close attention to the price earnings ratio. Price Earnings Ratio in this postcode district is 9.
New transactions as a percentage of overall sales are 6.9%.
Housing stock:
If you are specifically looking to buy Detached Houses, this would be an excellent area for you to explore, with 48.1% of properties being this type.
Flats account for the lowest percentage of the housing stock in this district, at only 3%.
This is an area with a high proportion of property suitable for families with children.
Socially rented accommodation represents 8.2% of the total rented accommodation in the area.
The majority of property in this area is owner occupied.
The average price of a two bed property in this area is higher than the national average of £187894 at £237733.
Who lives here:
The average age in this area is 43.
This area has a high percentage of married people at 22.4%.
Average working hours in this area for men are 44 and for women are 31.
This area is relatively rural, with only 0.9 people per square kilometre.
Job prospects in this area are good with low unemployment (1.7%). Most jobs are found in the Health & Social Work and Wholesale & Retail sectors.