House prices increased slightly in the Forest of Dean in June, new figures show.

The rise contributes to the longer-term trend, which has seen property prices in the area grow by 3.2% over the last year.

The average the Forest of Dean house price in June was £297,319, Land Registry figures show – a 0.9% increase on May.

Over the month, the picture was different to that across the South West, where prices decreased 1%, and the Forest of Dean was above the 0.5% rise for the UK as a whole.

Over the last year, the average sale price of property in the Forest of Dean rose by £9,100 – putting the area 10th among the South West’s 26 local authorities with price data for annual growth.

The highest annual growth in the region was in East Devon, where property prices increased on average by 7.4%, to £365,000. At the other end of the scale, properties in Torridge lost 5% of their value, giving an average price of £286,000.

First steps on the property ladder

First-time buyers in the Forest of Dean spent an average of £236,200 on their property – £8,200 more than a year ago, and £45,000 more than in June 2019.

By comparison, former owner-occupiers paid £328,800 on average in June – 39.2% more than first-time buyers.

Property types

Owners of terraced houses saw the biggest rise in property prices in the Forest of Dean in June – they increased 1.2%, to £212,564 on average. Over the last year, prices rose by 4.1%.

Among other types of property:

How do property prices in the Forest of Dean compare?

Buyers paid 6.3% less than the average price in the South West (£317,000) in June for a property in the Forest of Dean. Across the South West, property prices are higher than those across the UK, where the average cost is £288,000.

The most expensive properties in the South West were in Cotswold – £470,000 on average, and 1.6 times the price as in the Forest of Dean. Cotswold properties cost 2.1 times the price as homes in Plymouth (£227,000 average), at the other end of the scale.

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Factfile

Average property price in June

Annual growth to June

Highest and lowest annual growth in the South West