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The value of all the homes in Gillingham has risen by more than 280% in the past two decades, to £9.471bn, meaning its worth more than the stock listed travel company TUI AG, which is worth £9.116bn.
Those Gillingham homeowners and Buy-to-Let landlords who bought their homes twenty or more years ago have come out on top, adding thousands and thousands of pounds to the value of their own Gillingham homes as the younger generation in Gillingham continue to be priced out of the market. This is even more remarkable because, in those twenty years, we had the years of 2008 and 2009 following the global financial crisis, where we saw a short term drop in Gillingham house prices of between 15% and 20% (depending on the type of property). And although there have been a number of consecutive years of growth in property values recently in Gillingham it hasn’t been anywhere near the levels seen in the early 2000’s.
Twenty years ago, the total value of Gillingham property was worth £2.489bn. Over those twenty years, total property values have increased by £6.982bn, meaning today, the total value of all the properties in Gillingham is worth £9.471bn. Even more remarkable, when you consider the FTSE100 has only risen by 40.84% in the same time frame. Also, when I compared it with inflation, i.e. the UK Retail Price Index, inflation had risen by 72.2% during the same twenty years.
So, what does this all mean for Gillingham? Well as we enter the unchartered waters of 2018 and beyond, even though property values are already declining in certain parts of the previously over cooked central London property market, the outlook in Gillingham remains relatively good as over the last five years, the local property market has been a lot more sensible than central London’s.
Gillingham house values will remain resilient for several reasons. Firstly, demand for rental property remains strong with persistent immigration and population growth. Secondly, with 0.25% interest rates, borrowing has never been so cheap and finally, the simple lack of new house building in Gillingham. Not even keeping up with current demand, let alone eating into years and years of under investment mean only one thing – yes it might be a bumpy ride over the next 12 to 24 months but, in the medium term, property ownership and property investment in Gillingham has and always will, out ride out the storm.
One place for more information is my Medway Property Market blog. If you are a landlord or thinking of becoming one for the first time, and you want to read more articles like this about the Medway property market together with regular postings on what I consider the best buy to let deals in Medway, then it is well worth reading. You can also email me at spencer@docksidekent.com
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