CONTENTS: INTRODUCTION - ASHFORD, KENT - BATH, SOMERSET - BECKENHAM, KENT - BEDFORD, BEDFORDSHIRE - BILLERICAY, ESSEX - BIRMINGHAM CITY CENTRE, BIRMINGHAM - BOURNEMOUTH, SUSSEX - BRENTWOOD, ESSEX - BRIGHTON, SUSSEX - CAMBRIDGE, CAMBRIDGESHIRE - CANTERBURY, KENT - CARDIFF, WALES - CHELMSFORD, ESSEX - CLEETHORPES, LINCOLNSHIRE - COLCHESTER, ESSEX - EPPING, ESSEX - GRANTHAM, LINCOLNSHIRE - GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK - GUILDFORD, SURREY - IPSWICH, SUFFOLK - KETTERING, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE - KINGS LYNN, NORFOLK - LEICESTER, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE - LIVERPOOL CITY CENTRE, LANCASHIRE - LUTON, BEDFORDSHIRE - MANCHESTER, LANCASHIRE - MILTON KEYNES, BEDFORDSHIRE - NORWICH, NORFOLK - OXFORD, OXFORDSHIRE - PETERBOROUGH, CAMBRIDGESHIRE - READING, BERKSHIRE - ROMFORD, ESSEX - SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, ESSEX - ST ALBANS, HERTFORDSHIRE - STANSTED, ESSEX - SWINDON, BERKSHIRE - WELWYN GARDEN CITY, HERTFORDSHIRE - WISBECH, CAMBRIDGESHIRE
| Area: | BILLERICAY, ESSEX | |||||||
| Category: | A | |||||||
| Investor Profile | Pension, Retirement and Cash&Equity | |||||||
| Population aged 15+: | 31,401
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| Actual | National Average | |||||||
| Percentage Class ABC1: | 69% | 44% | ||||||
| Crime: | Violence | Sexual | Burglary | Motor | ||||
| Per 1000 population | 8 | 1 | 5 | 9 | ||||
| Yield Range: | 5.9% - 8.5% | |||||||
| Price Ranges | Low £ | Hi £ | Low £pw | Hi £pw | Low | Hi | ||
| Flats&maisonettes | 96,800 | 145,200 | 158 | 215 | 8.5% | 7.7% | ||
| Terraced | 120,000 | 180,000 | 187 | 253 | 8.1% | 7.3% | ||
| Semi-detached | 142,400 | 213,600 | 189 | 256 | 6.9% | 6.2% | ||
| Detached | 237,600 | 356,400 | 297 | 402 | 6.5% | 5.9% | ||
| Valuations above the national average by: | 57% | |||||||
| Actual | National Average | |||||||
| Capital growth last 12 months: | 22% | 18% | ||||||
| Capital growth last 4 years: | 73% | 74% | ||||||
| Large employers in the area: |
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| Demand For Letting: | Good | |||||||
| Average void period: | 2 weeks | |||||||
| Total (out of 10) | Capital Growth (out of 5) | Yield (out of 5) | ||||||
| Out of 10: | 6 | 4 | 2 | |||||
| Summary: | The next Chigwell! | |||||||
| Description: | Billericay is a mid Essex town that is booming. It is an affluent area and has continued to grow and develop, with new housing and commercial properties being built. The train station is a direct link to Liverpool St which makes Billericay a prime commuter town. As you drive through the town there is a multitude of large detached houses all individually designed. There are a number of apartment complexes dotted around this essentially small town all mainly near the station. Billericay was known to have at least two prosperous periods within it's colourful history, Tudor and Georgian. These are still visible today with historically rich buildings in and around the There have been more leisure sector businesses locating to the area such as bars, restaurants and gyms rather than commercial industries because its really a place to live rather than a place to live and work. It’s the choice of the middle class family! All the right shops are here and there is also the picturesque Lakemeadows Park which is a large park area for families wishing to spend a day out in a greener surrounding. This is my wildcard entry for this book as the prices are not cheap as you can see from above, but if there is any town in Essex that can rival Chigwell for celebrity status then this is the one. | |||||||
| Mainline railway station: | 30 minutes to Liverpool Street, London | |||||||
| Road Access: | Main access A12 & A127 36 miles north east of Central London 8 miles from M25 | |||||||
| Local Newspaper | Brentwood Gazette Mid Essex Recorder 01277 219222 | |||||||
| Estate Agents: | Name | Address | Tel | Web | ||||
| Beresfords | 129 High Street Billericay Essex CM12 9AH | 01277 632948 | www.beresfordsgroup.co.uk | |||||
| Quirks Estate Agents | 108a High Street Billericay Essex CM12 9BY | 01277 626541 | N/a | |||||
| Holmes Pearman Estate Agents | 148 High Street Billericay Essex CM12 9DF | 01277 622466 | N/a | |||||
| Letting Agents: | Name | Address | Tel | Web | ||||
| Beresfords Lettings Division | 129 High Street, Billericay, Essex, CM12 9AH | 01277 658666 | www.beresfordsgroup.co.uk | |||||
| Countrywide Residential Lettings | 01277 633044 | www.rightmove.co.uk | ||||||