Falkirk Property - Do you know the Facts and Figures?

Here at The Key Place, we can guide you to the right places to identify property values and yields in Falkirk and, as well as that, we can provide you with other useful property related information so you can make sure you know all you need to know before making your future investments.

I was reminded of this the other day when I was chatting to a landlord of mine and he said that I was a font of useful information about the Falkirk property market ..... at least I think he said useful! 

This got me thinking that others may be interested in some ‘useful’ property facts about our town of Falkirk ....

There are 1197 streets Falkirk with 16,819 households, and just over a quarter those houses (4,512 to be precise) have changed hands in the last 10 years.

Compared to the national average, Falkirk has 45% less detached houses, 7% less semi detached houses, 20% less terraced houses and 24% more flats. This ties in with Falkirk having significantly more single person property occupancy compared to the national average (39% vs 35%) and correspondingly more 2 person + households.

Falkirk has less owned properties than the national average (57% vs 62%) and less Council/social renting than nationally (31% vs 25%).  Overall this means that only 12% of properties in Falkirk are privately rented which is slightly lower than the national average of 13%. Given that there is a shift towards people renting rather than buying their own home, this means that there is slightly more to ‘go after’ in Falkirk.

We also have information at our fingertips on seemingly daft things which can turn out to be quite important.  For example, 80% of properties in Falkirk have gas central heating which is much higher than the national average of 74%.  This is really useful to know when refurbishing a flat and considering whether you can ‘get away’ with electrical heating ..... it is less likely that you can in Falkirk

I could go on but I better not!

If you would like more useful facts and figures pop in to see us at our offices (29 Upper New Market Street, Falkirk), call us (01324 628332) or email either of us (robert@thekeyplace.co.uk; linda@thekeyplace.co.uk).