What type of property in Falkirk sells the best?

Knowing how saleable a property is half the battle when deciding what (or not) to buy for your next property investment. Why? Well because one day, you may need to sell that property. If you go into the purchase with open eyes, you know most of the risks and can barter the price accordingly if you have to.

Bearing this in mind, last week, a couple from Larbert popped into our offices to ask about investing in property. Their concern was if we have another property slump (and we will because that is what has happened to the British property market ever since the 1950’s), if they did need to sell, what type of property would be easier to sell. Now everything sells, even during a slump, but I did some research and followed up their query – I was actually quite surprised with the results.

A good guide to judge the saleability of property is the number of properties for sale, compared to the numbers that are sold, subject to contract. Now I carried out this comparison last week, so the numbers will be marginally different today, but of the 16,819 households in Falkirk there are 224 properties on the market for sale. Of those 224 properties, 150 properties are fully available on the open market waiting for a buyer and 74 have buyers and are sold subject to contract. That means 33% of property on the market has a buyer in Falkirk (interestingly in Grangemouth 30% of properties on the market have a buyer and in Larbert it is an impressive 52%).

However, delve deeper, and in Falkirk today, 34% of detached houses on the market have a buyer and great news for flats, as 36% of them have buyers.  Terraced houses fair even better, with 17 of the 37 on the market now having buyers (making 46%). The properties that appear to be sticking though are semi-detached houses at a comparatively lower 24%.

We are always giving advice to our existing and new landlords in Falkirk on what to buy (or not as the case may be).  Having this detail of information at our finger tips, allows us to spot trends in the local market, which then enables us to give the very best advice to our clients. We don't charge for that advice as we have plenty of opportunity to earn money by finding the best tenants for our landlords in the years to come on the investments we have advised on.  If you want some advice, come and see us in our offices (29 Upper New Market Street) for a chat, give us a call (01324 628332) or email us on (robert@thekeyplace.co.uk; linda@thekeyplace.co.uk).