LONDON PROPERTY HOTSPOTS

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION, UNDERSTANDING THE TEMPLATES, BETHNAL GREEN, PADDINGTON, BARNES, ACTON, KINGS CROSS, CAMDEN, CHISWICK, CLAPHAM, CROUCH END, EAST DULWICH, EALING, FINCHLEY, GOLDERS GREEN, HAMMERSMITH, BELSIZE PARK, HIGHGATE, HOLLAND PARK, ISLINGTON, KENNINGTON, KENSINGTON, TUFNELL PARK, KILBURN, MAIDA VALE, MUSWELL HILL, NOTTING HILL, PIMLICO, POPLAR, PUTNEY, RICHMOND, SHEPHERDS BUSH, COVENT GARDEN, ELEPHANT & CASTLE, GREENWICH, STEPNEY, FRIERN BARNET, WANDSWORTH, WEST HAMPSTEAD, WIMBLEDON, BERMONDSEY, PROPOSED TUBE STATIONS, PROPOSED RAIL STATIONS, POWER OF THE POSTCODES, CONGESTION ZONE

FRIERN BARNET

Area:	Friern Barnet
Catergory:	C
Postcode:	N11
In Congestion Zone:	No – 8.4 miles outside.
Parking and Traffic:	Free. A406 gets congested.
Ethnicity Bias:	None
Investor Profile	Pension, Business, Cash&Equity & Retirement.
Crime:	Violence		Sexual		Burglary		Motor
Per 1000 population	14		1		8		4
Yield Range:	3.6% - 6.7%
Price Ranges	Low £	Hi £		Low £pw	Hi £pw	Low		Hi
Studio flat	100,000	125,000		110	160	5.7%		6.7%
1 bed flat	130,000	220,000		135	190	4.5%		5.4%
2 bed flat	145,000	350,000		185	290	4.3%		6.6%
2 bed house	200,000	430,000		200	300	3.6%		5.2%
3 bed house	225,000	480,000		260	450	4.9%		6.0%
Valuations above the London average by:	15.0% (£278,174)
	Actual				London Average
Capital growth last 12 months:	25.6%				19%
Capital growth last 48 months:	81.7%				89%
Tube:	Totteridge & Whetstone Northern Line (Zone 4) – 34 mins to Tottenham Court Road.
Demand For Letting:	Good
Average void period:	8 days
	Total (out of 10)			Capital Growth (out of 5)		Yield (out of 5)
Out of 10:	6			4		2
Summary:	You get the best of both worlds – close to the city plus country living.
Sought After Streets:	Friern Barnet Road and Woodhouse Road.
Description:	On the borders of Hertfordshire it is an easy exit out of London. Its next to the A406 and not its not too far from the A1 and M1 exits. Flats for sale are readily available and the community is a mixed one – commuters as well as locals. I find this area a safe place to put your money. You have tenant demand from both the young and the old so you are not relying on one type of tenant. Not as you are if you have a flat in the Docklands where only a city worker would consider living there. The area is next to the very green and very expensive Totteridge. The benefits of this area can be easily accessed as most residents of Friern Barnet are car owners. The tube station listed above is a good 10 minute walk but the area is serviced by New Southgate Station which takes you in to Kings Cross. Friern Barnet is a much cheaper alternative to Totteridge if you can find the equivalent type of housing – basically large houses. Capital growth will be realized here when everyone is priced out of the surrounding affluent areas.
Estate Agents:	Name		Address		Tel		Web
	Adam Kennedy		10 Queens Parade, Brownlow Road, London, N11 2DN		020 8881 5288		www.adamkennedy.co.uk
	Michael Grove Estate Agents		345 Bowes Road, London, N11 1AA		020 8361 0303
	Wilkinson Byrne		3 Latham Court, Brownlow Road, London, N11 2ES		020 8365 8900
	APS Estates		50, Caledonian Rd London N1 9DP		020 7833 5070		www.apsestates.com
	Simon Clarke Residential		130, Ballards Lane London N3 2PA		020 8349 9000		www.simonclarke.co.uk
	Austin Chambers & Co		191, Woodhouse Rd London N12 9AY		020 8368 6282		www.austinchambers.co.uk
Letting Agents:	Name		Address		Tel		Web
	Anscombe & Ringland		338 Regents Park Road, Finchley, London, N3 2LN		020 8349 3320		www.chancellors.co.uk
	Barnard Marcus				020 8446 0000		www.sequencehome.co.uk
	Best Lettings Ltd		73 Friern Barnet Road, London, N11 3EH		020 8361 4303

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