RESEARCH
FOCUS ON: TOTTENHAM HALE 2019 FOCUS ON: TOTTENHAM HALE 2019 FOCUS ON: TOTTENHAM HALE
A central theme of London Mayor Sadiq Khan’s strategy to FIGURE 1 FIGURE 3 Forecasts, Greater London 2019-2023 ease the capital’s housing shortage is to “intensify” the use of Average house prices Resales market land close to existing or planned tube and rail connections by building thousands of new homes. % +19Change in average P 2 P 290 The strategy, also encouraged by the previous underway, and a £1 billion redevelopment of house prices, administration, has underpinned a wave Tottenham Hotspur’s football stadium opened Tottenham Hale, of large-scale regeneration projects both in Spring 2019. 2016-2018 + % established and nearing fruition in locations 15.9 The new housing and amenity will cater including King’s Cross, Victoria and Battersea. RENTS to the growing population of the borough Tottenham Hale, already a key transport hub, of Haringey, which is set to expand 7% is one of the first locations in the next phase FIGURE 4 in the coming ten years, according to of this strategy. Plans for redevelopment Average time spent on the market, official forecasts. have been accelerated by Tottenham rental properties + Hale’s selection as a key interchange on the This report is intended to assist decision 9.2% proposed north to south Crossrail 2 route. making by prospective house purchasers HOUSE PRICES and developers looking to invest in land. It As of the first quarter of 2019, almost 40 large residential developments of at least examines local market dynamics, including 50 private units have approval within 3 affordability compared with nearby and kilometres of Tottenham Hale station similarly well-connected locations, the depth compromising more than 10,000 new of the rental market, Tottenham Hale’s position Source: Knight Frank Research homes, to be delivered over the next decade. amid London’s changing infrastructure Note: Price forecasts are for existing homes. Property values in the new-build market may perform differently. Significant commercial regeneration is also landscape and its expanding housing supply.
Source: Land Registry PRICES & AFFORDABILITY: House prices in Tottenham Hale have climbed vicinity (fig 3) and compared with other to Brixton in the south (fig 2). The area also of stations have higher average sale prices than two bedroom apartment spends just 3.6 weeks 19% since 2016, outperforming the wider stations along the Victoria Line. scores favourably when compared with Tottenham Hale. on the market before being let, compared to Average weeks on Average weeks on Average weeks on Average weeks on Average weeks on Average weeks on London market, according to analysis of The average price of a home in Tottenham other locations a comparable distance from Prime monthly asking rents for a two bedroom 5.8 weeks in Greater London. The time on the 5.7 3.6 5.7 3.6 5.7 3.6 market, 2 bed flat market, 2 bed flat for market, 2 bed flat market, 2 bed flat for market, 2 bed flat market, 2 bed flat for Land Registry data. Despite this growth, the Hale is £405,162, the least expensive of central London. A breakdown of property flat in Tottenham Hale average £1,650, according market drops to three weeks within 750 meters for rent in London rent in Tottenham Hale for rent in London rent in Tottenham Hale for rent in London rent in Tottenham Hale area performs well in terms of affordability all stations along the line that runs from transactions within 750 meters of the 147 to a study of the top 25% of listings by value. of Tottenham Hale station, highlighting the compared to locations both in the immediate Walthamstow Central, through Oxford Circus, zone 3 stations during Q3 2018 indicates 80% Analysis of the rental market shows the average importance of access to transport links to tenants. Source: Rightmove
FIGURE 2 House prices and rents on the Victoria Line Year to December 2018