Wokingham has been ranked in the top 20 locations in the country by the percentage of houses sold during the last five years.
The research from property purchasing specialist House Buyer Bureau used Government data that shows the number of sales compared with levels of total housing stock.
Wokingham was ranked 19th in England with 13,944 recorded house sales compared with total housing in the borough of 73,004. That equates to 19.1% – or almost one in five homes – being sold since 2018.
London is home to the lowest level of turnover when it comes to the number of homes sold over the last five years, with Leicester ranking bottom outside of the capital.
House Buyer Bureau analysed the number of homes sold over the last five years across each area of England and what this equates to as percentage of total dwellings, to reveal the areas with the lowest level of housing market churn.
The research showed that across England as a whole, the total number of homes sold in the last five years equates to 15.7% of total housing stock.
At regional level, London has been the slowest market, where by far the fewest properties have changed hands over the last five years, equating to just 11.6% of total stock.
Digging deeper into the data, the slowest markets by local authority are dominated by London boroughs – accounting for 16 of the top 20.
Outside of London, it’s Leicester where sellers are likely to struggle most in their search for a potential buyer. Just 10.3% of total housing market stock has changed hands over the last five years, with Slough (10.7%), Oxford (10.9%), Cambridge (11.4%) and Sandwell (11.5%) also making the top five.
Managing director of House Buyer Bureau, Chris Hodgkinson, said: “The key to a successful sale in any market is the ability to find a buyer and this has been the biggest factor impacting the property market in recent months.
“The higher cost of borrowing and wider market uncertainty has caused many buyers to reevaluate their position in the market and their intentions to purchase, which has caused the market to slow.
“However, as our research shows, some areas of the market are already home to a far lower churn when it comes to the proportion of housing stock changing hands, and it’s these areas where sellers are most likely to struggle in current market conditions.”
Data from property portal Zoopla showed the average price for properties sold in Wokingham during the past 12 months was £552,247.
