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Woking House Prices Fall 2.7%, Now Cheapest in Surrey
Woking's average fell 2.7% in a year to £437,628 in August, the steepest fall in Surrey, and it is now the county's cheapest district. Flats fell 5.1%.
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Planning
Cornerstone Woking: Games Room Could Become Four Flats
The council's own housing company wants The Cornerstone's unused games room, library and kitchen turned into four studio flats. Comments close 5 October.
Housing
Lakeview Estate Woking: 85 Leaseholders Face Repair Bills
Woking has awarded the contract to refurbish 14 Lakeview blocks. Cladding costs are waived, but windows, doors and roofs are recharged. The bill is exempt.
Council
Woking Approves Sale of Triangle Site and Goldsworth Park
£72m of council property sold so far, £54m under offer. Five more holdings approved on 16 September, the Triangle site among them. Call-in ends 24 September.
House Prices
Woking House Prices: £439,916 in July, Fall Nearly Gone
Woking's annual fall shrank from 3.0% to 0.3% in a month, to an average £439,916. Flats fell 2.6% while semis and terraces rose. Only Spelthorne is cheaper.
House prices
Woking house prices fall £12,057 in a year to £433,790
The average Woking home sold for £433,790 in June, down £12,057 on the year. Only 62 of England's 295 districts fell, and Woking's is the 23rd steepest.