What the data says about British Virgin Islands
Not opinions — arithmetic. Each of these came out of the registers and the listings themselves, and each links to the page it was computed from so you can check it. 5 of them today.
Geography
Where is the biggest price gap in the British Virgin Islands?
The median home in Oil Nut Bay,Virgin Gorda asks $15,900,000; in Anegada it asks $199,500. Same island, 79.7× the price.
What would make this wrong: It compares what is on the market, not like for like. An area of large houses will always beat an area of flats, whatever the land underneath is worth.
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What things cost
Which bedroom costs the most in the British Virgin Islands?
Going from 4 bedrooms to 5 adds $1,600,000 to the median asking price — more than any other step on the ladder.
What would make this wrong: A 5-bed house is not a 4-bed house with a room added — it is usually a bigger plot in a different place. This is the price of a different kind of home, not the price of a bedroom.
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The market
How concentrated is the British Virgin Islands's market?
Three agents hold 65% of everything advertised — 176, 124, 113 listings out of 639. 10 agents share the rest.
What would make this wrong: It counts adverts, not sales. An agency that lists everything it is asked to and one that sells everything it lists look identical here.
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The market
Do agents agree on what a house is worth?
9 properties are marketed by more than one agent here, and on 1 of them the agents quote prices more than 2% apart. Both figures are published as given.
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This week
What has moved in the British Virgin Islands this week?
364 listings appeared, 5 had their price cut and 1 went up. We read every agent's site overnight, so this is the week as it happened.
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The island most like this one
On asking price and market size, Andorra is British Virgin Islands's closest match anywhere on this site — a median of €860,000 (£736,743) against $1,200,000 (£878,735), across 747 listings against 638. Put them side by side
What the same money buys elsewhere
The median British Virgin Islands asking price, converted, against other islands' medians.
| Island | Their median | What British Virgin Islands money buys |
|---|---|---|
| Samoa | WS$250,000 | 12.8 homes at their median |
| Dominica | $204,598 | 5.9 homes at their median |
| Belize | $235,000 | 5.1 homes at their median |
| Bahrain | BD 90,000 | 5.0 homes at their median |
Converted at the previous day's reference rates. It compares medians, not like-for-like houses — an island of flats will always look cheap against an island of villas.