Properties in Ealing are set to soar by a jaw-dropping 49.8% by the year 2020 because of new Crossrail links in the area, figures suggest.
A new Crossrail service, offering fast transport links into areas of London, is expected to be in full use at Ealing Broadway by the year 2019 with areas like Acton also set to be on its map.
Figures released by real estate service JLL suggest that, by the year 2020, house prices in Ealing Broadway are set to increase by 49.8%.
Marketing executive Louis Cooper, from Sell House Fast, believes the rise will muscle first-time buyers out of the market for good.
Mr Cooper, whose company specialise in keeping people in financial difficulty on the property ladder, said: "18 to 30-year-olds won't be able to look in these areas anymore.
"Where are these people going to live, it will be far out and people may move far north and go to places like Manchester and Birmingham because it is ridiculous.
"It is a problem, a lot of people in terms of investment see it as a great opportunity, which it is, but for people that cannot afford housing it really is an unviable option."
Mr Cooper added that the soar in house prices could prompt the wealthiest home-owners in central London to move out to areas like Ealing Broadway, because central London could be dominated by foreign ownership.
According to figures from JLL, by the year 2020 the price of properties in Acton will have rocketed by 48.1%, Hanwell 46.4% and Southall 45.1%.
And it's on the rise for renters too, with rent prices in Ealing Broadway set to rise by 36.4%, Acton 35.1%, Hanwell 34.4% and Southall 28.3%.
Estate agent Bouchra Zounaki, from Barnard Marcus Estate Agents in Ealing, said that first-time buyers will be outmatched in the market because, even with a rise, people already on the ladder will still be able to afford the increase.
Zounaki added that the problem for first-time buyers in Ealing was that, by 2020, they will be competing with buyers who have been on the property ladder for years who can profit from a sale.
She added: "The market is going up already but even when prices go up people are still going to buy them.
"The people that will buy will have had a place to sell so they would have profited from selling their properties."
