6 years ago
Roll the clock back to April 2020, and major financial economists and property market commenters were sounding the alarm. The very best-case scenario was a 5% drop in property values by the end of the year, and most were…
6 years ago
Looking back at the Newbury and West Berkshire property market for 2020, it can certainly be seen as a frenetic game of two halves, albeit with a very long half time in the spring. Between the General Election in…
6 years ago
With the banks reducing the number of low deposit mortgages (i.e. deposit of 10% and below) since Covid-19 hit in the spring, this has meant that the number of Newbury first-time buyers has been decreasing quickly, meaning many of those would-be…
6 years ago
What will a no deal Brexit on the horizon, the end of the stamp duty holiday in March, mortgage payment holidays coming to an end, unemployment set to rise after furlough and ongoing on/off coronavirus restrictions do to the…
6 years ago
Boris Johnson has attracted both praise and horror in equal measure with a new plan for 95% mortgages to help beleaguered first time buyers to get on the property ladder, but would that expose UK taxpayers to too much…
6 years ago
Post lockdown, the need for Newbury families who want bigger homes has meant Newbury homebuyers must now pay considerably more to trade up to that larger home… One thing that has come out of lockdown has been the inexorable…