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The Newbury Property Market, The Beatles, Sweden and 50 year mortgages

9 years ago

Market Comment from Lee Fenn-Tripp Director of Downer & Co 50 years ago, in 1967, the first human heart transplant was performed by Dr Christian Barnard in South Africa. In the same year Sweden switched from driving on the…

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Are Newbury First Time Buyers Being Squeezed Out Of The Housing Market?

9 years ago

Market Comment from Lee Fenn-Tripp, Director of Downer & Co I received a very interesting letter the other day from a Newbury resident. He is a homeowner, retired and mortgage free. He stated how unaffordable Newbury’s rising property prices…

Residential Lettings

Should the government incentivise ‘downsizers’ ?

9 years ago

Market Comment from Lee Fenn-Tripp, Director of Downer & Co This was a question posed to me on social media a few weeks ago, after my article about our mature members of Newbury society and the fact many retirees…

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Newbury First Time Buyers borrow £38.7m in the last 12 months

10 years ago

Market Comment from Lee Fenn-Tripp, Director of Downer & Co Lettings. Starting with the bigger picture, over the last 12 months in the UK, 1,061,557 properties were sold with a total value of £223.74 bn. To give that some…

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Newbury property price rises set to be more restrained in 2017 due to Brexit

10 years ago

Market Comment from Lee Fenn-Tripp, Director of Downer & Co Lettings. While Brexit has not yet had a sizeable impact on the Newbury housing market, my analysis is pointing to the fact that the economic viewpoint still remains uncertain…

Residential Sales

£19m paid in Stamp Duty by Newbury Residents

10 years ago

“A pound saved is worth two pounds earned after taxes” is what my Grandfather used to say. He loved his irony, yet was always a wise man, and it is tax I want to talk about today, in particular,…

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    This blog has over 150 articles and follows the property market in West Berkshire focusing around the bustling market towns of Newbury and Thatcham. You’ll find tips, guidance, news, legislation and analysis that relates specifically to these two towns and the local area. We operate Downer & Co Estate Agents in Cheap Street, Newbury and we have been open since 1988. So if you’re thinking of buying, selling, letting or renting we are happy to offer a second opinion and give free advice. Finally, don’t forget to Like Us on Facebook where we also publish these articles.

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