11 years ago
The ‘Right to Buy’ scheme was a policy introduced by Maggie Thatcher in 1980 which gave secure council tenants the legal right to buy the Council home they were living in with huge discounts. The heyday of Council ‘Right…
11 years ago
“The growth of the private rented sector, and the arrival of an investor class of buy to let landlords within it, is an issue that won’t be going away anytime soon, no matter what you read in the Daily…
11 years ago
There I was, out with the family at Bucklebury Farm last weekend, when a gentleman approached me. ‘Hello’, he said, ‘You are the person writes that Property Blog aren’t you? We have met before at a Business Networking event…
11 years ago
I had an interesting email from someone in Newbury a few weeks ago that I want to share with you (don’t worry I asked his permission to share this with you all). In a nutshell, the gentleman lives in…
11 years ago
One of my landlords rang me last week from Speen, after he had spoken to a friend of his. Over Christmas, they were discussing the Newbury property market and neither of them could make their mind up if it…