9 years ago
Market Comment from Lee Fenn-Tripp, Director of Downer & Co Lettings. As a buy to let landlord in Newbury today, I feel a little bruised by the assault made on my wallet after being (and continuing to be) ransacked over…
10 years ago
Market Comment from Lee Fenn-Tripp, Director of Downer & Co Lettings. Recent statistics published by the Office of National Statistics show that there are 267,704 private rented households in the country that are occupied by people aged 65 and…
10 years ago
“How much would it cost to buy all the properties in Newbury?” Market Comment from Lee Fenn-Tripp, Director of Downer & Co Lettings. This fascinating question was posed by the 14-year-old son of one of my Newbury landlords when…
10 years ago
Market Comment from Lee Fenn-Tripp, Director of Downer & Co Lettings. In late May 2016, The Right Hon. Member for Tatton, Mr George Osborne, published an official HM Treasury analysis stating UK house prices would be lower by at…
10 years ago
Back in the Spring, there was a surge in Newbury landlords buying buy to let property in Newbury as they tried to beat George Osborne’s new stamp duty changes which kicked in on the 1st April 2016. To give…
10 years ago
Over the last month the Newbury property market has seen some interesting movement in house prices, and this compares well to the national figures where property prices across the UK saw a monthly uplift of 0.42%. This means that…