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Residential Lettings

Newbury Rents Set to Rise to £1,182 pm in Next 5 Years

9 years ago

Market Comment from Lee Fenn-Tripp of Downer & Co. It’s now been a good 12/18 months since annual rental price inflation in Newbury peaked at 3.4%. Since then we have seen increasingly more humble rent increases. In fact, in…

Residential Lettings

One in 13 rental properties in the Newbury area will be illegal in 2018

9 years ago

Market Comment from Lee Fenn-Tripp of Downer & Co. As the winter months draw in and the temperature starts to drop, keeping one’s home warm is vital. Yet, with the price of gas and electricity rising quicker than a…

Residential Sales

Newbury Home Owners Are Moving Every 18 Years (Part 1)

9 years ago

Market Comment from Lee Fenn-Tripp of Downer & Co. As I mentioned in a previous article, the average house price in Newbury is 9.86 times the average annual Newbury salary. This is higher than the last peak of 2008,…

Residential Lettings

£27m a year black hole in the Newbury Property Market – Is Buy to Let Immoral? (Part 2)

9 years ago

Market Comment from Lee Fenn-Tripp Director of Downer & Co An Englishman’s Home is His Castle as Thatcher lauded – everyone should own their own home. In 1971, around 50% of people owned their own home and, as the…

Residential Lettings

Newbury’s private renting set to hit 3,932 households by 2021 – Is Buy to Let immoral? (Part 1)

9 years ago

Market Comment from Lee Fenn-Tripp Director of Downer & Co Can we blame the 55 to 70-year-old Newbury citizens for the current housing crisis in the town? Also known as the ‘Baby Boomer Generation’, these Newbury people were born…

Residential Lettings

Newbury Buy-to-Let Return / Yields – 2.7% to 7.7% a year

9 years ago

Market Comment from Lee Fenn-Tripp Director of Downer & Co The mind-set and tactics you employ to buy your first Newbury buy to let property need to be different to the tactics and methodology of buying a home for…

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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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