Residential Lettings

Should you transfer your BTL to a limited company?

In November 2015, George Osborne disclosed plans to restrain the buy-to-let (BTL) market, implying its growing attractiveness was leaving aspiring first time buyers contesting with landlords for the restricted number of properties on the market.  One of things he…

Residential Lettings

Newbury rents rise by 22.6% since 2005

The Newbury Property Market is a very interesting animal and has been particularly fascinating over the last 12 years when we consider what has happened to Newbury rents and house prices. There’s currently much talk of what will happen…

Residential Sales

Newbury Flats Out Perform Property Market Average

Market Comment from Lee Fenn-Tripp, Director of Downer & Co According to the Land Registry’s latest House Price Index for Newbury and the surrounding locality, the value of apartments/flats are rising at a faster rate than terraced/town houses, semi-detached…

Residential Lettings

The Newbury Rail Station

Market Comment from Lee Fenn-Tripp, Director of Downer & Co 1,826,560 People use Newbury Train Station a year How does that affect the Newbury Property Market? It might surprise you that it isn’t always the villages around West Berkshire…