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The combined value of Aylesbury’s housing market has fallen by £1,158,600 in the last 6 months, meaning the average value of an Aylesbury property has decreased in value by an average of £50.   This is great news for Aylesbury first time buyers and Aylesbury buy to let landlords, as there is a slight hesitation in the market because of the uncertainty over Brexit. As I have always said, investing in Aylesbury property, be it for you to live in or as a buy to let investment, is a long-term game. In the grand scheme of things, this minor change over the last 5 or 10 years is nothing. The ..read more

Living in our own homes or owning buy to let property in Aylesbury and the surrounding areas, it’s often easy to ignore the regional and national picture when it comes to property. As a homeowner or landlord in Aylesbury, consideration must be given to these markets, as directly and indirectly, they do have a bearing on us in Aylesbury. Locally, the value of property in Aylesbury and the number of people moving remain largely steady overall, although looking across at the different regions, there are certainly regional variations. Talking to fellow property professionals in the posh upmarket ..read more

Over the last twenty years, there has been a shift in the way the Aylesbury (and the UK’s) property market works. In the 1960’s, 70’s, 80’s and 90’s, a large majority of twenty somethings saved up their 5% deposit, went without life’s luxuries of going out and holidays etc., for a couple of years and then bought their first home with their hard earned savings. By 2000, 54.7% of Aylesbury 25 to 29 years owned their own home (compared to 46% Nationally) and 76.4% of Aylesbury 30 to 34 year olds in 2000 owned their own home  (again compared to 64.2% nationally) whilst the remaining youngst ..read more

The current average value of a property in Aylesbury currently stands at £376,200 and the base rate at 0.5%. In many of my articles, I talk about what is happening to property values over the short term (i.e. the last 12 months or the last 5 years), but to answer this question we need to go back over 40 years, to 1975. The average value of an Aylesbury property in 1975 was £18,212 However, since 1975, we have experienced in the UK, inflation of 807.5%. Back in 1975, the average salary was £2,291 and average car was £1,840. A loaf of bread was 16p, milk was 28p a pint and a 2lb bag of sugar ..read more

Should you, as a landlord for buy to let or for personal occupation, buy a brand-new home? Well, let’s start by looking at the numbers … Over the last 10 years, 5,455 new homes have been built in the Aylesbury Vale area That is a lot of bricks and mortar! Roll the clock back twenty years in the Aylesbury property market, and there were two distinct camps of property buyers - folks who would only contemplate living in period character properties with their original fireplaces and beams, and those people who preferred the low maintenance of a new home. Old period homes were ridiculed as mone ..read more

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My analysis has shown that up to the end of the last quarter, Aylesbury first time buyers purchased 576 Aylesbury properties.  With wages rising at 2.8%, unemployment at a low rate of 4.2% (down from 4.6% from a year earlier and the joint lowest since 1975), national GDP rising at 1.87% and inflation at 2.3%, tied in with indifferent house price growth (compared to a few years ago), this has given first time buyers a chance to get a foot hold on the Aylesbury property market. Over the last year, the average purchase price of an Aylesbury first time buyer property has been £220,400 and ..read more

Top 5 Ideas for bringing summer into your home Welcome to The Cosy Corner!! In these short articles we will be touching on some of our favourite trends, ideas and solutions for all things home related along with tips and tricks for landlords, tenants and anyone looking for inspiration around the home. With summer fast approaching we felt it was only right to begin with our top 5 ideas for getting your home bang on trend and summer ready!          1)   First things first, get rid of the heavy rugs, heaters and thick blankets. Say goodbye to all things ..read more

And if it does ... who will be the winners and losers? The Aylesbury people likely wanting property values to drop would be those 30 or 40 something’s, sitting on a sizeable amount of equity and hoping to trade up (because the percentage drop of your current ‘cheaper’ property will be much less than the same percentage drop of the more expensive property – and trading up is all about the difference). If you have children planning to buy their first home or you are a 20 something wanting to buy your first home – you might want them to drop. Also, landlords looking to add to their portfolio wi ..read more