This blog follows the buy-to-let market in Basingstoke. You'll find tips, guidance, and analysis that relates specifically to Basingstoke and you'll also find properties from all the estate agents in the town on here that may make decent investments.
After the governments surprise announcement of a snap election of 8 th June 2017, a number of our customers have asked me how this is likely to impact the housing market. It is fair to say that historically, a general election has usually signalled a decline in property sales, just before the election, only for this to return to normal figures shortly after the dust has settled. However, given that general elections since 1980 have nearly always fallen in May or June, looking at the seasonally adjusted figures since 2005, it would suggest this is nothing more than an annual trend in the housing market. Source: HMRC The main highlights from the graph above are: · The number of property sales drop from their peak of 150,000 per month at the end of 2007 (coinciding with the credit crunch/recession). · A peak in December 2010 coinciding with the end of the Stamp ...
The latest UK Residential Market Survey from the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has provided some interesting insight into the Sales and Lettings markets in the lead up to the election and beyond. Sales Market In the sales market, there has been a continued decline in the number of properties coming to the market, the number of sales completing, and the number of people looking for properties to purchase. The number of buyers however, continues to far exceed the number of properties available. Anecdotal evidence would suggest these are two main contributors to this: · The snap election has caused a level of uncertainty in the market, although this should be less marked than in the past due to the short period before the election. · The second contributor is the changes to stamp duty starting to take effect, both in the buy-to-let market, but also for prop...
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