Basingstoke First Time Buyers borrow £81.8m in the last 12 months

By Martin and Co Basingstoke -


Starting with the bigger picture, over the last 12 months in the UK, 1,061,557 properties were sold with a total value of £223.74 bn. To give that some context, ten years ago 1,581,727 properties sold with a total value of £405.56bn, so it can be seen the number of people moving house has dropped by over a third over the last decade.

Whether you are a landlord, homeowner or tenant, it’s always important to keep an eye on the Basingstoke property market, not just from your point of view, but also from every player’s point of view. Over the last 12 months, 1,702 properties have sold (and completed) in Basingstoke, worth £504.2m. Interestingly the number of properties changing hands in Basingstoke has also dropped when compared to a decade ago.

It might surprise you to know that the number of first-time buyers in 2017 are expected to far outnumber the number of buy-to-let investors in Basingstoke.

Those first-time buyers looking to purchase a home in the spring and summer of 2017 will face a far less competitive Basingstoke property market than the same time of year in 2016, when the urgency to beat the buy-to-let stamp duty hike was in full swing. However, the pending election may slow the market, resulting in far fewer properties being available on the market to buy!


Many landlords brought forward their purchases to beat the tax, and since then, the number of buy-to-let purchases has dropped slightly. First time buyers have taken advantage of that and have increased their buying. In fact, looking at the Bank of England figures, this is what UK lenders have lent on buy-to-let properties versus first time buyers over the last 12 months.


When looking at the figures for Basingstoke itself, first time buyers have borrowed more than £81.8m in the last 12 months to buy their first home. This is a ringing endorsement of their confidence in their jobs and the local Basingstoke economy.

Rightmove announced nationally that new seller enquiries are 26% up on the same time last year giving the stoutest indication that we may see a slight ease in the lack of properties on the market. When I look at Basingstoke, at this moment in time there are 354 properties for sale, compared to 242 properties a year ago. All this will be welcome news amongst Basingstoke first-time buyers with a combination of a proportional reduction in new investors and landlords.

2017 will be an interesting year for all homeowners, be they buy-to-let landlords, existing homeowners or future homeowners.  
Location: Basingstoke, UK

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