Beast from the East, Russia, Facebook, Brexit, Trump, House
prices up, House prices down ... the Press is full of column inches on Brit’s
favourite subjects of politics, scandal, weather and not forgetting (and I appreciate the irony of this!) the
property market. As an agent belonging a national group of letting and estate agents,
talking to my fellow property professionals from around the UK, the one thing
that is immediately apparent is the UK does not have one property market. It is
a hodgepodge patchwork (almost like a fly’s eye) of lots of small property markets
all performing in different ways.
… And that made me think … is there just one Aylesbury
Property Market or many?
I like to keep an eye on the property market in Aylesbury on
a daily basis because it enables me to give the best advice and opinion on what
(or not) to buy in Aylesbury, be that a buy-to-let property for an Aylesbury
landlord or an owner occupier house for a home owner. So, I thought, how could I scientifically
split the Aylesbury housing market into segments, so I could see which part of
the market was performing the best and
the worst.
I decided the best way was to split the Aylesbury property
market into four equal size price bands (into terms of households for sale). Each
price band would have around 25% of the property in Aylesbury, from the lowest
in value (the Lowest Quartile or 25%) all the way through to the highest 25% in terms of value, the
Upper Quartile. Looking at the market, I have
calculated that these are the price bands in Aylesbury are as follows:
·
Lowest Quartile (lowest 25% in terms of value) … Up to £220,000
·
Lower/Middle Quartile (25% to 50% Quartile in terms of value) ... £220,000 to £270,000
·
Middle/Upper Quartile (50% to 75% Quartile in terms of value)
... £270,000 to £350,000
·
Upper Quartile (highest 25% in terms of value) ... £350,000 Upwards
So, having split the Aylesbury Property Market approximately into four equal sizes, the results in terms what price band has sold (subject to contract or stc) the most is quite enlightening -
The best performing price range in Aylesbury is the lower
market. As I would expect, the upper quartile (the top 25%) is finding things slightly
tougher. Interestingly for Aylesbury landlords, the middle market isn’t selling
as well as the lower sector, so maybe there could be some bargains out there
for buy to let investment? Even though the number of first time buyers did
increase in 2017, it was from a low base and the vast majority of 20 something’s
cannot buy, so need a roof over their head (hence the need to rent somewhere).
It is a fact that British (and Aylesbury’s) housing markets have
ridden the storms of Oil crisis in the 1970’s, the 1980’s depression, Black
Monday in the 1990’s, and latterly the Credit Crunch together with the various
house price crashes of 1973, 1987 and 2008. No matter what happens to us Brexit
or anything else ... unless the Government starts to build hundreds of
thousands extra houses each year, demand will always outstrip supply … so maybe
a time for Aylesbury landlord investors to bag a bargain?
Want to know where those Aylesbury buy to let bargains
are? Follow my Aylesbury Property Blog
or drop me an email because irrespective of which agent you use, myself or any
of the other excellent agents in Aylesbury, many local landlords ask me my
thoughts, opinion and advice on what (and what not) to buy locally … and I wouldn’t
want you to miss out ... would you?
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