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Saturday, 24 February 2018

Oxford – England’s number 1 for growth potential

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Oxford has come first with Cambridge a close second as the city with the best growth potential in the England, according to a report pub...
Monday, 12 February 2018

The daily hysterical headline about house prices is misleading

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“Oxford house prices are stagnating”   “Oxford homes least affordable in the UK”   “The house price bubble is set to burst”   “Housing A...
Saturday, 3 February 2018

Can house prices predict 6 Nations success?

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The Six Nations Championship kicks-off today with England defending their 2017 title.  But with Scotland and Ireland showing great form i...
Friday, 2 February 2018

Why is Oxford the UK’s least affordable City?

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On average a UK City home costs 7 times annual average income, not since 2007 has property been less affordable when the average was 7.5...
Friday, 26 January 2018

Oxford Property Market and Hammond’s Budget Promise to Build 300,000 more homes

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I miss the good old days of George Osborne as Chancellor, with his hardhat and hi-vis jacket. He must have visited every new home buildi...
Tuesday, 16 January 2018

Tenant right to sue landlords

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The Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government yesterday announced that it will support a Private Members Bill...
Monday, 15 January 2018

Young proferssionals are unable to buy their first home in Oxford – Are the Baby Boomers and Landlords to Blame?

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Talk to some Oxford 20 something, for whom home ownership appears a vague dream, and they are vexatious towards the Baby Boomer generati...
Friday, 15 December 2017

Oxford Rents Set to Rise to £2,338pm in Next 5 Years

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It’s now been close to 18 months since annual rental price inflation in Oxford peaked at 3.4%. Since then we have seen more humble rent ...
Wednesday, 13 December 2017

Propertymark predict 2018 will be a year of change

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This article was first published in Property Investor Today, and is republished in the Blog with our own comments added: NAEA Propert...
Monday, 4 December 2017

Housing front and centre in 2017 Budget, but what will it mean for Oxford?

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The Budget has been announced and analysed, so far with relatively few unannounced ‘nasties’ having been found.   It is welcome that hou...

Oxford is the 3rd least affordable place to buy a home

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House prices in the capital are now 14.5 times the earnings of an average Londoner, according to Hometrack, hitting the highest level on...
Friday, 24 November 2017

Reader feedback

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I'm always keen to hear from our readers and one of you have commented on an article we re-published yesterday that was published by the...
Thursday, 23 November 2017

Captial gains tax hike for BTL comapnies hidden in the budget

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The BBC reports that there is a Capital Gains Tax measure buried in the small print of the Budget which is likely to hit companies that ...
Wednesday, 22 November 2017

The 2017 Autumn Budget as it happens.......

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Morning folks, I hope you are well. So we all await with baited breath the deliverance of this years Autumn Budget from Mr Hammond and ...

What do Oxford’s landlords, and tenants need from the budget this week?

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As usual there is no shortage of sensational headlines about the importance of the budget for the Government, and for key Departments in...
Monday, 20 November 2017

Will your property survive the energy test??

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For landlords that are not aware it is now less than six months until the new Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards are introduced in Apr...
Wednesday, 15 November 2017

Oxford Homeowners Are Only Moving Every 18 Years (part 2)

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In the credit crunch of 2008/9 the rate of home moving plunged to its then lowest level ever. In 2008 and 2009 the rate at which a typic...
Friday, 3 November 2017

Oxford Home Owners Are Only Moving Every 18 Years (Part 1)

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The average house price in Oxford is 12.87 times the average annual Oxford salary. This is higher than the last peak of 2008, when the r...
Thursday, 26 October 2017

Top slice mortgages may help Oxford investors

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Which? – the consumer organisation - says a handful of buy to let mortgage lenders have found a way of helping so-called ‘portfolio land...
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