Q:House prices are falling? currently I?m renting, and have to move house, as I don?t want to renew my tenant contract. My current budget is £1250 for a 4 bed furnished in Milton Keynes.
Is that still the price? Or rent prices are falling as well in parallel with house prices? Probably there are more peoples renting, but there?s not so much cash available to peoples ? any ideas?
£495 http://www.rightmove.co.uk/viewdetails-7527928.rsp?pa_n=2&tr_t=rent
That's quite a bargain actually. Pity it's up in the NE otherwise I might've been tempted, but I've no desire to take a language course so that I can understand the locals… (says he who comes from Yorkshire.. )
But I digress.. Rental prices in Leeds – especially flats (and "apartments" :rolleyes: ) – are definitely falling. I mentioned on another thread only a few days ago about how the flats in Citispace (new city centre apartment block) have tumbled down in price over the past few months. Start of the year they were on at around £550 pcm but if you look at rightmove now you can pick up the exact same ones for £395 pcm. That's a significant drop in the space of a few months. I reckon the prices will go even lower yet as well.
Rob
In the sense I could of got a mortgage worth around £400 (which I applied for both the crash) instead of paying the sum of £575 a month. Most houses in council estates border that mark, anywhere up to 1500 I've seen. Thankfully I'll be able to purchase or (slight fingers crossed) build on parents land.. well maybe not but I can buy now..
Oh how I advise people not to rent of they can afford a mortgage, mind you scrap that with the state our mortgages are in.
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For £1250 here http://www.rightmove.co.uk/viewdetails-15215069.rsp?pa_n=1&tr_t=rent
£995 http://www.rightmove.co.uk/viewdetails-20737457.rsp?pa_n=2&tr_t=rent
£975 http://www.rightmove.co.uk/viewdetails-20737457.rsp?pa_n=2&tr_t=rent
£650 http://www.rightmove.co.uk/viewdetails-19510715.rsp?pa_n=8&tr_t=rent
£495 http://www.rightmove.co.uk/viewdetails-7527928.rsp?pa_n=2&tr_t=rent
Sorry, I don't know the market rate in Milton Keynes.
In Aberdeen however, I have increased my rent between tenants on two properties in the last year and a half.
One by 22% (Jan 2007) and the other by 14% (Mar 2008).
It should be noted that these are still slightly under the market rate. I advertise slightly under the market rate to ensure I am in a good position to have a higher potential tenant interest. I don't increase my rates during tenancy as I prefer to try to get and keep good tenants.
A search on rightmove showed 24 properties ranging between 800 pounds and 2000 pounds.
17 are 1250 pounds and above 7 are below 1250 pounds.
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/action/publicsite.PropertySearch/svr/2012;jsessionid=4FC455D66BCAE823298AC9F6B519595E
I guess it will depend on which area and which type of property you are after
Good Luck