Are These The Nations Property Hotspots?

RACHIE77

From what I can see from the link above RBS are recommending these places as good places to live for first time buyers. I would say its a bit of a sweeping statement as every first time buyers needs are different?

I was interested to see that point number 7 refers to making sure you find out the level of crime in the area, well just taking Reading as an example I looked on 'up my street' to see what the crime stats were there and would say that wasn't particularly low being about double the nations average http://www.upmystreet.com/local/police-crime/figures/l/Reading.html

Milky_Mocha

I think they have picked on several undesirable spots in the hope that publicity and hype will drum up interest in them;then calling them 'hotspots' becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy.

BTW they missed out properties around the half completed high speed kent-london rail link terminal.

budgetflyer

Do you think this house in this area is up and coming?
http://cgi.ebay.com/HOME-HOUSE-REAL-ESTATE-RENTAL-PROPERTY-LOT-LAND-WINNER_W0QQitemZ4404768766QQcategoryZ12605QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
check the price couldn't buy a 7 yr old car for that

megsykins

For example, North Stoke-on-Trent is boosted to 9th in the league table, thanks to the £15.4 million development of the Hanley Bentilee Link which provides good transport links into the centre of Hanley and has greatly improved accessibility by bus to the surrounding housing areas.

So why do I still wait over an hour for a bus at 2.30 on a Wednesday? Every 10 minutes my !!!!!!!

North Central S-o-T 'up-and-coming'?! Only into the guncrime top-ten tables (and I speak as an ex-resident of Nottingham!!)
And for those who don't know, Bentilee is part of the largest council estate in Europe!

Sofa_Sogood

Jacster wrote:

Did anyone see Kirsty and Phil's programme about the ten best and worst places in the UK?

From memory, 5 places on that list were in their worst 10 list....now there's a hot spot for you:rolleyes:

I know a few of those places, and wouldn't choose to live in any of them

Oh well, nice try RBS...lol

Don't think I'd live in many listed above either and just had a google to see how Phil & Kirstie arrived at their decisions, so just in case anyone was interested ...

The Best Places to Live in the UK

10. West Oxfordshire
9. Guildford
8. Mole Valley
7. South Cambridgeshire
6. East Hertfordshire
5. Stratford-on-Avon
4. Ashford, Kent
3. Harrogate
2. City of Westminster
1. Epsom and Ewell

The Worst Places to Live in the UK

10. Easington
9. Salford
8. Merthyr Tydfil
7. Blaenau Gwent
6. Mansfield
5. Middlesbrough
4. Hackney
3. Strabane
2. Nottingham
1. Hull

The Criteria

So how did Kirstie and Phil choose the best and worst places to live? Having selected the five key categories they then had to decide how they were going to measure them. The measures used were these:
Crime: Criteria include violence against the person, sexual crimes, robbery, burglary, theft of a car and theft from a car.

Education: Statistics based on the percentage of 15 year olds in each local authority achieving five or more GCSEs or equivalent at grades A to C. Only LEA-maintained state schools have been included.

Environment: Four criteria for each local authority, including sunshine hours, rainfall level, access to parks and open spaces, and life expectancy.

Lifestyle: Culture and leisure facilities and the number of retail outlets, bars, cafes, restaurants and hotels nearby.

Employment: The percentage of economically active people in employment from the period 2003-2004. This segment of the population is the number of people who are fit to work, i.e. not retired, disabled etc, and who have a full or part time job. Again, the numbers were separated into local authority areas.

[Source: Channel4.com/4homes]

quietheart

Newtown, Birmingham?!! Might be cheap but not worth getting shot for.........

meanmachine_2

I'll tell you what the REAL property hotspots are - areas where people would like to live, regardless of the price.

In a crash, these places always maintain their value, whereas fleapits where people previously bought only because they couldn't afford anywhere else, always suffer the most.

Think about it. Prices fall. You can now just about afford a place in a nice area which has fallen 10%. Or you can save a bit of cash and go live in a bumhole which has dropped 20%. Which one would you go for?