Bath needs 369 additional private rented properties per year to keep up with current and future demand from Bath tenants. Yet over the last 5 years, Bath has lost 617 private rented homes. What are the 5 reasons the supply of private rental properties in Bath are falling? What does this mean for tenants and landlords in
Author: Toby Martin
Everything you need to know about the Bath rental market in April 2022. Reside General Manager Toby Martin summarises rental activity over the last month, with the latest facts and figures from the local market. Reside is an award-winning independent letting agent in Bath. Please get in touch if you would like to discuss any aspect of
The Bath housing market over the last five years has behaved strangely. Bath house prices are 29.4% higher than in 2017, even though during those five years, the British economy had the uncertainty of Brexit and the massive fall in GDP during the pandemic. Yet, a less observed trend is that the net number of
In 1981, 23.8% of properties in Bath (Bath and the North East Somerset District as a whole) were council houses. Today, that figure stands at 3.4%, a proportional drop of 86%. Why has the number of council houses dropped so much in those 40 years? How has that changed the dynamics of the Bath property
1,467 properties have sold in the Bath area in the last 12 months. It only takes 65 days to sell a Bath home, so why does it take 112 days from the sold board going up to the buyer getting the keys? With a shortage of solicitors and a sub-standard conveyancing system, this article discusses
Everything you need to know about the Bath rental market in March 2022. Reside General Manager Toby Martin summarises rental activity over the last month, with the latest facts and figures from the local market. Reside is an award-winning independent letting agent in Bath. Please get in touch if you would like to discuss any aspect of
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