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Don’t have enough space at home? Buy the house next door

Of all central London areas getting a Crossrail station, Whitechapel is the most likely to outperform in terms of property prices in the next five years, according to exclusive new research for Homes & Property.

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‘Improve, don’t move’ might just be the way forwards if you want to extend and make more space in your home, as more and more homeowners buy the houses next door.

Offering her perspective into this emerging behaviour within the UK housing market, particularly within the prime property sector, Black Bricks’ Founder, Camilla Dell shared her thoughts for a new piece in The Telegraph this week:

“It’s the ‘“’best house in the street’ syndrome that no one really wants” she said. “If you knock two houses together on a street where the average house price is £3 million, it’s unlikely a buyer with £6 million will want to buy there. They will choose a better street. The key is to consider the surrounding area and work within the confines of the market,” she recommended.

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