Stamford Homeowners Have Turned to the Rental Market to Cash in by £9,700 Each
Tue 31 Aug 2021
Should you sell or should you buy in this most interesting Stamford property market?
I have calculated that at least 36 Stamford house sellers have rented a home to break their house chain in the last 12 months, although at a cost as they face paying many thousands of pounds in rent.
There are a number of reasons behind this. One is because they cannot find another Stamford property to buy amidst a continuing shortage of new Stamford properties coming to the market. Although, there are others who have achieved such a high price for their home they have decided to cash in and are (hopefully for them) waiting for the Stamford property market drop?
Or will it drop? (More on that later).
Those selling their home have seen the …
average Stamford home rise in value in the
last 12 months by £9,700.
Yet, if they have had to go into private renting, they have paid for that privilege in the rent they have had to pay.
The average cost of a six-month rental agreement in Stamford is £6,028, meaning accidental Stamford tenants have pumped £217,001 into the Stamford rental market in the last 12 months.
The unevenness between the number of properties for sale and demand for them is at its widest since the early 2000’s. Whilst we have seen a slight improvement in the number of properties for sale in Stamford, there are still …
43% fewer homes up for sale today in Stamford,
compared to August last year.
This serious shortage of Stamford property for sale is discouraging some hesitant Stamford homeowners from putting their property on to the housing market, anxious they will not be able to find their next home and will be left renting.
Yet some savvy Stamford homeowners are moving into a rented property as a way to navigate the shortage of properties to buy. If you have someone offering you top dollar for your Stamford home, whilst you will have the hassle of two moves, the increase in value of your Stamford home will more than offset the rent.
Also, when you come to buy your next Stamford home, you will be chain free and in pole position to buy your ‘forever home’, rather than being overlooked for the home because you are sold stc and burdened with a chain.
Yet this trend has made life tougher for long-term Stamford tenants.
On average there were normally 40 to 50 properties available to rent in Stamford on Rightmove at any one time (pre-pandemic), today there are only 22 available.
To give you an idea of how this has affected the Stamford rental market, with heightened demand and lower supply, demand for rental properties has grown to such an extent …
the average rent in Stamford has grown from £1,005 per month
a year ago to £1,084 per month today.
Tenants are suffering from less choice and higher rents in the Stamford property rental market, with few indications it’s going to significantly ease on the run up to Christmas.
So, what is going to happen to the Stamford property market?
Well, those of you that follow me know I regularly write about the Stamford property market in my property blog. If you would like some recent articles I have written about the future of the local property, either drop me a line and I will send you some links to those posts, send me a DM or contact me by telephone.
In the meantime, please do share your thoughts on the matter.