CONTENTS: INTRODUCTION - ASHFORD, KENT - BATH, SOMERSET - BECKENHAM, KENT - BEDFORD, BEDFORDSHIRE - BILLERICAY, ESSEX - BIRMINGHAM CITY CENTRE, BIRMINGHAM - BOURNEMOUTH, SUSSEX - BRENTWOOD, ESSEX - BRIGHTON, SUSSEX - CAMBRIDGE, CAMBRIDGESHIRE - CANTERBURY, KENT - CARDIFF, WALES - CHELMSFORD, ESSEX - CLEETHORPES, LINCOLNSHIRE - COLCHESTER, ESSEX - EPPING, ESSEX - GRANTHAM, LINCOLNSHIRE - GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK - GUILDFORD, SURREY - IPSWICH, SUFFOLK - KETTERING, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE - KINGS LYNN, NORFOLK - LEICESTER, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE - LIVERPOOL CITY CENTRE, LANCASHIRE - LUTON, BEDFORDSHIRE - MANCHESTER, LANCASHIRE - MILTON KEYNES, BEDFORDSHIRE - NORWICH, NORFOLK - OXFORD, OXFORDSHIRE - PETERBOROUGH, CAMBRIDGESHIRE - READING, BERKSHIRE - ROMFORD, ESSEX - SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, ESSEX - ST ALBANS, HERTFORDSHIRE - STANSTED, ESSEX - SWINDON, BERKSHIRE - WELWYN GARDEN CITY, HERTFORDSHIRE - WISBECH, CAMBRIDGESHIRE
| Area: | LEICESTER, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE | |||||||
| Category: | C | |||||||
| Investor Profile | Pension, Retirement, University, Business, Downshifter and Cash&Equity | |||||||
| Population aged 15+: | 276,613 | |||||||
| Actual | National Average | |||||||
| Percentage Class ABC1: | 41% | 44% | ||||||
| Crime: | Violence | Sexual | Burglary | Motor | ||||
| Per 1000 population | 21 | 1 | 12 | 7 | ||||
| Yield Range: | 4.5% - 13.7% | |||||||
| Price Ranges | Low £ | Hi £ | Low £pw | Hi £pw | Low | Hi | ||
| Flats&maisonettes | 44,000 | 66,000 | 116 | 157 | 12.4% | 13.7% | ||
| Terraced | 48,800 | 73,200 | 98 | 133 | 9.4% | 10.4% | ||
| Semi-detached | 78,400 | 117,600 | 100 | 135 | 6.0% | 6.6% | ||
| Detached | 125,600 | 188,400 | 114 | 164 | 4.5% | 4.7% | ||
| Valuations above the national average by: | 0% | |||||||
| Actual | National Average | |||||||
| Capital growth last 12 months: | 34% | 18% | ||||||
| Capital growth last 5 years: | 89% | 80% | ||||||
| Large employers in the area: | Many | |||||||
| Demand For Letting: | Excellent | |||||||
| Average void period: | 1 week | |||||||
| Total (out of 10) | Capital Growth (out of 5) | Yield (out of 5) | ||||||
| Out of 10: | 6 | 3 | 3 | |||||
| Summary: | Major central England city with thriving local economy. | |||||||
| Description: | Leicester is the largest city in the East Midlands and the tenth largest in the country. Its significance was first recognised by the Romans and then by the Danes, who used it to control the Midlands. Since then it has grown into a major commercial and manufacturing city, not reliant on one single industry but known for a diverse range of industries. The diversity doesn’t stop there - the city's ethnic minority community accounts for around 30% of Leicester's population which gives the city a certain cosmopolitan feel. | |||||||
| Mainline railway station: | 55 minutes to Birmingham New Street | |||||||
| Road Access: | Main access routes A6, M69 & M1 28 miles south of Nottingham 4 miles to M69 & M1 | |||||||
| Local Newspaper | Leicester Mercury 0116 2512512 | |||||||
| Estate Agents: | Name | Address | Tel | Web | ||||
| Dales | 13 Narborough Road Leicester Leicestershire LE3 0LE | 0116 2541600 | ||||||
| Osmonds | 178 Melton Road Leicester Leicestershire LE2 1WX | 0116 2613800 | ||||||
| Seths Estate Agents | 157 Evington Road Leicester Leicestershire LE2 1QL | 0116 2739090 | www.seths.co.uk | |||||
| Andrew Granger & Co | 8 Rutland Street Leicester Leicestershire LE1 1RA | 0116 2538850 | ||||||
| Rathods Property Centre | 177 Melton Road Leicester Leicester LE4 6QT | 0116 2666575 | ||||||
| Peter James | 68 Gramby Street Leicester Leicestershire LE1 1DJ | 0116 2227575 | www.peterjamesweb.co.uk | |||||
| Kendalls | 27 Belvoir Street Leicester Leicestershire LE1 6SL | 0116 2556800 | ||||||
| Letting Agents: | Name | Address | Tel | Web | ||||
| Andrew Granger & Co | 8, Rutland St Leicester Leicestershire LE1 1RA | 0116 253 8850 | www.andrewgranger.co.uk | |||||
| Fallowell & Partners Ltd | 0116 247 0004 | whttps://www.newtonfallowell.co.uk/ww.fallowells.co.uk | ||||||
| Moore & York | 0116 255 9345 | www.moore-york.co.uk | ||||||
| Bradford & Bingley Frank Innes | 48, Granby St Leicester Leicestershire LE1 1DH | 0116 285 5455 | www.bbg.co.uk | |||||
| Kendals Accommodation | 27, Belvoir St Leicester Leicestershire LE1 6SL | 0116 255 6800 | TBC | |||||
| Norman Hope & Mann | 74, Granby St Leicester Leicestershire LE1 1DJ | 0116 285 5566 | www.normanhopemann.co.uk | |||||