Has
the Cumbrian property market gone mad? Are houses beyond our reach?
We've
been out and about in Carlisle City centre to ask the public what
they think.
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FACTS
Overall
property prices in Cumbria are up 20.5%
Before
a buyer has even stepped inside they have already formed an
impression.
The
average price of a semi-detached in Cumbria is £107,563.
In comparison, the average price of a semi-detached in Camden
is £1,015,877.
Bill
Knowles
I've just bought a house and it is going up in value very
fast. I hope they don't drop. But it's hard for first
time buyers.
Ann
Holmes
It's a good thing in a way as it stops undesirables getting
a house. But it's bad as young ones on a minumum wage
can't buy, although it shows we're starting to prosper
in Cumbria.
Sarah
Houses have doubled in value. I would spend money on what
I've got and stay there.
Annette
It's good the way house prices have gone up.
Ivy
It's shocking! Youngsters have no chance of a decent house.
William
I Don't know what house prices are up to. Wages round here
don't match the prices.
Miss
Elliott
It's disgusting. I sold a 2-bedroom terrace house for £25,000
which I'd had rewired and new windows put in a few years ago.
My neighbour recently sold the same type of house for £45,000.
John
I'm not going to change my house now - I'm too old. It will
be rough for others who are going to move house.
Noeleen
The house prices have gone up really high. We were lucky - we
had a council house for some years so we had the opportunity
to buy it. I feel sorry for young ones and first time buyers.
Victor
It doesn't give young people a chance at all. House prices are
over-exaggerated.
Comments
Dr Rupert Van Steelburgh Mrs. els nieuwkerk-dorrestijn i would say to you to move to Barrow-In-Furness Cumbria as there is a lot of investment at the moment and house prices are set to rocket in 2008-09.
d'exea we moved to cumbria with our big family and bought the biggest most expensive house we could. Unbelievably the rebuild cost for insurance purposes was 50% than the price we paid. That is definitely not the case further south
