Property investment in South East
Commuter towns, university cities and the M4, M3 and M25 corridors, with strong demand from people priced out of London.
Places we follow in South East
Brighton
A coastal city with two universities, a strong creative and digital economy and a deep rental market.
Canterbury
A cathedral city in Kent with several universities, a heavy student presence and a strong visitor economy.
Crawley
A West Sussex town next to Gatwick Airport with a large business district and strong rental demand.
Guildford
An affluent Surrey town with a university, a video games cluster and strong demand from London commuters.
Maidstone
Kent's county town, on the M20 with good connections to London and the Channel ports.
Milton Keynes
A planned city with one of the UK's fastest-growing economies and a large logistics and services base.
Oxford
A world-renowned university city with a growing life sciences and technology cluster and very tight housing supply.
Portsmouth
An island city with a major naval base, a university and a dense, high-demand rental market.
Reading
One of the UK's largest towns and a major technology and business hub on the Elizabeth line and the M4.
Slough
A Berkshire town on the Elizabeth line with one of Europe's largest data-centre clusters and a big trading estate.
Southampton
A major port city with two universities, a cruise terminal and a large student population.
Local rules to know
Stamp Duty Land Tax applies to direct property purchases in England. Residential tenancies in England are mainly assured shorthold tenancies, and the rules for landlords are changing under recent renters' reform legislation.