Property News · April 5, 2013

Let's move to Forest Hill, south-east London


Who’d have guessed it? There’s a corner of the capital that’s still just about affordableWhat’s going for it? Now that homebuying in London resembles a high-stakes poker game open only to oligarchs, Westminster politicians and international gangsters, there are but a few slivers left for the likes of us anywhere near the centre. All of north and west London’s gone. South-west, even Tooting’s gone, and Streatham’s on the wobble. East and north-east, there’s just Walthamstow, maybe Leytonstone. The south-east is the last holdout of the even slightly affordable.Many here have fallen: Brockley, Peckham, Crystal Palace. But Forest Hill is hanging on by its nails. Being quartered by the South Circular and a thundering rail line has kept prices down. Yet away from these slashes you can find leafy streets of keenly priced quality property, great views and gems such as the Horniman Museum, while the arrival of the overground means you can commute to all those places you can’t afford. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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