Top Ten places to invest

lozza · 25 Apr 2006 at 21:15

Just been watching the Top 10 places to invest (outside of London) on TV and was happy to see Southampton at number 5! Hmmm maybe i should rent this place out!

Top 10:

10 Manchester : From post-industrial decline to vibrant modern city centre living

9 Leeds : A massive student population means a lucrative rental market

8 Bristol : Families will rush to live near Bristol's good quality new schools

7 Belfast : From troubles to investment and regeneration

6 Reading : The UK's Silicon Valley attracts rich young professionals

5 Southampton :With one in ten people a student, letting is a good moneyspinner

4 Brighton : A city full of DINKYs means good money for property investors

3 Edinburgh : With a rising population and great culture you can't go wrong here

2 Cambridge : Students and commuters have led to a booming rental market

1 Oxford : Wealthy students, families and young professionals: a perfect mix

Lots of big name cities that have had a lot of money poured into them over the recent years!

cleanbluesky · 25 Apr 2006 at 21:22

'investment' is not all its cracked up to be TBH - Stratford was a good investment a little while ago because of the olympics and sure enough it was. But no matter how much money has been put into Stratford, it is still a hole.

Good investment != nice place

panthro · 25 Apr 2006 at 21:24

Thats interesting to know......I never knew Reading was the Silicon Valley of the UK. I just thought it was the ****hole valley of the UK. Maybe I should consider buying a house there then?

daz · 25 Apr 2006 at 21:24

Cambridge and Oxford are both nice places to live though.

Blackstar · 25 Apr 2006 at 21:30

Edinburgh number 3

<(Multi)> · 25 Apr 2006 at 21:32

I cant believe Liverpool isnt on the list. As 2008 City of Culture, theres sure to be huge amounts of cash invested in its infrastructure. Cheap-ish house prices (lets face it, no houses are cheap these days) can only improve surely?!?!

willd58 · 25 Apr 2006 at 21:35

Bristol in at number 8, not surprising really, theyve demoilished half of the town centre (this isnt an exageration) and are building a huge mall like thingy there, weve allready got 2 malls, one thats guna be literally a mintutes walk from the new one (the galleries) and another thats 15 minutes away by car (cribbs, i work there when i live 2 minutes drive from the galleries

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Acolyte · 25 Apr 2006 at 21:41

willd58 said:
Bristol in at number 8, not surprising really, theyve demoilished half of the town centre (this isnt an exageration) and are building a huge mall like thingy there, weve allready got 2 malls, one thats guna be literally a mintutes walk from the new one (the galleries) and another thats 15 minutes away by car (cribbs, i work there when i live 2 minutes drive from the galleries )

I had to go there today, what a mess that city centre is in, miles and miles of roads being dug up and trafficlights with temp roundabouts e.t.c Was a right nightmare!

FreeStream · 25 Apr 2006 at 21:53

Gotta say Edinburgh is nice, was there at the weekend. It has random mountains in the middle of the city!

City --- City -- CIty --- BIG hill --- City --- City -- Big hill with castle... city.. big bridges!!

Reading is a hell hole :eek:

Beansprout · 25 Apr 2006 at 21:57

<(Multi)> said:
I cant believe Liverpool isnt on the list. As 2008 City of Culture, theres sure to be huge amounts of cash invested in its infrastructure. Cheap-ish house prices (lets face it, no houses are cheap these days) can only improve surely?!?!

But it's still Liverpool

willd58 · 25 Apr 2006 at 22:00

Acolyte said:
I had to go there today, what a mess that city centre is in, miles and miles of roads being dug up and trafficlights with temp roundabouts e.t.c Was a right nightmare!

Yea, its been like that since just after christmas, i have no idea when theyll be done, hopefully itll be a big improvement over the previouse system.

Blackstar · 25 Apr 2006 at 22:00

Concorde Rules said:
Gotta say Edinburgh is nice, was there at the weekend. It has random mountains in the middle of the city!

City --- City -- CIty --- BIG hill --- City --- City -- Big hill with castle... city.. big bridges!!

Reading is a hell hole

yep its on 7 hills means we have good leg muscles from walking up them i live near the pentland hills, blackford hill and corstorphine hill.

Al Vallario · 25 Apr 2006 at 22:21

panthro said:
Thats interesting to know......I never knew Reading was the Silicon Valley of the UK. I just thought it was the ****hole valley of the UK. Maybe I should consider buying a house there then?

Check out the M4 Corridor. Most notably, in my opinion, Microsoft have offices in Reading

Bes · 25 Apr 2006 at 22:26

Surprised Sheffield isn't in there. Big student population, massive rebuilding project going on at the moment, and still relatively cheap.

Mad old tory · 25 Apr 2006 at 22:57

Reading doesn't surprise me at all, it's also an easy commute into London and has a university...

Skiddley · 25 Apr 2006 at 23:00

Reading is the telecoms capital of the UK, lots of skilled jobs there (here). Not to mention a premiership footy team

. There is a gread deal of investment going into the town center as well as direct Chunnel links planned in the next 5 yrs.

SideWinder · 25 Apr 2006 at 23:01

Brighton <3

Ex-RoNiN · 25 Apr 2006 at 23:02

Best places for investment are the new EU member states. Undisputable fact.

iCraig · 25 Apr 2006 at 23:07

1.) North Nigeria

2.) South Nigeria

3.) East Nigeria

4.) West Nigeria

5.) Downtown Nigeria

Goldy · 25 Apr 2006 at 23:10

Reading is not a hell-hole! I was unaware that it was refered to as 'silicon-valley' of the UK but now i think of it there is Micrsoft and the nice Computer Associates building located in Reading. The university is excellent in every way, with a great campus and plenty of nice people. Vibrant drinking culture, etc.