Berkshire’s New Look: The Royal Commute

Posted by Foxtons New Homes on 19th December 2022 -

The Elizabeth line has finally fully opened, and all that fresh country air in Berkshire electric with excitement. What’s the big deal? You can now travel from your picturesque home in the market town of Maidenhead all the way to the bustling business centre in Bond Street without looking up from your morning paper. In one stroke, it’s turned Berkshire into a commuter’s dream.

At the height of Covid, the story of the London housing market was that people were leaving. All of a sudden, the little apartments people had compromised on so they could live the London lifestyle weren’t enough. People had a new need for garden space, space to work from home, less money per square foot so they could spread their budgets around the home instead of around the city. So, Londoners headed for pastures new. 

Then, everything opened back up and many were called right back to London. Migration into the city became exponential. However, people also had gotten a taste for the idyllic countryside life, contributing to a dramatic rise in pieds-a-terre for those who’ve moved out of the city and increasing popularity in commuter towns at the edges of zone 6 and beyond. Buyers and renters set their sights on Berkshire, and landlords and vendors in the area who’d been waiting a long time for the Elizabeth line began calling in about property valuations.

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