When you have had your property on the market for a while, many sellers eventually face the same difficult decision: whether their asking price needs adjusting to reignite buyer interest.

If you are a homeowner in Bicester and you are thinking about moving this year, you are not alone. Families are upsizing, downsizing, relocating in for the schools and commuter links, and moving between estates when life changes.

We often discuss the Stevenage property market through house prices.

In Bicester, the gap between 2- and 3-bed homes has widened since 2006, but moving up isn’t as unaffordable as it seems. Lower mortgage rates, higher equity, and incomes mean real monthly costs have risen less than headlines suggest.