Homes & Property | Buying & Mortgages

Now you can live in Chelsea

Posh areas such as Chelsea and Belgravia were once only for the rich. Now first-timers can buy there, too, explains David Spittles
26 February 2016
From £78,875 for a 25 per cent share: Grosvenor Waterside, SW1, is a swish riverside complex. Call 0800 783 2159

‘Because prices have dropped by about 20 per cent, the affordability gap is closing’

From £57,500 for a 25 per cent share: Bridges Wharf, Battersea, overlooking the river. For information, call 020 8357 4444

‘In some boroughs the average price of a home compared with the average salary has returned to 2000 levels’

Grosvenor Waterside
Wilton Plaza
Bridges Wharf
  • Drew Manley bought a home at Dalston Square, E8, with a Government loan and a tracker mortgage. Prices at the scheme start at £249,000. Call 020 7241 1833
  • Drew Manley bought a home at Dalston Square, E8, with a Government loan and a tracker mortgage. Prices at the scheme start at £249,000. Call 020 7241 1833

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