Tuesday 21 June 2011

Mortgage Comparison: UK: Northampton vs UK: Portsmouth!

Welcome to today's daily mortgage comparison! Giving you mortgage comparisons from two of the biggest cities in the UK!

Now here we have the UK, city of Northampton!,
Northampton is a large market town and local government district in the East Midlands region of England. Situated about 67 miles (108 km) north-west of London and around 50 miles (80 km) south-east of Birmingham, Northampton lies on the River Nene and is the county town of Northamptonshire. The demonym of Northampton is Northamptonian.


Average House Price: £173,000
Average Mortgage:  £180,000



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And here we have the UK, the city of Portsmouth!
Portsmouth is the second largest city in the ceremonial county of Hampshire on the south coast of England. Portsmouth is notable for being the United Kingdom's only island city, which is mainly located on Portsea Island. It is situated 64 miles (103 km) south west from London and 19 miles (31 km) south east from Southampton.
Average House Price: £181,000
Average Mortgage:  £189,000


So theres the facts guys, Portsmouth is slightly more expensive this time but is it worth it? ;D

26 comments:

  1. I've visited a friend who moved to Portsmouth. It's actually a really nice city! The bits I went to were clearly well looked after.

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  2. Portsmouth looks pretty nice. Wouldn't mind living in Northampton, though.

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  3. I'll go with Portsmouth and ride a big yacht there lol

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  4. Portsmouth looks awesome

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  5. So much waterfront property at Portsmouth! :D

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  6. ill go with Portsmouth, even if it is a little more.

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  7. Portsmouth is way prettier, I think I'd have to go with that one, even though it's a little bit more expensive.

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  8. Nice post! Northampton seems interesting.

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  9. I dunno how I would feel about island living. Probably Northampton

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  10. Never been to either, i'll go with northhampton since its the cheapest

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  11. i will say portsmouth, i like more water places, and this one really looks amazing

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  12. I'd go with Northampton, it just seems like a better community.

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  13. I'll take the island city please.

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  14. I'd love to live in an island, so Portsmouth !

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  15. Northampton looks nicer :P

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  16. Northampton looks like the place for me. Less bridges = less traffic.

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