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How Resilient Are We to the 'Cuts'?


It feels to me like the UK property market is holding it's breath waiting for the public spending cuts to finally be announced. In a late August blogpost I stated my irritation that the cuts were announced but not going to be implemented or details given until October.

Well, in advance of the actual announcements, the BBC have created a page on their website where you can check out how resilient your area may be. This is based on a number of factors to create to a figure between 1 and 324. 1 being most resilient and 324 least.

East Cambridgeshire scores 45 whilst nearby Fenland 235 and South Cambridgeshire 10!

Check out the site here: http://bbc.in/aY28rC

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