Million pound Berkshire homes were still changing hands at the height of lockdown – including one which sold for an incredible £6 million.
The coronavirus outbreak has had a massive effect on the housing market, and statistics from the Land Registry show an enormous drop in sales between the start of lockdown in March.
In January 2020, Berkshire saw 895 sales and in February, there were 804.
That fell to 710 in March, 270 in April, just 88 in May.
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The data is not complete for June, but just 15 sales were recorded at the time of writing.
Despite the chaos caused by the pandemic, Ascot remained a desirable place to buy in with two homes selling for big money during the lockdown.
The most expensive was in St George’s Lane, which sold for £6 million in May while another eight bedroom home in Church Lane, sold for £4.35 million in mid-May.
Elsewhere in the Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead in May, a home in Terrys Lane in Cookham sold for £3.75 million.
Big sales also took place in West Berkshire, where a home in Newbury sold for £2.6 million in April and another home sold for £1.175 million.
Wokingham and Reading both saw million pound plus sales, despite the lockdown restrictions.
It wasn’t just huge homes in exclusive parts of the county – much smaller homes were also changing hands.
The lease on a flat in Blewburton Way in Bracknell sold for just £146,000, and another lease in Whitby Court, Caversham, sold for just £98,000.
It is still possible to get on the ladder in the Royal Borough for less than £200,000, with the lease on a flat in Cherry Way in Horton selling for £180,000.
Across the country there were 44,920 home sales registered from mid-March to the end of June.
Some sales from the period may not be listed yet.
There were just 770 sales in June 2020 compared to 21,700 in June 2019.
In March, the government issued guidance advising people to delay their sales if possible.
Despite the pandemic, there was still time for some massive sales in Kensington and Chelsea. One house sold for £17.8 million in April, and another for £17.5 million in May.
Bargain hunters could look at Burnley in Lancashire, where a terraced home sold for £15,000.
Most expensive
Bracknell Forest
Hatchet Lane, Winkfield: £1.125m
Kings Road, Crowthorne: £835,000
Beechwood Close, Ascot: £800,000
Reading
Dellwood Park, Caversham: £1.27m
Woodcote Road, Caversham: £835,000
Woods Road, Caversham: £755,000
Slough
Ember Road: £620,000
Mulberry Drive: £600,000
Bannister Close: £600,000
West Berkshire
Tydehams, Newbury: £2.6m
Tydehams, Newbury: 1.75m
Riverview Road, Pangbourne: £1.6m
Windsor & Maidenhead
St George’s Lane, Ascot: £6m
Church Lane, Ascot £4.35m
Terrys Lane, Cookham: £3.75m
Wokingham
Pearson Road, Sonning: £1.8m
Wargrave Road, Wargrave: £1.775m
Elllerton Close, Wokingham: £1m
Least Expensive
Bracknell Forest
Howorth Court, Bracknell: £146,000
Woodlands Court, Owlsmoor: £155,000
Horatio Avene, Warfield: £160,000
Reading
Whitby Court, Caversham: £98,000
Hillbrow, Reading: £102,000
Southglade, Whitley Wood Road: £105,000
Slough
Pursers Court: £120,000
Eltham Court: £120,000
Jellicoe Close: £153,000
West Berkshire
Kingman Way, Newbury: £100,000
Ashmere Close, Calcot: £106,000
Gatcombe Close, Calcot: £160,000
Wokingham
Frederick Place, Wokingham: £127,500
Glendale Court, King Street Lane, Winnersh: £207,000
Burford Court, Rances Lane, Wokingham: £210,00