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Property: HOT SPOT Leighton Buzzard - The market town where city types come to roost
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The Independent - London
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March 2, 2002
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WITH DIRECT train service to Euston and a narrow-gauge railway
that goes around in circles, Leighton Buzzard caters for workers in
the fast lane who enjoy a personal life in the slow lane.
Estate agent Simon Wilkinson says: "Our buyers are mainly London
commuters or people who have jobs in the region. Increasingly, we are
a satellite town of Milton Keynes, and some people who work there
want to live in a place with a market-town feel.
"Leighton Buzzard held up well during the recession of the
Nineties. I think this was because our local economy is diverse. Last
year property prices increased by 12 to 14 per cent, and this year we
expect rises of 8 to 10 per cent."
The Buzzard part of the ...
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