The Crossrail effect: How faster commutes are impacting house prices🚂

The Crossrail effect: How faster commutes are impacting house prices🚂

As Crossrail begins its handover of stations to TFL, research by JLL looks at the 'Crossrail effect' and the new wave of investment into property at stations along the line.

The Crossrail Bill was introduced to Parliament in February 2005. Three and a half years later, in July 2008, the Bill completed all the Parliamentary stages and received Royal Assent to become The Crossrail Act. Works officially began on the project in 2009 with tunnelling starting in 2012. A decade on, JLL have undertaken new research to assess the impact on property values along the line. To continue reading, please Click Here


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