What you'll find
Terraces and older town houses around the centre, large estates from the 1960s onwards, newer developments on the edges of town, and rural homes out towards Richhill, Tandragee and Loughgall.
Who buys here
First-time buyers and young families, staff at Craigavon Area Hospital, people working in the food-processing and manufacturing businesses around Craigavon, and commuters to Belfast.
Getting about
Portadown station is on the Belfast to Dublin line, with trains to Belfast and Newry, and the M1 is a few minutes away.
Mortgage points to note
- Shift pay and overtime. Many local jobs pay shift premiums and overtime. Lenders differ on how much they count and for how long you need to have earned it.
- Affordable entry. Most homes here are under the first-time buyer stamp duty threshold, and well within Co-Ownership limits. See how Co-Ownership works.
- Former Housing Executive homes. Plenty of houses here were bought under the house sales scheme. Houses are ordinary lending; flats and maisonettes less so.
- Commuting costs. If you'll be commuting to Belfast, lenders take regular travel costs into account when they work out what you can afford.
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