Gloomy tales canada med store The picture changes in different parts of the country. In Oxfordshire, Knight Frank says, downsizers have increased from 20 per cent in 2012 to 30 per cent so far in 2013. In Bath this summer, Savills says, 40 per cent of house-hunters were downsizers looking in the £500,000 to £1 million range. In Honiton, Devon, Stags estimates the proportion of downsizers rises to 50 per cent as the lure of the sea and the West Country attracts the grey pound.