More in due course from The Great Housing Debate, an annual event organised by John Wriglesworth and which was held last week in London. The panelists included, Michael Coogan, Director General of CML; Evan Davis, Economics Editor of BBC; Richard Donnell, Director of Research of Hometrack; Fionnuala Earley, Chief Economist of Nationwide; and David Miles, ...

Following the recent collapse of Bear Stearns, activity in the financial markets will have a large bearing on the housing market over the coming weeks. To date, despite difficult economic conditions, the prime London and country markets in which Garrington operates have demonstrated a good degree of resolve. It is the sub-£1Mil mainstream market where ...

No one seems to have told the rich that there is a housing recession. Homes under £300,000 are proving particually hard to sell at present as nervous buyers find it impossible to get the kind of mortgage offers that were being thrust at them last year. But it looks like properties over £3m are selling ...

It’s Easter and traditionally, a lot of homes go on the market over the bank holiday weekend. It may sound harsh but if you want to sell your home now you really have got to appreciate the reality of the current market and that a lot of things have changed in the last 12 months. ...

As the Chancellor sat down having delivered his first budget we are all left worse off than when he stood up. If only the weather had been able to have a similar effect on his afternoon as it did in cancelling the second day of the Cheltenham Festival. The Government will take over £10bn from ...

Over the last few years demand from purchasers has very rarely been matched by the equivalent supply of houses for sale. This has resulted in the constant upward pressure on prices that we have become accustomed to. So far this year the supply side is increasing broadly in line with demand – which means we ...

Ahead of the Easter holidays and hot on the heels of Alistair Darlings’ first (and hopefully last) budget comes news that home buyers have been waiting for for over a decade – an estate agent with an Easter Sale! Reeds Rains, a chain of estate agents with over 150 offices in the north of England ...