It’s the end of the first full week back at work and I’ve bid of four properties. Two went to best and final offers and my clients came second on both. Frustrating but both were sanguine. We lost one by £5,000 on a £1.35m offer. The second was agreedContinue Reading

So, the country said “no” to a return to the ‘old’ Labour era of forty years ago and the Corbyn experiment has, let’s hope, been canned! The UK has presumably held it’s collective nose and voted for Boris Johnson and we now have five years of a Conservative Government.Continue Reading

People are often surprised when I tell them that only half of the properties that go onto the market actually sells but according to the National Association of Estate Agents, the estate agents union of those that do 87% sells for less than the asking price. In a newContinue Reading

Despite a rule that we would only have to vote every five years Boris Johnson has decided to call a General Election on December 12th – to unblock Parliament and to ‘Get Brexit Done’. The fact that this refers just to our notice to leave and that we willContinue Reading

There is a market, I’ve agreed eight deals in the past three months and if buyers and sellers are pragmatic then people can move. I’ve exchanged on 16 properties this year and have three in solicitors hands at this moment. Not everything is plain sailing though. One client hasContinue Reading

With Brexit and a General Election looming both buyers and sellers are concerned about what to do. We’re in something of a buyers market at present with those prepared and bold enough to snag a deal able to pick and choose. Of course not all sellers recognise the newContinue Reading