House prices up!
Annual house price inflation is currently up either by a lot or by a hell of a lot depending, as always, on who you ask. At £32k a year the typical UK house is now earning more than the average occupier. Zoopla 8.3% Rightmove 9.3% Office for National Statistics 12.8%Continue Reading
OnTheRecord
Where I sit down with ex-Foxtons Jason Tebb who is CEO of website OnTheMarket.com and we discuss the market, the expansion of buying agents, the importance of using a good selling agent and my pet hate – the automated valuation widget we see on so many websites. I suspect weContinue Reading
Good news & bad
After two years of working with her dad I’m sorry to have to announce that Rosie will be leaving at the end of the month. As life after Covid 19 gets back to whatever we will call normal she is returning to her first love, to drama and the stageContinue Reading
Off-market sales continue to grow.
Buying and selling ‘off-market’ as it’s termed has traditionally been a strategy in prime parts of the country, predominantly in central London where privacy and pricing concerns are the primary motivation for most secret sellers. But this is changing. Of the 18 deals we have agreed in the first halfContinue Reading
Supply still tight.
The latest Hometrack market report suggests that whilst new supply coming to market is starting to pick up overall stock levels are still low. There are 7% more properties coming onto the market compared to the five-year average. However, stock of available homes is still 37% below average. The proportionContinue Reading
You can say “no”
You’d be amazed how many people think that they can negotiate but it’s an art and in reality not everyone can – especially when they have found something they have fallen in love with. This year we have had lots of clients who have been invited to participate in anContinue Reading