TRAFFIC TO PROPERTY SITES IS UP, UP, UP!
As you can see from the image above (I hope) the latest scores from HitWise show continued traffic growth to the biggest portals. The award for “most improved” has to go to ThinkProperty who have shot up the rankings as a result of their recent stratergy and efforts to addContinue Reading
Floods – Henry Pryor
This weeks flooding in Gloucestershire and Worcestershire comes hard on the heels of the devastation in Sheffield and the North East earlier in the month. Rainfall records are being broken across the country and ironically only flat, reclaimed East Anglia has escaped without serious flood damage. The impact of 2007Continue Reading
TURKEY OF THE WEEK – FROM MONEYWEEK
Just occasionally the City astounds me. On the one hand it takes a very negative view of Taylor Wimpey, while at the same time it puts another property stock, Rightmove, on an astronomical multiple of over 12 times 2007 sales. The last time I saw such a hi-octane rating wasContinue Reading
“PROBABLY THE LARGEST SINGLE PROVIDER OF EPC’S IN THE WORLD!”
After ten years of discussion and months of heated debate, after u-turns and talk even of rebellion, Home Information Packs are here! The Government postponed the launch until 1st August saying that as soon as there were 2000 accredited Domestic Energy Assessors and Home Inspectors that they would include smallerContinue Reading
STACKS – THE FRANCHISE!
James Greenwood, managing director of Stacks Property Search & Acquisition, explains why an estate agent may want to consider a franchise in property search Anyone considering a start-up business in estate agency, whether as an independent or a franchise, can’t have failed to be at least slightly daunted by theContinue Reading
AN AGENTS’ VIEW.
RICHARD à BRASSARD and his glamorous wife Sandy had hoped to sell their four-bedroom home in Clapham, South London, but now plan to wait a few months to find out how the market reacts to Hips. à Brassard, a director of the estate agency Courtenay, is well-informed about Hips. ButContinue Reading
Avoiding HIPs
From next Wednesday anyone starting to market their home will need a Home Information Pack if it has four or more bedrooms. If you use an estate agent then they will be responsible for ensuring that one has been ordered but with over 2.5 million properties marketed every year, howContinue Reading
HIPS FOR DUMMIES
Home Information Packs become law next Wednesday but what exactly are they and what do they mean for the public? What is a HIP? It is a collection of documents including Deeds, Searches, leasehold information (if appropriate) and an Energy Performance Certificates that has to be ordered before a propertyContinue Reading
“No such thing as a free HIP”
Homeowners have been warned to look at the small print when offered either a free or subsidised Home Information Pack. Next week, the law requires a Pack to be ordered for all properties being marketed with four or more bedrooms. Smaller homes will be included by the end of theContinue Reading
Energy Performance certificates expected to cost an average of £130
With one week now to go and assuming the Government doesn’t perform another u-turn Home Information Packs will be law in England and Wales. From 1st August all properties that go on the market with four or more bedrooms will need to have ordered a Home Information Pack. A crucialContinue Reading
LIVING IN A FLOOD PLAIN COULD DEVALUE YOUR HOUSE BY 25%
This weeks flooding in Gloucestershire and Worcestershire comes hard on the heels of the devastation in Sheffield and the North East earlier in the month. Rainfall records are being broken across the country and ironically only flat, reclaimed East Anglia has escaped without serious flood damage. The impact of 2007Continue Reading