Sales

It won’t have escaped your notice that outside space on its own is one of the best ‘added value’ aspects of property, with a well-kept garden widely believed to add between 10% and 20% to a home’s value. 

The written media are suggesting a property market crash, the spiralling pressure on household budgets and rising interest rates are expected to take their toll, yet the housing market in SK8 and SK3 remains resillient. But for how much longer? read our latest analysis of the Cheadle Property Market.

The decision to sell your home can be for a variety of reasons: it could be something that you have been considering for some time, a snap decision or one you have come to due to a change in circumstances. Often there can be financial and emotional factors behind such a move, yet you may still be unsure whether to take the leap. How do you know if the time is right? Here are five common signs that it might be time to sell your home.

Whether the property market is running hot or cooling down with the seasonal shift, buyers will always have a vision of what they want their next home to be – and your property for sale might be full of off-putting aspects.

The housing market has remained incredibly resillient in the face of a mounting cost of living crisis. But with interest rates widely expected to go up again this week, we consider whether the market is reaching tipping point.

Our May Cheadle Property Market Update has picked up a couple of worrying trends that might affect house prices and demand earlier than many experts predicted. If you are thinking of selling your home in SK8 or SK3 you do not want to miss this latest overview of the Cheadle and surrounding property market.

Where some sellers go wrong when preparing a property for a viewing is that they tidy it to within an inch of its life and by doing so can rip out the heart of what makes it a home. It is a huge misconception that buyers buy on bricks and mortar – they mostly buy on emotion.

Putting your home up for sale can be an emotional endeavor. After you come to terms with the decision to say goodbye to a place where you created countless memories, some stranger with a clipboard or iPad comes along and puts a value on what’s priceless to you. And that assessment has the power to tank the entire mood, as many prospective sellers have a preconceived opinion as to the value of their own home, but also what the appraisal actually means in the grand scheme of the selling process.

If there’s one agenda that won’t be pushed to the bottom of the pile, it’s the eco agenda. How much energy we use, where we get our energy from and what we can do to reduce our carbon footprint is a narrative that has become persistent in the property market. 

House prices continued to climb in April but the rate of growth is slowing as soaring inflation and the cost of living crisis starts to affect the market, figures show. The average amount paid for a home in the UK climbed 0.3% to £267,620 in April on a month earlier Nationwide found, the ninth consecutive month of growth. However, the rate of house price growth slowed from a 1.1% rise in March and is the smallest increase since September last year

With the first signs of uncertainty creeping into the housing market, it might be time for Cheadle home sellers to get their skates on. But before you do, have you considered what upgrades you could make to your property to make it more appealing to the post pandemic buyer who have requirements and tastes that have shifted.

Data analysis by HBB Solutions found that a chain-free home carries an average property price premium of £23,131, with buyers willing to pay extra for a simpler and quicker sales transaction.