If you are thinking of selling your home in the New Year, it might be a good time to prepare your marketing now and ensure the property is showing online over the festive period, especially between Christmas and New Year, which is the busiest period of the year for traffic on Rightmove. However, we do not have to disturb your Christmas with viewings until the New Year. Read more to find out how you can enjoy the best of both worlds this Christmas.
Preparing our properties for inclement weather is more important than ever this year, with many of us mindful about the amount of gas we are using and how low the temperature may drop, thanks to climate change.
When looking at houses and flats for sale, today’s buyers are craving good storage and they’re willing to pay extra for the privilege. Of those questioned, 84% said adequate storage space was a must when looking for a new home.
The Bank of England Monetary Committee met last week and despite many financial experts expecting it to put up interest rates, they resisted, at least for now! but most expect this to be only a temporary stay of execution! So if you have a mortgage or are considering buying a property, what should you do now? Our new blog looks at the options available to you.
Unless you’ve been living under a stone for the last month, you’ll know green issues are the number one topic of conversation. While world leaders have debated coal mining and deforestation, there are a number of take-aways from recent weeks for landlords and tenants.
Bonfire night can be so exciting for children and parents with all the sparkles, unexpected flashes, noises and array of colours, but for your dog Bonfire night can be particularly stressful. Our special Bonfire night blog looks at a few things you can do to look after your dog and reduce their stress levels.
The Chancellor’s Autumn Budget last week was a bit of a damp squib for the property market, with no new rabbits out of the hat, as stamp duty finally returned to pre Covid levels. However, the real elephant in the room is Interest rates! The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee meet on Thursday 4th November and many property market observers believe that they might put up interest rates for the first time in almost 3 years, to help keep inflation under control. Quite how that would be received by homeowners and buyers remains to be seen at a time when everything seems to be going up in cost.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson unveiled more details of his Net Zero green agenda in October, with a focus on the future of domestic heating. Responding to the statistic that residential property is currently responsible for 16% of the UK’s total carbon emissions, gas boilers will eventually be replaced with greener ways of heating our homes.
Rather than batten down the hatches, take a leaf out of the Swede’s book and embrace fika. It’s the latest Scandinavian trend that celebrates all things cosy and warm, coming hot on the heels of Danish hygge and Dutch gezellig.
If you are selling your home this Halloween, just be careful on how you present it, just so you do not make any mistakes that might come back and haunt you!
If you’re thinking of selling, the smallest room in your home can have the biggest impact on potential buyers – and it can lead to higher offers and increased desirability.
The Stamp Duty holiday window has finally drawn to a close and so marks the end of one of the most spectacularly crazy periods the UK property market has ever seen! And all this against the backdrop of a global pandemic. You couldn’t make this stuff up! But now in the cold light of day, we ask, what next for the UK property market?
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