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Russell has 25 years' experience in the property market and is the founder of a number of businesses including one of the UK’s largest...
LATEST NEWS
House prices see biggest drop since January
With Christmas on the horizon, house prices have experienced their largely monthly drop (-0.6%) since January 2021.
The drop brings the UK’s average house price...
The apocalyptic home improvements to protect your house for the end...
With a worldwide health pandemic, people irrationally panic buying and a countrywide lockdown, you’d be forgiven for thinking the end of the world was...
UK Average House Price Is Now The Highest It’s Ever Been
The UK’s average house price has passed a quarter of a million pounds for the first time in history. Nationwide’s most recent House Price...
BUYING
House prices see biggest drop since January
With Christmas on the horizon, house prices have experienced their largely monthly drop (-0.6%) since January 2021.
The drop brings the UK’s average house price...
The apocalyptic home improvements to protect your house for the end of the world
With a worldwide health pandemic, people irrationally panic buying and a countrywide lockdown, you’d be forgiven for thinking the end of the world was...
UK Average House Price Is Now The Highest It’s Ever Been
The UK’s average house price has passed a quarter of a million pounds for the first time in history. Nationwide’s most recent House Price...
What is a Conveyancer, and why do I need one?
A Conveyancer is a lawyer or solicitor who specialises in all of the intricate ins and outs of buying and selling property.
Buying a home...
Government HPI shows 2.9% price growth in one month
The latest house price index (HPI) shows that UK house prices rose by 2.9% between July and August 2021. For the year, this means...
RENTING
Is renting causing widespread depression in the UK?
An unacceptable level of UK renters say that being stuck in the constant cycle of renting is having a detrimental effect on their mental...
SELLING
When Is The Best Time To Sell My Home?
With Christmas 2021 just around the corner and many people desperate to be in a new home before the festive period starts, industry research...
What is a Conveyancer, and why do I need one?
A Conveyancer is a lawyer or solicitor who specialises in all of the intricate ins and outs of buying and selling property.
Buying a home...
Estate Agents’ Mythical Excuses For Not Selling Your Home
Estate agents have one ultimate goal - to enable people to buy and sell homes. It can, therefore, be frustrating when agents find it...
Too Much Gobbledygook: Translating Homebuying Jargon
The property industry is a tricky world to navigate. Buying a home is full of complex processes and legal requirements, involves dozens of different...
Lack of supply forces 117,000 homesellers to enter the rental market
New research from estate agent, Hamptons, suggests that 117,500 people who have sold their homes in the past year have chosen to rent before...
Is Purplebricks About To Offer Refunds To Dissatisfied Customers?
There is a rumour on the grapevine that Purplebricks is about to start offering refunds to customers if the agency fails to sell their...
MORTGAGES
Homebuyers race to find homes before interest rates rise
For the first time since 2007, October 2021 has seen house prices in every single region of the UK rise in unison to record...
High street banks launched their lowest ever fixed-rate mortgages
With the stamp duty holiday now being tapered out, there is concern - or hope, depending on your position in the market - that...
Socially Conscious Mortgage Provider Will Help Customers ‘In Their Hour Of Need’
On the 1st June, a new socially conscious bank will be launched, conceived and created by a mortgage and finance collective to offer a...
Get Cashback For Buying An Energy Efficient Home
People who buy energy-efficient homes can now get cashback from one of the nation’s biggest mortgage providers.
Nationwide Building Society’s Green Reward initiative pledges cashback...
Government Policy
Is the government bored of the housing market?
The government’s most recent Budget announcement has frustrated the property industry as Rishi Sunak’s speech barely touches on the housing market.
It comes after a...
Government pledges £58m for new homes
The Conservative party has long been the self-styled party of homeownership, believing that if more people own the homes they live in, it’s better...
Right To Buy: Can I Buy My Nan’s Council House?
Right To Buy makes it possible for public sector tenants to purchase their home at a significant discount to market value.
The discount is based...