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Could People Be Forced to Sell Their Homes as Their Energy Bills Rise?
The wholesale gas price has tripled in 2021. Even if you aren’t on gas at home, half the UK’s electricity comes from burning gas so, this affects everyone. Even though domestic bills have been protected from the majority of this with the Government’s price cap, energy bills will rise by at least 50% in April. […]
Portsmouth Homeowners Pocketed £159k Each in the Last 20 Years
The average house price in Portsmouth has increased by 157.4% to £259,500 in the last 20 years, a profit of £158,700 That means, when adjusted for inflation in those two decades, Portsmouth house prices have risen in real terms by 85.3% What does this mean for existing Portsmouth homeowners and first-time buyers trying to get […]
Why you should be investing in Cardiff’s (Caerdydd’s) buy-to-let market
The capital of Wales and the eleventh largest city in the UK, Cardiff has always been a popular location for buy-to-let properties and its recent developments have only bolstered the appeal of the city to investors. Home to one of the largest shopping centres in the UK, thriving universities, and hundreds of independent cafes and […]
What to expect when buying a home in 2022
When it comes to the property market in 2021 and the UK in general, words like crazy and frantic spring to mind. It was a year where the number of properties on the market was low and yet demand was overwhelming at times. Where house prices reached record highs at times, and many buyers were […]
The Future of the Portsmouth Buy-To-Let Market in 2022
The Headlines… Portsmouth rents up by 3.3% in the last 12 months Portsmouth house Prices up 2.5% in the last 12 months Portsmouth landlords helped by ultra-low mortgage rates and a stamp duty holiday Yet, some landlords in Portsmouth anxious about a possible end to no fault evictions New EPC rules could cost Portsmouth landlords […]
Is Bristol the new hotspot for buy-to-let investment?
The largest city in the South West and one of the most popular, Bristol’s average asking prices have increased 60% over the past decade. A creative city with media, electronics, and aerospace industries and not to mention, it’s very own community currency: the Bristol pound. Famous for its harbourside, suspension bridge, and Wapping Wharf (the […]
Do you have your head in the clouds about selling your home?
We all have hopes and dreams when it comes to selling our homes, and with the sellers’ market, where properties are selling quickly and with prices still high, there is no better time to place your house on the market. Yet your aspirations for your sale could be a little over-optimistic and this may cause […]
11 Rules to Buying a Portsmouth Property
Finding your next Portsmouth property, be that for yourself to live in or as a Portsmouth buy-to-let landlord, can sometimes be a scary task. You are possibly making one of the biggest purchases of your life, and you want to ensure you make the right choice. Buying your next property is all about finding a […]
The 7 Things Home Sellers Should (and Shouldn’t) Do in 2022
Reports in the press suggest 1 in 5 homeowners are considering moving home in the next 18 months. This will change the dynamics of selling your home in, meaning there are certain matters that you, as a homeowner, should do before placing your property on the market to ensure you get the best price, reduce […]
What does 2022 hold for you and your home?
With every new year, we have expectations of the year ahead; we always hope it is better than the last, and during a pandemic, we wish that even more. Yet, as we know, there will be a few challenges for us this year as economists predict that our living standards will deteriorate. But there is […]
What Will Happen to House Prices in 2022?
Traditionally, if you had not sold your home by the first week in November, you would normally have to wait for the house sellers to return in the famous Boxing Day rush on the portals (Rightmove, Zoopla etc) to get potential buyers interested. Yet matters have been different this year as the various lockdowns have […]
Four New Year’s resolutions to refresh your home in 2022
As the bells chime and the sound of Auld Lang Syne lingers in the air, we see a new year as a fresh start, a clean slate as it were, and many of us make resolutions. With aspirations to get fitter and healthier very often on the cards, yet have you thought about making a […]