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Smart Tech
In today’s piece I want to talk about smart devices that can have an amazing impact on your home. Over the past 5 years we’ve seen an enormous uptake of smart devices being rolled out across the UK and much further afield, and for good reason. Helping you save those precious pennies and at the […]
Why hasn’t my home sold? Some tips to get you moving
You’ve made the decision to sale your home. You’ve touched up the décor, polished from top to bottom, placed the kids in isolation, mowed the lawn to within an inch of its life, been out viewing property and set your sites on ‘the dream house’, appointed your estate agent, then…… NOTHING! Follow these simple initiatives […]
Helping Hands Portsmouth
Every month, we provide the funding for Helping Hands Portsmouth to provide breakfasts at a central location to Portsmouth’s homeless and most vulnerable. Often this breakfast is the only warm meal they might get that day and it also provides an opportunity to create a focal point for people to come together and communicate and […]
Pre Election Blog
Labour Party’s U-turn on the £3.2bn grab on Bristol landlord’s wallets Well, with the General Election just over the horizon and having been asked by a number of Bristol homeowners and Bristol buy to let landlords what the different main parties would do to the local property market, in this week’s article we focus on […]
Labour Party’s U-turn on the £1.1bn grab on Portsmouth landlord’s wallets
Labour Party’s U-turn on the £1.1bn grab on Portsmouth landlord’s wallets Well, with the General Election just over the horizon and having been asked by a number of Portsmouth homeowners and Portsmouth buy to let landlords what the different main parties would do to the local property market, in this week’s article we focus on […]
Are the Tory’s Selling Off the Final Part of the Family Silver? 6,708 Portsmouth Housing Association Households & the Right to Buy Their Homes
Are the Tory’s Selling Off the Final Part of the Family Silver? 6,708 Portsmouth Housing Association Households & the Right to Buy Their Homes In 1979, Margaret Thatcher was voted in on a Tory landslide with the ‘right to buy your own council house’ being a mainstay of Conservative policy. She encouraged people to buy […]
Are the Tory’s Selling Off the Final Part of the Family Silver? 14,766 Bristol Housing Association Households & the Right to Buy Their Homes
Are the Tory’s Selling Off the Final Part of the Family Silver? 14,766 Bristol Housing Association Households & the Right to Buy Their Homes In 1979, Margaret Thatcher was voted in on a Tory landslide with the ‘right to buy your own council house’ being a mainstay of Conservative policy. She encouraged people to buy […]
Bristol Buy to Let – Past, Present and Future
Investing in a Bristol buy to let property has become a very different sport over the last few years. In the glory days of the five years after the turn of the Millennium, where we had double-digit house price growth, mortgage companies (notably Northern Rock, HBOS and their ilk) desperate to get on the buy to let mortgage […]
Bristol Property Values 1.5% Lower Year-on-Year
Bristol Property Values 1.5% Lower Year-on-Year It seems that quite a few Bristol homeowners and Bristol landlords have become acclimatised to living with the uncertainty of Brexit throughout most of 2019, as figures show many of them decided to get on with living life, started reinvesting their money into Bristol property and buying and selling […]
Portsmouth Buy to Let – Past, Present and Future
Investing in a Portsmouth buy to let property has become a very different sport over the last few years. In the glory days of the five years after the turn of the Millennium, where we had double-digit house price growth, mortgage companies (notably Northern Rock, HBOS and their ilk) desperate to get on the buy to let mortgage […]
Portsmouth Property Values 0.1% Higher Year-on-Year
Portsmouth Property Values 0.1% Higher Year-on-Year It seems that quite a few Portsmouth homeowners and Portsmouth landlords have become acclimatised to living with the uncertainty of Brexit throughout most of 2019, as figures show many of them decided to get on with living life, started reinvesting their money into Portsmouth property and buying and selling […]
How’s The Market? November 2019
Welcome to the November edition of ‘How’s the Market?’ – the free monthly article focused on informing local residents about everything property related in Portsmouth and the surrounding areas. This month’s article is completely focused on buying properties and is packed with some great advice for first time buyers, those considering moving to their next […]