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Essential advice for first-time sellers
Do you remember the excitement you felt when buying your first home? The moment it caught your eye, the viewing when you fell in love, and the joy as your offer was accepted… Your first home, we are sure has brought you much happiness over the years, but have life changes got you thinking? Maybe […]
The ‘search for space’ is driving buyers in Bristol
It has been another busy week at NEXA Bristol and one common theme we’re hearing from buyers is that they are seeking a property with more space. Our finding is echoed in Zoopla’s February House Price Index, which states that, “Continued demand for larger family homes as buyers look for more inside and outside space […]
Bristol First-Time Buyers Can Now Buy Using 5% Deposit Mortgages
Bristol First-Time Buyers Can Now Buy Using 5% Deposit Mortgages Yet higher mortgage rates could see Bristol buyers paying a lot more each month for the privilege Being a Bristol first-time buyer in the last 12 months has not been an easy thing. Just before lockdown there were 400 ‘5% deposit mortgage’ deals and first-time […]
Portsmouth First-time Buyers Can Now Buy Using 5% Deposit Mortgages
Portsmouth First-time Buyers Can Now Buy Using 5% Deposit Mortgages Yet higher mortgage rates could see Portsmouth buyers paying a lot more each month for the privilege Being a Portsmouth first-time buyer in the last 12 months has not been an easy thing. Just before lockdown there were 400 ‘5% deposit mortgage’ deals and first-time […]
Sorting fact from fiction when selling your home in Cardiff
Every home sale is different, and it is understandable that through whispers, chats over the fence, and listening into conversations whilst having a coffee, misunderstandings can occur. In normal times, we would often hear some amazingly creative stories whilst going about our business, so now that the Stamp Duty holiday has been extended and we’re […]
Lifeline for Portsmouth House Buyers & Portsmouth First-time Buyers
In the last few hours, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, has stated the Stamp Duty Holiday for Portsmouth properties up to £500,000 will be extended from 31st March 2021 to the 30th June 2021; and to ensure we don’t have a cliff edge, from 1st July 2021, the Stamp Duty Holiday will apply only on […]
Why now is a great time to sell your home in Cardiff
Why now is a great time to sell your home in Cardiff There are rumblings in the press that the Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, will extend the Stamp Duty holiday deadline until the end of June. This is fantastic news for all those people who are in the process of completing and have been worried if […]
The Busiest December for the Portsmouth Housing Market Since 2006
Over the last six months, the Portsmouth Property Market has been flourishing. As soon as an estate agents ‘For Sale’ flag went up, neighbours would be checking out Rightmove to see the internal pictures and compare the asking price to their own home (go on .. admit you do that too – every Portsmouth homeowner […]
As Bristol First-time Buyers are Being Locked Out of the Bristol Property Market – Rents Have Risen by 6.2%
With the banks reducing the number of low deposit mortgages (i.e. deposit of 10% and below) since Covid-19 hit in the spring, this has meant that the number of Bristol first-time buyers has been decreasing quickly, meaning many of those would-be Bristol buyers wanting to make the first step on the Bristol property ladder are having to […]
Portsmouth 2nd & 3rd Time Buyers Finding it Tougher (and Slower) to Move up the Portsmouth Property Ladder
Post lockdown, the need for Portsmouth families who want bigger homes has meant Portsmouth homebuyers must now pay considerably more to trade up to that larger home… One thing that has come out of lockdown has been the inexorable movement of Portsmouth households wanting to upsize to a larger home. Often considered to be first […]
Why Are Some Banks Reining In Over-Enthusiastic Portsmouth Homebuyers and Buy to Let Investors?
The Portsmouth property market is an enigma and chock-full of contradictions. Notwithstanding an economic recession and forecasts of property values dropping, nobody seems to have informed the Portsmouth homeowners selling their homes and those Portsmouth people looking to buy them. As I have discussed in many recent articles on the locality, the Portsmouth property market […]
Mistakes buyers make when purchasing a property
Over the last few years, when everything around us seemed uncertain, one thing we knew for sure was that the property market is vibrant, despite the predicted slow down. The rise in the stamp duty threshold has seen an increase in the number of properties coming onto the market and, in turn, buyers are eager […]