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204,727 People Live in Rented Accommodation in Bristol
That number surprised you didn’t it? With the General Election done, I thought it time to reflect on renting in the manifestos and party-political broadcasts and ask why? As the best way to tell the future is to look at to the past, so we decided to look at the number of people who rented […]
The £1.1 billion mortgage debt of Portsmouth homeowners
Irrespective of the shenanigans and political goings on in Westminster recently, the housing market (for the time being anyway) shows a striking resilience, fostered by the on-going wide-ranging monetary policy by the Bank of England. With interest rates and unemployment low, UKplc is heading into 2020 in reasonable condition. Additionally, despite the UK’s new homes industry improving […]
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 […]
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 […]
Is This the End of No-Fault Section 21 Evictions for the 111,292 Bristol Tenants?
Is This the End of No-Fault Section 21 Evictions for the 111,292 Bristol Tenants? In the late spring, the Government announced that they were planning to end no-fault evictions for tenants living in private rented accommodation. I have had a number of Bristol landlords contact me anxious that removing a tenant from their Bristol buy-to-let […]
Is This the End of No-Fault Section 21 Evictions for the 55,608 Portsmouth Tenants?
Is This the End of No-Fault Section 21 Evictions for the 55,608 Portsmouth Tenants? In the late spring, the Government announced that they were planning to end no-fault evictions for tenants living in private rented accommodation. I have had a number of Portsmouth landlords contact me anxious that removing a tenant from their Portsmouth buy-to-let […]
BRISTOL RESIDENTIAL MARKET REPORT – OCTOBER 2019
Welcome to the October market report, where we cover the following topics. Are Bristol Builder’s Constructing the Wrong Type of Property? The British housing market has never been so newsworthy. Every other day, there is an article in the newspaper or online about impending house price drops, house price rises, building on green belt, mortgage […]
Residential Market Report – October 2019
Welcome to the October market report, where we cover the following topics. How long is an average Portsmouth property on the market for? If you are either selling or buying a property in Portsmouth, there are a few reasons why it may be taking some time to sell your Portsmouth home or find that perfect […]
Mending the Broken Bristol Property Market
Mending the Broken Bristol Property Market The long-lasting issue of the Bristol property market are laid bare as the final 2018 property transaction figures have just been published and they continue the post credit crunch trend of less people moving. 23.2% less of Bristol people are selling their homes annually since the credit crunch, when […]
How long is an average Bristol property on the market for?
How long is an average Bristol property on the market for? If you are either selling or buying a property in Bristol, there are a few reasons why it may be taking some time to sell your Bristol home or find that perfect place to call your new home. It may be taking longer than you […]
73.1% of Bristol OAP’s own their own home … and they are worth £11,771.2m
73.1% of Bristol OAP’s own their own home … and they are worth £11,771.2m Yes, that number is staggering isn’t it …. Of the 50,728 households in Bristol where the head of the household is 65 years or older, an astounding 37,063 (or 73.1%) of those are owned, which is just below the national average […]