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More Properties Being Sold with No Chain
So is it a good idea to rent in between moving home, to be chain-free? Moving home is said to be the third most stressful thing you can do, so if you can do anything to reduce that stress – the better. When buying your next home, being chain-free can certainly reduce your stress and […]
Bristol’s ‘Generation Rent’ to Become ‘Generation Buy’?
Boris Johnson has attracted both praise and horror in equal measure with a new plan for 95% mortgages to help beleaguered first time buyers to get on the property ladder, but would that expose UK taxpayers to too much risk? In this article I discuss the implications of what that would mean both nationally and […]
THE PROS & CONS OF BECOMING A LANDLORD IN BRISTOL
The buy-to-let market in Bristol is about to enter a challenging 12 to 24 months. Yet by looking back at the last recession and what is happening now, there are vital lessons all Bristol landlords can learn to protect themselves, and in fact create opportunities for themselves both in the short term and ultimately the […]
Is This a Good Time to Buy Your First Home in Portsmouth?
Should you wait to buy your first home in Portsmouth or buy now? What sort of mortgages are available? What sort of deposit is required? These are questions all Portsmouth buyers are asking at the moment, yet this week I would like to focus on Portsmouth first time buyers and what it means directly and […]
THE IMPACT OF THE TENANT FEE BAN
THE IMPACT OF THE TENANT FEE BAN We learnt a few things from the tenant fee ban announcement but there is still a lot of ambiguity that will not become clear until after the end of March. So the date has been set as the 1st of June. This means that all contracts SIGNED AFTER […]