I wanted to provide a big, warm welcome to Tom Bell who has joined our Didsbury office this week as our new Valuer. Tom joins us with years of experience in the industry and has a wealth of knowledge of the area. I am so pleased to have him on [...]
Whether you want to add value to your home in preparation for sale or you just want to make your property a more appealing place to live, redecorating and incorporating the latest trends is a worthwhile endeavour. Take a look through some of our picks of the best home design [...]
When viewing a property, we’re all on the lookout for anything and everything that needs fixing or could use a bit of work. While we’d all love to find a home that requires no work at all, chances are whenever you buy a property, it will come with its fair [...]
Back in 2008/09, almost half (45%) of homes built in the year across England and Wales were flats, with the majority of these having two bedrooms. The shift in government policy a number of years earlier had resulted in higher density housing on brownfield and urban sites. Many developers were [...]
Over half a million households living in owner occupied homes are expecting to move to a new home within the next six months, accounting for 3.7% of homeowners. This is according to the latest data released by the English Housing Survey for 2017/18. Younger owner occupiers are more likely to [...]
If you’re looking for a new home, or are looking for your first home, then “gazumping” may be a term that you aren’t particularly familiar with. Essentially, gazumping is when you have had an offer accepted by a seller, and are in the midst of the buying process, when another [...]
With the weather getting warmer, property market activity tends to see a rise as many look to get the home move done and dusted before their holiday or before the kids have to go back to school. […]
With more people living longer and ageing with much better health than ever before, those aged 55 and over are playing a key part in the national economy. Recent research from SunLife has surveyed this age group and found that nearly half would sell up in order to fund a [...]
Welcome to Jodie who has joined our busy Didsbury team as a Senior Negotiator.
At £6.3 billion, the total value of lending in 2019 by the so-called ‘bank of Mum and Dad’ is set to be half a billion higher than in 2018, making it the UK’s 11th largest mortgage lender. 77% of lending is to home movers, not first-time buyers. […]