Why it's a good idea to make your move in Bicester before 2020 The benefits of owning a home in Bicester are huge. While it’s true that across the country homeowners are benefitting from steady and reliable capital growth, here the rewards are even greater. The core reason is that the area we live in is popular and just keeps getting more so. Let’s take a look at the numbers. Over the course of the last market cycle, prices here have risen, on average by 5.3 per cent per year. That means...

Why the rental market in Wing has never been stronger Renting has undoubtedly changed for the better in recent years. That's particularly true of Wing where the increased number of young people has created a new demand profile in the area. A lot is said about young people being priced out of the market but what the press often neglect to mention is just how convenient the private rental sector is. The reality is that upward pressure on house prices has made renting the optimum choice for a l...

Why such a big increase in the demand for Harrow homes? Here in the Harrow office, we have found that one of the best ways to get a picture of what is happening in the local market is to look at the statistics. However, we also derive a huge proportion of our local market expertise just by chatting to the buyers and sellers we see every day. The one thing that's becoming obvious is that the brand of Harrow is growing into something much bigger and better than used to be the case. We only hav...

As a team, we’ve got more combined years working in the Dunstable property market than some of us might care to admit! Of the many great benefits to having so much experience, probably the most important is having seen all the markets ups and downs. This experience puts us in a better position to advise our clients on the best time to make their move. Back in 2000, the market saw an almost unbroken run of growth in both house prices and sales volumes. For the eight subsequent years, prices ...

Some online agents try to convince you that using their platform will save you lots of money, but we think the opposite is true. They’ll tell you the need for a physical agent is old-fashioned and everyone can do it themselves just by listing on the internet. However, letting agents still have a vital role to play in letting properties - and here’s why. While a future utopia of online-only agents in which you can list your property, sit back, and relax as the viewing requests flock in cou...

What a year it’s been for the Aylesbury property market so far. The amount of positive sentiment we’re picking up from buyers and sellers who visit the branch every day confirms that this part of the country is better insulated from the cold spell being experienced in some other parts of the UK market. It didn’t take long before we started to see why people have been so positive. Data from the Land Registry shows that prices rose by 24.4 per cent over the last 3 years and now sit 182.2 ...