As Donald Trump starts his stint in America’s Oval Office with a quiet few days designed to spread love, peace and harmony throughout the world and the UK government tabling the Parliamentary Bill for the UK to exit the EU following June 2016’s ‘Brexit’ vote, it’s looking like being an eventful 2017. We take a…
In November 2016 MOV8 were delighted to be asked to act as a drop of point for gifts being donated for RE-ACTs Toys For Children Campaign. In total 1030 presents, 40 bags full of clothes, boots, blankets, nappies and tents were then distributed to 1000’s of children across two Syrian refugee camps. Of which a…
After the UK’s ‘Brexit’ vote to leave the EU and the election of Donald Trump as the next President of the USA, 2016 contained more than a few surprises. As the year draws to a close, we take a look at what is likely to happen in your local property market in 2017. House Prices…
2016 proved to be a surprising and at times tumultuous year, with the UK’s ‘Brexit’ vote to leave the EU and the election of Donald Trump as the next President of the United States of America. As 2016 draws to a close, we take a look back at your property market year in numbers. Volume…
On Friday, 16 December 2016, the SNP’s Finance Secretary, Derek Mackay, unveiled the Scottish Government’s Spending Plans and Draft Budget for 2017-18. The Budget contains the Scottish Government’s detailed spending plans across various areas but we were interested for the purposes of this blog to examine any proposals that would affect the Scottish property market.…
On Friday 16 December all four of our branches got Silly for a Serious Cause! In support of Save the Children UK all of our staff wore Christmas Jumpers and donated £2 to a great cause. Some of our staff also put their baking skills into action producing tablet and truffles to help raise more…
Your Local Property Market Update November 2016 As the leading property sales company in East Central Scotland, our Local Property Market Update combines our own experience of the local property market with a round-up of the month’s property news, separating the wheat from the chaff and the fact from the fiction so that you don’t…
An announcement on 15 November 2016 by the Council of Mortgage Lenders indicated that mortgage costs had reached a historic low in September 2016, representing good news for property buyers and sellers across East Central Scotland according to local solicitor estate agents. The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML), the main trade body representing UK mortgage…
With new build home developers spending thousands on staging their showhomes to entice buyers into living the dream in their developments, there’s a lot we can learn from their approach. So, with the festive period fast approaching, how can you apply their approach to your own property sale, particularly when there’s a pile of presents…
Today the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Philip Hammond, delivered the UK Autumn Budget Statement. We examine whether there was anything in the Autumn Statement that might directly affect the property market in Scotland. Mr Hammond announced the establishment of a new £2.3bn Housing Infrastructure Fund to create the infrastructure for up to 100,000 new homes…
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