I can’t believe it’s already coming towards the end of April, the year is flying by. Property news hasn’t been thick on the ground this month, with much of the ‘same old’ being reported in most channels, so this month’s update is a wee bit shorter than normal and contains a little more analysis of…
There are many reason why people choose to move home. For many of them it’s because they have a baby on the way. Maybe they need more space, maybe they crave a garden or maybe they want to get their child into a good state school. To find out more about catchment areas in Edinburgh…
In this market, selling a property can be a challenge at the best of times. Add into the mix your little angels, a handful of crayons plus some jam and you’ve got a tough job on your hands to present your property in its best light! However, family homes are in high demand so selling…
It looks like Spring has finally sprung after a month or two of absolutely dismal weather. I still wouldn’t leave the house without your parka if I were you right enough. With Spring in the air and a sense of optimism sweeping across the country as we see the mysterious yellow orb in the sky…
Drip, drip, drop, little April shower. Well, it’s been less of a shower and more of a deluge both out of the Scottish clouds and also in the Scottish property market this past month. So, what’s been happening in the Scottish property market this month? Well, if that’s the question you’re asking, you’re in the…
Lots of surveys and statistics around, but which of them are true? And are property prices falling in Scotland? Recently released statistics from the Department for Communities and Local Government show an annual fall in property prices in Scotland in the past year of 2.3%. Meantime, Rightmove’s latest House Price Index showed the average asking…
It has been reported today that two-thirds of young people without their own home believe they have no prospect of getting on the property ladder. This is based on a survey of 4000 people by Halifax, one of the nation’s largest lenders. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-13575857. What does this mean for first time buyers in the coming year? …
Property market outlook 2011 – are you going to lose money or make money? Welcome to the first monthly property market update for 2011. Now that the world appears to have returned to some semblance of normality after the temporary paralysis induced by the white-out of December and early January, we’re going to have a…
As always, I’ll give you a little indication of what I’m personally seeing happening in the property market at the moment and then an overview of what the wider Press is reporting has been happening. I’ll start with what I’m actually seeing, based on my experience as the owner of a solicitor/estate agency firm.
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