It’s been a busy old month in Scottish property news, with lots of seemingly contradictory stories coming out. So what is the real picture? Is an interest rate rise imminent? What effect has the Mortgage Market Review had so far? We are now almost halfway through the year and about as far into the World…
Budget 2011 Special! What Have I Written About Below and Why Should You Carry On Reading? George Osborne had his 15 Minutes of fame last week, announcing the Budget for 2011-12. There was not a huge amount in there for those looking at purchasing or selling a property in Scotland. In other news, initiatives were…
Gosh, it’s been a short month and it feels like just yesterday that I wrote the last of these updates. But a month is a long time in the property market and there’s been plenty of news in the past month. In that time the news has been FULL of All That concerning the property…
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…
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…
May has been an unbelievable month in the property market. As May started, having watched a really strong performance in terms of sales and purchases in April, I expected to see a bit of a dip in May. That couldn’t have been further from the truth as it happens! However, before coming back to my…
Summary – April has been a slow month and it’s partly Prince William’s fault… April is traditionally a good month for the property market, with longer days and better weather leading to more property sales and more people putting their properties on the market. However, April 2011 has been a slightly unusual month though owing,…
Phew…has it been hot this month?! So, whilst we’ve basked outside, narrowly avoided heatstroke in our offices and on public transport, and nearly had a heart attack when Andy Murray threw away three match points at Wimbledon before giving the nation the result that it craved, the good news is that it’s not just been…
Do the Mo-bot, Jessica En-nnnnnnnis, Sir Chris, Bradley the Mod, Ben Ainsleeeeee, Victoriaaaaaaaa Pendleton, Murray’s Mound and of course Big Boris (to make his real nickname a little more family-friendly)…go Team Geeeee Beeeeeeeee!!!!!!! Aaaaaaaaaaahhhhh, sooooooooo exciting!!!!!!! It wouldn’t be surprising amongst this smorgasbord of sporting triumph that people might have been a bit distracted from…
Well, we wondered what was going to happen this month, what with the Olympics being finished and everyone finally having their children back at school. We expected it to be busy. However, we didn’t expect it to be THIS busy! The property market has taken off in a way that we really didn’t expect. This…
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