February has been a good month for significant news about the property market, with important figures and predictions emerging. For our summary of the month’s important property news, read on!
It’s a short month, February, but it’s been a good one. As well as being an Olympic year, most importantly our clients have an extra day in which to sell their properties. Nice! So what’s been happening in the property market in Scotland in February? Below is our wee recap of the month from the…
There’s been a lot written in the Press in the past few days about property prices. There’s been the usual house price reports from lenders, the RICS (Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors) property market report, our own ESPC (Edinburgh Solicitors Property Centre) report too. The ESPC report is probably most applicable to ourselves as we…
The latest RICS (Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors) survey, April 2011, has just been released. It shows confidence returning to the marketplace with more people putting their property on the market and the highest level of buyer demand for several months. The report suggests that the number of people putting their property on the market…
It seemed that Spring had sprung. Then it appeared that Winter had bullied Spring back into its box. Gardeners shed a tear. As people living in Scotland, we get used to this kind of weather-related uncertainty. Over the last few years, we’ve also got used to property-related uncertainty. However, this month it appears that the…
In spite of the freezing weather, the snow, the hail and the frankly general misery that the (allegedly) Spring-weather inflicted on the general population in March 2013, the property market didn’t do too badly. House prices seem to be moving in the right direction (if you’re an owner or a seller), though there was seemingly…
It’s coming to the end of March and we really are full of the joys of spring! The hottest day on record for March, several days of sunshine…it’s hard not to be optimistic in this kind of weather. The only thing to worried about is that we are peaking too soon! So what’s been happening…
Halifax, one of the UK’s largest lenders, reported that house prices in the UK have fallen by 1.4% in April when compared with March of 2011. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-13331442 When compared with the same quarter of the year in 2010, prices are 3.7% lower. It should be stressed that the statistics are based on Halifax’s own mortgages…
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…
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