Recent Articles

Mortgage rejection? How can you make sure this doesn’t happen to you? (in: Buying and Selling Property Checklists)
Jan 28, 2019

New research from Which? Mortgage Advisers (Which?) has found that nearly 17% of mortgage holders responding to a survey has had a mortgage application rejected at some point or another.

Kate's comprehensive property price update for January 2019 - data from the UK house price index (in: Buying and Selling Property Checklists)
Jan 15, 2019

A new year is here and as far as ‘resolutions’ are concerned, it’s pretty impossible to work out what the industry can offer this year to prevent transactions and property prices stagnating even further...

How do property prices in Wales compare to the rest of the country? (in: Tenant and Landlord Property Checklists)
Jan 11, 2019

I was on BBC Radio Wales last week discussing the Nationwide house price index and property market in Wales.

Should you buy, sell or invest in property in 2019? (in: First Time Buyer Property Checklists)
Jan 10, 2019

Interested in buying, selling or investing in 2019? I was on Radio 4 last week to discuss the latest property market news as 2019 gets under way. We talked about the importance of sold property prices data, Brexit uncertainty and the length of time people take to sell their homes.

What if I can’t get my rental deposit back? (in: Tenant and Landlord Property Checklists)
Dec 17, 2018

If you have been renting a property on an Assured Shorthold Tenancy (AST), by law your landlord should have: protected your deposit in a in a government-approved deposit scheme; provided you with details of the scheme at the start if your tenancy. This should be returned to you at the end of the tenancy, minus any deductions which you both agree on.