Recent Articles

What is the fastest property 'quick sale'? (in: Buying and Selling Property Checklists)
Aug 3, 2017

The National Association of Property Buyers (NAPB) has released a report detailing strong growth in the 'quick sale' property market over the past couple of years. Two discoveries which stand out from the report are the fact that on particular house sale only took four hours and the growing number of people choosing to sell their homes to property buying companies.

Worried about paying off an interest-only mortgage? Don’t sell up until you’ve spoken to a broker (in: Financing property checklists)
Jul 27, 2017

Homeowners struggling with interest-only mortgage repayment deadlines are having to sell their homes to pay off debts, new research from equity release referral service Key Partnerships shows...

Is buy to let dead? (in: Buy to Let)
Jul 24, 2017

This has been a popular headline for several years now, so I thought it would be useful to take an independent look at the actual facts and figures...

Kate Faulkner on BBC News 21st July 2017 (in: Buying and Selling Property Checklists)
Jul 21, 2017

Following much talk in the media of a looming property crash, I was invited onto BBC News to talk about the state of the market and what we may expect to see in the months ahead.

Cat pee or Valspar paint? (in: Problems and Complaints Checklists)
Jul 20, 2017

We all expect some smell after decorating a room, even when using low-odour paint.

But according to a report on Radio 4’s You and Yours programme this week, hundreds of Valspar paint users have blamed the product for an overwhelming smell of cat urine.