Recent Articles

Bank of Mum and Dad – Legal & General report and Radio 4 You and Yours (in: Buying and Selling Property Checklists)
May 2, 2017

We hear a lot of stuff about the Bank of Mum and Dad (BOMAD) in the news, plenty of it negative, but is it such a bad thing?

Election promises on housing – who says and does what in property? (in: Buying and Selling Property Checklists)
May 2, 2017

For some reason, I didn’t realise the political parties had published their manifestos but I was prompted to take a closer look by a comment from Labour about housing.

New programme to unlock the buy-to-let maze (in: Buy to let property checklists)
May 2, 2017

A new six-part online programme goes live next month, to help current and future landlords purchase and run a successful buy to let property.

What impact will the snap general election have on the property market? (in: Buying and Selling Property Checklists)
Apr 26, 2017

Grrrr. There I was about to ‘settle’ down to a nice few months of writing projects, doing the odd interview here and there and looking forward to some ‘quiet time’ in the property market. Then bam! A general election…

The UK’s most comprehensive property price summary for April 2017 (in: Buying and Selling Property Checklists)
Apr 18, 2017

Despite a slowing market, and misleading headlines about house price crashes, I’m happy to report that people’s confidence doesn’t seem to be eroded by reports of a fall in property price growth. This is good news, because low confidence can drive down prices further.