Recent Articles in First Time Buyer Property Checklists

Will London house prices and rents thrive or dive in 2015?
Jan 5, 2015

There are two schools of thoughts for the London market. Firstly, it will continue to thrive and secondly, prices will fall. Read my article to find out more.

Underpinned Property - Top five things to watch out for when buying and selling
Jan 3, 2015

An underpinned property is one that is either suffering from subsidence (ie movement) now or has done in the past. It is possible to buy and sell an underpinned property, however it’s not straightforward and you need to understand the causes of subsidence as well as following our top five tips when considering buying or selling. 

Kate's regional property price update this Xmas time - Data from Nationwide
Dec 23, 2014

The problem with looking at ‘averages’ at a high level is that property prices are so diverse from one street to the next, they are unlikely to make any sense to people locally. As such we look at data by town and city to gauge what variations there are across the country.

With tax reforms and an election looming, what next for the property market?
Dec 22, 2014

As 2014 comes to the close we've been looking at how the various property prices indices are predicting the UK market to perform in the coming years.

What's supply and demand like as Christmas approaches?
Dec 19, 2014

A source of checking the current market conditions for supply and demand rather than looking back at what’s happened to property prices, is finding out how much stock is on the market. When there are more buyers than sellers, prices tend to rise and fall when vice versa.