Recent Articles in First Time Buyer Property Checklists

Property prices in the UK regions
Aug 20, 2014

In this article I take a neutral look at the latest property price reports, with data from Nationwide and the Land Registry, to help buyers, sellers, investors and builders understand what's really going on.

Supply and demand really does influence what happens to house prices
Aug 19, 2014

To work out what might happen to property prices in the future and whether now is a good time to buy, sell or invest, understanding what’s happening to demand and supply for property in your local area is essential.

Land Registry reveals what's happening with property prices where you live
Aug 18, 2014

Even at city and town levels, the value of the property you want to buy or sell can be going up when the regional data says, on average, prices are going down. So as well as tracking the regional data, we also track the latest property prices movements for major towns and cities in the UK  

What's the latest on property prices in the UK?
Aug 14, 2014

Every other month we look in detail at what the property price reports are saying to see if we can spot what the latest trends are and look beyond the ‘headline’s to help buyers, sellers and investors really understand what’s happening to property prices and more importantly why.  

Is now the time to buy in London?
Aug 4, 2014

London prices do appear to have peaked year on year, with property price growth easing back from +18.5% to +16.4%. I'm also seeing a better quality of property at a better price coming onto the market than I saw over the last few months. Of course, the year on year growth we've been seeing will naturally subside as going forward, we will be comparing a rising market in 2014 to a rising market in 2013. Whereas at the start of the year we were comparing a rising market to a flat one.