Recent Articles in First Time Buyer Property Checklists

Why it's time to stop using average house prices
Aug 1, 2014

Since the 1930s average house prices have been produced by the government. The average house price in June 2014 is £172,000 which is 6.5% up on 2013 (Land Registry). In this article I explain why it's time to stop giving so much time to average house price statistics.

Half year assessment of property price forecasts including Knight Frank, Savills and Chesterton
Jul 31, 2014

Earlier in the week we had a good look at rental forecasts so now it's time to look at the property price forecasts. We do so in this article and look at forecasts from Nationwide, Knight Frank and Rightmove.

Kate Faulkner's Property Price Summary July 2014
Jul 14, 2014

Each month I analyse and comment on the reports released on property prices both nationally and regionally

What's the latest on London house prices?
Jul 3, 2014

Whilst our latest property price tracking data does suggest that prices in plenty of London boroughs are continuing to rise (Source: Land Registry), with some areas very 'hot', there are some more up to date indices which show that London house prices might have peaked.

Is today's property market good or bad for buy to let?
Jun 30, 2014

Many people are looking at buy to let as a potential investment opportunity and that is fine. However, you need to be certain of what you're doing. In this article I look at whether our current property market is good or bad for buy to let.