Recent Articles in Renovating property checklists

Latest Government changes and consultations
Aug 12, 2020

Over the last few months there have been a huge amount of announcements coming from Government about the property market – and it isn’t easy to keep up with them all! These include, new rules which are coming into effect and suggestions, consultations about possible new rules. To help understand which is which, here are the key things to be aware of whether you are buying, selling, renting, letting, renovating or building a home.

July 2020 property price report
Jul 21, 2020

Whilst there is a lack of robust data and some indices have been suspended, read my latest price report which not only looks at what's happening in the property market currently, but also try to understand where the market may be heading. To find out more, read the article here. 

Stamp Duty holiday due to Coronavirus
Jul 14, 2020

Last week the Government announced some temporary changes to the amount of Stamp Duty paid on property purchases and I was on BBC Radio 4 and LBC chatting about the changes and my thoughts on whether they were a good idea or not. Read my article for the full details.

Housing on BBC1's Your Money and Your Life
Jun 23, 2020

It was great to be invited onto the new BBC1’s Your Money and Your Life with one of my housing heroes, Matt Allwright and meeting the lovely Kym Marsh. As ever, we never seem to have enough time to take on some complex questions, but if you want the five minute version, you can view online here, or read my article.

What's really happening in the property market?
Jun 9, 2020

On Sunday I was interviewed on 5Live talking about the housing market. One of the key things mentioned at the start was the Nationwide index which unfortunately led to some terrible headlines in the media saying ‘house prices had fallen’ by the worst amount in 11 years. Yes month on month they may have, but anyone that works with house price data knows that this is a rubbish way of measuring the market – particularly when we have been in lockdown for two months! Listen to the interview and read my article to find out what's really happening in the property market.