Recent Articles in Trading Up Property Checklists

The UK’s most comprehensive property price summary for May 2017 - data from the UK House Price Index
May 17, 2017

I think this is probably one of the first years I can remember where we have seen a slowdown in housing market activity, yet we have not seen the normal ‘panic’ of house prices crashing in the media, bar the odd report...

Bank of Mum and Dad – Legal & General report and Radio 4 You and Yours
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?
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.

The UK’s most comprehensive property price summary for April 2017
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.

Mixed bag? - CML report with data on first-time buyers, income and affordability
Mar 17, 2017

The Council of Mortgage Lenders have recently published their home buyer analysis for the UK, plus specific thoughts on London, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland – here is a summary and a few of my thoughts.