Recent Articles in Trading Down Property Checklists

Why Labour and the Conservatives have failed to address the housing crisis and are going to make it worse
May 6, 2015

Labour and the Conservatives have helped create the housing crisis over the last 30 years. Unfortunately, looking at their housing policies, both of the major parties are going to make it worse in the next five years. Kate Faulkner looks at why Labour and the Conservatives have understood we need more homes, but haven't understood how and where to deliver them, and are ignoring sound industry advice to solve the housing crisis in a generation.  

Thinking of selling your current home and trading up? Read our expert property tips
Apr 8, 2015

If you are selling and buying, it can be hard to hold together both. The idea we could put up our home for sale, find a buyer in a good or bad market and then find the perfect home we want to live in for the next 10 or 20 years, is to be honest, very difficult to achieve!

Thinking of Trading Down? Read our trading down advice
Apr 7, 2015

If you are looking at trading down from a larger to a smaller home, you are likely to have lived in your home for some years.

The good news is you probably own your property outright – over 50% of homeowners today in England do - or you are likely to have lots of equity and when you trade down it may mean you won’t need a mortgage at all.  

Latest Land Registry London borough analysis
Mar 2, 2015

Every month we track the performance of each of the 32 London boroughs to find out, how are they performing this year versus last; is the growth/decline more or less than the long term average; what and when was the highest house price growth ever; how much did prices fall during the last recession and are current property values more or less than the 2007/08 peak. Find out what's happening in your London borough!

Barratt Homes suggests a fresh start for 2015
Jan 28, 2015

Leading homebuilder Barratt Homes is urging people who are considering moving to make a fresh start in 2015 with a brand new home. New-build homes rival older properties in a number of ways, some of which buyers may not be aware of, so the developer is highlighting just a few of the reasons why buying a new home can be beneficial.