Recent Articles in Tenant and Landlord Property Checklists

Latest property market news for BBC Radio Nottingham - November 2017
Nov 22, 2017

Recently the BBC produced some data showing 58% of wards in UK had property prices at less than they were 10 years – taking account of inflation. To keep up with inflation, homes over the last 10 years needed to grow by 27% - they have actually grown in the City by 15%; in Nottinghamshire by 12% and in the East Midlands by 15%. In other words it’s cheaper to buy today than it was 10 years ago...

Property and politics – what's going on?
Nov 17, 2017

There are a few interesting consultations, working groups and calls for evidence in the world of property, politics and housing. I though it would be useful to provide you with a simple breakdown of the various proposals and how, if possible, you can get involved...

Kate's comprehensive rental update - November 2017
Nov 9, 2017

Every month we are bombarded with a host of rental reports which cover what’s happening in the market,both nationally and regionally - here's our summary of what's really going on...

Rate rise – disaster scenario or ‘no impact’?
Nov 6, 2017

In reality, hardly anyone should be affected by the recent and next few interest rate rises planned. And they should certainly have far less impact than they have in the past.

BUT – and it’s a fairly big but – we don’t actually know how people will react to the rise...

Mayor of London calls for drastic government action in Budget on housing crisis
Oct 30, 2017

Numbers released on Friday by Sadiq Khan indicate that London must build 66,000 homes each year simply to meet the ever increasing need for places to live and to correct years of chronic underinvestment.