There's a dark side coming to the fore in estate agencies, overvaluing. While it’s nothing particularly new, the practice has now become...

Since May 2022 estate and letting agents have been required to provide “material information” when they’re listing a property for sale or...

Whether you’ve bought a house before or not, most people have heard the term ‘gazumping’ in one situation or another, but what is...

It’s a horrible situation to find yourself in. You want to move home, buy a new house and start afresh but the problem is, your house...

WILL PRICES DROP OR RISE? It is famously difficult to predict house prices in anything but the short term but I’ll have a go anyway! We...

I'm writing this blog as I was appalled to realise that there is an agent signing people to SOLE SELLING RIGHTS (vastly different to sole...

In the bustling estate agency market of Cornwall, one name that stands out among the rest is Homes Of Cornwall WEST. With a stellar...

Call me an optimist but the latest news on the front line gives some hope for 2023. The frenzy of 2022 housing market has long gone and...

In the last decade, the average property price in the UK has increased dramatically but how do we arrive at these house values? Demand...

The process of selling a house can be a tricky one, especially if you’ve never done it before. Staying organised, proactive and good...

Nobody wants to feel left on the shelf. Seeing your neighbours sell and move out while you’re stuck on the market for months, can be...

Our minds right now may be as much on mistletoe as moving home, but the housing market isn’t taking a break for Christmas. Although it is...

There’s been a lot going on in the housing market this year. We started 2022 with months of record-breaking house price increases, huge...

THE AVERAGE COST OF A HOME IN GREAT BRITAIN HAS FALLEN FOR JUST THE SECOND TIME THIS YEAR. Prices fell by an average of 1.1% (-£4,159) in...

Are you looking to buy your first home? Applications are now closed for the Help to Buy loan scheme in England but what other help is out...

Let’s be completely honest - as challenges go, estate agents are up against it trying to persuade reluctant vendors to take the plunge...

Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng has announced permanent stamp duty cuts for some home-buyers in today’s ‘mini-budget’. Stamp duty is a tax...

Unfortunately, overvaluing is being used more and more to get homes on the market. Differences in opinion of a few percent between estate...

"I don't want to give my home away" is a thought on the minds of many people when they first put their home up for sale. In fact, it's...

After more than a year of soaring prices, interest rates and energy prices, the economy has entered a state of flux and yet, the property...