Home Exchange
One way of taking advantage of the value in your home is to save money by using it as a holiday destination. Not for you of course, but for someone else!
Category Archives: Selling & Buying
Offers in Context
When you market your property, you will naturally want to achieve the highest price today’s market will pay. But how do you know what this is? Sadly, there is no almanac of “correct” prices relating to an address and a date and online price “calculators” can be wildly inaccurate, so most people will take the advice of their chosen estate agent to guide them towards the right decision.
Ask the Expert
There are numerous surveys and research that seek to prove how various home improvements add a certain percentage to the value of a property.
October Market Comment
If anyone thinks that the confusing political shenanigans of the past few weeks have destabilised the property market, they’d be wrong. If anything, we are seeing more “lubrication” in the market, as sellers realise they’d be foolish to hang on for an overly ambitious sale price in the run-up to Christmas. This in turn has freed up the market, with more undecided sellers committing to moving, as there now appears to be more choice of properties available for sale. Indeed, Rightmove reports a 16% jump in new properties coming to market in the first week of September.
Tender Buy
After weeks of looking, you have found your perfect home. It seems to have everything you wanted – desirable location, great accommodation, beautiful garden and excellent condition.
Tender Sale
If you are selling an especially popular, rarely available, or unique property, you may be in the privileged position of having several buyers clamouring at your door, each hoping to become the lucky owner of your special home.
London Buyers
A proportion of the market in this area is driven by buyers moving out of London in search of a more peaceful, less-congested, slower-paced, family lifestyle with lower crime, and a greater sense of community.
Autumn’s All Go!
With the summer, and the initial confusion over the Brexit issue, now firmly behind us, the market is active once again, and we actually find that we currently have far more buyers than we do stock, but predict that there will be a run of properties coming onto the market in the run up to Christmas. Those who enter the market ahead of this rush are likely to be the winners, as they will be competing with old stock.
Competing In Today’s Market
When buyers have choice this can make them indecisive and prompts them to be selective and cautious before settling on the “right” property.
Relative Values
Even the most credible authorities tend to disagree on the rate of price change in the property market, leaving the humble consumer somewhat baffled!
