The Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, gave his Autumn Budget 2022 at lunchtime, intending to deal with inflation and keep mortgage rates down for homeowners. In this short and sharp post, I wanted to touch on what this would mean specifically for Peterborough landlords and homeowners thinking of buying and selling Capital Gains Tax Changes In previous Continue Reading
Peterborough Landlords: Will Peterborough buy-to-let continue to be profitable in the next few years? Being a Peterborough landlord is undoubtedly a challenge. The glory years of making money from ‘any old property’ are certainly in the past. With increased legislation and taxation from Government and the cost-of-living crisis (which will result in some Peterborough tenants Continue Reading
WHEN it comes to choosing a property to rent or move to, the past year has taught us that an attractive outdoor space is as important as a clean, tidy and functional bathroom or kitchen. There have been numerous studies and surveys into how gardening and being outdoors during months of lockdown have benefitted our Continue Reading
Peterborough is a modern city with a growing population and an exciting future as a leading environmental and truly sustainable city. Hailed as one of the UK’s fastest-growing cities, Peterborough has a variety of high-performing business sectors from agri-tech to engineering, environmental, digital and financial services. Meaning In essence, this means that the city can Continue Reading
With the warm summer days behind us, the chill and dark of Autumn and Winter nights can change the look and feel of a property. The drop in temperature and increase in damp and wet weather can result in problems and issues with a property that weren’t present before. Previous research by upad.co.uk found that Continue Reading
The media would have us believe that the property market is nursing a New Year’s party hangover. Certainly the issues that influenced the market during 2018 remain, such as Brexit-related confusion, lack of supply and affordability problems for first time buyers. And whilst the media does love to scaremonger, they tend to ignore, the perhaps Continue Reading
Showing your home to prospective purchasers can be stressful enough, but children add an extra dimension, and their needs should be considered.
Every town has a variety of styles of estate agent, from the soulless “corporate” agency driven by figures, to the one-man band; from arty-contemporary to pushy-salesy. Each type tends to appeal to a specific sector of the property-owning community, and rightly so – buyers and sellers alike need to feel comfortable working with an agent Continue Reading
The latest research* suggests that over 1.4 million over-65s will consider downsizing in the next five years with 1 in 10 of these doing so in order to raise funds in retirement – at an average of £62,000. But for many either the finances don’t add up or there are not enough suitable homes available. Continue Reading
It’s official – what we’ve suspected all along – a “traditional” estate agent gets sellers more in their pocket than the internet-only alternative. They also secure more viewings and offers! According to research by The Advisory – an independent consumer advice group – internet-only agents rely too heavily on property portals to find buyers. In Continue Reading