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It is one of the most unusual property phenomena but the Boxing Day bounce is real and potential sellers can prepare for it now.

Are you a Peterborough homeowner or landlord? Are you thinking of selling your home or property in early 2025?

Then, in this article, let me show you how long it will take, on average, to find a buyer for your Peterborough home and how long solicitors will take to get you moved.

Recent figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) reveal that across the UK, 486,795 households are occupied by individuals aged 65 and over who live in private rental sector homes. This accounts for 6.71% of all older adults (OAPs) now renting privately.

The number of agreed UK property sales until Saturday, 22^nd November 2024, is 18% higher than a year ago.

With stamp duty rates changing for many buyers from 1st April 2025, many movers are stepping up their search for a property at a traditionally quiet time in the market. This sentiment was reflected in Rightmove’s November House Price Index. The portal said the number of sales being agreed is 26% higher now, when compared to the same period in 2023.

November is when winter really arrived. Dark mornings, dark nights, a touch of frost, even a layer of snow. It is also the month many of us will have fired up the central heating for the first time this season.

Data held by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government estimates there are almost 5 million leasehold homes in England alone. As a result, many people buy, and subsequently sell, a leasehold property.  

Did you know 21% of private renters were asked to provide a guarantor when they applied to rent their current property? This finding was part of the latest English Housing Survey, which revealed almost 1 million tenants needed a backup financial plan.

Future legislation and the recent Budget have stirred considerable anxiety among landlords. The Chancellor's decision to increase the additional Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) from 3% to 5% for landlords purchasing additional properties initially suggested a grim outlook for the buy-to-let sector.

The first Labour Budget for 14 years was a hotly anticipated political event, with rumours swirling in the build-up. Now, with Rachel Reeves safely back in No. 11, we can start digesting the contents. Here is what’s relevant to home movers.

The Guardian recently ran an article celebrating the ensuite bathroom. It highlighted the changing requirements of home movers who are, as a minimum, increasingly requesting an ensuite to at least one bedroom.

Many things have changed since the Covid pandemic but no one would have predicted how two new habits with no direct links to the medical world would radically shift our perspective, perhaps forever. Even more surprisingly, both habits have a direct link to property sales.