Direct, but there is a reason behind us asking someone who rings up requesting to view a property whether they are 'proceedable'. By this, I mean that they either have the money to purchase the said property, or can get the money via a mortgage, a house sale or winning the lottery but not from the money fairy who lives with the mortgage gnome under the toadstool at the bottom of the garden. As an estate...
July 2013
So penned Charles Dudley Warner, best friend and fellow essayist of Samuel Langhorne Clemens (and his pen name was? Again, answers on a postcard to the usual address). Over a century on, the sentiment remains extant, but at the risk of sounding old before my time, I have to admit that in recent months I have begun to wonder what exactly it is that potential first time buyers are looking for in a...
I would like to think that having grown out of short trousers some time ago and having been around the block several times since, that it take alot to make me stand aghast and ask, "Is this for real?" However, last night's BBC One 'Meet the Landlords' did succeed in making me do a double-take and grab the week's TV listings to confirm what it was that I was watching. It featured a restricted view of...
According to figures published this week and several articles in national newspapers this morning, for the first time since the meltdown of 2008 that left the property market (amongst others) in a state of apocalyptic devastation, all regions throughout the country have seen an increase in house prices. The cost of the average home rose by £2000 a month between April and June - up 2.6% - in some areas...
Yet again I feel privileged to know that I move in such exalted circles; surrounded by a cohort of individuals who as well as being experts in their respective fields of brain surgery, investment banking, refuse collection and the intricate workings of the current benefits system are also experts on the nuances of the local property market. One of the continuing points of discussion is the use of a 'For...
