September 2013

It seemed like a good idea…

After the slight calm after the storm of the past few weeks that has raged in the waters of the property market (or at least if certain elements of the media are to be believed) there has been further evidence this week that trying to control the elements is a foolhardy past time.  After the announcement by Ed ("I love my brother-honest") Miliband that on coming into the hot seat at Number 10 he would...

Don’t tar us all with the same brush…

Other clichés are available...but the ones that relate to dodgy estate agents, second hand car dealers and other ne'r-do-wells are starting to resurface as it is reported that estate agency is a boom industry.  Unfortunately for the lady who penned the article published in the Daily Mail on September 2013, such rogues have never actually disappeared, they have just taken a less prominent role in recent...

Carry on as normal…

After the mass hysteria of last week with people running lemming-like to become estate agents/put their homes on the market to make a fortune to allow them to become buy-to-let zillionaires, this week has seen the resumption of normal service.  Just after the Royal Chartered Institute of Surveyors (RICS), forewarned - quite rightly - of the dangers of super house price inflation - the Office for National...

“Double, double, toil and trouble, fire burn and cauldron bubble….”

In the Bard's tale of murder and intrigue in the quest for the Scottish throne, the three witches famous - and invariably misquoted- chant in their own version of 'Ready, Steady, Cook' could be a metaphor for the current state of estate agency in the United Kingdom.   I would not suggest that root of hemlock or gall of goat are ingredients in the property market stew but nearly every other ingredient...

Location, location, location…

An oft heard cry of those in the property world who cannot emphasise enough that the location of your house far outweighs the importance and value of your chosen décor, the disco ball in the master bedroom, or the marble tiling in the bathroom.  I can add further fuel to the fire of cartography with my experiences of the past week.  If you should 'choose' to collapse in a heap on the floor of a country...

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