West Berkshire & North Hampshire
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New Government – Same Housing Problems
It’s been a nervous few weeks and nation held its breath, not knowing which way the general election was going to go and indeed how the nation was going to the governed after it! Everyone’s expectation was that there would be some sort of coalition or less formal agreement between parties that would allow for [...]
Let Your Kitchen Sell Your Home
Let Your Kitchen Sell Your Home
When staging your home to sell set aside the bulk of your budget for a kitchen makeover – this is where you’ll get the best return on your money.
25 March, 2015 – …
A new look housing Market
A new look housing Market
In 1918, 77% of households in England and Wales rented their homes. Home ownership then reached a peak of 70% in 2001 before starting a steady decline to 63% in 2014. This do …
protect, protect, protect with STV Security
protect, protect, protect
When it comes to thwarting those who would steal from your home or business it is vital they see your property as a tough proposition and STV Security know better than most h …
How to choose an estate agent
How to choose an estate agent
The housing market is on the move, albeit slowly, which may prompt you to make a move yourself! It might be a while since you were last in the business of buying or selli …
Owning a beautiful listed building
Owning a beautiful listed building – is the chocolate box cottage dream a privilege or a responsibility?
Have you ever driven past a chocolate box cottage or a sprawling historic house and dreamt ab …
Selling your home?
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Let it Snow – Stay Warm & Cozy Inside
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Newbury Property Focus
Most of the talk this month is about the levelling off that started six months ago with the introduction of tighter mortgage lending.
The prevailing sentiment now has shifted away from quick gains tow …
Wood burning stoves offer fuel for thought
As the cold weather sets in it’s not just the chill in the air that threatens to bite, but also the effect of those ever-rising utility bills on our purse strings. With utility companies continually …
The Listed Property Show
The Listed Property Show returns to Olympia London in February 2015 and visits Harrogate in March 2015!
Olympia London 14th – 15th February 2015
HIC Harrogate – 7th & 8th March 2015
The Liste …
Save the Date!
The Listed Property Show returns to Olympia London in February 2015
and visits Harrogate in March 2015!
Olympia London 14th – 15th February 2015
HIC Harrogate – 7th & 8th March 2015
The Liste …
Home-Start Holds Volunteer Drive at Sainsbury’s Newbury
Representatives from Home-Start West Berkshire spent a day in Sainsbury’s Newbury on Friday, last week, in a quest to find new volunteers.
The local charity has been operating within West Berkshir …
Property Owners’ Club take to Westminster
The Listed Property Owners’ Club (LPOC) has enlisted specialist PR firm, Maitland, who have designed a strategy to draw attention to the issues surrounding listed property ownership.
Following years …
Need a Room – Roomsource
Back in 2012, I decided after spending 3 months trying to find a lodger for my spare room Monday to Thursday and paying £60 for the ‘privilege,’ to set up RoomSource for the United Kingdom.
RoomS …
A Period of Calm ahead?
Nationwide chief economist Robert Gardner is quoted as saying there are “tentative signs that activity in the housing market may be starting to moderate with the number of mortgage approvals in …
Property is back, but for how Long?
From boom to bust in the blink of an eye
Not so long ago the property market was spiralling downwards and negative equity was a worry for millions. Now, all of a sudden, the market has recovered, infl …
How small can they go?
Did anyone notice that homes are getting smaller?
That’s one way of hiding property inflation. If you pay the same for half the space that’s hidden inflation and there is a lot of it around. Av …
Property Inflation – an end in sight?
House prices are out of reach for many in the UK. But how high can they actually go? Can they really keep on rising and what are the limiting factors?
Our next Buzz article will try to answer this cha …