NEWS & INSIGHTS: ARCHIVE
June 16, 2020
The Curate’s Egg
The property market has had something of a torrid time of it recently; over the last ten years we have had referenda on proportional representation, Scottish devolution and membership of the European Union, we’ve also had four general elections, t… Read more
Are you hiring a ‘search’ agent or a ‘buying’ agent? Be sure you know the difference.
When selecting a buying agent, it’s important to check if they really are a ‘buying’ agent, as there is a big difference between ‘search’ and ‘buying’ in an agent’s description. I’m not being pedantic. It’s not just semantics eit… Read more
February 28, 2020
What a difference a day makes
Simone Signoret, the great French actress once said “Nostalgia is just not what it used to be” and it’s all too easy to get into the mindset that things today are not as good as they once were. When I sit down to write our market comments, I t… Read more
What’s involved in finding an ‘off-market’ property to buy? (updated Spring 2020)
I have bought around 400 properties for clients over the last 34 years, and in most cases the buyer just wouldn’t have found the house on their own. Many people ask me, how do you find owners that want to sell their properties privately? This is w… Read more