Our team at Clarkes Estates love keeping-up with the property industry news, but we also love telling our customers! Explore the recent estate agency news below.
A recent poll by the retirement housebuilder McCarthy & Stone shows the continuing popularity of the bungalow – according to surveys, they are the most desirable type of property across all age groups. Indeed,
The latest house price index from Halifax shows that UK house prices picked up last month, rising at the fastest annual pace since November. This rise comes despite the much hyped ‘Brexit’ effect and
Mark Carney was appointed Governor of the Bank of England in 2013 – when bank base rate stood at 0.5%. So today’s 0.25% rise has been a long time in the making – especially
Although 9 out of 10 borrowers go for a fixed rate mortgage, most don’t fix for too long. This can be because they are worried about early repayment charges or don’t plan to stay
Mr & Mrs ‘Buyer’ are searching for a new home…will they find your home?
Today’s budget had a lot to say about housing supply, housebuilding, planning reform and help for first time buyers. Quite how the amounts of money pledged and the new more ambitious targets for new
Rates Rise – but don’t panic. At midday today, as widely predicted, the Bank of England announced an increase in the base rate from 0.25% to 0.5%. The base rate had never been lower
“Virtual Reality” it sounds like science fiction, but it is here right now, and when it comes to property marketing, it promises to be simply huge. VR as it is known, allows the user to
It is a fact that to value a property with accuracy takes experience, expertise, local knowledge, comparable evidence and a physical visit to the property itself. However, sometimes it is very handy to be
First things first – not every large garden or side garden will have development potential. There are a whole host of things that affect planning consent and it’s important to take professional advice right
The Nationwide House Price Index started off the latest ‘house prices are falling’ debate, and gave the ‘experts’ the green light to pile in with their views. Those expert views included a ‘Brexit’ inspired drop in
So, we have another General Election on it’s way in around 7 weeks time, three years earlier than expected. It is an old adage in the financial world that markets don’t like uncertainty, but what effect
