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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

For many years, one of the big attractions of Buy to Let for landlords has been the ability to offset 100% of the mortgage interest paid against rental income – reducing the taxable profit