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HOUSE PRICES: UK property price update – by region
According to the latest property price data, transactions are on the rise while average prices are slightly down. Kate Faulkner reports.
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HOUSE PRICES UPDATE: the forecast is bright
News from property price indices is positive, writes Kate Faulkner, and indicates we are as 'near' to normal as we have been in years.
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The Ombudsman Files – Misinformation in property survey leads to buyer dispute
The Property Ombudsman investigates a claim brought by a buyer who found that the windows were single-glazed despite the property survey stating otherwise.
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DIGITAL MARKETING: Essential components of a lead-generating property website
A function of your property website is to generate and convert leads, but there’s more to it than meets the eye, says marketing expert, Nelly Berova.
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How the Government’s tax grab is causing ordinary people to flee the UK
Business consultant Adam Walker demonstrates how successful property professionals are being penalised financially, to the point that they are leaving the UK market.
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The Ombudsman Files – missing EPC causes auction dispute
When an auctioneer failed to arrange an EPC for a property sold at auction, the buyer reached out to The Property Ombudsman to investigate.
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Top eight SEO ranking factors for estate agent websites
If you’re wondering how the Google algorithm chooses which estate agent websites to rank highly in the search results, Nelly Berova looks at the top 8 factors for ranking.
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HOUSING MARKET ANALYSIS: what’s behind supply and demand statistics
Property sales supply and demand appears to be less reactionary to market trends and headlines, reports Kate Faulkner.
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TOWN AND CITY TRACKER: Belfast boasts biggest house price rise
Kate Faulkner analyses the latest regional house price data, which shows prices rising year-on-year at roughly the pace of inflation.
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ANALYSIS: Property market potential locked by inflation
This month’s economic and property market data offers a broadly positive outlook across much of the UK – though there’s still room for improvement, and some of that may arrive as early as 7th August if the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee decides to cut the Bank Base Rate to 4%. A key obstacle to unlocking the full potential of the property market remains inflation, which continues to prove stubborn. Currently sitting at 3.4% – well above the Bank of England’s 2% target – inflation remains “sticky,” making further rate cuts in the near term less likely unless we see clearer signs of it easing. However, Capital Economics, one of the best inflation and interest rate forecasters, in my opinion, are more buoyant lower interest rates are on their way due to the government’s increase in employers’ costs: “The falls in employment triggered by the Chancellor’s rises in National Insurance Contributions for employers and the minimum wage have increased our confidence that it is only a matter of time before wage growth and CPI inflation slow to rates consistent with the 2.0% inflation target. As a result, we think the Bank of England will cut interest rates from 4.25%…
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