Home Buyers Survey

Home Buyers’ reports provide comprehensive and informative surveys into the condition, of both the interior and exterior, of the building. The report is 50+ pages long and looks at all building components, giving each a value according to its condition. The report also contains photographs. From just £350 +VAT it Read more…

Property Price Increases

UK house prices are rising at their fastest rate since 2007, according to Halifax, with the typical property notching up its biggest annual cash gain in the nearly 40 years since the lender’s index began. Two years on from the start of the coronavirus pandemic, commentators say the housing market Read more…

Election Looms

So we have a general election coming – what will this do the  value/price of property? Well uncertainty is never good for property prices and whilst the polls are saying a Tory victory until that is proven expect a little turbulence in the market. but what if they don’t win? Read more…

Homebuyers Survey

You can have an Home Buyers survey with our without Valuation. As you may already be paying for a valuation with your lender which approves the value of the house for lending purposes you may wish to save a little and just opt for a Homebuyers survey without the valuation Read more…

Where can you get a Home Buyers Survey?

If you are in one of these counties then we can help. Just complete the FREE Quotation Form at the bottom to find out straight away how much a survey will cost for the type of survey you require . Avon,Bedfordshire,Berkshire,City of Bristol,Buckinghamshire,Cambridgeshire,Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely,Cheshire,Cleveland,Cornwall,Cumberland,Cumbria,Derbyshire,Devon,Dorset,Durham,East Suffolk,East Sussex,Essex,Gloucestershire,Greater London,Greater Read more…

Which five London boroughs are actually in demand for homebuyers?

London_demand-largBefore the referendum, many pointed to London as the property market that would be hit hardest by leaving the EU. Its luxury market had been weakening, a victim of stamp duty hikes for both high-value properties and investors. That has been compounded by political and economic uncertainty, and the threat of City jobs being moved abroad.

Overall, price growth in London has stagnated in the past three months, according to Halifax. Any price growth has been felt largely in the outer boroughs of London and in the commuter belt, as those seeking more room for a growing family have taken advantage of huge price growth in central London, and have injected that equity into those areas within commuting distance of the capital.

The influential residential survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors reported that its members think there will be price falls across the country in the next three months. It says that London will continue to see price falls over the next 12 months. They also say that new buyer inquiries have been at the lowest level since mid-2008.

“People tend to revert to quality and more stable locations in unstable times. In London that means west and south west along the river, the traditional preferred locations,” says Adam Challis of JLL. In post-Brexit London, the market will be driven by buyers who need to move to upsize for a growing family.

“In this market, people will take comfort from areas which have had pretty robust [price rises] in the past,” says Lucian Cook of Savills. (more…)