Picking the cherry

A recent Hometrack survey shows that 373,000 property transactions have been stalled as a consequence of the current lockdown, worth about £82bn

Sow & Reap

Interesting times.  Currently, we are being fed information regarding something we cannot see or have a grip off.  Therefore, we are lapping up all we are fed.  Even the official narrative does not make sense, even within its own narrative.

The recent rate rise, from 3.5% to 4%, has prompted many to now opt for a longer term fixed rate.  My perception is that this was never a temporary blip, the economy simply settling down; I think rates will rise and continue to rise, therefore...

As time has gone on there has been an agenda to wipe out cash from the system; this has been so it, and we, can be controlled. As a consequence of this so much is now transacted online and cybercrime is rapidly on the rise. Online no cars, arms,...

There’s a very interesting property which has come across our radar; interesting not from the view of architecture or aesthetics, but from a profit angle.   It seems to tick all the boxes, almost in a formulaic manner.  It generates income whilst...

Property prices are still very buoyant.  Auctions in general are achieving well above guide prices.  The interest rates have recently dipped slightly, a five year fixed can be obtained for just under 5%.  This is actually a reasonable rate. ...

There was a lot in a recent auction guided for about £350K, in North West London. From previous experience, when a property in a highly concentrated Indian location comes up, with a dangling carrot of a low guide price and it too at beginning...

I went to see a building in a gentrified area of North London.  An often heard story, the sellers are owner occupiers who have been based in the same location for the last 40 years; and now they wish to sell and move to the countryside and enjoy...

I went to see a property last week, in a prime part of East London.  It consists of a shop and uppers.  The beauty of this property is it is generating income from both the commercial and the residential.  The commercial tenant has only a couple...

We currently have a client whose project has planning for three flats on the ground floor of a two storey building; this was obtained using the permitted development rules.  Work has not started as there is a bigger agenda to this development. ...



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