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The keys to selling any property are price, location and exposure.  You can’t change the location of your property and the market ultimately determines the price.  However, your Agent can make significant inroads into how [...]

This November has seen both an increase in interest rates and the abolition of SDLT (Stamp Duty) for first time buyers up to £300,000. Certainly the nominal 0.25% interest rate increase is unlikely to cause [...]

Letting Agents love the challenge of helping you find your ideal home.  Sometimes, however, it can be more of a challenge than need be.  So, if you are looking to rent a property, here are [...]

In today’s fast paced world, buyers use their PCs, iPads, tablets and mobiles to search the internet for their new home. The days of buyers walking in to an Estate Agents to start their property [...]

One of the worries that many landlords understandably experience is the possibility that a month or more will pass between lets when their investment property remains unoccupied. This can be a serious problem that can [...]

Our last article considered some of the dangers associated with pricing your home in relation to other properties available for sale (i.e. those remaining unsold). This time we’ll consider pricing in relation to properties which [...]

Yesterday’s Budget gave First Time Buyers a boost with the announcement that, with immediate effect, the first £300,000 of any property purchases up to £500,000, for first time buyers only, will be exempt from Stamp [...]

We’ve been saying this for a while now.... there is a very different vibe to the property market in the past few months, the market has rapidly changed from being a sellers’ market to what [...]

The term “fair wear and tear” appears on most tenancy agreements, but what is fair to a landlord may not necessarily appear fair to a tenant and vice versa. In general terms, it is usually [...]

This week, as widely expected, The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee raised the base rate by 0.25% to 0.50% - the first increase in over a decade, in an attempt to bring inflation back [...]

When considering the value of a property prior to putting it on the market, many vendors understandably look at the asking price of other properties currently on the market locally and draw pricing conclusions based [...]

When letting your property, your primary objective is simple – you want to find a reliable tenant who pays the rent regularly and looks after your property as you would yourself. The reality though is [...]

As a buyer you are in a powerful position, both in terms of the effect your buying decision will have on your own life, and on that of the person from whom you buy. If [...]

Some landlords, especially those who are new to the experience, understandably wish to use a letting agent simply as a route to find a suitable tenant. However, whilst a return on investment is one thing, [...]

There are many styles of estate agency operating across the Billericay and Brentwood areas, and picking the right one to sell your property can be daunting. Different agencies provide a variety of services, yet some [...]