Are you one of those people who think ‘it could only happen to me’?

From Friday 24th July the government have made face coverings mandatory in shops and supermarkets. The aim is to give people more confidence to shop safely and enhance protection for those who work in shops.

This week’s announcement by the Government to temporarily reduce Stamp Duty Land Tax for residential properties purchased between the 8th July and 31st March, 2021 should be welcomed with open arms.

Lots of peoples’ values will have changed due to Coronavirus.  What was important to you before, may not be so important to you now, and other things will have greater value.

If you have had your house on the market for some time without success, dropping your asking price may seem an inevitable, if unwanted, next step. Your estate agent will often suggest this move if they have run out of ideas, motivation and most importantly, confidence in your asking price. But is dropping your asking price really the answer to selling your home more effectively?

So you’ve boxed up a whole load of clutter, you’ve fixed that annoying dripping tap and buffed and polished your home. Well done! Now comes what for some sellers feels like a really challenging task: choosing your estate agent.

So you’re thinking about moving home. How exciting! Perhaps you’re planning a move to a larger house that fits your family better, or maybe now your children have flown the nest, and it’s time to move into a more appropriate-sized home. Or it could be a job move that’s prompting you to take the plunge.

Are you buying or selling a home right now? Or planning to? Feeling concerned and anxious about what’s going to happen with the housing market over the coming months?

You wouldn’t set off on a road trip without a map. So why start the next stage of your life’s journey without the homebuyer’s equivalent?

After a winter of short, dark days sitting on the sofa working their way through the bottomless tub of Christmas ‘Celebrations’, home-hunters are hungry for a change.

That’s all the time you have in which to make a good first impression. During that brief timeframe, we create an indelible impression of ourselves.

Christmas is coming, the geese are getting fat…you won’t sell your house while it looks like that!