Buyers
Winter 2017 / 2018 Newsletter
Click Here to read the Winter Newsletter 2017/2018 Dan HopkinsWorking with property professionals for over 20 years providing advice and services to all property investors. www.handmproperties.co.uk
Buyers
Property price predictions
Dataloft expects that UK house prices will rise in 2018 but only by a narrow margin – an average of around 1.8%, ranging from small falls in some markets – notably London, to a 5% uplift in others. An escalation in our forecast rates of growth could be triggered Read more…
Buyers
Property by Square Foot
The map shows an average price per square foot for almost 2,300 postcode districts in England and Wales, based on an analysis of 470,000 sales recorded so far in 2017. It is no surprise to see an enormous pink area covering London, indicating high values per sq ft, but Read more…
Cardiff Property
Family Values
Estimates recently published in the ONS’ survey on ‘Families and Households: 2017’ show that the number of families in the UK have increased by 8.1% over the last ten years to 18,997,000. Married couples and those living in civil partnerships are the most dominant group, with civil partnerships driving the Read more…
Buyers
0.5% Rate Rise
For the first time in more than ten years, the Bank of England have raised interest rates. But, there is no need to panic, the new rate of 0.5% still remains the second lowest rate on record. While a number of banks and building societies have already announced that they Read more…
Locations
Spooky Street Names
With Halloween upon us we reflect on some of the spookier street names across the nation. There is definitely a few street names out there that could make the hair stand up on the back of your neck on a cold and dark night (like Giants Grave Road or Coffin Read more…
Cardiff Property
Autumn 2017 Newsletter
Autumn Newsletter Dan HopkinsWorking with property professionals for over 20 years providing advice and services to all property investors. www.handmproperties.co.uk
Buyers
Property Mapping By £ Per Square Metre
The ONS has just released average house price data per square metre for properties across England & Wales. While possibly less familiar to buyers outside of London, the measure is now becoming more widespread, even if the factors for choosing a home; number of bedrooms, location, condition etc will always Read more…
Buyers
How do schools affect house prices?
As the new school year gets underway, we revisit the well-oiled notion that schools are an instrumental driver of local house prices. How much more are home buyers prepared to pay to live close to an Ofsted rated outstanding school? Properties located within one mile of an outstanding secondary school Read more…
Landlords
View of the Lettings Market
Close to one fifth of all households in England and 14% of households in Scotland and Wales live in private rented accommodation. Using results from the monthly Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors survey of agents, we take a look at how agents view the current state of the rental market. Read more…