Statistics Say – Housing Price Sees Steady Growth

Statistics Say – Housing Price Sees Steady Growth

Maybe it’s my old life in the corporate world that means I’m often drawn to statistics and what they tell us but the Office for National Statistics do produce some interesting data. Whilst I appreciate that it is only a snapshot of this calendar year so...
May to Unveil Plans to Build More Council Houses

May to Unveil Plans to Build More Council Houses

Broadly speaking post war Britain has been the bastion of home ownership and our expectation and focus of home ownership has driven the Englishman’s home is his castle ethos and of course separated us from most of our European neighbours where renting is the...
Bank of England: Rate Rises will be Gradual & Limited

Bank of England: Rate Rises will be Gradual & Limited

  Mark Carney’s comments won’t come as a surprise to most people and certainly we did forecast a marginal interest rate in previous blogs for later in 2017. Whilst we are not correct yet, it is looking likely. This kind of comment is relatively...
Property Doom? Correction or Crash or Neither?

Property Doom? Correction or Crash or Neither?

Two weeks ago a friend and colleague who is an experienced property professional was expressing his concern about the stability of the property market and how a ‘crash’ was coming. The gentleman in question reads endless articles and forecasts. I was...
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