Category Archives: Estate Agents / Landlords
Alison Platt, chief executive of estate agency network Countrywide, said past trends have shown a clear correlation between general elections and levels of sales in the property market. She said: “Analysis of sales transactions over the course of the last nine general elections indicates there will be a dip in activity pre-election, but post-election there […]
Theresa May shocked everyone by announcing a General Election for the 8th June. As we come to terms with this shock announcement buyers and sellers are deliberating their position in all this. They must question how this ‘snap’ election will affect the present property market ?
Making a lasting impression But what about making a good lasting impression? When targets are high and competition is rife, it’s easy to forget that making a good lasting impression is just as important. Remember letting agents see and talk to thousands of tenants every year. Aside from your references and the money, you as […]
Mutant rats. Full office today everyone busy hustling with the common purpose of bringing the ‘money’ in. RJ tying up a few tenants and received two holding deposit. HB invoicing for survey reports and i’ve just got another property ‘under offer’. Good start for the week, BS just arranging the keys for a new property […]
Rising rents in the private rental sector combined with cuts to housing benefits have forced councils to incentivise private landlords to get them on board. Cash payments of up to £5000 are being offered to private landlords to accommodate homeless families. Many councils are now advertising cash incentives, here are some that we came across: […]
London borough of Ealing is the latest council to launch the new licensing scheme. From 1st January all landlords who let homes in the borough must now have a licence. This includes all landlords who rent out houses in multiple occupation (HMO).
First appointment Harrow Weald to view a 2-bedroom first floor flat for sale. It’s on the market at £419,950. Had a quick look on Zoopla, suspicions confirmed its seems overpriced for what it is. The back ground is, it’s been on the market for 2 months and hardly any viewings let alone offers. Will discuss […]
Paying a deposit is part of the process of renting a property. It can be anything from £500 to 3 months rent but in most cases it is one months rent. This a sizeable sum for many people who have probably saved up over a period of time or in some cases borrowed off family […]
Colour of her curtains The sun is shining it’s a good start to the day, hopefully the the day follows suit 🙂 Running a bit late but no immediate appointments. It will give me a chance to do some banking and catch up with some paperwork. Reminds me, have to speak to Mrs. T. today, […]
Three properties, three families and minimum deposit Just recently we secured 3 properties on the same road in London NW10 for 3 families. You might be saying there’s nothing unusual about that. But what we did next not just showed our commitment to our clients but our experience in this market. We negotiated with the […]
