Doom and gloom in the British property market or clickbait doom-mongers? Newspapers and clickbait 24-7 news websites, desperate for clicks, are peddling a story of a doomsday time for the economy, particularly the property market, as interest rates and inflation create the perfect storm for the UK property market. So, let us look at what […]

Stratford-upon-Avon OAP retirees have to make tough choices with the onset of the cost-of-living crisis. Growing inflation, unpredictable financial markets and the high cost of living mean many former retired Stratford-upon-Avon people are returning to work in what has been dubbed the ‘great unretirement’. Some are even bringing forward their downsizing house move. Looking at […]

With the cost-of-living crisis beginning to hit, the 20 and 30-somethings of Stratford-upon-Avon urgently need the help and support of the Government to help them get on the property ladder. For the last few weeks, we have listened to the debates and hustings of Liz and Rishi. Between them, they have told us how they […]

The predicament of the Stratford-upon-Avon 20 to 30 year olds who rent and their inability to get onto the housing ladder is often discussed in the press. There are 4.43m properties in the UK that are still in the private rented sector (compared to 2.13m in 2002). This group of people in their 20s and […]

The total value of homes owned by Baby Boomers in Stratford-upon-Avon alone is £1,962,933,291 – and two-thirds of the Stratford-upon-Avon Millennials are set to inherit all that in the next few decades! Could this be the answer to the housing crisis? Could Stratford-upon-Avon Millennials live it up for the next few decades, safe in the […]

Even though the average value of a Stratford-upon-Avon first-time buyer property has risen by 316.8% since 1989 to £320,310, the monthly payments Stratford-upon-Avon first-time buyers must make on their mortgages as a proportion of their take-home pay is 40.7% less today compared to 1989. Today, according to the Nationwide Building Society… the average Stratford-upon-Avon first-time […]

166 of the 539 properties on the market in the Stratford-upon-Avon area have had a price reduction in the last 3 months. The average reduction has been 5.6% of the original asking price. This is great news for Stratford-upon-Avon home buyers and Stratford-upon-Avon buy-to-let landlords, strangely Stratford-upon-Avon house sellers as well. The last couple of […]

Should you buy now or wait for the bargains? Many commentators believe we have seen the peak of the Stratford-upon-Avon property market. So, should savvy bargain hunters wait for Stratford-upon-Avon house prices to fall? Or could postponing your house buying for any anticipated Stratford-upon-Avon house price drop be a costly mistake? Over the last two […]

According to some newspapers and pundits, the property market boom could soon be over with the increasing interest rates and inflation. In this article, I share the 3 fundamental economic reasons why things are different to the last property market crash. The insider’s way to find out if there will be a property crash. … […]

Stratford-upon-Avon needs 114 additional private rented properties per year to keep up with current and future demand from tenants. Yet over the last 5 years, Stratford-upon-Avon has lost 157 private rented homes. What are the 5 reasons the supply of private rental properties in Stratford-upon-Avon are falling? What does this mean for tenants and landlords […]