Did you know 1,653 Stratford-upon-Avon homeowners are considering selling their Stratford-upon-Avon home between now and the summer of 2023? Reports in the press suggest 1 in 5 homeowners are considering moving home in the next 18 months. This will change the dynamics of selling your home in Stratford-upon-Avon, meaning there are certain matters that you, […]

The Housing Minister, Chris Pincher, has suggested older homeowners are “rattling around” in their homes as they are too big for them. He implied they are selfish and should sell up and move to a retirement home when he spoke to a committee in the House of Lords. He stated that many British homes are […]

House prices tend to rise with inflation, so with the UK annual inflation hitting 4.2% last week, that’s good news, isn’t it? Yes and no – let me explain what it means for Stratford-upon-Avon homeowners. The year-on-year cost of living rose by 4.2% in October, its highest rate in almost a decade. The jump in […]

We’re simply the best, better than all the rest. Ok, if you’re being picky we are better than 97% of Estate Agents in the country. Edwards receives national recognition at the EA Masters 2022 We have attained the highest standards necessary to be awarded with the property industry’s most prestigious mark of excellence. On Wednesday 3rd October, […]

In recent articles on the Stratford-upon-Avon property market, I have been talking a lot about house prices over the last 12 months and 5 years in Stratford-upon-Avon. When it comes to newspapers talking about the property market, the headline most people look at is what is happening to house prices. However, as 2 in 3 […]

With grocery, energy and other household prices/costs rising and hitting everyone’s back pocket, inflation (rising prices) may feel like an unimportant issue when it comes to the cost of keeping a roof over your head.    Yet nothing could be further from the truth for many Stratford-upon-Avon homeowners and Stratford-upon-Avon landlords.   Because inflation over the long-term is bad for the economy, the normal weapon […]

The stamp duty tax holiday is over, furlough finished at the end of September, unemployment is due to rise and inflation is rife … is this the end of the post lockdown Stratford-upon-Avon property boom?  Surely, we are heading for house price correction? Forecasting what will happen in the Stratford-upon-Avon property market this Autumn may […]

As they struggle to meet demand, Argos have had to increase the wages of their HGV drivers from £11.41 an hour to £15 an hour – a rise of 31.2% meaning their pay goes from £27k to £35k. Care home providers are offering signing-on bonuses of many thousands of pounds to entice nursing staff away […]

Hook landlords are becoming progressively more self-assured about expanding their rental portfolios; as Hook rents rise, mortgage interest rates fall and demand for decent Hook rental properties outstrips supply. A number of reports nationally would suggest around a third of UK ‘portfolio’ landlords (i.e. landlords with more than one rental property) are actively looking to […]

A recent report by Legal & General stated that, since the pandemic, many older homeowners had put their plans to move home ‘on ice’. It said that fewer OAP homeowners are planning to downsize from their large family homes after the pandemic made them realise the actual value of their local community and space. Historically, […]