Embarking On The Landlord Journey

  Insights for Aspiring and Seasoned Landlords in Erdington   Property investment has long been a staple in British retirement planning.   The introduction of the buy-to-let mortgage over a quarter-century ago marked a significant turn, presenting opportunities for dual returns: rental income in the short-term and capital growth in the long-term. You can see […]

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52% More Erdington Homes For Sale Than 3 Years Ago

At first glance, that number stands out. More homes. More choice. But that’s only half the story. Although the number of properties for sale locally has increased since 2022, the number of homes selling has also increased.   Nationally, regionally and locally in Erdington, activity is up, prices are fluid, and buyer behaviour is evolving. This isn’t […]

Over 4 in 10 Erdington Homes Fail to Sell

How do you beat those odds? When most people decide to put their Erdington home on the market, they assume one thing. That it will sell. After all, why wouldn’t it? You instruct an estate agent, the board goes up, photos appear on the portals and viewings get booked and offers made. Simples! Except it […]

47 Days to Sell an Erdington Home

If you are an Erdington homeowner or landlord and considering selling your Erdington property soon, you may have wondered how long it will take to find a buyer and sell.   The time it takes to sell a home varies depending on location, property type, price range, bedrooms, and market conditions. For interested Erdington property […]

Erdington Property Market Update

Erdington Property Market:   Which homes are selling the best?   Inflation, interest rates, house prices down, house prices up … the newspapers are full of column inches on Brit’s second favourite topic – the property market (the first being the weather obviously!). Those of you that read my articles on the Erdington property market […]

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52% More Erdington Homes For Sale Than 3 Years Ago

At first glance, that number stands out. More homes. More choice. But that’s only half the story. Although the number of properties for sale locally has increased since 2022, the number of homes selling has also increased.   Nationally, regionally and locally in Erdington, activity is up, prices are fluid, and buyer behaviour is evolving. This isn’t […]

Over 4 in 10 Erdington Homes Fail to Sell

How do you beat those odds? When most people decide to put their Erdington home on the market, they assume one thing. That it will sell. After all, why wouldn’t it? You instruct an estate agent, the board goes up, photos appear on the portals and viewings get booked and offers made. Simples! Except it […]

47 Days to Sell an Erdington Home

If you are an Erdington homeowner or landlord and considering selling your Erdington property soon, you may have wondered how long it will take to find a buyer and sell.   The time it takes to sell a home varies depending on location, property type, price range, bedrooms, and market conditions. For interested Erdington property […]

The Future of Erdington House Prices

In the ever-changing landscape of the Erdington property market, predicting future house price trends can be akin to navigating a labyrinth. The past two years have witnessed unprecedented upheaval, primarily due to fluctuating interest rates that significantly impacted household finances, reminiscent of the challenges not faced since 2008.   The average rates for fixed-rate mortgages […]

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52% More Erdington Homes For Sale Than 3 Years Ago

At first glance, that number stands out. More homes. More choice. But that’s only half the story. Although the number of properties for sale locally has increased since 2022, the number of homes selling has also increased.   Nationally, regionally and locally in Erdington, activity is up, prices are fluid, and buyer behaviour is evolving. This isn’t […]

Over 4 in 10 Erdington Homes Fail to Sell

How do you beat those odds? When most people decide to put their Erdington home on the market, they assume one thing. That it will sell. After all, why wouldn’t it? You instruct an estate agent, the board goes up, photos appear on the portals and viewings get booked and offers made. Simples! Except it […]

47 Days to Sell an Erdington Home

If you are an Erdington homeowner or landlord and considering selling your Erdington property soon, you may have wondered how long it will take to find a buyer and sell.   The time it takes to sell a home varies depending on location, property type, price range, bedrooms, and market conditions. For interested Erdington property […]

The Erdington Property Market

and the importance of realistic pricing (if you want to sell)   The UK’s property market landscape has experienced a significant shift over the last couple of years.   In October 2021, there were 424,809 properties for sale in the UK. That now stands at 664,780, a rise of 56.5%. Looking at the number of […]

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52% More Erdington Homes For Sale Than 3 Years Ago

At first glance, that number stands out. More homes. More choice. But that’s only half the story. Although the number of properties for sale locally has increased since 2022, the number of homes selling has also increased.   Nationally, regionally and locally in Erdington, activity is up, prices are fluid, and buyer behaviour is evolving. This isn’t […]

Over 4 in 10 Erdington Homes Fail to Sell

How do you beat those odds? When most people decide to put their Erdington home on the market, they assume one thing. That it will sell. After all, why wouldn’t it? You instruct an estate agent, the board goes up, photos appear on the portals and viewings get booked and offers made. Simples! Except it […]

47 Days to Sell an Erdington Home

If you are an Erdington homeowner or landlord and considering selling your Erdington property soon, you may have wondered how long it will take to find a buyer and sell.   The time it takes to sell a home varies depending on location, property type, price range, bedrooms, and market conditions. For interested Erdington property […]

Is Buy-to-Let in Erdington Still Worth the Risk?

Is Buy-to-Let in Erdington Still Worth the Risk?   Over the last five years, life has become a little trickier for Erdington landlords, with changes to their taxation status, mortgage interest relief and an additional 3% stamp duty for a buy-to-let property and has made lots of Erdington landlords ask themselves:   ‘Is buy-to-let in Erdington […]

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52% More Erdington Homes For Sale Than 3 Years Ago

At first glance, that number stands out. More homes. More choice. But that’s only half the story. Although the number of properties for sale locally has increased since 2022, the number of homes selling has also increased.   Nationally, regionally and locally in Erdington, activity is up, prices are fluid, and buyer behaviour is evolving. This isn’t […]

Over 4 in 10 Erdington Homes Fail to Sell

How do you beat those odds? When most people decide to put their Erdington home on the market, they assume one thing. That it will sell. After all, why wouldn’t it? You instruct an estate agent, the board goes up, photos appear on the portals and viewings get booked and offers made. Simples! Except it […]

47 Days to Sell an Erdington Home

If you are an Erdington homeowner or landlord and considering selling your Erdington property soon, you may have wondered how long it will take to find a buyer and sell.   The time it takes to sell a home varies depending on location, property type, price range, bedrooms, and market conditions. For interested Erdington property […]

Erdington Baby Boomers and their 2,278 ‘Spare’ Bedrooms

 Erdington Property Market Update: February 2023   With the Bank of England raising interest rates and inflation high, what is happening in the Erdington property market?   Are properties selling in Erdington? And if so, what is selling?   What will happen to the value of your Erdington home?   Read the article to find [...]

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52% More Erdington Homes For Sale Than 3 Years Ago

At first glance, that number stands out. More homes. More choice. But that’s only half the story. Although the number of properties for sale locally has increased since 2022, the number of homes selling has also increased.   Nationally, regionally and locally in Erdington, activity is up, prices are fluid, and buyer behaviour is evolving. This isn’t […]

Over 4 in 10 Erdington Homes Fail to Sell

How do you beat those odds? When most people decide to put their Erdington home on the market, they assume one thing. That it will sell. After all, why wouldn’t it? You instruct an estate agent, the board goes up, photos appear on the portals and viewings get booked and offers made. Simples! Except it […]

47 Days to Sell an Erdington Home

If you are an Erdington homeowner or landlord and considering selling your Erdington property soon, you may have wondered how long it will take to find a buyer and sell.   The time it takes to sell a home varies depending on location, property type, price range, bedrooms, and market conditions. For interested Erdington property […]

Erdington Baby Boomers and their 2,278 ‘Spare’ Bedrooms

An additional 2,226 spare bedrooms have been locked out of the Birmingham Council area housing market since 2011 as Britain’s ageing population means the country’s stock of homes is being used more unproductively.   The number of spare bedrooms in Birmingham between 2011 and 2021 increased from 359,196 to 361,422.   The number of Birmingham households living [...]

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52% More Erdington Homes For Sale Than 3 Years Ago

At first glance, that number stands out. More homes. More choice. But that’s only half the story. Although the number of properties for sale locally has increased since 2022, the number of homes selling has also increased.   Nationally, regionally and locally in Erdington, activity is up, prices are fluid, and buyer behaviour is evolving. This isn’t […]

Over 4 in 10 Erdington Homes Fail to Sell

How do you beat those odds? When most people decide to put their Erdington home on the market, they assume one thing. That it will sell. After all, why wouldn’t it? You instruct an estate agent, the board goes up, photos appear on the portals and viewings get booked and offers made. Simples! Except it […]

47 Days to Sell an Erdington Home

If you are an Erdington homeowner or landlord and considering selling your Erdington property soon, you may have wondered how long it will take to find a buyer and sell.   The time it takes to sell a home varies depending on location, property type, price range, bedrooms, and market conditions. For interested Erdington property […]

What Will Happen to the Erdington Property Market in 2023?

In her first conference speech as the Tory's new leader in 1975, the grocer’s daughter from Grantham, Margaret Thatcher, asserted her conviction in a ‘property-owning democracy’.     Although Thatcher didn't conceive the saying – (that credit belonged to Conservative MP Noel Skelton in 1923), it encapsulated what she thought Britain should be.     [...]

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52% More Erdington Homes For Sale Than 3 Years Ago

At first glance, that number stands out. More homes. More choice. But that’s only half the story. Although the number of properties for sale locally has increased since 2022, the number of homes selling has also increased.   Nationally, regionally and locally in Erdington, activity is up, prices are fluid, and buyer behaviour is evolving. This isn’t […]

Over 4 in 10 Erdington Homes Fail to Sell

How do you beat those odds? When most people decide to put their Erdington home on the market, they assume one thing. That it will sell. After all, why wouldn’t it? You instruct an estate agent, the board goes up, photos appear on the portals and viewings get booked and offers made. Simples! Except it […]

47 Days to Sell an Erdington Home

If you are an Erdington homeowner or landlord and considering selling your Erdington property soon, you may have wondered how long it will take to find a buyer and sell.   The time it takes to sell a home varies depending on location, property type, price range, bedrooms, and market conditions. For interested Erdington property […]

What Will Happen to the Erdington Property Market in 2023?

The Erdington housing market over the last three months is now becoming more ‘normal’ after the last couple of years of insane demand when the lockdowns started a race for space!     Even with the blackening economic doom-mongers forecasting a harsh slowdown in the British property market, the number of people buying and selling [...]

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52% More Erdington Homes For Sale Than 3 Years Ago

At first glance, that number stands out. More homes. More choice. But that’s only half the story. Although the number of properties for sale locally has increased since 2022, the number of homes selling has also increased.   Nationally, regionally and locally in Erdington, activity is up, prices are fluid, and buyer behaviour is evolving. This isn’t […]

Over 4 in 10 Erdington Homes Fail to Sell

How do you beat those odds? When most people decide to put their Erdington home on the market, they assume one thing. That it will sell. After all, why wouldn’t it? You instruct an estate agent, the board goes up, photos appear on the portals and viewings get booked and offers made. Simples! Except it […]

47 Days to Sell an Erdington Home

If you are an Erdington homeowner or landlord and considering selling your Erdington property soon, you may have wondered how long it will take to find a buyer and sell.   The time it takes to sell a home varies depending on location, property type, price range, bedrooms, and market conditions. For interested Erdington property […]

What Will Happen to the Erdington Property Market in 2023?

The autumn of 2022 saw economic and political instability with the resignation of Boris Johnson as Prime Minister and the ill-fated Liz Truss 44-day premiership. Now as we go into 2023, the economic and political turmoil has subdued, offering a greater feeling of stability in money markets.     So on the back of that, [...]

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52% More Erdington Homes For Sale Than 3 Years Ago

At first glance, that number stands out. More homes. More choice. But that’s only half the story. Although the number of properties for sale locally has increased since 2022, the number of homes selling has also increased.   Nationally, regionally and locally in Erdington, activity is up, prices are fluid, and buyer behaviour is evolving. This isn’t […]

Over 4 in 10 Erdington Homes Fail to Sell

How do you beat those odds? When most people decide to put their Erdington home on the market, they assume one thing. That it will sell. After all, why wouldn’t it? You instruct an estate agent, the board goes up, photos appear on the portals and viewings get booked and offers made. Simples! Except it […]

47 Days to Sell an Erdington Home

If you are an Erdington homeowner or landlord and considering selling your Erdington property soon, you may have wondered how long it will take to find a buyer and sell.   The time it takes to sell a home varies depending on location, property type, price range, bedrooms, and market conditions. For interested Erdington property […]