Tuesday 18th March was officially the first day of Spring but here in Harrogate our amazing crocuses are already in full bloom having survived the snow, ice and torrential rain of recent weeks. Some parts of the Stray may look half drowned but nothing has dampened the surge in activity in the local property market… Read more »
It is with some apprehension that I will now do my best now to throw some light on the tricky topic of planning permissions. Truly we are embarking together along a path where angels fear to tread – but here goes. Provided you don’t want to extend your property by more than three metres beyond… Read more »
These are some of my reflections on renting as I gaze from my study window at the top of the house across the sweeping grasslands and woods of ‘Gods own Country’. Renting was rather unfashionable back in the 60’s & 70’s and youngsters either lived in a Rigsby ‘Rising Damp’ style bedsit with woodchip wallpaper… Read more »
I had to chip ice from my car windscreen this week before driving into the office. Winter has arrived and it’s the season of roadworks around the town. In reflective mood, I got to thinking ‘where does the property market overall stand today as we head towards Christmas?’. Well the national papers are still happily… Read more »
The next few years may well see some significant changes in the Harrogate property landscape. Our belief is that rents in the towns private rental sector will increase at a faster rate than property prices rise. Let’s explain why we’ve have come to this conclusion. Put quite simply we’re talking about the laws of supply… Read more »
Yesterday was the day, National Offer Day, for those of you with children heading off to secondary school in September, it was no doubt one of the biggest days so far in your child’s development and academic career. With that in mind we truly hope you all got the results you wanted and are very… Read more »
If you’re an avid reader of our local paper The Harrogate Advertiser you may have read this article about the remarkably low number of people who have managed to fully utilise the Help To Buy Just 16 first-time buyers across the district have used the Government’s Help to Buy Equity loan scheme due to a lack… Read more »
RICS (The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors) is warning of an acute shortage of supply, as Britain’s ageing population of home owners move less frequently and focus instead on helping their children onto the housing ladder. They suggest that house prices in the UK could rise by 25 % over the next five years, given… Read more »
There’s a lot of talk in the media these days, about the perceived savings that can be made by using an ‘Online Estate Agent’ to sell your home, rather than one on the high street. We had the idea (in the pursuit of fairness, of course!) to investigate the situation in our home town of… Read more »
In July 2008, Rightmove estimated the rate of descent UK property prices on an annualised basis at 11%, as desperate home owners slashed prices only to receive a stony silence from potential house buyers. The situation here in Harrogate was nowhere near as bad, but throughout Yorkshire Estate Agents were closing down. It was into… Read more »
