We have confidence in the housing market in the local area. There has been a cooling of property valuations within the last 18 months. As a result, we are not seeing as many sales agreed over the asking price as we would have previously done in the early parts of 2023 and the latter stages of...

Over my last 32 years in Estate Agency there have been substantial changes within the industry, some in my opinion for the better and some for the worse. Digital marketing, the launch of Rightmove and other portals, and CRM systems, to name but a few. I feel, certainly from our point of view,...

SHIRLEY OFFICE 2023 After a year filled with negative media speculation, high interest rates, the energy crisis, and a higher cost of living, we could not have predicted that we would be up on residential sales. In the last quarter, we saw an increase of 35 sales when compared to the same time...

Whilst viewing numbers were down compared to last year activity sales and instructions remain at good levels. We are currently eight sales up on the same time last year and forty two instructions up. To put this into perspective on average we agree eighteen sales per week so given what the media...

We are surprised with the level of the activity within the local market given the current negative press, however we are not suggesting for one moment that the majority of us are not experiencing the effects caused by the current cost of living crisis and interest rate rises, but it does go to show...

We are seeing the market settle again and numbers of both sales and new instructions to market are more consistent than the beginning of the year. Whilst lending rates are higher than last year the fixed rate products that lenders are offering seem to have stabilised which in turn is providing...

March was an exciting month for the Land and New homes team we opened our new shop front offices on the corner of Union Road and Stratford Road, Shirley. A big thank you to the amazing team at Transform for their fit out of the new offices, Blackcountry bespoke for the handmade furniture and Bakerward...

If you’ve been frustrated by the lack of properties on the market this year, then you might be in luck over the next couple of months. Those looking to move over the last year have realised there have been limited numbers of properties on the market, with new listings being snapped up incredibly...

Rightmove recently did a survey to discover what people find important when selecting an estate agent to work with.

Wouldn’t it be great if we were all taught in schools all about mortgages and what fixed rates, trackers, and variable rates are?