Rightmove has named Shirley as the most competitive area for homebuyers 

Imagine you’ve found your dream home. It’s perfect. It’s just what you’ve been looking for. You desperately want it…

It may surprise you to know that the average price of a house in the UK has now reached just over £260,000. This is a record high for the UK property market and makes the price of a typical home about 20% higher than in February 2020, equating to a value of about £44,000.

Want to sell quickly? Like with anything in life, the more you put into something, the more you’ll get out of it. The same goes for selling your property – put a bit of extra effort into getting it ready to sell and you could either sell it much quicker, or for more money than you thought – or maybe...

The Bank of England has recently increased the base rate from 0.25% to 0.5%, which follows the rise from 0.1% to 0.25% in December 2021.

The demand for property jumped a massive 49% in January – the biggest New Year uplift for 5 years.

smarthomes have achieved incredible success in Solihull and the surrounding area, since we set up in 1998, and we are incredibly proud of the strong reputation we have built up across our full estate agency service in sales and lettings over the last 24 years.

Last month saw the Government announce that we are now out of the Plan B COVID precautionary measures.

If you’re thinking of moving home this year, then here’s some useful information which will help you plan ahead

2021 saw a record year for first time buyers as more than 400,000 got onto the property ladder, the highest number in 20 years and 35% more than in 2020.