Keeping Your Tenants Happy

No landlord wants to be losing money as one of their properties just sits there empty. So to ensure that your properties are always occupied with happy tenants and to make sure you’re making the most out of your investment, we’ve put together some helpful tips on how to be a great landlord to your tenant.

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Six Top Tips for a Swift Spring Sale

Spring is always a popular time to sell for homeowners. Your house will get the representation it deserves, thanks to the pleasant weather and sprouting plant life. However, it comes with the challenge of competing with all the other sellers. How can you help your home stand out amongst the crowd? What needs to be done to ensure a fair deal for all? We run through our six top tips for selling your home in Spring.

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What are the Features of Your Children’s Dream Home?

At some point or another we have all thought about our dream home and while most of us would be happy with a spacious detached 5-bedroom home with a large back garden, it appears from a recent survey that we’re just not being creative enough.

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A Guide to Making a First-Time Offer

If you’re a first-time buyer and you’ve begun the hunt for your first home, you may think that once you’ve found the right home you simply offer what they ask for and its job done.

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Top Things to Consider When Buying a Fixer-Upper

The fixer-upper is a property that has the capability to stir a myriad of mixed feelings. On the one hand, there’s the feelings of elation and self-satisfaction, knowing that all your hard work, late nights and lack of social life has all been worth it. On the flip side, there’s all the…hard work, late nights and lack of social life…

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The Cost of Owning a Home at its Lowest Since 2007

It seems that repeatedly we hear about just how unaffordable homeownership is, but new figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) suggest that it is cheaper to do so than it has been for a very long time.

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