Fife Town Centre Building Improvement Grant

Fife Council is committed to supporting town centres, and small businesses & property owners can now apply for a small grant to help improve or develop the property.

Grants will be to support capital works including external shopfront improvements, internal refits and upper floor conversions.

Grant awards will be made in the range of £6,000 up to a maximum of £10,000 per eligible property. The intervention rate is 90% of eligible costs, excluding VAT. (more…)

Preparing your FIFE home for Winter!

As the temperatures begin to sink and the days begin to shrink, one thing is for certain – winter is upon us in Fife. Along with the shorter days and colder temperatures come the wintery pleasures of warming up alongside a roaring (more…)

The 2020 Review of the Fife Property Market (3 min read)

Looking back at the Fife property market for 2020, it can certainly be seen as a frenetic game of two halves, albeit with a very long half time in the spring. Between the General Election in mid-December and Christmas, many Fife agents saw an unusually higher uplift in activity in the property market just as we were (more…)

As Fife First-time Buyers are Being Locked Out of the Fife Property Market – Rents Have Risen by 2.8% (3 min read)

With the banks reducing the number of low deposit mortgages (i.e. deposit of 10% and below) since Covid-19 hit in the spring, this has meant that the number of Fife first-time buyers has been decreasing quickly, meaning many of those would-be Fife buyers wanting to make the first step on the Fife property ladder are having to stay in the Fife rental sector. (more…)

STANDING APART: 5 Tips for Selling in a crowded market in Fife! (4 min read)

The revival of the Fife property market is an inescapable news story right now, with a surge of interest across the UK.

 

While it’s excellent news for sellers, the high demand from Fife buyers is more than mirrored by the increased supply of Fife property, making it more of a challenge for people to get their home noticed: whether you are about to put your Fife property up for sale, or if your home has been on the market for some time, one thing for sure is that you are certainly not alone. (more…)