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General Election 2024. What is the outlook for the UK residential property market?
This is a very difficult one for any property professional to call. There are simply so many factors swirling around, domestically and all around the Globe. Uncertainty is the enemy of both financial and property markets. But let’s start with some good news! Inflation is falling fast. In fact it has fallen to the lowest
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2023 – a market crash or just a much needed adjustment?
A lot of mainstream journalists seem to hold a very polarised view of the property market. Either it is booming, and buyers are being priced out of the market by huge demand and low stock, or it is plummeting and woe betide anyone foolish enough to invest in property. There never seems to be a
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Have spiralling costs taken the shine off renovation projects?
This week some friends asked me to have a look at a country house they are interested in purchasing to advise with regards to development potential, pitfalls and likely costs. The house is what is often described in estate agent parlance as ‘a gem’. Think a Country Life Magazine handsome wisteria clad Georgian façade with
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Equity release – we’ve all seen the adverts. But what are the facts?
Equity release has become somewhat of a buzz word recently. The adverts are all over the TV and radio stations. The concept is that if you are aged over 55 and have paid off all or most of your mortgage you can release capital and stay in your home, thus avoiding the stress of moving.
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Property development needs to adapt to the post-Covid world. Now is the time to embrace sustainability.
Throughout history many seismic events have been catalysts for major change and we are in the middle of such period of flux now. Covid 19 has dramatically changed how the human world operates. The way we live, work and travel has had to evolve. Unsustainable business travel has been replaced by smart technology, home offices
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Proportional property tax is not the way to reform stamp duty and council tax.
About a week ago on Twitter I came across an excellent Spectator article by South Cambridgeshire MP Anthony Browne about proposed reforms to council tax and stamp duty land tax. One of the proposals being mooted is by Fairer Share who want to abolish the aforementioned taxes for a proportional property tax. Under their scheme
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Welcome to Eastwood Property Consulting
When I started my career as an estate agent in central London in 1992, I never envisaged sitting here nearly 30 years later at the helm of a new property business during a global pandemic. So much has happened during the last 30 years, including huge population growth and an astounding technological advance driven by
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