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  ‘Client best interests’ is a phrase used throughout most business sectors, but it can be invariably thrown around like the latest government changes and policies. Sounds simple enough – look after your client, make sure they get the best…

  As we bid a sad farewell to Marcus Jones, many of you will be asking, ‘who?’ I can understand this entirely, as Mr Jones was of course our last housing minister who was in the role for a whole…

  Another day, another ‘disruptor’ Every week, there seems to be a new challenger and self proclaimed ‘disruptor’ having a pop at the estate agency sector, bringing their new sparkling product to the market, that claims to be the answer…

  “Failure” “Failure” is the term used by the Climate Change Committee (CCC) who advises the government, when it comes to the UK’s plans to limit climate change and we are highly likely to miss our net zero target by…

  If I asked you what the hardest part of selling your home was, I am going to guess that you will say getting everything to presentation standard, keeping the children’s toys tidy during the viewing process or choosing which…

  I often think that playing the property game, is like a game of cards. You have to best use the cards you have been dealt to greatest effect in order to achieve the right outcome, whilst not giving the…

  Although I hopefully don’t look it, I will have been in the property industry for 20 years this coming August. During this time, there have been numerous changes in the way estate agency operates, legislation and of course the…

  Despite the cold, it’s that time of year to strip down and get out there, what one thinks will happen in the property market over the course of 2022. The last two years in the Yorkshire market have been…

  Only Fools and Horses – the ultimate British sitcom following the trials and tribulations of Del Boy and his brother Rodney on their mission to get rich. However, when it comes to PLC new homes, it would seem that…

  It’s time for the current space race between Branson and Bezos to step aside. Yorkshire has its own property rocket, which has recently hit new heights in the stratosphere. The relentless pace in the market has been nothing short…

  Ask any estate agent how many potential buyers come to them and say they are ‘cash’ and they will usually sigh and roll their eyes. This term is often thrown around quite nonchalantly and buyers need to be wary…

  The Yorkshire property market has been on fire recently, with surging house prices, strong demand and there doesn’t seem to be any loss of appetite currently. So how did all this interest suddenly come to Yorkshire and what’s really…

  Well it has certainly been quite a year so far in the property market – especially in Yorkshire. Continued stories of ferocious competition, block viewing days, best and final offers, gazumping and there doesn’t seem to be much let…

  There has been a part of the property market that has been steadily gaining strength which I refer to as ‘the hidden property sector’. This hidden sector is the off-market sector, and remains hidden to many. To the uninitiated, these…

  There have been moments nothing short of insanity in the Yorkshire market recently, with exceptionally high prices being achieved, sealed bids, jaw-dropping competition and no let up – what a phenomenal property market we’ve seen! As we exited the…