Property News

  The number of first time buyers last year, shot up to the highest level since 2007. Halifax commented that there were 326,500 first time buyers in 2014. This was up a staggering 22% on the year before. In 2007,…

According to the latest research by the National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA), 65% of people who have purchased or sold a property in the past 5 years have experienced problems with their estate agent. High on the list of…

There has been a 345% growth in £1m or more sales since the first half of 2009, when transactions in this market sector were at their lowest point of the last decade at 1,382 sales. Interestingly there have been 6,143…

  According to Oxford Economics and Rightmove, residential property prices in England are due to increase by an average of 30% over the next 5 years. The house price forecast is based on property and economic data, rather than opinion…

  On the back of the successful Grand Depart, a major new international cycle race for Yorkshire has been confirmed. The provisionally titled “Tour de Yorkshire” is backed by British Cycling and has been officially added to the world cycling…

  Forget the fine dining in Paris, the vibrancy of London and the fabled Venetian canals – there was more for holidaymakers in Yorkshire according to the tourism awards ceremony at the weekend. For the second consecutive year running, the…

  UK property sales in June hit their joint highest monthly total since the financial crisis began, however sales amongst young adults remains low. There were 110,000 sales in June, which were the same as in November last year and…

  Following the success of the Tour de France Grand Depart from Yorkshire and like the London Olympics, much speculation was placed on the legacy from an historic few days and how Yorkshire would build upon staging this iconic sporting…

  According to Rightmove, the price of property coming onto the open market this month is up by a national average of £9,500. This equates to 3.6%, which is the largest ever rise measured at this time of year by…

  A research article just released has found that British estate agents’ fees are vastly cheaper than their foreign counterparts. It was found that most UK agents charge on average between 1% and 2%, with parts of central London seeing…

  Whether you were new to property or an old-hand, there was insightful information for everyone at last night’s Harrogate Property Investor Network event, with sell out numbers in attendance. Alex Goldstein was one of the guest speakers, giving the…

The Sunday Times reported yesterday on house prices in central London going through the roof, competition being ruthless and estate agents engineering bidding wars. Amongst the reported list of “estate agents’ tricks” were two-hour open houses to push buyers into…

The design team have been hard at work and produced some amazing business cards, which aim to set Alex Goldstein Property Consultants apart in the standard of service they offer. The old adage of “first impressions count” is certainly true,…

  Britain’s fastest growing high street lender Metro Bank has revealed a large rise in residential mortgage lending of more than 400% over the last year. It is also seeking to expand that further by doubling mortgage lending over 2014,…

  Agents’ Mutual, the proposed portal that says it wants to break the Rightmove-Zoopla duopoly of online listings, says it has “moved to implementation” after raising over £6m. The six estate agents that founded Agents’ Mutual, say the first round…