Current Property Market Analysis

Is now the time to sell your home?

We know from our ‘past property market' analysis that prices over the last few years have hardly fluctuated at all. However, the current market shows prices are softening slightly month on month at the moment, suggesting 2012 is likely to be a quieter year than 2011.

So far we have seen a boost to the year's activities as first time buyers have rushed to purchase properties to avoid paying Stamp Duty between £125,000 and £250,000. We also saw a ‘shock' to London's sales for the first time, as the surprise 7% Stamp Duty for properties over £2 million and for those buying through overseas companies, rush property purchases through to avoid paying tens of thousands of extra tax on property.


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Economy Follows Property Prices into a Double Dip

Economy Follows Property Prices into a Double Dip


Month by month we hear from lots of different property price reports, some saying prices are rising, some falling. For anyone who's a first time buyer, looking to trade down or invest in property, conflicting headlines are confusing and generate additional stress at a time when there is already plenty to worry about.

This property price report is unique in that it reviews all the different property price reports from the prospective of someone carrying out a property project, giving advice to help work out, from a market perspective, whether now is a good time to buy, sell, build, invest or even carry out a renovation project. 

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