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Buying off plan – the pro’s and con’s

Author: Maurice KilbrideOn: Jun 13Categories: Buying off plan, Buying tips, Estate agency, Housing market, Landlords, Property, Property Investor, Property Sellers, Selling tips

Buying a new property off plan is on the rise, especially in Manchester where the market is booming and demand for flats around fashionable City centre locations and Salford Quays is going through the roof!
Buying off plan has a number of advantages and of course one or two things to think about which we will explore in this piece.

Buying off plan means you are committing to buying a property, often before construction has even started and the final completion might be 2 or 3 years ahead. It is quite common of these units to form part of large developments, which are dominating the city’s skyline – along with cranes! [···]

Estate Agents are full of excuses!

Author: Maurice KilbrideOn: Jun 12Categories: Buying tips, Estate agency, Housing market, Landlords, Property, Property Sellers, Selling tips

“I couldn’t hand in my assignment today because the dog ate my homework.”
“The train to Gatley is cancelled due to the wrong kind of snow falling.”
“I can’t make it into work today boss because a ghost in my house has kept me up all night.”

Excuses. We have heard them all a thousand times. [···]

Does Your Home Pass the 20 Second Test?

Author: Maurice KilbrideOn: Jun 05Categories: Buying tips, Estate agency, Housing market, Landlords, Property, Property Sellers, Selling tips, Uncategorised

We now live in a world where most of us are bombarded with never ending streams of information to process – well pre GDPR anyway!

And that information overload is leading to people making snap judgments quicker than ever.
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Questions to Ask an Estate Agent

Author: Maurice KilbrideOn: May 30Categories: Buying tips, Estate agency, Housing market, Landlords, Property, Selling tips, Uncategorised

I was recently chatting to a retired gentleman who popped into the office in Cheadle who was thinking of moving back to the area but had lived in the same house for more than 40 years! An estate agents nightmare! And was understandably nervous and unsure what to ask agents.

The advice I gave him is what we share with anyone looking to put their home on the market in the Cheadle area.
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Prices up, Sales down – the latest Rightmove Property Index

Author: Maurice KilbrideOn: May 22Categories: Buying tips, Estate agency, Housing market, Landlords, Property, Selling tips, Uncategorised No Comments

New-to-the-market sellers push their asking prices up by another 0.8% (+£2,343) to a record high of £308,075
Seven out of 11 regions achieve their highest ever asking prices, with year-on-year price increases of over 4% in East Midlands, West Midlands and Wales
Record visits to Rightmove indicate strong interest in property, but uncertainty and stretched affordability have dented sentiment leading to more hesitant buyers and sellers in some areas:
Number of sales agreed by estate agents so far in 2018 is down 5.4% on the same period in 2017

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What Price a Seller’s Sanity?

Author: Maurice KilbrideOn: May 20Categories: Buying tips, Estate agency, Housing market, Landlords, Property, Selling tips, Uncategorised No Comments

Finding a buyer for a property has until very recently at least! been the relatively easy part of the selling process.

Managing an agreed sale through to completion is where the real hard work and skill starts and the true property professionals earn their money.

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10 Things Every Landlord Must Know

Author: Maurice KilbrideOn: Jan 10Categories: Buying tips, Estate agency, Housing market, Landlords, Property, Selling tips, Uncategorised No Comments

We have been established for 17 years, serving landlords and tenants in the Cheadle area and across Stockport generally and take enormous pride in our reputation for looking after our clients. During those years running a letting and property management agency, there’s not much we haven’t seen or experienced! [···]

5 reasons selling your home in winter can be a masterstroke!

Author: Maurice KilbrideOn: Dec 02Categories: Buying tips, Estate agency, Housing market, Selling tips, Uncategorised No Comments

Conventional wisdom suggests that spring is the busiest time of the year for the housing market. I am also sure that for many people, moving house is the last thing on their mind at this time of year. But when really is the best time to sell? [···]

What does the 2017 Autumn Budget mean for the Cheadle & Stockport housing market?

Author: Maurice KilbrideOn: Nov 22Categories: Buying tips, Estate agency, Housing market, Property, Selling tips, Uncategorised No Comments

So Chancellor Philip Hammond has delivered his second budget earlier today and urged the UK to “Seize the opportunities” from Brexit, whatever they may be exactly! And he has also promised to tackle deep-seated economic challenges “head on”. We must wish him the very best of luck

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It’s the little things that make the biggest difference!

Author: Maurice KilbrideOn: May 30Categories: Buying tips, Estate agency, Housing market, Property, Selling tips, Uncategorised No Comments

I spend a lot of time thinking about and discussing the differences between full-service high street estate agents and self-service, low-cost online agents with clients and peer groups. [···]

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