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New Year, new you, new home?

Happy New Year! As we welcomed in 2020 many of us turned our minds to our resolutions and how we will start changing our lives for the better. A national newspaper published a survey of the top 50 New Year’s resolutions made by the British public. Rather than cover the entire list here’s the top five things people wanted to...

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The Real Meaning of Christmas

As the season of giving is just a few days away I thought I’d share with you lovely people some of the most expensive Christmassy things ever. Oh, how the other half live! The Emirates Palace Hotel in Abu Dhabi, had an enormous 13 metre, diamond encrusted Christmas Tree which cost £7m! Imagine how many you can get from Hawkliffe...

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Thank you very much

Gracias. Danke. Grazie. Cheers. Dhanyabad. All different ways of saying thank you, the last one will come in handy if you ever visit the beautiful country of Nepal. We regularly get Thank You cards and emails sent into the office from clients we’ve helped buy or sell a property. We recently received a lovely thank you card from Lee and...

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The Winter Housing Market

A question I am regularly asked at this time of year is whether the winter housing market is a good time to sell or whether it would be best to wait until the New Year. It may not seem like the perfect time, but there are a lot of good reasons to market a house at this time of year,...

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Should I wait to buy because of Brexit?

On pretty much every appointment I’ve been on of late people have asked what my thoughts are on Brexit and whether the market has suffered or will suffer because of it. It is certainly a question that is difficult to answer at the moment. Traditionally October is a time where prices increase a little. This has still being the case...

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Why should you sell with a high street estate agent in 2018?

The popularity of online agents, notably Purple Bricks, has increased over the past number of years. With Purple Bricks being the leading online agent I wanted to focus on their services, what they offer, what they charge and why they are different to us. Despite them trying to convince people that we are all the same and that they are capable...

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