January 9, 2010

It’s a chill wind blowing through the property market

It is not just the icy blast of a winter wind straight from Siberia that has been cooling the UK housing market. The thermometer might have been reading minus twelve outside Rob Towers this morning – but things are even frostier in the world of real estate with property prices falling faster than the [...]

October 14, 2009

It’s time to move on

I’m thinking of selling my home. Winter is definitely on the way. I’ve noticed a distinct chill in the air as I walk the dog in the fields behind Rob Towers. So the lure of living abroad is getting stronger again. Also I have just had a bellyful of politicians on [...]

July 19, 2009

Time to let – not buy

For the second time this month a sign of slump in the UK property market has materialised in our street. It appears that nice old lady Doris from over the road (or more likely her daughter) has decided that looking after a house on her own is too much. So [...]

July 13, 2009

House prices continue to fall

Glory be – the estate agents will be singing hallelujah tonight – a ‘Sold’ sign has gone up a few doors down my road. One of those Sold signs is such a rare sight nowadays, that they must be collectors’ items. I don’t know about you – but I haven’t seen one [...]