Late last year, not long after the shortest serving Prime Minister in history and her razor sharp chancellor delivered a less than popular budget, we delivered a presentation to an investor group on the Property Market in ‘uncertain’ times. Whilst Government plans for new legislation, invariably designed as a search for urban votes at the…
The Spanish Leisure Sector The last three years have certainly been unusual and the effects of the global pandemic have naturally had a significant role to play in the performance of property markets across the world. Hot on the tails of completing a painfully drawn out Brexit; which we remind you, did not officially conclude…
As auction sellers, we have been reminded on a number of occasions in recent years of the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) ruling, back in 2014, requiring guide prices to be within 10 percent of any reserve price applied at an auction sale. The practice of applying an unrealistically low guide, primarily no doubt to attract…
A hundred years ago, perhaps even fifty years ago, a week in Blackpool (or Brighton / Great Yarmouth / Margate) was most people’s idea of paradise, with thousand of city folk flocking to the UK’s traditional holiday resorts every week throughout the summer season, in search of a little bit of sea, sun and fun.…
A place of your own overlooking the Gulf or within earshot of Disney! The kids will love it, the climate is great and, being the world’s largest playground, transport links from the UK are not realistically going to be a problem. Let’s not forget that there is also a domestic market of a quarter of…
Most of us will have at some time had a lovely holiday in a charming location and thought “Wouldn’t it be nice if…”. Whether this is a Caravan on a resort, a seaside flat, or a cottage in the country, ownership of a second ‘holiday’ home is something that many Brits often aspire to. The decision…
The Spanish Property Market (2013) Unfortunately, for many Spanish property owners, the past half-decade has delivered primarily only gloomy news, with prices stagnant at best and in some areas prices have continued to fall, if only due to inventory levels and distressed (or simply fed up) sellers, rather than a broader falling market. Buyers however,…