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Views for our listed properties on Rightmove have doubled in the last 7 weeks as well as surpassing the views for this time last year by 10 million! We thought we would share some of our highest viewed properties that we have listed on Rightmove.  Here's the top 10:- 1. Proctor Drive – Great Shelford, Cambridgeshire, Offers in excess of £980,000  968,626 Rightmove views A ...

Our network of haart branches have experienced high demand , with June viewing requests and valuation requests are higher than the 1st week of 2020*.  The first week in January is typically when Rightmove have the highest amount of visitors, normally considered the peak of the market for buyers and sellers.  As well as the increase in viewing and valuation requests since lockd ...

The hotly anticipated launch of one of Derby’s most dynamic developments was a resounding success on Saturday 29th February, with Nightingale Quarter seeing 40 plots sold off-plan to buyers keen to invest in the future of Derby. The site proved popular with hundreds of people attending the launch event with both First Time Buyers and Investors eager to secure their new propert ...

Storm Ciara, the first major weather event of the year passed through the UK in just two days. We saw trains, flights and even sporting fixtures cancelled and debris swirled around the sky. Then hot on Ciara’s heels came Dennis, although less severe it added to the woes of so many affected communities. But the storms may have left longer-term impacts than were immediately appa ...

Finally, winter is about to make way for spring - welcome news for those of us who prefer the warmer seasons. But it’s at this time of year that we can expect to see a significant weather event - and we’ve already had two! The first storm earlier this month – although brief - was responsible for uprooting trees, caused widespread flooding, and left thousands of households wit ...

Looking across the market - the industry bodies, trade groups and many property price indices are sharing their views about what’s happening to property price, rents and sentiment. Confidence indicators It seems that how the market is talked up - or down – can either provide self-perpetuating confidence… or stifle the market. Right now, the market is buoyant, and the headline ...

If there is one thing the property market dislikes, it is uncertainty. Regardless of individual opinions about Brexit and UK politics generally, many believe the decisive result of the UK general election will lead to what some are calling a ‘Boris Bounce’. It would appear there will be no more threats of ‘dying in ditches’ from the Prime Minister: The UK will leave the EU at ...

haart comments Average rents across the UK rose by 3.5% in December 2019 when compared to the same month a year previously; the average monthly rent is now £953 Rents in London increased by 2.1% in December 2019 versus in the same month of 2018; the average rent in the capital now stands at £1,630 a month When London is excluded, the average UK rental value was £79 ...

Property experts across the UK are predicting an increase in demand for property in the early part of this year, meaning that the somewhat cautious attitude towards buying a property may dissipate and confidence returns. Within the New Homes market, we expect to see housebuilders create some urgency within their messages to buyers, in advance of tighter rules and regional caps ...

The Rented Homes Bill had its first reading in the House of Lords on 22 January, and now begins its passage through parliament. The next stage – which has yet to be scheduled – will be a second reading in the upper house. This is the first opportunity for peers to scrutinise and comment on the bill. The proposal will then pass through several more stages: Committee, Reports a ...

It’s safe to say the 2010s have been a difficult decade in terms of political uncertainty from the initial EU referendum to the final decision on Brexit.  This has been reflected in property price growth over the decade compared to the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s as reported by the Nationwide house price index. How have house prices changed over the decades? On average the propert ...

We’ve finally reached the end of what feels like a very lengthy General Election campaign. This historic, first December poll for almost a century has returned Boris Johnson to No.10 Downing Street with a stronger majority than when he entered. The Conservative Party had promised to push housing further up the agenda in the next parliament so, just what can we look forward to ...

One of the biggest topics dominating the news this year has been increased concern over the impact of climate change, pollution of our oceans and the quality of the air that we breathe. Many people agree that the Earth’s natural resources are coming under increased pressure as a result of single-use plastics, coal fired power stations and the impact of airplanes, cars, trucks ...

So much can change in a decade.  Back in 2010 we thought we were tech savvy if we had an iPhone; whilst iPads had only just launched - and not many of us owned one.  Meanwhile the concept of ‘working 9-5’ or commuting to office five days was set to change with the launch of WeWork in 2010; whilst taxi hailing firm Uber was already a year old. We didn’t realise it at the ti ...

After the recent ‘Super Saturday’ defeat in Westminster, it remains unclear whether we will leave the EU at the end of October. But now that a general election is expected early in the New Year, we have several more months of the main parties making claims and promises in the run up to the publication of their manifestoes. The policies intended to tackle what some describe as ...

haart says: Rents in the UK rose by 2.5% in September compared to the same time a month a year ago; the average monthly rent now stands at £967 Rents in London increased by 3.3% in September this year compared to September 2018; the average monthly rent in the capital now stands at £1,694 When London is excluded, the average UK rental value was £797 in September 2019, th ...

Now that the evenings are drawing in and the familiar smell of barbeques wafting across from the neighbour’s fences are few and far between, we’ve clearly reached autumn.  Although the seasons follow a familiar pattern and we’re all preparing for the colder months ahead - the world of politics is proving to anything but predictable! It seems the only thing with any certainty ...

Although MPs aren’t due to return to Westminster until the middle of October, the annual Conference Season is now in full swing so there is no escaping politics. However, with a General Election widely believed to be on the way this year, all eyes will be on what policies each party could develop and form into their manifestos. What do we know so far about the main party polic ...

As the summer defined by record-breaking heatwaves being followed by torrential rain and storms starts to draw to a close, we hope the autumn weather will be a little more predictable. However, it is just a matter of days until Boris Johnson’s brand-new Government returns to Westminster, and speculation is mounting about just what may happen between in the 59 days between the ...

The most recent data released this month shows that rents across the UK have risen by 2.3% versus the same time last year; this is up from 1.8% in June. Meanwhile, our own data from June revealed that there has been a staggering 23% surge in the number of tenants looking to rent compared to the same time last year, however this is not being matched by supply - which is down 19 ...