All the news from the Bath property market this summer – right here in our latest market update. National property headlines The Land Registry’s UK House Price Index says the average price of a property in the UK increased by 1.8% between March 2023 and 2024, compared to 2.7% in the previous year…. Read More
Which flavour of estate agent is best for you? If you’re after a coffee on your way to work, how many choices do you have now? Are you a specialist single origin bean to cup connoisseur, fancy a chat with your favourite barista or a quick grab from a convenience store machine? In the same… Read More
What if I told you there was a 40% greater chance of selling your house if you picked one Bath estate agent over another? That’s a pretty substantial difference to your odds of moving just for choosing the right agent. You might not believe me but read on and I’ll explain. Have you ever asked… Read More
Latest Bath property market statistics now available So the kids are safely back to school and the mini heatwave seems to be over but what is the state of play currently with the Bath property market as we move swiftly towards autumn? Plenty of local data to chew through below but do let us know… Read More
Summer holidays are now in full swing after term ending last week but how does the Bath property market look as buckets and spades are being brought out ready for beach days? Has the recent turbulence in the mortgage market had an effect? National summer overview – The first five months of the year were… Read More
A week in the life of an estate agent By Nick I am a 15-year-old school student attending Beechen Cliff School. For my work experience I chose to spend a week at the estate agent Madison Oakley in their sales department on Moorland Road. I did this because I believed it would be a fun… Read More
Bath Property Market Report – May 2023 Spring market in full flow? Starting on a national level and according to the FT, UK mortgage approvals in April have beaten forecasts to hit a five month high. Nationwide data last month shows an increase of 0.5% in UK house prices ending seven consecutive months of decline…. Read More
Should you be using video to enhance your property marketing? Trying to carry on working during lockdowns forced many estate agents to look at using video to sell property as physical viewings weren’t an option at the time. As we returned to normal operations over the last year, videos seem to have gone back to… Read More
Bath property market report – March 2023 According to the Telegraph’s 1st March article citing a survey by Propcast, Bath is the only English city where property buyer demand has risen in the past six months (up 11% apparently). Alternative news was provided at the same time by the Nationwide in their house price index… Read More
At this time of the year, questions to agents from their clients tend to fall into two camps – those involved in current sales who would very much like to be completed by Christmas and newer enquiries keen to know when might be the best time to kick off their New Year plans. With an… Read More
Bath property market update – November 2022 With Halloween and Bonfire Night having passed, there’s now no avoiding the Christmas displays in the shops or adverts on the TV but how has the Bath property market fared during a time of significant economic and political upheaval? Since our last market report in September, we’re on… Read More
Need to sell this winter? Thanks to the current economic turbulence caused by the now departed Chancellors mini budget, there is a good deal of uncertainty hovering over the housing market at present. Mortgage rates have doubled since the end of September and demand has slackened off slightly, at least compared to the frenetic pace… Read More
