Bath property market report – January 2025

It appears the UK housing market ended 2024 on a high, with broad agreement across the usual surveys that the market had grown during the year. Nationwide reports UK house prices ended 2024 4.7% higher than a year ago. Halifax, despite noting a brief fall in house prices between November and December, concluded a 3.3%… Read More



Autumn selling

Need to sell this autumn? So far this autumn, we have seen more positive headlines on the housing market – the latest Halifax index for example shows another 0.3% increase in prices Sept vs Aug which is now almost 5% higher than the same point last year. On the other hand, property supply remains very… Read More



Bath property market report – Sept 2024

Autumn market update September saw a raft of more positive headlines on the housing market, thanks in part to interest rate cuts post election and the anticipation of more in the autumn. The latest Halifax index shows annual growth at 4.3%, Nationwide suggest average UK house prices rose at their highest annual rate since December… Read More



Playing the odds with agents

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



Bath summer property market report – July 2023

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



Video – how to enhance your property marketing

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

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



Best time to sell or buy in the New Year?

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

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



Bath property market update – Sept 2022

Supply rising since the lowest point of January 2022 but still 10% below September 2021. Good news for buyers as the total stock of property for sale in Bath ticked up again this month, reaching the heady heights of the mid 400s in available property across the city in Sept (compared to low 300s in… Read More



Bath property market update – July 2022

Stock rising but no sign of sales slowing Welcome to our latest round-up of local property stats and headlines. Whilst we bask in the current heatwave and listen to Michael Buble from the Crescent lawns, we’ve also been researching the latest trends in the Bath property market. Please see below for July’s data and do… Read More



Bath property market update – Nov 2021

Bath property market update – Nov 2021 Last week, an old client rang me to discuss the market as she is considering moving. Her opening remark was “Hasn’t the market gone quiet?”. “Far from it” I replied “but there’s so little to sell, you’re not noticing the activity as much”. Over the last few weeks,… Read More