Bath property market report – April 2025 More sales completed nationally in March than the previous two months combined (Halifax reports) as buyers rushed to beat the latest Stamp Duty deadline but the market is now returning towards normality as buyers and sellers adjust to the new levels of taxation, ponder the likely effect of… Read More
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Online property valuations – are they worth using? Online valuations are a computer-based estimation with no detailed knowledge of the specifics of the property but can be a good starting point for owners – you can get a rough price range instantly and for free from the comfort of your sofa without having to talk… Read More
Eight features buyers want on your property advert We spend a lot of time on valuations and viewings listening to feedback and discussing what our clients want to see (and what they don’t want) in their property adverts or in the brochures of the homes they are looking to buy. From these conversations, we… Read More
Bath property market update – Feb 2021 I must start with an apology – we’ve been so busy since re-opening after Christmas that I haven’t had a spare minute between viewings to analyse figures. We have been deluged with new buyer requests on our properties so this is the first update of the year. However,… Read More
