Blog: Advice

With the self assessment deadline just over three weeks away, many individuals, including self-employed agents, will be pleased to learn that self-assessment customers will not receive a penalty for their late online tax return if...

Working out when to list your property is a key part of your overall strategy, and could be a crucial element in determining how quickly you let your home. If you try to let your property at the wrong time of the year, you could...

If you're not an experienced landlord, the whole lettings process can be quite daunting. Alongside the advice of your letting agent, you can benefit from an abundance of useful online information for landlords. But which are the...

Nathan Jackman-Smith from Jackson Property looks at how property buyers’ interests and demands have changed over the past twelve months. Covid19 has changed many things in our lives. It has altered our outlook, our expectations...

What do you find to be the hardest part about working from home? Perhaps it is the distractions created by your family, or the fact that you can't stop helping yourself to the contents of your fridge when it is just a few yards...

Herefordshire Property Market Update February 2021 - Report on how the property market is changing and reacting in Hereford & Leominster...

until 30 June 2021, no stamp duty will be charged on a residential property bought for up to £500,000. This covers the majority of houses and flats in the UK. Until 30 September 2021, no stamp duty will be charged on a...

There will be a major boost for first-time buyers in this week’s Budget with the return of 95% loan-to-value mortgages. The new mortgage guarantee scheme designed to help first-time buyers with 5% deposits onto the housing...

Covid-19 may have left some families struggling to pay their mortgage, rent, living costs and other bills. This new law will ensure they have some "breathing space", giving them time to find a way to pay off their debts, from 4...

Today, 14 February, Housing Secretary, Robert Jenrick, announced a further extension to the ban on bailiff-enforced evictions for private renters in England. The new extension will be until 31 March. The statement published...

It's True. A photo speaks a thousand words. Great photos attract buyers. Poor photos can actually put them off. Here are some toptips to help you get your home ready for your photoshoot! The Kitchen - Clear your workspaces of...

Have you ever wondered why some home sell for more money than other similar homes? It's all about your presentation! A buyer will look at a number of houses on the market for sale. Most buyers will have a set budget, they will...

Average price of property coming to market falls by 0.9% (-£2,887) this month, with some new sellers still hoping to tempt buyers and squeeze in a sale before the stamp duty holiday endsNew buyers unlikely to beat the deadline as...

Heres a quick guide for Hereford residents on how the conveyancing process works...

Excluding London, the average rent in the UK is now £838pcm, showing an increase of 5.7% on last year, according to the figures. Nine of the 12 regions monitored by HomeLet showed annual growth in rental values between December...

Sir Kier Starmer has told the government it should look again at whether estate agents’ viewings of properties for sale and to let should be allowed. In a speech where there was substantial criticism of the government’s...

Guide price In short, the guide price refers to the amount the owner hopes to achieve. Often, guide prices are an invitation to make an opening offer or to negotiate. Nonetheless, there has to be at least one interested purchaser...

The average first-time buyer in Britain is now 34 and needs to scrape together a bigger deposit than ever before to get on the housing ladder. Faced with higher property prices and growing debt, Brits are getting older and older...

Whilst writing this report for how the market performed in October, I did not expect to be in a second lockdown, nor the fact that demand is still...

As the second wave of Covid19 affects lives, (your name) from (your company name) looks at what it augurs for the property market. One thing that has proved to be resistant to Covid19 is the property market, which has fed off the...

The housing market is to remain open in the four week lockdown in England. The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government confirmed the news on Saturday evening via Twitter, some hours after Prime Minister Boris Johnson...

We looked at over 300,000 homes that were first put up for sale between 13th May and 31st July, to see if they were subsequently reduced and also if they were marked under offer or Sold Subject to Contract. The cut-off date for...

If I had a penny for everytime someone asked me 'When should I advertise my house', I would be retired at mid 30s...However, its now a question that really must be asked to take advantage...

The Herefordshire property market has certainly had a great 3 months, buyers and sellers alike will realise the challenges it has brought with properties selling before actively marketing and having to deal with multiple offers on...

(Your name) of (your company name) has some thoughts for property buyers and sellers who wish they could see into the future. Don’t you wish that just once you could have a sure fire tip about the perfect time to buy and/or sell

Rulebook rewritten as post-lockdown mini-boom accelerates and home-moving fills the holiday voidHighest number of sales agreed in a month since we started tracking this data over ten years ago, up by 20% on the previous high, and...

A home office set up in a dedicated room apparently adds £17,500 to the value of a property. Direct Line Insurance has assessed property listings and found the average price of a home with such an office in situ is £456,500,...

The proportion of the asking price achieved on average in the past year is 95.8 per cent according to a new survey. Comparison website GetAgent - analysing data from property portals cross-referenced with HM Land Registry and...

As we head for late summer Nathan Jackman-Smith assesses the property market. Covid19 hasn’t been the only outbreak this year. There has also been an outbreak of property sales and letting since the end of national lockdown. The...

South-facing gardens are often considered the crème de la crème of gardens, so much so that agents have told us some home-hunters use a compass on their phone to check where the sun is coming from when they’re viewing a...

Rightmove have released their lates House Price Index, with some very interesting reading!...Average asking price of property coming to market in Britain hits a record this month, 2.4% (+£7,640) higher than in March pre-lockdown,...

CHEAPEST 2YR FIXES (BASED ON £200,000 PROPERTY) LTV Rate Monthly cost Yearly cost95% 3.29% £930 £11,16090% 2.19% £780 £9,36080% 1.41% £633 £7,59675% 1.14% £575 £6,90060% 1.09% £457 £5,484Based on current lowest purchase...

The Chancellor has announced a Stamp Duty Holiday for any buyer upto the first £500,000 of a property purchase...

Covid19 has changed the way many buyers search for a property. Nathan Jackman-Smith explains. Before Covid 19, most home hunters physically visited all the properties in which they were interested. They felt they had to as a way...

Some buyers have been sharpening their pencils, anticipating a fall in property prices following Covid19. The early indications are that pencils can be pinpoint sharp but it might not mean a lowering of prices, or that lowball...

Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick has just announced (12th May 2020 at 8pm) that the housing market in England can resume with estate and letting agents returning to work as early as tomorrow. Previously it was the travelling to...

Nathan Jackman-Smith has teamed up with Maroon Mortgages owner Tom Donativo to give an update on what you can do for securing a mortgage during lockdown. There are some great options available for people looking to remortgage,...

Why not use this time to get your home organized. That way you can get yourself sale ready for when the time is right, even if you don't want to move, your home will be perfectly organizedThink of it as a Covid 19 Clean....

Further guidance has been issued by the government regarding the home buying process. The government has said that, whilst there is no need for parties to withdraw from their transactions, it is asking for people to be flexible...

For most people, purchasing a house is the single biggest financial decision they'll ever make......

The market for renting out residential property has dramatically expanded in recent years with......

Is a quick sale the best idea? Racing to put a new property on the market, sell it to the first......

In most areas of modern life, you have a choice. Whether you want to buy, sell or use a service......

At Jackson Property, we do not 'rush' to launch a property to market.Initially setting the......