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If you’ve watched our Midweek Midday Minute or Sunday Property Breakfast over the last few years, you’ll probably know one of my real pet hates is the overpricing of property. Not because I enjoy talking about price reductions. Quite the opposite. It’s because overpricing so often causes real damage to the homeowner — and they are the people who lose the most. A property launches with energy, interest and opportunity. But if it sits there too high for too long, that early mom

For years, buy-to-let was seen as one of the safest routes into long-term wealth. A property, a tenant, a mortgage gradually paid down, and the comfort of a monthly rental income. But the landscape has changed. Across the UK, more landlords are reviewing their position, and many are deciding that the numbers no longer work in the way they once did. Recent market reporting suggests that hundreds of former rental homes are now being listed for sale every day, with Savills data

Fun Boy Three and Bananarama once sang, “It ain’t what you do, it’s the way that you do it.” As someone who finds music a constant source of relaxation, fascination and inspiration, that line has always stayed with me. And strangely enough, it sums up estate agency rather well. Because, broadly speaking, most estate agents do the same core things from the first meeting with a client through to completion. Of course, there are a few things we do differently at Anderson Jones,

You may think a higher asking price gets you more money, but it actually loses you lots of money and time. Every home has a price window where it attracts maximum interest. Start too high and you miss the only moment that really matters. The first few weeks. Here is what the data shows from the respected property analysts Chris Watkin of TwentyEA, Simon Gates plus Rightmove analysing millions of UK house sales. FACT 1. You only have a 1 in 2 chance of selling your home. Yes