The Government’s Annual Housing Survey is 50 years old this year. It has taken a snapshot of the UK’s property market every year since 1969 and in the recently published report for 2018, it wasn’t a surprise that...

The foundations of the Sidcup Property Market over the summer have continued to be principally sound, yet the existing political macroclimate means that the critical element of consumer confidence has been reduced and that is...

Has England’s green and pleasant land all of a sudden become England’s green and overcrowded land?

With the nation’s ever-increasing population and the double whammy that people are now living longer, this means as...

The need for more homes has always been one of the biggest issues with regard to the Country’s housing crisis. One of the main reasons for families wanting to move home is the need for more accommodation as their families...

Lots of people say moving home is one of the top ten most stressful events in your life. Fortunately, there is a way to mitigate your stress. In a nutshell, start as early as you can, plan ahead and do everything you can to...

Looking back at the 75th Anniversary of the D-Day landing a few months ago, it reminded me of the huge changes that have happened to Sidcup and more specifically the Sidcup property market since WW2. Back in 1946, the average...

In 1979, more than 4 in 10 British people lived in a council house, yet today that figure is only 1 in 12, whilst according to Shelter 65% of families on the Council House waiting lists had been on those lists for more than a...

Would it surprise you to know that in some parts of Sidcup, predominantly prosperous areas with high proportions of mature residents, the housing crisis is not one of supply so much as dispersal of that supply? Theoretically,...

What does that mean for local Landlords and Homeowners?

The balancing act of being a Sidcup Buy To Let landlord is something many do well at. Talking to numerous Sidcup landlords, they are very...

Nationally, the number of new homes created in 2018 was 222,194, the highest since 1989. Yet since 2002, the average number of properties built in the UK has only been 146,700 per year. You would think, seeing all the new homes...