One in 30 rental properties in the Sidcup area will be illegal in 2018
As the winter months draw in and the temperature starts to drop, keeping one's home warm is vital. Yet, with the price of gas and electricity rising quicker than a Saturn V rocket and gas, oil and electricity taking on average...
Sidcup Homeowners Are Only Moving Every 20 Years (part 2)
In the credit crunch of 2008/9 the rate of home moving plunged to its lowest level ever. In 2009 the rate at which a typical house would change hands slumped to only once every 31 years. The biggest reason being that confidence...
Sidcup Home Owners Are Only Moving Every 20 Years (Part 1)
As I mentioned in a previous article, the average house price in Sidcup is 11.12 times the average annual Sidcup salary. This is higher than the last peak of 2008, when the ratio was 7.58. A number of City commentators...
Got Children? 4 Must-Know Tips for buying a Family-Friendly House in Sidcup
Buying a house can get a bit complicated when searching for a place to raise a family.
An unmarried person may decide to go for a smaller apartment or consider one in a less desirable location. Raising children in such an...
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Sidcup House Prices Outstrip Wage Growth by 38.7% since 2007
I recently read a report by the Yorkshire Building Society that 54% of the country has seen wages (salaries) rise faster than property prices in the last 10 years. The report said that in the Midlands and North, salaries had...
Sidcup & The Expense Of Moving To Get More Bedrooms
Moving to a bigger home is something Sidcup people with growing young families aspire to. Many people in two bedroom homes move to a three-bedroom...
Latest Sidcup Buy-to-Let Return / Yields – 2.8% to 7.04% a year
The mind-set and tactics you employ to buy your first Sidcup buy to let property needs to be different to the tactics and methodology of buying a home for yourself to live in. The main difference is when purchasing your...
33.6% Drop in Sidcup People Moving Home in the Last 10 Years
I was having a lazy Saturday morning, reading through the newspapers at my favourite coffee shop in Sidcup. I find the most interesting bits are their commentaries on the British Housing Market. Some talk about property...
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Ten of the best ways to add value to your Sidcup home
To renovate or not renovate? That is a leading question for many Sidcup homeowners looking to put their house on the market.
If you want to work your way up the property ladder to your dream home you need to know...
Slowing Sidcup Property Market? Yes and No!
My thoughts to the landlords and homeowners of Sidcup…
The tightrope of being a Sidcup buy-to-let landlord is a balancing act many do well at. Talking to several Sidcup landlords, they are very conscious of...