Sidcup's 'Generation Trapped' and the £3.68bn legacy

Last week, I wrote an article on the plight of the Sidcup 20 something's often referred to by the press as 'Generation Rent'. Attitudes to renting have certainly...

Whilst taking on the role of landlord can be a great solution for those struggling to sell or looking for a quick fix, it requires much more than a spare set of keys for your new tenants.

We explain the pitfalls to watch...

The good old days of the 1970's and 1980's eh … with such highlights lowlights as 24% inflation, 17% interest rates, 3 day working week, 13% unemployment, power cuts … those were the days (not)… but at least people could...

You decide to give your estate agent the green light, photographs are taken, epc and floor plan completed and you clean the house top to bottom but just as your property hits rightmove you notice a for sale board go up outside...

If I were a buy to let landlord in Sidcup today, I might feel a little bruised by the assault made on my wallet after being (and continuing to be) ransacked over the last 12 months by HM Treasury's tax changes on buy to let. To...

Recent statistics published by the Office of National Statistics show that there are 267,704 private rented households in the Country that are occupied by people aged 65 and older, meaning 4.39% of OAP's are living in private...

It was late May 2016, The Right Hon. Member for Tatton, Mr George Osborne, published an official HM Treasury analysis stating UK house prices would be lower by at least 10% (and up to 18%) by the middle of 2018 compared with...

“How much would it cost to buy all the properties in Sidcup?”

This fascinating question was posed by the 11-year-old son of one of my Sidcup landlords when they both popped into my offices before the Christmas break...

An Englishman's Home is His Castle as Maggie Thatcher lauded – everyone should own their own home. In 1971, around 50% of people owned their own home and, as the baby-boomers got better jobs and pay, that proportion of...

Can we blame the 55 to 70-year-old Sidcup citizens for the current housing crisis in the town?

Also known as the 'Baby Boomer Generation', these Sidcup people were born after the end of the Second World War as the...