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Last week the Bank of England increased interest rates to 2.25% and they are expected to be 3.25% by early next year. This increase will make the monthly mortgage payments more expensive for first-time buyers, an issue dubbed by some as the ‘property affordability crunch.’ It will also damage the household budgets of homeowners coming […]

Inflation (and recessions) can be nerve-racking for people and their hard-earned savings and wealth. Yet there are six reasons which make investing in private rental properties a potentially wise investment in these changeable times. This article looks at how investing in Grantham property could help you ‘hedge’ against inflation and protect your savings & wealth […]

According to some newspapers and pundits, the property market boom could soon be over with increasing interest rates and inflation. In this article, I share the 3 fundamental economic reasons why things are different to the last property market crash. The insider’s way to find out if there will be a property crash. ..and 4 […]

Grantham needs 164 additional private rented properties per year to keep up with current and future demand from Grantham tenants. Yet over the last 5 years, Grantham has lost 229 private rented homes. What are the 5 reasons the supply of private rental properties in Grantham is falling? What does this mean for tenants and […]

𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐺𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑚 ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑒𝑡 𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑓𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑏𝑒ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑑𝑑𝑙𝑦. 𝐺𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑚 ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 33.7% ℎ𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛 𝑖𝑛 2017, 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑑𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐵𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑠ℎ 𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑜𝑚𝑦 ℎ𝑎𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑢𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑟𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝐵𝑟𝑒𝑥𝑖𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑓𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑖𝑛 𝐺𝐷𝑃 𝑑𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑚𝑖𝑐. 𝑌𝑒𝑡, 𝑎 𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑜𝑏𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝐺𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑚’𝑠 𝑛𝑒𝑡 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 […]

797 properties have sold in the Grantham area in the last 12 months It only takes 45 days to sell a Grantham home, so why does it take 123 days from the sold board going up to the buyer getting the keys? With a shortage of solicitors and a sub-standard conveyancing system, this article discusses […]