"What an extraordinary year it has been in 2021" Here's Richard with the latest 'Property Market Update' for December 2021. If you would like more information about the local property market for Melksham and the surrounding area, we'd love to…
Here’s a quick overview of the property market this November. WATCH Richard's video here The manic race for space prompted by the SDLT concession has started to ease and we are now experiencing a near-normal healthy property market, albeit with…
With the summer now firmly behind us, the market continues to be exceptionally active, and we find that we currently have far more buyers than we do stock. We expect to see a run of properties coming onto the market…
Welcome to the May 2021 Melksham Property Market Comment. The cherry blossom is always a reminder of the very peak of spring, and indeed of the annual boost to the property market. Certainly, this year has seen more intense activity…
As we all battle through the current lockdown in our own way, the Melksham property market is surprisingly buoyant. This is perhaps inevitable as we are still playing catch-up from the restrictions of the first lockdown when sales transaction numbers…
As soon as the Brexit decision was “concluded” late last year, we were hit by the pandemic. Four years of uncertainty was condensed into a bottle neck of demand, which was then frustrated by three months of lockdown – and…
Finally, after the pent-up frustrations of lockdown, we have some very good news to report: Firstly, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, has announced a substantial boost for the housing market with the raising of the SDLT (Stamp Duty)…
The housing market has been an obvious casualty of the Coronavirus lockdown. Yet the desire to move is strong, once the decision has been made. Indeed, as soon as the government announced that people could once again move house, Rightmove…
What a difference a month can make! Our March Market Comment was very positive and full of the joys of spring. Indeed, the Halifax subsequently reported that house prices were 2.1% higher at the end of March than they had…
Last month we reported a sense of renewed optimism in the air. Well we were right! The post-election-post-Brexit surge means that the property market is once again buzzing with activity. And it’s not only our own agents who are working…