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“Moving House” may be the term we commonly use, but moving HOME is surely a better description for one of life’s more stressful experiences. Few changes in life, other than a relationship, can stir such emotions. As a leading estate…

As the internet has become the first port of call for most prospective buyers, estate agents can feel somewhat swamped with so-called buyers. The issue is not a lack of enquiries, but which of those enquiries will turn out to…

Really? We shall see.  The way I see it, British house prices will at best keep up with inflation this year and next, with no rises expected at all this year in London, and the so-called silver economy appears to…

Very recently some local sellers have approached Lock & Key to sell their property following a less-than-impressive performance by an online alternative to “proper” estate agency. Although it is always tempting to say “I told you so”, we wouldn’t be…

I am engaged in a never-ending struggle with my inbox, receiving over 100 emails a day. Staying on top of them is like clearing the Augean stables. Of those, many contain the term “house prices”.  The first one is something…

As you look through the pages of most local property newspapers and magazines, all you generally see are pictures of properties. As you turn from page to page the only discernable difference between estate agents is their corporate colour scheme,…