Stockport’s Love (and Hate) Affair With The Semi-Detached House
The Semi-Detached House – the icon of middle-class aspiration, the pinnacle of liberalism yet at the same time compromised individuality, the ‘semi’ as it is colloquially termed is, for many Stockport homeowners, the highpoint of [...]
Why Savvy Stockport Buy-To-Let Landlords Don’t Use 10-Year Mortgages
I know of many Stockport buy-to-let landlords who fell into property investing by accident. Many didn’t want to sell their family home when the Stockport housing market crashed in the Credit Crunch of 2009/10, yet [...]
COULD STOCKPORT HOUSE PRICES FALL IN 2022? DON’T BET ON IT!
As 1 in 6 Stockport homes are selling within a fortnight of coming to market One of the most astounding things that has happened in the last 12 months was something that did not happen. [...]
OVER 1 IN 4 STOCKPORT PROPERTIES BEING SOLD WITH NO CHAIN
So is it a good idea to rent in between moving home, to be chain-free? Moving home is said to be the third most stressful thing you can do, so if you can do anything to [...]
STOCKPORT HOME BUYERS £6,720,809 WINDFALL AS STAMP DUTY HOLIDAY STRETCHED TO SEPTEMBER
The Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced two initiatives to keep the Stockport property market firing on all cylinders into 2021. Firstly, the £500,000 zero-rate Stamp Duty band has been extended to the 30th June 2021. After [...]
STOCKPORT PROPERTY MARKET IMPROVED BY 19.7% OVER PRE-PANDEMIC LEVELS
Has there ever been a better time for Stockport home sellers? The Stockport property market, for people looking to sell, is at its sturdiest for at least the last five years with home buyers jumping [...]
LIFELINE FOR STOCKPORT HOUSE BUYERS & FIRST-TIME BUYERS
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, has stated the Stamp Duty Holiday for Stockport properties up to £500,000 will be extended from 31st March 2021 to the 30th June 2021; and to ensure we don’t have [...]
HALF OF STOCKPORT HOMEOWNERS MOVE AGAIN WITHIN 5 YEARS AND 31 WEEKS – WHY?
In Britain, there are 27,071,500 households, of which 17,044,450 are owned and are worth a total of £3,925,865,212,950 (£3.92 trillion). Over the last 5 years, an average of 86,096 properties sell each month, meaning just [...]
12% DROP IN STOCKPORT HOMES ‘FOR SALE’ IN LAST 4 MONTHS
With most Stockport families home schooling their children in lockdown and the forthcoming Stamp Duty Holiday deadline on the 31st March 2021, less Stockport properties have been coming onto the Stockport property market since the new year. [...]
27,041 STOCKPORT HOMEOWNERS TO BE ‘UNCHAINED’ FROM TOXIC LEASEHOLD AGREEMENTS IN BIGGEST SHAKE-UP OF PROPERTY LAW IN DECADES
When William the Conqueror invaded our fair shores in 1066, like all good kings, he needed to buy loyalty and raise cash to build his castles and armies. He did this by feudal law system [...]
WILL THE STOCKPORT PROPERTY MARKET CRASH IN 2021?
…and the three reasons why it will not be the catastrophic scenario some are predicting In the last few months, the Stockport (and UK) property market has resisted and flouted every economist’s prediction. With the economy [...]
THE 2020 REVIEW OF THE STOCKPORT PROPERTY MARKET
Looking back at the Stockport property market for 2020, it certainly can be seen as a frenetic game of two halves, albeit with a very long half time in the spring. Between the General Election [...]