Late August 2011

The school holidays have been in full swing, always traditionally a quieter time in the property market but now thoughts of the return to school only a couple of weeks away might start to bring more much needed property onto the market. There seems to be an uneven market with low interest rates versus difficult to find mortgages and slow economic growth.  We may not see much improvement in house values and transactions until next year. Housing markets have become far more divided with the London market streaking ahead whilst even the prime spots in the country market seem to have lagged behind. The usual flow of London buyers heading for the countryside has weakened and as a result vendors of country properties this coming autumn would do well to price their properties sensibly in order to achieve a successful sale.

Nonetheless this surely must be a good  time to buy a country property providing you get the best possible advice on values and locations.