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Cautious Optimism in the Neath Property Market

As the British and Neath property market navigates the ongoing economic turmoil, many Neath homeowners and landlords may feel uncertain about the future. However, up-to-date data suggests that the 2023 property crash predicted by the many newspapers and the usual

What’s Currently Happening in the Private Rented Sector?

Private renting has more than doubled over the past two decades, according to the 2021 census. Outside of London rents were up by 9.4%, in December 2022 based on annual figures compared to December 2021, according to HomeLet. 35% of

Is your Bridgend home bigger than 1,065 sq ft?

Bridgend homeowners – do you know how big your Bridgend home is? What is the square footage of your Bridgend home? Don’t worry, most of us don't - yet it could be fundamental as Bridgend home buyers search for new

50% of Neath house sellers in 2022 had only been in their old home on average 8 years and 2 weeks

The share of Brits moving each year has been declining since the late 1980s (when at one stage, people moved every eight years), yet since the pandemic's beginning, something has appeared to upset that trend. Newspaper stories and social media posts

Is Buy-to-Let in Bridgend Still Worth the Risk?

Over the last five years, life has become a little trickier for Bridgend landlords, with changes to their taxation status, mortgage interest relief and an additional 3% Land Transaction Tax for a buy-to-let property, and has made lots of Bridgend landlords

Neath Property Market update

With the Bank of England raising interest rates and inflation high, what is happening in the Neath property market? Are properties selling in Neath? And if so, what is selling? What will happen to the value of your Neath home?

Bridgend Baby Boomers and their 3,290 ‘Spare’ Bedrooms

An additional 7,194 spare bedrooms have been locked out of the Bridgend housing market since 2011 as Britain’s ageing population means the country’s stock of homes is being used more unproductively. The number of spare bedrooms in Bridgend between 2011 and 2021

Thatcher’s Dream Smashed as Homeownership in Neath Drops

In her first conference speech as the Tory's new leader in 1975, the grocer’s daughter from Grantham, Margaret Thatcher, asserted her conviction in a ‘property-owning democracy’. Although Thatcher didn't conceive the saying – (that credit belonged to Conservative MP Noel

Bridgend Property Market Holding up Despite Doom and Gloom in the Newspapers

The Bridgend housing market over the last three months is now becoming more ‘normal’ after the last couple of years of insane demand when the lockdowns started a race for space! Even with the blackening economic doom-mongers forecasting a harsh

What Will Happen to the Neath Property Market in 2023?

The autumn of 2022 saw economic and political instability with the resignation of Boris Johnson as Prime Minister and the ill-fated Liz Truss 44-day premiership. Now as we go into 2023, the economic and political turmoil has subdued, offering a

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