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Well, what a weekend that was. Street parties, gatherings in the park, the purple bunting, egg and cress sandwiches, union jack flags, cheese and pineapple on cocktail sticks, and let's not forget the trifle – the Platinum Jubilee Party. And

Inflation (and recessions) can be nerve-racking for people and their hard-earned savings and wealth.Yet there are six reasons which make investing in private rental properties a potentially wise investment in these changeable times.This article looks at how investing in Neath

Many commentators believe we have seen the peak of the Neath property market.So, should savvy bargain hunters wait for Neath house prices to fall?Or could postponing your house buying for any anticipated Neath house price drop be a costly mistake?

According to some newspapers and pundits, the property market boom could soon be over with the increasing interest rates and inflation. In this article, I share the 3 fundamental economic reasons why things are different to the last property market

Neath needs 201 additional private rented properties per year to keep up with current and future demand from Neath tenants. Yet over the last 5 years, Neath has lost 161 private rented homes. What are the 5 reasons the supply

The Neath housing market over the last five years has behaved oddly. Neath house prices are 36.1% higher than in 2017, even though during those five years, the British economy had the uncertainty of Brexit and the massive fall in

In 1981, 36.1% of properties in Neath (and the Neath Port Talbot County Borough as a whole) were council houses. Today, that figure stands at 12.4%, a proportional drop of 66%. Why has the number of council houses dropped so

The terraced house is one of the most familiar styles of home in Neath (and the UK as a whole). 28.5% of Neath people live in a terraced home, interesting when compared with the national average of 22.7%. So, what

1,160 properties have sold in the Neath area in the last 12 months. It only takes 40 days to sell a Neath home, so why does it take 109 days from the sold board going up to the buyer getting

The average time to find a buyer for a Neath property reduced from 72 days in 2020 to 39 days in 2021. Yet still, just under 1 in 3 Neath homeowners are on the market after 12 weeks. Why are