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House prices tend to rise with inflation, so with the UK annual inflation hitting 4.2% last week, that’s good news, isn’t it? Yes and no – let me explain what it means for Neath homeowners. The year-on-year cost of living

Westminster’s scheduled publication of their White Paper for the Renter's Reform Bill, which incorporates proposals to forbid Section 21 evictions and introduce ‘Lifetime Deposits’ in England, has been suspended until 2022. The additional time is required to give a chance

In recent articles on the Neath property market, I have been talking a lot about house prices over the last 12 months and 5 years in Neath.   When it comes to newspapers talking about the property market, the headline

How far would you go to help your child get on in the world? Many Neath parents move area to ensure their child gets into the best primary school or fund their university costs. Many of you reading this have

With grocery, energy and other household prices/costs rising and hitting everyone’s back pocket, inflation (rising prices) may feel like an unimportant issue when it comes to the cost of keeping a roof over your head. Yet nothing could be further

The ‘Buy-To-Let’ (BTL) mortgage is celebrating its Silver Anniversary (25 years) this autumn. Isn’t it fascinating that a decision between a group of letting agents and bankers all that time ago to offer BTL mortgages has changed the face of

The land transaction tax holiday is over, furlough finished at the end of September, unemployment is due to rise and inflation is rife … is this the end of the post lockdown Neath property boom? Surely, we are heading for

The number of properties for sale in Neath has fallen by 48% since this time two years ago (October 2019). One of the reasons is that many Neath buyers feel overwhelmed and fearful they will be made homeless if they

As they struggle to meet demand, Argos have had to increase the wages of their HGV drivers from £11.41 an hour to £15 an hour - a rise of 31.2% meaning their pay goes from £27k to £35k. Care home

Neath landlords are becoming progressively more self-assured about expanding their rental portfolios; as Neath rents rise, mortgage interest rates fall and demand for decent Neath rental properties outstrips supply. A number of reports nationally would suggest around a third of