Posts by Christopher Walkey
You need to leave your council home because of pet pig?
So we are now not allowed to keep pet pigs? As a more and more popular trend with many celebrities keeping them as pets, the Metro website has reported on Clarion Housing who are looking to eject their tenant following receiving a complaint by a local neighbour…. We wonder who that complaint come from as…
Read MoreBrexit to be delivered by Brexit Party? How does this effect the UK Property Market?
Many people have blamed the vote to leave the EU as having caused a stagnant property market across the country, of course it has been blamed for many other things such as shortage of egg sandwiches and even a shortage of sperm… You kind of get the picture here the minds behind these suggestions. Without…
Read MoreGerman public fight back against rising property rental costs
For sure we are seeing some over inflated costs for rentals in the UK, many folk are paying more and more towards their rent and having to sacrifice at times basic essentials so to keep the landlords pockets aligned, it been sometime since we can really call a home a home, more a home is…
Read More“87,000 properties worth an estimated £100bn are owned by anonymous overseas companies”
I was reading a recent news article on the Manx Radio website, national public service broadcaster of the Isle of Man, where they highlighted the problem of money laundering and quoting from a feature from Burnley Express stating that properties on Isle of Man have links to ‘offshore tax havens’. It sounds like deeper investigations…
Read MoreAre you risking prosecution? Money laundering is a dirty business.
As I was browsing LinkedIn today I see a promoted post from the UK Home Office: “Are you risking prosecution? Money laundering is a dirty business. Do your due diligence and submit a SAR if you are suspicious.” As the lies and false promises flood out from our government relating to Brexit, we are still…
Read MoreRight to Rent scheme violates human rights?!
“You must check that a tenant or lodger can legally rent your residential property in England.” as stated on the offical gov.uk website – Seems a pretty sensible enough statement to me… The Right to Rent scheme is though said to be seen as causing racial discrimination so the High Court has found – It violates the…
Read MoreSadiq Khan: A long list of failings including ‘housing’ – Russell Quirk shares his thoughts
Headline hitters both of them, though the mayor of London has by far a longer list of mostly failures whereas Russell Quirk is still very much respected by his industry peers following taking his idea (Emoov) from start up to nationally recognised online estate agency brand and now leads a fast growing and widely used PR…
Read MoreUK Homes Status – You can now live in an old Shipping Container!
We all know that house price rises along with fairly uncontrolled immigration numbers have caused an issue for affordable property here in the UK and many people wishing to purchase their very own home have been left frustrated. So what solution lies ahead – Maybe it is a real negative price pounding on the property market…
Read MoreCrowdcube & Emoov – Crime, grime or sublime?
Both crowdfunding and kickstarting have been a real positive for many start up businesses globally, highlighting yet to be signed up talent and enabling investors to join in on many successful roller coaster rides as well as helping start-ups to grow from ideas to national / international companies. There has been a few #PropTech success…
Read MoreHalf the property I have viewed have now had Price Reductions!
House prices: Is it time to sit still and wait, will the time of gazundering be upon us soon, is Brexit only just taking effect on the property market or maybe it is all just a minor storm in a teacup? For those readers looking to purchase at present and that will involve some selling…
Read MoreLondon’s office market in for a fall?
A recent article on the Financial Review website takes a look at the current situation for London offices and the forthcoming decision on Brexit – Expectations by some analysts see a fall in the market due. “We see a number of red flags that signal the start of a cyclical correction” Berenberg analysts led by…
Read MoreJeremy Corbyn – Can I buy a £650,000 flat for just £162,500 please?
A few damning headlines in the national press, and quite rightly so in my mind, in fact when is the investigation due please on Jeremy Corbyn’s son who has been reported to have purchased a 2 bedroom flat in London for £162,500 when the others in the block are valued at £650,000 and then uses…
Read MoreCouncil demands extra £360,000 following Right-to-Buy blunder
Right-to-Buy which many will see as a completely out of date, unfair and a drain to the UK housing stock hits the headlines again with Islington Council, who gave away at a discount one of their flats on Islington street, now demanding at extra £360,000 following a blunder on ‘bedrooms’. Two years later the council saw the…
Read MoreHenry Pryor: “Political uncertainty will drastically affect housing”
Henry Pryor, a frequent commentator on the UK property market, has today been featured on the Express website sharing the mood that property prices are being effected due to current Brexit uncertainties. Are we leaving as per the democratic vote of 2016 or has the Prime Minister something else up her sleeve having her arm…
Read MoreWhich Knockers are the Best?
Front doors ladies and gentlemen if you please! If you prefer that hearty knock on the door over the ringing of the doorbell – Door knockers! So I visited a property the other day during our hunt for a new home and what caught my eye was the front door and especially the knocker which…
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