This blog follows the Buy To Let market in Colchester and the surrounding district. You’ll find tips, guidance and analysis that relates specifically to properties in and around Colchester. You’ll also find properties from the estate agents in the town that may make good investments. I am the co-owner of Home Lettings in Colchester. If you are thinking of buying a property to let in or around Colchester, please feel free to contact me if you would like a second opinion.
News about property in Colchester.
I do like to have a coffee at Harpers Caffe on Culver Street West in Colchester. Whilst in there, a suited gentleman approached me and asked if I was the person who wrote the newsletters about the Colchester property market. We ended up having an interesting chat about the local property market, as he was … Read more
The Pros and Cons of Home Ownership and Renting Explored… Renting used to be a dirty word in the 60’s and 70’s. You either lived in a ‘Rigsby Rising Damp’ style bedsit with wood chip on the wall and a coin operated electric meter (that buzzed in the night) or you lived in a council … Read more
Are spare bedrooms the cause of the Colchester housing crisis? That isn’t a typo, of the 50,106 households in Colchester, 16,704 of those properties don’t only have one spare bedroom, but two spare bedrooms! … and it is this topic I want to talk about this week, my Colchester Property Market Blog readers – because … Read more
I received an e-mail from a landlord in Lexden the other day. She had apparently been following my blog for a while and wanted to pick my brain concerning the best time of the year to sell a property. If like me you haven’t had to sell a property in recent years you may not … Read more
It’s 5.50am as I start to type this article and David Dimbleby has just announced the UK will be leaving the EU as the final votes are counted. As most of the polls suggested a Remain Vote, it came as a surprise to most people, including the City. The Pound has dropped 6% this morning … Read more
I was having an interesting chat with a client in Highwoods the other day, when he asked me the difference between asking prices and property values and why it mattered. When it comes to selling a property, there has to be agreement between the buyer and seller (vendor) for a property sale to take … Read more
I was chatting to a friend over a cup of coffee recently when he asked me who I thought was to blame for the housing crisis. You see, we Brits have a reputation for being a country of home owners. But the truth of the matter appears to tell a different story, because … Read more
9.5% rise in Colchester property values affecting town’s housing crisis Colchester’s continuing housing shortage is putting the town’s (and the Country’s) reputation as a nation of homeowners ‘under threat’, as the number of houses being built continues to be woefully inadequate in meeting the ever increasing needs of the growing population in the town. … Read more
The Land Registry have recently released the latest set of figures for the Colchester Property market which makes interesting reading. House prices across England and Wales stalled in May with no rises in the average value of a home during the month, according to the Land Registry. The average property price is now £179,696, according … Read more