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The Herne Hill housing market is a fascinating beast and has been particularly interesting since the Credit Crunch of 2008/9 with the subsequent property market crash. There is currently some talk of a ‘property bubble’ nationally as Brexit seems to be the ‘go-to’ excuse for every issue in the Country. Upon saying that, looking at […]

There is no escaping the fact that over the last couple of decades, the rise in the number buy to let properties in Herne Hill has been nothing short of extraordinary.  Many in the “left leaning” press have spoken of a broken nation, the fact many youngsters are unable to buy their first home with

The number of residential property transactions in Lambeth will be 2.6 per cent lower in 2018, compared to 2017.  According to my research, the seasonally adjusted statistics for our local authority area suggest with the number of properties already sold in 2018, and the number of properties currently under offer or sold subject to contract

Whether you are a Herne Hill landlord looking to liquidate your buy to let investment or a homeowner looking to sell your home, finding a buyer and selling your property can take an annoyingly long time. It is a step-by-step process that can take months and months. In fact, one of the worst parts of

What Wonderful News for our Herne Hill Childrens Musical Adventure Group! We love being part of such an exciting group and what an accolade for them all. Heres what they told us:  We have just been appointed Ensemble In Residence for The Commonwealth Resounds – the music arm of the Commonwealth. It’s a real honour

Living in our own homes or owning buy to let property in Herne Hill and the surrounding areas, it’s often easy to ignore the regional and national picture when it comes to property. As a homeowner or landlord in Herne Hill, consideration must be given to these markets, as directly and indirectly, they do have

Over the last twenty years, there has been a shift in the way the Herne Hill (and the UK’s) property market works. In the 1960’s, 70’s, 80’s and 90’s, a large majority of twenty somethings saved up their 5% deposit, went without life’s luxuries of going out and holidays etc., for a couple of years

The current average value of a property in Herne Hill currently stands at £791,850 and the base rates at 0.5%. In many of my articles, I talk about what is happening to property values over the short term (i.e. the last 12 months or the last 5 years), but to answer this question we need

My analysis has shown that up to the end of the last quarter, Herne Hill first time buyers purchased 51 Herne Hill properties.  With wages rising at 2.8%, unemployment at a low rate of 4.2% (down from 4.6% from a year earlier and the joint lowest since 1975), national GDP rising at 1.87% and inflation

I am of the opinion that buy to let investment in Herne Hill, in the long-term, will bring substantial returns for landlords, irrespective of latest regulation and tax changes. Taking a very conservative (with a small ‘c’) view, I believe landlords will see a projected net profit of £825,433 per property over the next 25