One consequence of the Covid crisis is that the demand for country homes with a campsite in the grounds - be it for camping, glamping or caravans - has gone through the roof. People want to escape to the peace and quiet of the countryside, but money is often an issue,' says Carol Peett, of West Wales Property Finders. … [Read more...]
House prices: how the Covid-19 pandemic sent the housing market into a frenzy
It is one of the oddest outcomes from the pandemic: a housing market that is so frenetic that there could be nothing to sell within two months. While Easter is traditionally the start of the house-hunting season, March was the busiest month for a decade. More sales were agreed on March 23 than on any other day in the … [Read more...]
Why are house prices so high? It could be the secret sellers bidding off-market
The property market has reached fever pitch, with tales of competitive bidding and gazumping rife. No wonder that an increasing number of sellers are seeking to avoid the fray by promoting their properties discreetly to VIP buyers only. An estimated 84,630 homes were sold off market in Britain last year. Instead of … [Read more...]
Best Places to Live – Sunday Times 2021
The Cleddau Estuary, Pembrokeshire Whoever gave the Cleddau Estuary its nickname, “the secret waterway”, wasn’t joking — many of the holidaymakers who flock to Tenby and Saundersfoot every summer are blissfully unaware of the delights to be found on its shores — but now the game is up. Sori (sorry). The Cleddau … [Read more...]
The Welsh housing market is booming more than any other nation in the UK
Latest figures reveal Wales has the highest annual house price growth of the four nations. Wales has seen the largest annual house price growth in the year to December 2020 out of the four UK nations, according to new data. The data released as part of the UK House Price Index Summary, compiled by the Office of … [Read more...]
West Wales is the Most Affordable and Crime Free Place to Live
Six Welsh locations have been ranked in the top 10 most affordable and crime-free places to live in the whole of England and Wales. An estate agent comparison site has come up with an index of house price affordability and crime rates across both countries. It looked at the average house price in each postcode, … [Read more...]
Second Home Frenzy
More and more Londoners are buying second homes outside the capital following successive lockdowns and international travel restrictions. The number of Londoners purchasing properties elsewhere in Britain more than quadrupled last year compared with 2019, according to Knight Frank estate agents. Capital-based buyers … [Read more...]
The Beckhams aren’t alone in wanting a lake at home – there is just one problem
English country idyll or an eyesore that looks a bit…shhh, whisper it… suburban? Plans submitted by David and Victoria Beckham to super-size the ornamental lake in the grounds of their Cotswolds home is causing division among neighbours in Great Tew – a small village with a disproportionately high profile due to its … [Read more...]
