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Latest news at David James Estate Agents in Bromley
The changes in stamp duty and the Brexit vote have made the last 12 months an interesting one.There have been a total of 2,609 sales and we can see that volumes have increased by 18.1% since September 2015. This is stronger than the London region and the national market
A property’s desirability is often a popular subject when we are talking to homeowners and local investors. Sure, you will find that Kirsty and Phil are right, and it is all about "location, location, location", but the savvy property hunter has something else on their minds these days, and that is "education, education, education".
More and more people searching for a home are...
You would be forgiven for thinking that Nobel Prize winner Bob Dylan was talking about the UK property market when he sang, "the times, they are a changin'". As agents in Bromley Common, we have seen it all in the property market. But one overarching fact is the rise of local property prices, which have seen a significant increase of 62% in the last decade.
One of our landords who lives in Bromley came into our office to discuss the rising property values, and in particular of those in the Bromley area. He owns a varied portfolio of rental properties, primarily in Bromley and Orpington, so it is interesting to compare the increase in property values around these two areas.
I had a very interesting chat with a couple from Bromley the other day, whilst viewing one of our rental properties. The property wasn’t for them, but their daughter, who requested a second viewing with her parents to get parental approval. Now I know that isn’t the norm, but in this case the parents were going to act as guarantor. We got chatting about the Bromley property...