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Willmotts Chartered Surveyors

Willmotts Chartered Surveyors

Willmotts is a firm of RICS regulated chartered surveyors, est. 1856. Providing an award winning, Complete Property Service from Hammersmith in West London and beyond.
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Housing Demand 2021
The Dataloft Demand Index shows housing demand is currently 22% higher than a year ago, as housing market momentum continues to be bouyant.
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Going for Gold
Team GB are bringing home the medals at Tokyo 2020, but property not gold has proved the best investment proposition in recent years.
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Sales Still Flying
Research by Rightmove indicates the vast majority of sales will continue if buyers miss the June or September SDLT deadlines.
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Change Of Scene
Nearly 1.5 million people changed region in the UK even before the pandemic.
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One Million New Homes
Over 1.3 million new dwellings have been added to the housing stock across England and Wales over the past 5 years, according to data released this week by the MHCLG and Stats Wales.
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Property Sales Times
Newly listed properties are flying off the shelves. The majority (78%) of agents in the latest Dataloft subscriber poll said that homes, once listed, are selling in less than 28 days.
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Rental Market Booming
Tenant demand is rising substantially. For agents in the lettings market, the busy season is approaching.  
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UK Consumer Confidence High
The PwC consumer confidence index is at its highest level since the index started in 2008. The first quarter of 2021 marks the first time the index has been in positive territory since pre-pandemic.  
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Step Into Spring
As we enter spring, the average UK house price is £232,134, up 6% on March 2020. Transactions are 49% higher than last year, reflecting a surge in sales agreed in summer and the rush to beat the SDLT holiday.
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The Top 5 Common Property Survey Problems And Solutions
Are you in the process of buying a property and are wondering about getting a survey? Don’t make the mistake that far too many homebuyers still make, thinking it’s an unnecessary expense.
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Young Adults Living With Parents
Sunday March 14th marks Mother's Day in the UK, a chance to say thank you, remember and think of loved ones.
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Willmotts Auction Service
With The Stamp Duty Holiday Extension Find out if Your Property Plans Could Benefit From our online Auction Service...
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UK House Prices Grows By 8.5 %
ONS, Halifax and Nationwide all report a sharp increase in annual house price growth since the stamp duty holiday announcement in July 2020
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Premium Property Prices
Research shows that homes listed as having a coveted sea view command a premium of 31% across Great Britain.  
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Mortgage Approvals Soar
Mortgage approvals have all but recovered following the forced closure of the housing market in spring 2020. Mortgage approvals were only down -0.9% (January to November 2020) compared to the same period in 2019.
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How To Plan For A Buy-To-Let Property
Letting a property and becoming a landlord can be an attractive and exciting venture, but there is more to renting out a property than you may realise. 
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25% of Private Rental Homes are Suburban Houses
Across England and Wales, almost half (43%) of all private rental sector properties (both houses and flats) fall within Dataloft's definition of suburban areas, 41% urban and 16% rural.
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Christmas Property Sales Advice
A Common misconception is that as a seller you should pause your property interest during the festive period of the year
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Property Market Boosts Our Economy
For every residential property resale, an average of £9,559 is added to the UK economy. That is an estimated £6bn added to the UK economy so far this year.
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Hammersmith First-Time Buyers Locked Out
As Hammersmith First-time Buyers are Being Locked Out of the Hammersmith Property Market As Rents Have Dropped by 3.6%
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Autumn Market Report 2020
Post-Lockdown Momentum in the Market  
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Will Generation Rent Turn Into Generation Buy
Boris Johnson has attracted both praise and horror in equal measure with a new plan for 95% mortgages to help beleaguered first time buyers to get on the property ladder, but would that expose UK taxpayers to too much risk? 
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Homes Are Moving 31% Faster Since Lock-Down
The time to sell a home has fallen by more than a quarter in the UK.
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The Challenges Of A First Time Buyer
First-time buyer property prices have risen from £142,473 in 2010 to £241,025 today. Despite this, the average age of a first-time buyer has remained at 31 for the last 15 years. 
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Affordable Places To Live Near London
As more residents of the UK have learnt to appreciate the importance of space and the outdoors following months of lockdown, many city-workers are seeking commuter towns outside of London, with easy access into the city and the benefit of more space.
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Stamp Duty Holiday Deadline
With just over 32 weeks of the stamp duty holiday left, and with the average property taking 18 weeks to sell, vendors have 14 weeks to list their properties if they want to make the most of the stamp duty holiday.
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Decorating Hacks For Tenants
The lockdown rules have left us, quite literally, staring at walls as we adjust to spending more time than ever in our homes, leading to DIY explosion around the U.K.
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New Rules For Possession Proceedings
Since 27 March, all new and existing possession proceedings against residential tenants have been stayed. Initially the stay was brought in for a period of 90 days, however, the Government announcement in June that the stay would be extended until 23 August 2020.
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Best Places In The UK To Walk And Cycle To Work
The gradual lifting of lockdown has meant that a portion of the UK population are returning to their offices with many of us keen to avoid public transport as much as we can. 
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Private Rental Market Reliance On The Student Market
Covid-19 may cause a reduction in the number of overseas students at UK universities in the academic year 2020/21. A drop may cause landlords to compete for a smaller rental pool in some regions.
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Mortgage Products Return To The Property Market 2020
Mortgage products are returning following a collapse in availability during lockdown. 77% of mortgage brokers expect lending to return to pre-pandemic levels within nine months.  
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Before 2020 Only 30% Had Worked From Home
In 2019 only 5% of the UK workforce worked mainly from home and less than 30% of total workforce had even tried it. This is going to have changed dramatically since the Covid-19 lockdown.
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DIY during COVID-19
The housing market may be quieter but there has been a huge increase in spending in the DIY/home improvement market, according to GfK, as many of us take this time to do projects in our homes.
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What do tenants want to know more about?
With the UK in lockdown, and agency branch networks temporarily closed, finding ways to stay in touch are critical.
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Protect your investment - don't forget to extend your lease
Imagine the horror of thinking your property is worth £500k, when it is actually only worth £180k!
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Interest rate cut could help cushion housing market
Interest rates have been cut to 0.25% in a bid to shore up the economy amid the ongoing coronavirus outbreak. 
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Top tips to protect your vacant home
Willmotts is a firm of RICS regulated chartered surveyors, est. 1856. Providing an award winning, Complete Property Service from Hammersmith in West London and beyond.
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Government Announces First Home Scheme
The government has announced its First Home Scheme - a scheme will offers a potential 30% discount on some new build homes. 
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