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What Are The Most In-Demand Home Features Thanks To COVID-19?
For some of us, the Covid-19 pandemic has reshaped our lives completely, even reconsidering our living situations. Over the past 18 months, the global pandemic has compelled homeowners to reevaluate how they use (or sell) their space. As we sheltered from the pandemic...
Top Tips For First-Time Buyers
Becoming a homeowner and getting yourself on the property ladder is a goal for many of us. With the governments new 95% mortgage scheme in place, designed to help first-time buyers secure a mortgage with just 5% deposit now might be the perfect time to get yourself...
Busiest property markets of 2020 revealed: Huntingdon topped the list with the highest rate of property purchases…
The hottest property spots in England and Wales have been revealed… 2020 has been the busiest year for estate agents in a decade. Recent research has shown that buyers have moved further from cities and sought out green space and small towns since the beginning of the...
Spring Budget 2021: How Will The Stamp Duty Holiday Extension Affect Homebuyers?
In yesterday's Spring Budget 2021 (Wednesday 3rd March 2021), Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced the next stage of the UK Covid response, covering the Government’s guidance on furlough schemes, tax rises, and the stamp duty holiday’s approaching deadline. In today’s...
Top Tips For Getting Your House Ready To Put On The Market
When it comes to selling your home you want to gain as much interest as possible. Think of your house like your own shop window, you need to dress it up in a way to attract potential buyers, its what they see that makes them want to view it and hopefully make an...
Property Market 2021: Can I Still Move Home During A National Lockdown?
Entering a new year generally means new beginnings, goals, and a planned future - which regularly includes buying or selling property. However, as we move into 2021 with England placed into national lockdown, many hopeful home-hunters and first-time buyers are...
Boris Johnson announces new 5% mortgage scheme, Generation Buy: What does this mean for first-time buyers?
Since the reopening of the property market in May, the housing industry has had an unexpected boom of enquiries, valuations, and successful moves. However, to a significant some, the COVID-19 pandemic has been a huge turn-off for some hopeful homeowners and first-time...
How To View A Property Safely
Since May, property viewings and other estate agent activity has been able to resume in post-lockdown conditions, after being temporarily suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, since the virus outbreak the health and safety of customers, clients and staff...
Making That Move in Britain Post-Lockdown: Unexpected “mini-boom” in July as National Year-on-Year Buyer Inquiries up by 75%…
Since reopening in May, Britain’s property market is enjoying a post-lockdown “mini-boom”, pushing asking prices to record high, according to the property website Rightmove. This has been mainly fuelled by the Government’s recent announcement of cutting stamp duty...
Becoming a Landlord in 2020…
Between the beginning and end of March, the demand for rental properties fell by more than 55%, which a large section of that is possibly due to the suspended transactions within the whole industry advised by the Government. However, according to Zoopla, the demand...
Realism is our Vaccine
Now lockdown is being eased, the staff at Peter Lane & Partners will help answer the sixty-four thousand dollar question about the property market. As we gradually emerge from lockdown the first question clients are asking us is how will the coronavirus influence...
The Property Market has been given the green light to reopen as lockdown rules are eased…
It has been a tough eight weeks on the nation. Personally and economically, we have all had to make sacrifices for the good of our own health and others, including estate agents, property portals and conveyancing teams. Meaning the process of buying and selling a home...
Now is the Perfect Time to Spruce Up Your Garden…
Deep down, we all need a bit of escapism from this global crisis. But with the surprisingly beautiful weather and extra time on our hands, you can shape this negativity into an optimistic project - sprucing up your garden, ready for Summer! After all, whether we...
Moving Home In The Spring
Are you considering moving home this Spring? Well, just like the process of moving from one home to another, the Spring season is also about change. It’s the time of the year where the days begin to get longer again, flowers begin to sprout and the moving season...
Make the most out of your property valuation…
As an Estate Agents in St Ives, Peter Lane & Partners want to offer advice to make the most out of your property valuation - from location to decoration… Every estate agents look out for various different factors when valuing a property. Walking into hundreds of...
The Property Market in 2020
Peter Lane & Partners take a fresh look at the property market as we enter the New Year. If you read or listen to the property press, or the national media commenting on the property market, you will know they are currently awash with speculation and projections...
Policies Please
Ahead of the general election, Paul Kinally from Peter Lane & Partners asks the political parties to spare a thought for the property sector. As we inch towards the general election on 12th December, much will be said about Brexit, the NHS, education, crime...
10 Life-Saving Hacks To Remember On Moving Day!
When moving day is just around the corner, you’ll often find yourself running around like a headless chicken trying to get everything prepared for the move. However, getting you and your possessions from point A to point B doesn’t have to be as stressful as people...
Top Things To Do In Cambridgeshire With The Kids This Summer Holidays!
As the Summer Holidays kick start this week, we have gathered a bunch of fun things to do and places to visit in Cambridgeshire over the next six weeks… 1. Rumble, Grafham Water Visit the stunning Grafham Water park and enjoy a live-action gaming experience deep into...
Our Guide To Moving Home
Moving house… what an emotional rollercoaster it can be! That’s right, we said can be. Although you are filled with excitement to begin the new chapter of your life with your family or loved ones, there is probably going to be a time during the process that becomes a...
10 Ways To Get Your Home Ready For The Winter Season
As we reach the last two months of 2018, the sub-zero temperatures and frosty mornings have made a return, and aren’t planning on going anywhere for the next few months. It’s the Winter season, after all, that’s why it’s time to start thinking about how to protect...
4 Clever Ways To Declutter Your Home
There’s no shame in having a lot of belongings, but when it begins to look messy or even become dangerous, that’s when you should consider a little decluttering session - and if you have sighed to the word ‘decluttering’, don’t worry, we have got you covered. As...
10 Trends To Implement Into Your Home
We are getting close to the halfway mark of 2019 - how this year is going so quickly! Despite this, it’s never too late to begin implementing some of this year’s design trends into your home. Last year we discovered our admiration for marble surfaces, curved sofas and...
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