As we near the end of the year, it’s traditional for the weekend property supplements to  run a piece on their predictions for the property market the following year. It is of course total speculation, peppered with research from the usual economists at the larger national Estate Agencies so we thought we might as well throw our twopence in as Estate Agents actually on the ground in the Surrey...

Earlier this month, the Government opened a consultation on the home moving process  and is seeking public views on shortening and modernising the process to bring it up to date and chiefly, cut the time it takes to move from agreeing a sale.  A noble aim no doubt but not a new one and to experienced estate agency professionals, this must feel like déjà vu.  Back in 2001 when I was Law...

Joking aside, we at Burton Matthews haven’t actually posed that question of our smart speaker but it goes to the heart of our considerations when setting up our new independent estate agency in recent months.  With nearly 40 years experience between us of the Elmbridge residential property market, all of which was from traditional ‘High Street’ offices with shop windows, this question was...

Is your home taking longer to sell than you’d like? It’s possible that your listing has gone stale. As we hit the summer holidays, there will invariably be homes on the market that launched in the Spring that are still to find a buyer. There’s still life in the market in the summer break, we’re just negotiating a sale as I type this and oversaw a sealed bid process just yesterday on another new...

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How to Effectively Present Your Home for Sale: Tips and Strategies Selling a home is an exciting yet challenging process. One of the most important steps in selling your property quickly and at the best price is presenting your home in the most appealing way possible. As Surrey Estate Agents, we regularly get asked by sellers “what can we do to get the house ready for market?”. In this article,...

The house selling public have never had so much choice regarding which agent to appoint to move them and / or simply sell a property.  The range of potential sales spans from upsizing due to changing family needs, downsizing for a host of reasons, relocation, work moves, education-motivated moves, death, divorce / separation….the list goes on.  What links all though is the decision clients have to...

I recently read and commented on a property journalist post on LinkedIn as it struck me that our experience is at odds with the premise of the piece.  The suggestion was that in the Bristol market specifically, overvaluing was costing clients an average of £4,000 each.   Aside from ensuring top notch presentation, credible pricing is always one of the key factors that determines what price a home will...