Renters Reform Bill Unveiled
22nd May 2023
What Sussex landlords and tenants need to know following last weeks renter reform bill being unveiled. Read More
22nd May 2023
What Sussex landlords and tenants need to know following last weeks renter reform bill being unveiled. Read More
4th April 2023
We take a look at the Shoreham-by-Sea housing market and the steps that can be taken to speed up the home-buying process. Read More
23rd August 2022
The government’s Help To Buy Scheme is drawing to a close, but there’s still time to apply and reserve your home! Help To Buy is a government backed scheme designed to help first time buyers on to the property ladder. It effectively allows eligible first time buyers to secure their new home with a 5% deposit and a smaller mor… Read More
18th August 2022
"An apartment is over £200k and a flat under £200k", said my friend. Joking aside, there is no difference, call it what you will, the humble apartment/flat has served Shoreham-by-Sea well over the years. The average sale price of an apartment in Shoreham-by-Sea in 2021 was £295,386, making it an excellent first-time buyer purchase and buy-to-let investment. In this article, we wi… Read More
21st June 2022
The rate of house price growth has started to ease with a reduction in the number of properties that will sell in Shoreham-by-Sea in the coming 12 to 18 months. Yet, rising interest rates and the cost-of-living issues won't knock everybody out of the property market and there shouldn't be a housing bubble for two vital reasons. The Shoreham-by-Sea property market is… Read More
12th May 2022
The government have recently announced their final release of grants for the residential sector surrounding the installation of electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure and points. The government say they want to help businesses and organisations who rent, lease or manage residential properties install EV chargepoints in their car parks. The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) … Read More
26th April 2022
The Shoreham-by-Sea housing market over the last five years has behaved oddly. Shoreham-by-Sea house prices are 23.4% higher than in 2017, even though during those five years, the British economy had the uncertainty of Brexit and the massive fall in GDP during the pandemic. Yet, a less observed trend is that the net number of homeowners in Shoreham-by-Sea has risen by 1,235 households,… Read More
21st April 2022
The terraced house is one of the most familiar styles of home in Shoreham (and the UK as a whole). 21.8% of Shoreham people live in a terraced home, interesting when compared with the national average of 22.7%. So, what is it about the humble terraced/townhouse us Brits love so much? In this article, we look at the history of the… Read More
19th April 2022
In 1981, 19.2% of properties in Shoreham (and the Adur District as a whole) were council houses. Today, that figure stands at 9.8%, a proportional drop of 49%. Why has the number of council houses dropped so much in those 40 years? How has that changed the dynamics of the Shoreham property market in those 40 years? The ability of local authorities to build council houses… Read More
13th April 2022
267 properties have sold in the Shoreham-by-Sea area in the last 12 months. It only takes 49 days to sell a Shoreham-by-Sea home, so why does it take 123 days from the sold board going up to the buyer getting the keys? With a shortage of solicitors and a sub-standard conveyancing system, this article discusses what Shoreham-by-Sea house sellers (and buyers) can do to… Read More