Boris Johnson Ate My Hamster!
17.01.2020Boris Johnson Ate My Hamster! Well he didn’t really, not actually, but my brother was at Oxford with him and he has a few stories to tell (but that’s for another, potentially l...
There’s lies, damn lies and then there’s statistics; let me explain
26.11.2019So, I recently got an email, from a “leading” international agent which has a few local offices. In it they kindly informed me that my house’s value had dropped by 7.8% since the last market pea...
This is a market update!
02.10.2019STOP! I only want 126 seconds of your life (that’s how long it took me to re-read this), and these could be seconds well spent. This is……. a market update! So, we enter a new season...
The word; effects of the ongoing political uncertainty
04.11.2018One month back into a new selling season and we have got 21 properties under offer; five went to sealed bids, three sold off market, one was a record breaker for its type, one was taken from another a...
Come on Ironsides!
01.09.2017When it comes to rugby, you will have to go a long way to find a more committed fan than Patrick Rampton. The former London Scottish player is so passionate that virtually every business analogy th...
A second home…
24.03.2016It’s been eight years since Rampton Baseley opened on Northcote Road and in that time they have quickly established themselves as a leading neighbourhood presence in the local property market (in 20...
5 Things to Expect from the Redfern
25.02.2016The biggest UK housing review since Dame Kate Barker published the 2003 Review of Housing Supply has commenced, amidst concerns about the sustainable future of Britain’s housing stock. Conducted by ...
Leading Economists Predict Property Price Rises in 2016
04.02.201688 leading economists have suggested that house prices will rise in 2016, according to a Financial Times study which asked whether government initiatives to support homeownership and deliver new homes...
Selling Houses – Advantages of the High Street Approach
26.01.2016So this article was supposed to be about our new office on Bellevue Rd. “New office!?!” We hear you cry. “Are you mad?!? You’re expanding as the dark storm clouds of internet agency inex...
Find a London property gem? Check its lease
15.01.2016According to Property Wire, almost all flats in England and Wales are classed as leasehold property, yet a high amount – around one fifth of owners – aren’t clued up on the most fundamental poin...
Why we’re not worried about our London markets
08.01.2016It was a big year for London property markets in the 2015 election year, with big, bold headlines to ring in January as the industry took its first tentative steps, with the prospect of potentially c...