Oh lordy, it’s all beginning to sound a bit medieval. Numis Securities, a City investment bank, have been making like Nostradamus as far as the housing market goes.
Lo, they say unto us, a veritable plague cometh and there will be much wailing, gnashing of teeth, and a really big fire sale in the buy-to-let sector.
The [...]

We’re big fans of Video Jug here at Winging It. And we also like glove puppets.
So we really loved this video.
Check it out … it’s guaranteed to put a smile on your face!

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The latest survey from The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) reveals that there are plenty of hungry buyers out there circling the market, but very few are actually taking a bite.
But with prices still falling, and rates low it’s surely only a matter of time before all that interest translates into sales. Isn’t it? [...]

Thanks to Jess over at Primelocation’s blog for alerting us to the fact that London agent Marsh & Parsons have started vlogging (video blogging).
Here’s their first from MD Peter Rollings - they’re keen to have feedback, so let them know what you think.
I’ve spoken to Peter many times in the past and he really is [...]

Anyone see Grand Designs last night? We’ve written about Earthships – homes made from tyres filled with rammed earth – several times in the past so it was interesting to see the process in action.
The couple involved said they wouldn’t get planning permission for this in Britain, but there is a development of Earthships planned [...]

We’re all abuzz here at FindaProperty.com thanks to the launch of our new FindaProperty.com: Rental Index.
It’s the first comprehensive measure of rental asking prices available and has been prepared using a methodology devised by top housing market statisticians Calnea Analytics - they produce the official Land Registry index, so this, we’re happy to say, is [...]

We’ve been happily Twittering of late so it’s good to see us listed in The Times’ Top 20 British property profiles on Twitter.
Twitter ye not?  Well you really should check it out – it’s surprisingly addictive. We’re here - get in touch!
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This week’s linear action comes from our in-house statisticians who tell us that FindaProperty.com’s traffic has increased by 63.9 per cent since December 08 and currently stands at a whopping 2.8 million unique visitors.
Sales channel traffic is close to 2 million unique visitors and rental channel traffic stands at over 1.1 million unique visitors (some [...]

We’ve been asking our users what makes a home … which made me think of this: Crosby Stills & Nash’s blissed out hymn to home life with the one you lurv.
Apparently Graham Nash wrote it while living with Joni Mitchell in Laurel Canyon way back in 1970 …  and you don’t get any more loved [...]

Excluding us, obviously, and the blogs produced by our sister company Primelocation.com…
Here, in no particular order, are the ones I have hard-wired into my Google Reader.
1. Royals of Rent: Clever, engaging, and visually pleasing blog about renting in London.

2. Agent’s Diary: Wonderfully morose musings from 40-something London agent facing the downturn surrounded by “cretinous idiots”.

3. [...]