Last week we heard the news that Ofgem would be increasing the price cap for gas and electricity from October 1st, with another rise expected in January. This takes the average energy bill to over £3,500 representing an 82% rise in the price cap since April. This rise will impact 24 million households on their […]read more>>
The Time Out Index has been released, listing the 53 Best Cities in the World, with Glasgow coming in at a very respectable fourth place! The Index combines the results from a survey of over 20,000 city dwellers along with Time Out contributors and experts to rank this year’s best cities. After two years of […]read more>>
The summer holidays are nearly upon us and over the last few years we’ve all missed out on the amazing venues right on our doorstep. If you have children to entertain there is so much to see and do here in East Renfrewshire including beaches, parks, historic attractions and museums right on our doorstep. Here […]read more>>
According to the latest House Price Index released by Rightmove, the UK has seen a fourth consecutive record of rising house prices. House prices are now £55,000 higher than pre-pandemic levels and the current average UK house price is £367,501 – this is a monthly rise of £7,400. In comparison, in the two years before […]read more>>
This week is Mental Health Awareness Week which highlights ‘loneliness’. One in four of us feel lonely at some point – or perhaps all the time. There are many reasons people feel lonely and there’s isn’t just one solution. The longer we feel lonely, the more likely we are to have mental health problems – […]read more>>
New standards from the Scottish Government now requires all households to have interlinked smoke and heat detectors installed as a requirement by law. The deadline was moved from 2021 due to the pandemic, to February 1st 2022. That leaves just two weeks to get your fire alarms installed. These new standards mean that all residential […]read more>>
Although price corrections are becoming inevitable in the UK property market following the effects of the pandemic, these dips are slight and house prices are still rising. Latest figures from the website ‘Home’ have shown that we are seeing extraordinarily low levels of property on the market and the level of unsold property has never […]read more>>
According to the latest figures from Chartered Surveyor Walker Fraser Steele, house price growth in Scotland has been the highest of all four UK nations. House prices have increased by 13.2% in the year to September – equating to an average rise of £25,000 taking the average house price to £212,832. On a monthly basis, […]read more>>
According to the experts at Zoopla, house price growth is expected to slow to 3% next year. This year we have seen unprecedented conditions in the housing market – and this has been the case ever since the property market re-opened after the pandemic at the end of June 2020. Once Covid19 hit, the property […]read more>>
Over the last few years, the way that estate agents market their homes has changed – and these changes have accelerated over the last 18 months since the start of the pandemic. Last year the property market effectively shut down, with only ongoing transactions forging ahead. Prospective buyers were unable to visit estate agent offices […]read more>>