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May 23, 2022
Foreign investment boom for London property market As house prices in London continue to rise, many young Londoners are finding themselves struggling to get on the housing... read more
May 3, 2022
Margaret Thatcher’s belief in a ‘property-owning democracy’ paved the way for the introduction of Right to Buy in 1980, and the UK has been a nation obsessed with the idea of... read more
Apr 14, 2022
We are having some time off, but will be open on Saturday & Sunday, and will be checking emails for tenant emergencies too. read more
Apr 1, 2022
House price growth at 17-year high, says Nationwide House prices grew at the fastest annual pace for more than 17 years in March despite the cost of living crisis, according to... read more
Mar 18, 2022
Nearly two million homeowners will see their mortgage repayments increase after the Bank Rate was hiked for the third time in four months. The Bank of England has increased interest rates for... read more
Feb 21, 2022
A shortage of homes being put up for sale has led to rising asking prices and frustration for buyers, two reports suggest. The average asking price for a property in Britain... read more
Jan 21, 2022
HMRC'S property transaction statistics were released today, showing that residential transactions in December 2021 were higher than the month prior. However, experts are warning that the lack of... read more
Jan 7, 2022
House prices grow faster than any full year for 17 years UK house prices rose at a faster rate in 2021 than in any calendar year since 2004, according to the Halifax. The... read more
Dec 23, 2021
We are ow closed for Christmas 2021 - re-opening on the 29th December My team have earned a well earned rest over the festive period, but if therre is anything urgent please do feel... read more
Dec 22, 2021
The Bank of England has raised interest rates for the first time in more than three years, in response to calls to tackle surging price rises. The increase to 0.25% from... read more
Dec 3, 2021
Estate agents have told the government that it must be realistic about the ability of private landlords to fund the huge cost of upgrading properties to meet the EPC Band C minimum by 2030... read more
Nov 5, 2021
How far would you go to help your child get on in the world? Many Holme Valley parents move area to ensure their child gets into the best primary school or fund their university costs.... read more
Oct 29, 2021
With grocery, energy and other household prices/costs rising and hitting everyone’s back pocket, inflation (rising prices) may feel like an unimportant issue when it comes to the cost of... read more
Oct 22, 2021
The ‘Buy-To-Let’ (BTL) mortgage is celebrating its Silver Anniversary (25 years) this autumn. Isn’t it fascinating that a decision between a group of letting agents and... read more
Oct 15, 2021
The stamp duty holiday is over, furlough finished at the end of September, unemployment is due to rise and inflation is rife … is this the end of the post lockdown Holme... read more
Oct 11, 2021
Our very own James Ince has been shortlisted for the Rising Star Award, at this years Negotiator Awards. This award is given to the best young estate agent in the country, and we are very proud... read more
Oct 9, 2021
The number of properties for sale in Holme Valley has fallen by 76% since this time two years ago (October 2019). One of the reasons is that many Holme Valley buyers feel overwhelmed... read more
Sep 28, 2021
As they struggle to meet demand, Argos have had to increase the wages of their HGV drivers from £11.41 an hour to £15 an hour - a rise of 31.2% meaning their pay goes from £27k... read more
Sep 23, 2021
Holme Valley landlords are becoming progressively more self-assured about expanding their rental portfolios; as Holme Valley rents rise, mortgage interest rates fall and demand for decent Holme... read more
Sep 9, 2021
A recent report by Legal & General stated that since the pandemic, many older homeowners had put their plans to move home 'on ice'. It said that fewer OAP homeowners are planning to downsize... read more
Sep 2, 2021
With Rightmove announcing a national drop of 0.3% in average asking prices in August, some are asking if the steam has been let out of the property market. Yet with the gains we have seen in the... read more
Aug 27, 2021
Should you sell or should you buy in this most interesting Holme Valley, property market? I have calculated that at least 47 Holme Valley, HD9 house sellers have rented a home to... read more
Aug 13, 2021
The bungalow is a building that has represented a more leisurely, gentler way of life since the early 1900’s. Bungalows have been sold as an aspiration for those about to retire,... read more
Aug 9, 2021
The semi-detached house – the icon of middle-class aspiration, the pinnacle of liberalism yet at the same time compromised individuality, the ‘semi’ as it is colloquially termed... read more
Jul 31, 2021
June 2021 was the busiest month ever for UK estate agents, home removal companies and conveyancers since monthly records began as HMRC logged 213,120 residential transactions in... read more
Jul 26, 2021
I know of many Holme Valley buy-to-let landlords who fell into property investing by accident. Many didn’t want to sell their family home when the Holme Valley housing market... read more
Jul 16, 2021
Holme Valley Homeowners Profit By £49,650 in Last 5 Years … yet Bitcoin investors would have made £11,305,580 in profit. Is investing in ‘Bricks... read more
Jul 9, 2021
£464,035 – ‘Wood’ You Pay That For a Holme Valley Semi-Detached House? The value of an average Holme Valley (HD9) semi-detached house has... read more
Jul 2, 2021
Holme Valley house prices dropped by 2.5% last month, according to the Land Registry. This means the annual rate of house price growth in Holme Valley has eased to 11.9%, only a... read more
Jun 10, 2021
How Eco-friendly are Holme Valley Homes? And how new Gov’t rules will mean draughty low-eco Holme Valley homes will drop in value ‘It’s Not Easy Being... read more
Jun 4, 2021
Your Great-Great Holme Valley Grandfather Would Have Only Paid £411 12s 7d for his Holme Valley Home in 1871 Would it surprise you even more when I said the ratio of... read more
May 22, 2021
22.9% of Holme Valley Landlords Could Be Fined £5,000 Each with New Energy Regs … whilst possible new mortgage rules for Holme Valley homeowners would make it harder to... read more
May 14, 2021
Will the Holme Valley Property Market Continue to Boom? All the signs are that the Holme Valley housing market is sat on good foundations, yet one key hazard could still scupper the market.... read more
May 8, 2021
Is the Holme Valley Buy-to-Let Property Market Going into Crisis? …as Holme Valley first-time buyers now only need a 5% deposit for a mortgage. Holme Valley landlords,... read more
Apr 23, 2021
Across our local area of The Holme & Colne Valleys & Huddersfield, activity in the housing market remains strong. Buyer demand is at its highest for a decade, mainly... read more
Apr 16, 2021
So is it a good idea to rent in between moving home, to be chain-free? Moving home is said to be the third most stressful thing you can do, so... read more
Apr 8, 2021
Holme Valley Property Market: 2011-2021 A look back at the Holme Valley housing market over the last decade With all of us completing the Census, a couple of weeks... read more
Mar 26, 2021
Has there ever been a better time for Holme Valley home sellers? The Holme Valley property market, for people looking to sell, is at its sturdiest for at least the last five years... read more
Mar 12, 2021
Holme Valley Home Buyers £1,644,147 Windfall as Stamp Duty Holiday Stretched to September… ...and new 5% deposit mortgages for Holme Valley first-time buyers ... read more
Mar 2, 2021
How wealth is distributed will always be a contentious issue, especially as the Baby Boomers (those aged between their late 50’s and late 70’s) wealth has grown exponentially over the... read more
Feb 19, 2021
The Busiest December for the Holme Valley Housing Market Since 2006 Over the last six months, the Holme Valley Property Market has been flourishing. As soon as an estate agents... read more
Feb 4, 2021
What does this mean for Holme Valley property owners? With most Holme Valley families home schooling their children in lockdown and the forthcoming Stamp Duty Holiday... read more
Jan 28, 2021
Most people pay Stamp Duty Tax when they buy a property, house, apartment or other land and buildings over a particular price in the UK. The Chancellor, Rishi Sunak (quickly followed suit... read more
Jan 15, 2021
Homeowners to be ‘Unchained’ From Toxic Leasehold Agreements in Biggest Shake-up of Property Law in Decades When William the Conqueror invaded our fair shores in 1066,... read more
Jan 8, 2021
Christmas Eve brought the news that Boris Johnson had conclusively agreed on a Brexit deal for the UK with the European Union. This gave optimism that the economic turmoil of leaving the... read more
Dec 23, 2020
As Unemployment Hits 6.7% in Holme Valley, What Effect Will This Have on the Holme Valley Property Market in 2021? 12 months ago, the unemployment rate in Holme Valley... read more
Dec 15, 2020
No Deal Brexit- The Prediction For Holme Valley House Prices Roll the clock back to April 2020, and major financial economists and property market commenters... read more
Dec 13, 2020
… and the three reasons why it will not be the catastrophic scenario some are predicting In the last few months, the Holme Valley (and UK) property market has resisted... read more
Nov 30, 2020
Holme Valley Landlords and Second Homeowners Will Possibly Save Money from the Proposed New Capital Gains Tax changes If the proposals were adopted in full, some Holme Valley landlords... read more
Nov 26, 2020
National house price indices under-estimate the strength of local price rises and here’s why…. Looking back at the Holme Valley property market for 2020, it... read more
Nov 13, 2020
As Holme Valley First-time Buyers are Being Locked Out of the Holme Valley Property Market – Rents Have Risen by 3.2% With the banks reducing the number of low deposit... read more
Nov 7, 2020
Each Holme Valley landlord could be hit by a £27,331 bill ...and the 5 ways on how all Holme Valley landlords can escape the worst of the coronavirus downturn on their Holme Valley rental... read more
Nov 2, 2020
Dear all, What a year it has been; a stressful one for many, not least for those involved in the property market. A second lockdown is upon the country from Thursday 5 th... read more
Holme Valley House Prices 2021: What will happen to the value of your Holme Valley home next year? What will a no deal Brexit on the horizon, the end of the stamp duty... read more
Oct 23, 2020
Holme Valley Homebuyers Have Saved £16,680 Thanks to the Stamp Duty Holiday – Yet Many Could Miss Out Holme Valley homebuyers and Holme Valley landlords... read more
Oct 20, 2020
From Friday, Estate Agents will no longer be able to conduct "in-person" viewings and their offices will have to close. So they can work from home to answer calls and send trades people to... read more
Oct 8, 2020
The property market has experienced a large increase in activity despite Covid-19 pandemic. The pandemic has affected all our lives in a mostly negative manner, and most property professionals... read more
Aug 28, 2020
At the beginning of the coronavirus lockdown, a ban on evictions was introduced in England and Wales. That has now been extended until 20 September, so how does eviction work... read more
Aug 20, 2020
Anthony Barnes, a local gentleman who lives in Nuneaton has this week launched a unique Estate Agency business in the area. Having worked for the international agency Century 21 as a personal... read more
May 13, 2020
The same day that the Government told Estate Agents they were to remain closed for a further three weeks, the same Government department announced to the public that we could re-open the... read more
Apr 29, 2020
Coronavirus: Property sales worth £82bn 'on hold' amid lockdown Some 373,000 property sales are on hold owing to the coronavirus lockdown, analysis of the housing market in UK cities... read more
Mar 30, 2020
These are challenging times as the UK Government has told us not to do anything other than what is absolutely essential for the health of our nation, our family, friends, colleagues and of course... read more
Feb 28, 2020
Renewed optimism from buyers and sellers saw a continued pick-up in sales activity across the UK housing market, according to the January 2020 RICS UK Residential Market Survey, with both the... read more
Feb 19, 2020
Activity in the UK housing market picked up at the start of the year, surveyors say, with cautious expectations of the lift continuing. The number of people looking to buy rose in January, as... read more
Mortgage completions for first-time buyers, home movers and landlords ended last year on the rise. Data from trade body UK Finance shows there were 29,490 first-time buyer mortgages completed... read more
The North-South divide in house price growth saw property values climb more than three times as much in Yorkshire and Humber as in south-east England. Land Registry figures for December also... read more
Feb 8, 2020
Thousands of people in the UK are living in flats they cannot sell, because the outside wall is covered in cladding. Sometimes it's combustible, like the material that turned Grenfell Tower into... read more
Jan 22, 2020
London has become the "epicentre of the elites" in the UK, making it "off limits" for young people from poorer backgrounds, says a social mobility charity. The Sutton Trust says the high cost... read more
Jan 20, 2020
Asking prices for properties put up for sale in the UK rose by a record amount between December and January, according to property website Rightmove. It said that new asking prices increased by... read more
Jan 7, 2020
Welsh ministers have promised action over fees homeowners are charged for the maintenance of new-build estates. People on estates with communal areas not adopted by local councils have no... read more
Buying or selling a home can feel like an endless merry-go-round for anyone caught up in a tortuous house move. In one £1.5m property in East Sussex, the fairground nature of many... read more
Nov 18, 2019
The number of homes being put up for sale has fallen at the fastest rate in a decade, according to property website Rightmove, with Brexit and the election affecting the market. In the four... read more
Nov 7, 2019
UK house price growth continued to slow in October, according to the latest survey from the Halifax. The lender says prices saw a "modest" annual increase of 0.9%. Prices dipped 0.1% in... read more
Oct 31, 2019
Revenues at London-based estate agent Foxtons have fallen as the housing market in the capital continues to weaken. Third quarter revenues fell 7% to £32.5m, and for the first nine months... read more
Sep 16, 2019
UK house prices rose at a slower rate in the year to July than at any time since September 2012, up by 0.7%, official figures show. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said there had been... read more
Sep 6, 2019
House prices rose by a whisker during the summer as the UK housing market was subdued by cautious buyers and sellers, the UK's biggest lender has said. The Halifax, part of Lloyds Banking... read more
Aug 27, 2019
Parents spend so much money to get their children onto the housing ladder that they are now among the biggest lenders in the UK, a survey suggests. The average parental contribution for... read more
Aug 5, 2019
"I was worried about the ridiculous charges mentioned, so I tried to get a second opinion. That alerted me to the fact that they were doing something illegal," Lewis Ridley says. After... read more
Jul 6, 2019
At Belong, we always want to stay ahead. Be it with our personal approach to handling the stresses and strains of property marketing or the way we present our clients homes. ... read more
Jun 17, 2019
Agents with properties to sell in rural areas are being urged to check for septic tanks before marketing commences. Home owners with septic tanks that discharge into any kind of water course,... read more
Jun 15, 2019
The number of British people who own a second home, buy-to-let or overseas property has doubled since 2001, says think tank the Resolution Foundation. While the number of millennials who own a... read more
Jun 1, 2019
From 1st June 2019 Estate Agents, Letting Agents and Landlords will no longer be able to charge tenants application or moving in fees that have been charged for many years. Many agents,... read more
May 1, 2019
For many years the statement "Buyer Beware or Caveat Emptor" prevailed over property descriptions and the way that houses were sold. As recently as 2014 the Consumer Protection Regulation Act... read more
Apr 1, 2019
A former Local Property Expert and territory owner with Purplebricks says that his two and a half years with the company were the most stressful of his working life. He has now given up estate... read more
Mar 20, 2019
The Homes Act 2018 came into force today; meaning that landlords are no longer allowed to rent rogue properties to tenants. There has been a campaign in recent years by lobbyists and... read more
Mar 4, 2019
Estate agent group Countrywide has been hit with a £215,000 fine for money-laundering failures by HMRC. The company was fined for failing to ensure that its money-laundering procedures... read more
Once again we are delighted to have been invited to be the main show sponsor of the Honley Show. The area's foremost agricultural show and a great day out for all of the family. The... read more
Mar 1, 2019
Rules aimed at preventing illegal immigrants from renting properties are "discriminatory" and breach human rights laws, the High Court has ruled. The "right to rent" scheme, which requires... read more
Feb 24, 2019
The UK's housing market is changing. People are renting for longer and buying their first home later. Some buy-to-let investors are pulling out, blaming a greater burden of tax, while some... read more
Feb 8, 2019
A million more young adults in the UK are living with their parents than were two decades ago, research suggests. A quarter of 20 to 34-year-olds do so, the study, by think tank Civitas ,... read more
Jan 17, 2019
In our are are showing excellent early signs of a vibrant market in the first few weeks of 2019. It may be gloomy in this BBC report, but we are not feeling the same at Belong. After a... read more
Jan 7, 2019
Only 7 days in to the New Year and activity levels are already up on the beginning of December. Interest from buyers and sellers is already showing that the market in the North of England is... read more
Dec 20, 2018
Over Christmas we will be closed on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and Boxing Day, but we will be picking up emails from our info@wherewebelong.co.uk email account. If you have any emergencies... read more
Dec 13, 2018
Not really! Is the answer. Buyers will buy if the right house comes to the market. It is invariably that sellers don’t want to put their house on sale at a time of Tinsel,... read more
Nov 1, 2018
This week sees the announcement that Emoov, one of the longest standing on-line estate agents has also hit trouble. After raising millions of pounds in order to compete with larger... read more
Sep 24, 2018
Hatched; owned by Connels group, one of the largest chains of High Street Estate Agents in the UK has declared that on-line agecy is a flawed concept, not delivering what the consumer really needs... read more
Sep 4, 2018
So the summer holidays are over for another year. The rain has returned and the weather is more gloomy; but what about the housing market. The traditional, historical trends in the... read more
Aug 2, 2018
The Bank of England has raised the interest rate for only the second time in a decade. The rate has risen by a quarter of one percent, from 0.5% to 0.75% - the highest level since March... read more
Jul 9, 2018
Every four years the country is gripped by World Cup fever. This year more than most. Sales of beer and barbecues rocket; but what is the impact on the property market?... read more
Jun 21, 2018
Selling a house can be a frustrating business. At first, when a house goes up for sale there is a lot of pent up anticipation. The client has spent ages preparing for the photographs,... read more
Apr 10, 2018
We are delighted to have been approached to be the main sponsor of this years Honley Show. To be held at the familiar venue on the show ground between Farnley Tyas and Thurstonland on Saturday... read more
Mar 29, 2018
Tenants with pets are often charged a bigger deposit MPs and landlords are at loggerheads over the acceptable level of deposits demanded of tenants in England. Deposits should be capped at... read more
Mar 27, 2018
Homeowners are moving half as often as they did before the credit crunch, figures produced for the BBC suggest. Reasons include high house prices, stricter rules on getting mortgages and older... read more
Mar 10, 2018
Social Media – can it help to sell houses? There is no doubt of the reach of social media. It connects people all over the world. Families and friends rely on it to share... read more
Mar 1, 2018
Solicitors and conveyancers are an integral part of the moving process. We all need them, we all use them, and yet we all tend to complain about them when things go wrong. The truth is, a... read more
Feb 7, 2018
With so many house price surveys it is hard to know what or who to believe. In the last week we have had a report from the Nationwide saying that house price growth is strong and was higher... read more
Jan 31, 2018
Estate Agents are always looking for ways to stay ahead of the competition. I remember working for the first estate agency in Huddersfield & Holmfirth that started to use internal... read more
Jan 15, 2018
30 years ago estate agency was a simple affair. A valuer would attend a property, having been chosen from only a handful of local agents who usually had long standing reputations of... read more
Jan 2, 2018
Going up – town named as place with greatest house price inflation Winners and losers in last year’s house buying stakes included Cheltenham – a home to British... read more
Dec 22, 2017
Christmas has tradtionally been a quiet time for the property market, with lower activity levels and few viewers visiting estate agents. However, all of that has changed in recent years.... read more
Dec 11, 2017
The growth in UK house prices is continuing to slow, according to the country's largest lender, the Halifax. It said average prices rose by 3.9% in the year to the end of November, down... read more
Nov 21, 2017
Winter in estate agency is seen by many as a time for putting your feet up and waiting until the New Year for buyers to re-emerge from property hibernation. The truth is that buyers no... read more
Nov 2, 2017
The rise in base rates will produce both winners and losers. The winners will include 45 million savers, who are likely to see higher returns from savings accounts. A number of providers have... read more
Oct 17, 2017
House prices in more than half of neighbourhoods in England and Wales are still lower in real terms than a decade ago, BBC analysis has revealed. In 58% of wards, residential properties are... read more
Sep 21, 2017
Young people in Britain are spending three times more on housing than their grandparents did, according to the Resolution Foundation think tank. They also have to cope with less space and... read more
Sep 7, 2017
We are delighted to have been shortlisted for best estate agency website at the upcoming Negotiator Awards 2017. We are very proud of our website which is both informative, and innovative;... read more
Sep 5, 2017
An interesting article on the prospect of interest rate rises over the coming year, published on the BBC website. By Chris Johnston, Business reporter, 4 September 2017 Many... read more
Aug 3, 2017
When I began my career in estate agency in 1989, the process of looking for a new home involved trawling through newspapers, and walking around town from estate agent to estate agent, to see what... read more
Jul 26, 2017
Figures from the Land Registry show that house prices across the region have risen steadily over the last year. Despite a mixed message about the state of the current market, house prices rises... read more
Jun 20, 2017
The time is not right for an interest rate rise, Bank of England governor Mark Carney has said. Wage growth is falling, and the impact of Brexit on the economy is unclear, Mr Carney said in a... read more
May 17, 2017
Mortgage activity in the UK buy-to-let sector has halved since the introduction of a stamp duty surcharge, figures show. Since April 2016, anyone buying a buy-to-let property or a second home... read more
May 9, 2017
Recently published data from the Land Registry may come as a surprise to some at the Halifax, who have suggested that demand is weakening and price inflation is falling, in a press release... read more
Apr 19, 2017
There is a lot of commentary in the press about the raging battle for supremacy between on-line and high street estate agents. The public's perception of what estate agents do is very much... read more
Mar 20, 2017
Estate Agents in Huddersfield and Estate Agents in Holmfirth by and large use traditional templates to advertise and describe properties for sale. They use word documents to tell you if there... read more
At Belong, By James White we hope to keep you informed of the performance of Huddersfield House Prices, and Holmfirth House Prices, using data from the UK Land Registry. Figures from the... read more
Feb 28, 2017
Belong, By James White brings Virtual Reality Viewings to the Huddersfield and Holmfirth property market. Virtual reality viewings are revolutionising the way that people view houses. Using... read more
Feb 9, 2017
Welcome to Belong, By James White. A new kind of estate agent, covering the Holmfirth, Huddersfield and surrounding areas. Having been in the property profession as a local estate... read more
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