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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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